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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequenceson minority or low-income populations or changes in the health or safety risks that could affectchildren.5.5.8.3.2 Impacts from Range ConstructionNo ImpactsNo new range construction projects are currently planned. Consequently, no impacts are expected tothe local population, economy, employment, income, or environmental justice. No effects on housingare expected. Finally, there would be no disproportionate effects on minority or low-incomepopulations or changes in the health or safety risks that could affect children.5.5.8.3.3 Impacts from Live-Fire TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsNoise and fugitive dust generated from training areas could have less than significant adverse indirectimpacts on nearby schools or private residences. Noise and fugitive dust would be limited to daytimehours. Long-term noise impacts would result from training, but training is currently occurring at theinstallations. No live-fire training would take place near schools, day care facilities, or other areaswith large populations of children. No adverse effects to the protection of children are expected underthis alternative. No live-fire training occurs at PCMS, so no impacts would occur at PCMS.5.5.8.3.4 Impacts from Maneuver TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsManeuver training would have no impacts on population, economy, employment, income, housing, orschools. However, long-term noise impacts would continue from the training that is currentlyoccurring at the installations.5.5.9 Human Health snd SafetyTable 5-60 lists the potential human health and safety impacts associated with implementation ofAlternative D. Under the No Action Alternative, the 2/25th SBCT would not be stationed at any ofthe alternative locations, and therefore no SBCT-specific human health and safety impacts wouldoccur. Impacts are summarized in the following subsections for each location.5.5.9.1 Hawaii5.5.9.1.1 Impacts from Cantonment ConstructionNo ImpactsNo impacts would be expected from asbestos, LBP, PCBs, pesticides/herbicides, biomedical waste, orradon under the No Action. There are no impacts to human health or safety that would result from therenovation of barracks or completion of other projects not related to the stationing and transformationof the 2/25 th ID (L).February 2008 5-219 2/25th SBCT Final EIS