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SRA program, which educates soldiers about proper handling and disposal of hazardous wastes andprocedures to follow for inadvertent fuel releases.RTLA, TRI and GIS would not affect human health and safety. Additional regulations, not related toITAM but related to human health and safety issues, would continue to take place and benefit humanhealth and safety. These include, but are not limited to, Army Regulation 55-2, Transportation andTravel; Army Regulation 200-1, Environmental Protection and Enhancement; and Army Regulation 200-5, Pest Management.The following table presents a summary of qualitative impacts to human health and safety resulting fromeach alternative. Descriptions of the qualitative terms are provided in Chapter 2, Description of ProposedAction and Alternatives.Table 3.9 Summary of Impacts 1 to Human Health and Safety.ITAM Activity Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3TRI None None NoneLRAM Beneficial Beneficial MinorSRA Beneficial Beneficial ModerateRTLA Minor Minor NoneGIS None None None1 Short-term and long-term impacts are expected to be similar.Cumulative ImpactsPast human health and safety impacts on USARAK lands involved the use of explosive munitions,convoy use of public roadways, and inadvertent releases of hazardous materials (USARAK 2004). Sincehuman health and safety issues are so highly regulated, current and proposed actions are not likely to addto adverse cumulative impacts. Programs are in place to minimize impacts resulting from current or futureconstruction or training activities and from the proposed action. The ITAM program would further benefitexisting programs mainly through educating personnel on human health and safety measures.Additionally, best management practices (Appendix B) for managing storm water during constructionwould serve to prevent inadvertent contaminant releases from entering storm sewers or waterways.3.10 SOCIOECONOMICS3.10.1 Affected EnvironmentU.S. Army Alaska continues to play an important role in the regional economies surrounding its threemain installations/training lands: Fort Richardson (Anchorage), Fort Wainwright (Fairbanks), andDonnelly Training Area (Delta Junction). Total payroll for statewide U.S. Army operations at theseinstallations are about $331 million while the non-payroll expenditures account for about $297 million(Department of Defense, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports 2004). Together, thesecontribute approximately $1.3 billion in direct and indirect economic activity for the state of Alaska.Additional information regarding socioeconomics surrounding USARAK installations can be found in theTransformation of U.S. Army Alaska Final Environmental Impact Statement (USARAK 2004)._____________________________________________________________________________________________Environmental AssessmentUnited States Army Alaska, Integrated Training Area Management ProgramManagement Plan 62