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Appendix D ⎯ Responses to Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statementyour comment and raising this issue. Your comment has been considered andincluded in the administrative record for this process.84. I oppose the permanent stationing of the 2/25 th SBCT at Fort Carson, Colorado. The 2/25 thSBCT should be stationed somewhere else.Response: We thank you for your comment and participation in this public process. Yourcomment has been considered and included in the administrative record forthis process.85. The reference on page 5–193 to “FTC” (Fort Carson) in the discussion of impacts from livefiretraining in Hawaii indicates the Army simply cut-and-pasted text without any concern forthe accuracy or applicability of the analysis.Response: The sentence on page 5–193 has been edited to fix the typographical error. Alldocuments have typographical errors and these errors do not indicate any lackof concern about accuracy or applicability of analyses. We thank you for yourcomment and participation in this public process. Your comment has beenconsidered and included in the administrative record for this process.86. Figure 3–1 does not show the location of the Kawaihae-PTA Trail as stated on page 3–13.Please show the trail on Figure 3–1.Response: The PTA Trail has been added to Figures 2–2 and 3–1. We thank you for yourcomment and participation in this public process. Your comment has beenconsidered and included in the administrative record for this process.87. Page 5–60 states that the proposed project will accommodate a limited number of C-17 cargoaircraft flights to and from BAAF. How many C–17 flights will occur at BAAF and in whatdirections will they be taking off and landing?Response: The status of flights into and out of BAAF has changed. Since publication ofthe DEIS, BAAF has been decertified for fixed-wing operations. Substantialimprovements to the runway must be made before C–17 or any other fixedwingaircraft can land or take off. The needed improvements encompass muchmore than the relatively minor improvements originally planned, including realignmentof the runway. Therefore, improvements to BAAF as a project havebeen removed from this analysis. We thank you for your comment and participationin this public process. Your comment has been considered and includedin the administrative record for this process.88. Long term is used repeatedly in the impacts analysis. I’d like to see that qualified.Response: Section 4.2.2 in Chapter 4 defines the terms short term and long term. Pleaserefer to this section to review the definition of long term as used in this analysis.89. The EIS needs to compare public attitudes in the proposed locations.Response: The Army has taken into account all public comments. These comments reflectthe attitudes of the individuals who made them. We thank you for your com-February 2008 D–28 2/25th SBCT Final EIS