SBCT Final EIS - Govsupport.us

Chapter 3 ⎯ Affected Environmentprises numerous areas of old, deteriorated lines that have been identified and programmed for replacement.The Training Support Complex, at the far west end of Wilderness Road, is not currently supported bya sanitary sewer system and must use “open soaking pits” for discharge of shower, laundry, and messhall wastewater. Portable toilets, dry vault, and self-composting latrines, are used on the downrangearea when septic tanks/leach fields are not available (e.g., during training activities on the downrangearea) (USACE 2007a).An industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) is located directly north of the sanitary sewageplant, near Gate 20. The IWTP was designed and constructed to treat petroleum-contaminated waterfrom the motor pools in the cantonment. The IWTP collection sewer extends down Minick Avenuebehind the motor pools and delivers industrial wastewater to the IWTP. Butts Army Airfield, theColorado Army National Guard Centennial Training Site, and the 10th SFG Complex (all south of thecantonment) are not connected to the IWTP. Industrial wastewater from these facilities is containerizedand treated at the IWTP. The industrial line at Butts Army Airfield, which is not connected to theIWTP, is combined with the sanitary line and both are pumped back to the sanitary sewage treatmentplant at Gate 20.FTC, as an operator of a small municipal storm sewer system, falls under a general permit for“Stormwater Discharges from Federal Facility Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems inColorado.” In December 2005, the Army completed an evaluation of FTC’s storm sewer capacity(USACE 2005). The study concluded that the existing FTC storm sewer system is at or near capacity.The primary communication infrastructure at FTC is the telephone lines that run throughout the cantonment,seven ranges, and Butts Army Airfield. Currently, administrative analog telephone and lowspeeddata are available in a few downrange area locations using copper and leased fiber.The Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (DECAM 2004) contains details of the Solid WasteManagement Program at FTC. DPW manages refuse and construction-related solid waste, and DE-CAM manages recyclable materials (DECAM 2004).FTC’s waste disposal is handled by contractors for both refuse and construction and demolition. Currently,all solid waste from FTC, including waste from the housing units, is shipped a properly licensedfacility for disposal.3.3.14.2 Pinon Canyon Maneuver SiteThis section describes the Army real property and facilities at PCMS. The topics addressed includereal estate, facilities, public services, and infrastructure for utilities.Real EstateNo land acquisition would be required for the proposed project activities on PCMS. The PCMS is anapproximately 235,000-acre Army site dedicated to training units stationed at, or otherwise under theresponsibility, of FTC. The PCMS is located in southeastern Colorado in Las Animas County, approximately150 miles southeast of FTC. The PCMS is bounded by U.S. 350 to the west, PurgatoireRiver Canyon to the east, Las Animas County Road 54 to the south, and Otero County to the north.February 2008 3–181 2/25th SBCT Final EIS