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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequences5.5.9.3.3 Impacts from Live-Fire TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsAmmunition. Live-fire exercises would continue at current levels as a part of current force training.Continued use of munitions by current forces during training could affect the training lands.Ammunition handling, storage, and disposal would continue at current levels. Existing weaponswould continue to be used as part of current force training. Range contamination would continue toaccumulate until range closure and remedial cleanup, but there would be no increase in ammunitionused, so there would be only consistent levels of ongoing increased contamination. It is not likely thatgeneral training would result in any significant impacts.Unexploded Ordnance. The quantity of ammunition used during training would not increase.Therefore, no increases in potential impacts from the presence of UXO are expected.Lead. Current force would continue live-fire training with lead-containing ammunition at FTC.Continued ammunition use could increase the volume of soil that needs to be remediated for lead inthe future. All live-fire activities that could present a source of lead contamination to the soils wouldbe contained in the existing ordnance impact area, and no new ordnance impact areas would beintroduced. Ordnance clearance and cleanup would follow existing federal, state, and Army protocols.No live-fire training occurs at PCMS, so no impacts would occur at PCMS.5.5.9.3.4 Impacts from Maneuver TrainingLess Than Significant ImpactsPetroleum, Oils, and Lubricants. Under this alternative, fuels would continue to be stored in ASTsand USTs at FTC and PCMS. The Army would continue to follow federal, state, and Army protocol.Wheeled vehicles would continue to be used by current forces in maneuver training on FTC andPCMS. Consequently, the potential exists for spills of these products during maneuver training.However, continued implementation of regulatory and administrative mitigation measures is expectedto limit the potential impacts to human health and safety to less than significant.5.5.10 Biological ResourcesTable 5-61 lists the potential impacts on biological resources 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 impacts to biological resources wouldoccur. Impacts are summarized in the following subsections for each location.5.5.10.1 Hawaii5.5.10.1.1 Impacts from Cantonment ConstructionLess Than Significant ImpactsCantonment projects would proceed as needed, and would not adversely affect the risk to threatenedand endangered species. Continued use of Army land for cantonment construction under No Actionwould prolong the impact to threatened and endangered species. These impacts from continuedtraining would remain a less than significant impact.February 2008 5-223 2/25th SBCT Final EIS