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Chapter 3 ⎯ Affected EnvironmentPublic ServicesFire management on USARAK installations is required by the Sikes Act and by AR 200–3. Fire managementplans are required by the Resource Management Plan, which is mandated under Public Law106–65, the Military Lands Withdrawal Act. Additional direction regarding fire management is statedin a 1995 MOU between the BLM and USARAK as well as in the Army wildland fire policy guidancedocument (Army 2002).Wildland fire management in Alaska requires multi-agency cooperation. Fire management is a jointeffort by USARAK and the BLM. The agencies have developed two inter-service support agreements,which establish the AFS’s responsibility for all fire detection and suppression on installationlands (AFS and USARAK 1995a,b). In exchange, the Army provides the AFS with use of certainbuildings, utilities, land, training services, air support, and other support services.The AFS also has a Reciprocal Fire Management Agreement with the State of Alaska’s Departmentof Natural Resources, Division of Forestry (AFS and State of Alaska 1998). Under this agreement,the agencies have implemented a coordinated fire suppression effort and have identified areas whereeach agency has agreed to provide wildland fire suppression, regardless of whether the lands are understate or federal ownership.The Alaska Wildland Fire Management Plan, which is reviewed each year, designated wildland firemanagement areas and allowed land managers to establish fire management options according to landuse objectives and constraints. Additional information regarding wildfire management is provided inSection 3.2.3.Outpatient and routine medical/dental services are provided to all active duty military, family membersand retirees at the Troop Medical and Gemini Clinic located on post. In addition, Bassett ArmyCommunity Hospital is the hub for medical care for more than 10,000 military personnel north of theAlaska Range. This facility provides a variety of medical services for all military and eligible civilians.Two other troop medical/dental facilities exist as well, one in South Post and one in North Post.Infrastructure and UtilitiesInfrastructure and utilities at FRA are currently sufficient to meet the needs of USARAK. Utilities onFRA include water supply, wastewater treatment, communications, and solid waste collection anddisposal.3.2.14.2 Donnelly Training AreaThis section describes the Army real property and facilities at DTA. The topics addressed include realestate, facilities, public services, and infrastructure and utilities.Real EstateDTA encompasses 636,599 acres of federal land. All of the land on DTA is within the USARAKdesignatedland use range and training land use planning category (USARAK 1999a, b, c).The Trans-Alaska pipeline transports crude oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, and the pipeline passesthrough DTA West. The right-of-way is 50 feet wide plus a four-foot ground area occupied by thepipeline (USARAK 1999a). Other rights-of-way include the natural gas lines (Trans-Alaska Gas System),the Richardson Highway, and various power transmission lines.February 2008 3–134 2/25th SBCT Final EIS