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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequences5.2.8.3 Impacts from Live-Fire TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsEnvironmental Justice. No minority or low-income residences would be displaced by trainingmodifications. However, noise and fugitive dust generated from project-related construction ortraining areas could have less than significant adverse indirect impacts on nearby schools or privateresidences. Increased noise and fugitive dust would be limited to daytime hours. Long-term noiseimpacts would result from increased training, but training is currently occurring at the installations.Fugitive dust emissions at SBMR could affect low-income and minority populations in Wahiawa andMililani Town; however, these impacts would be mitigated, if necessary, as described in the AirQuality section of this document. Indirect impacts would be less than significant and would notdisproportionately affect low-income or minority populations.Protection of Children. No disproportionate endangerment of children would occur on or near theinstallations. Alternative A would result in some less than significant short-term adverse indirecteffects on nearby schools or residences. Increased noise and fugitive dust associated with live-firetraining activities would be temporary, and no adverse impacts to the health and safety of children areexpected.No ImpactsLive-fire training would have no impacts on population, economy, employment, income, housing, orschools. No live-fire training would occur on DMR; therefore, impact analysis is not applicable.5.2.8.4 Impacts from Maneuver TrainingNo ImpactsManeuver training would have no impacts on population, economy, employment, income, housing, orschools. Long-term noise impacts would result from increased training, but training is currentlyoccurring at the installations.5.2.9 Human Health and SafetyTable 5-12 summarizes the potential human health and safety impacts under implementation ofAlternative A. Under implementation of this alternative, there would be no significant andimmitigable impacts associated to human health and safety. Significant but mitigable impacts wouldbe associated with the use of additional ammunition and UXO generation during live-fire training,and potential construction disturbances to ongoing remediation at IRP sites, the use of hazardousmaterials or generation of hazardous wastes during construction, and increased fuel usage duringSBCT maneuver training. The Army follows strict SOPs for storing and using hazardous materials;therefore, no new procedures would need to be implemented to store or use the construction-relatedor operation-related hazardous materials. The regulatory and administrative requirements that wouldbe implemented to minimize impacts to human health and safety are summarized in the followingsubsections.February 2008 5-40 2/25th SBCT Final EIS