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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequenceswould not increase and could be lower during certain periods. All military vehicle trails would besigned and gated to prohibit public access, to prevent conflicts between military traffic and publictraffic, and to avoid safety problems. However, trails would be made available for public use duringstate and national emergencies.Until the trails are constructed, all military vehicles would continue to use public roads. Because theincrease of military traffic on public roadways would be minimal, the LOS would not change. Theidentified impacts to roadway segment operations would be less than significant, and no mitigationwould be necessary.No impactsParking. No parking impacts are identified at DMR, KTA, KLOA, or PTA.5.2.8 Socioeconomics and Environmental JusticeTable 5-9 summarizes the potential impacts to socioeconomic resources, environmental justice, andthe protection of children under implementation of Alternative A. Implementation of Alternative Awould have beneficial effects on population, employment, and income, resulting from newconstruction and the resultant increased expenditures that would stimulate the economy. Thesebeneficial impacts would be less than significant because the changes would be within the capacity ofthe ROI to absorb. Permanent stationing of the 2/25 th SBCT at SBMR would only slightly increasethe overall population of Soldiers, their families, and support personnel. Mitigation would beimplemented to minimize impacts as summarized in the following subsections.Table 5-9Summary of Potential Impacts to Socioeconomics, EnvironmentalJustice, and Protection of Children from Alternative ALocationActivity Group SBMR DMR KTA/KLOA PTAImpacts from Cantonment Construction N/A N/A N/A N/AImpacts from Range Construction ☼/+ N/A N/A /+Impacts from Live-Fire Training ☼ N/A ☼/ N/A ☼Impacts from Maneuver Training / N/A = Significant + = Beneficial Impact = Significant but mitigable to less than significant N/A = Not Applicable☼ = Less than Significant= No ImpactTable 5-10 and Table 5-11 contain the EIFS model results for Hawaii and Honolulu Counties. TheRTV, as shown in the fourth column of the tables, indicates the thresholds used to assess significanceof the magnitude of the economic values derived from the model. The RTV values are based on thelargest historic changes (both increases and decreases) over a 25-year (or more) period. Changes ineconomic values (sales volume, income, employment, or population) which fall within the RTVs arenot considered to be significant because these values are within the baseline range of historicfluctuations.February 2008 5-37 2/25th SBCT Final EIS