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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequences5.3.8.3 Impacts from Live-Fire TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsThere would be less than significant impacts to population, economy, employment, income, housing,or schools as a result of live-fire training. Impacts would be the same as described for CantonmentConstruction.Environmental Justice. Long-term noise impacts would result from increased training, but training iscurrently occurring at the installation and would be limited to daylight hours. Indirect effects, such asincreased noise, fugitive dust, or traffic associated with live-fire training are unlikely to affect off-postpopulations because the surrounding areas would primarily be uninhabited federal lands. There wouldbe no disproportionate impacts to low-income or minority populations within the ROI.Protection of Children. No live-fire training would take place near schools, day care facilities, orother areas with large populations of children. No adverse effects to the protection of children areexpected under this alternative.No ImpactsThere would be no impacts to population, economy, employment, income, housing, or schools fromlive-fire training.5.3.8.4 Impacts from Maneuver TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsManeuver training would occur at both FRA and DTA and Soldiers would travel from FRA to DTAfor training. No personnel would be permanently stationed at DTA. Impacts to DTA would resultprimarily from increased training and training modifications; therefore, there would be no impacts topopulation, employment, income, housing, or schools from maneuver training.Economy. Soldiers traveling to DTA for training may purchase some supplies and result in a slightincrease in business sales volume. This change would be within the historic RTV range for the ROIand would be less than significant.Environmental Justice. Under implementation of this alternative, no minority or low-incomeresidences would be displaced by the training modifications. Increased noise, fugitive dust, or trafficfrom training activities are not expected to impact off-post populations because the surroundingproperties are uninhabited federal lands. This alternative would result in no disproportionate impactsto low-income or minority populations within the ROI.Protection of Children. No maneuver training exercises would take place near schools, daycares, orother areas with large populations of children. No adverse effects to the health and safety of childrenare expected under this alternative.5.3.9 Human Health and SafetyTable 5-28 summarizes the potential human health and safety impacts under implementation ofAlternative B. There would be no significant and immitigable impacts to human health and safety.Significant but mitigable impacts would be associated with the use of additional ammunition andUXO generation during live-fire training, and potential construction disturbances to ongoingFebruary 2008 5-98 2/25th SBCT Final EIS