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SBCT Final EIS - Govsupport.us

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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequences• Waianae Coast Emergency Alternate Route• North-South Road• Kamehameha Hwy, Replacement of South Kahana Stream Bridge• 2121 Kuhio Avenue Condominium/Timeshare Development• Oahu Arts Center• Hawaii Superferry• Turtle Bay Resort improvementsPast, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions for the Island of Hawaii include:Military• Kawaihae Deep Draft Harbor• PTA Implementation Plan• Growth and Realignment of the Army• USARPAC Transformation to Warfighting Headquarters• 25 th Infantry Division Transformation to Modular Force Structure• Future Combat Systems Fielding• Range Modernization Projects at PTANon-military• Saddle Road Realignment• Kawaihae/Waimea Road• New Highway• Waimea to Kawaihae• UXO Cleanup• Former Waikoloa Maneuver Area and Nansay Sites• PanSTARRS Project• Outrigger Telescopes Project• Light Rail Transit ProjectThe following sections describe the cumulative impacts to each resource that would be expected toresult if Alternative A were implemented.5.6.1.1 Geology, Soils, and SeismicityAlternative A is likely to contribute to cumulative impacts from soil erosion. The major influence onsoil erosion in the area is the disturbance of soils, modification of slopes and drainage features, andloss or disturbance of vegetation due to agricultural conversion, military activities, fires, roads,modification of slopes and drainage features, and other development. While soil erosion andFebruary 2008 5-249 2/25th <strong>SBCT</strong> <strong>Final</strong> <strong>EIS</strong>

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