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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequencesvicinity would not be temporarily affected. Nearby land uses would not be affected by the temporaryparking of Stryker vehicles within the cantonment area because of increased noise, dust, odors,adverse effects on public views, and human presence and activity would occur in areas already usedfor military activities on base. These impacts would be localized, temporary, and less than significant.No mitigation is necessary for impacts from cantonment construction. No cantonment constructionwould be necessary at PCMS; therefore, impact analysis is not applicable.5.4.6.2 Impacts from Range ConstructionLess Than Significant ImpactsImpacts on land use during construction activities. Construction of two new ranges at FTC couldindirectly affect nearby on-post land uses because of increased noise, dust, odors, adverse effects onpublic views, and human presence and activity in the vicinity of the construction sites. However, theMPMG range would be developed by upgrading or renovating an existing range and the UAC wouldonly involve 3 acres of new construction that would occur on a previously undisturbed site.Therefore, the impacts would be localized (within the installation), temporary, and less thansignificant. No mitigation is necessary. No range construction would be necessary at PCMS;therefore, no impact from this activity would occur. No mitigation is necessary for impacts fromrange construction.5.4.6.3 Impacts from Live-Fire TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsConflicts with existing land uses, recreation resources, or resource management plans. Underimplementation of this alternative, additional live-fire training would occur as a result of an increasednumber of Soldiers training at both existing and the new ranges at FTC. In addition, new weaponswould be used and the use of large caliber munitions would increase. SBCT training would result inan increased number of Soldiers training at all ranges, thus increasing the number of rounds fired aswell as increased vehicular traffic. Increased noise, dust, or other indirect effects associated with thisalternative are not expected to affect off-post land uses. The surrounding areas are uninhabited landswithin the FTC installation. No residential areas, schools, hospitals, or businesses are expected to beaffected. These impacts would be localized to the vicinity around the ranges. With continuedimplementation of current Army SOPs to minimize potential noise and safety impacts, impactslocalized to the vicinity around the ranges are expected to be less than significant. No additionalmitigation would be required.5.4.6.4 Impacts from Maneuver TrainingSignificant Impacts Mitigable to Less Than SignificantImpact 1: Training Impacts to Surrounding Land Use. Under this alternative, maneuver trainingwould occur at both FTC and PCMS. Except for the differences described below, SBCT trainingwould have similar impacts as current IBCT training at each location. Brigade- and battalion-leveltraining would primarily occur at PCMS, and the frequency of this maneuver training at PCMS is notexpected to increase above existing levels. Platoon- and company-level training would primarilyoccur at FTC, and would increase in frequency by less than 10 percent when looking at all of FTCunits. MIMs at both FTC and PCMS would be expected to nearly double for the SBCT whencompared to the existing IBCT. Munitions use is not part of maneuver training; however, SBCTmaneuver training typically covers a larger area, potentially extending training into areas that haveFebruary 2008 5-150 2/25th SBCT Final EIS