Environmental Assessment, Buildings 4133 and Building 4143, Historic Building Demolitions, Barksdale Air Foce Base, Louisiana

摘要

This Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the potential impacts on environmental and human resources from the proposed action. This EA conforms to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Air Force's Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) implementing NEPA. Section 1.1 of the EA describes the purpose and need for the proposed action. The action is necessary in order to reduce Barksdale AFBs physical presence by 20 percent by 2010 (U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Strategic Plan). The plan focuses on limited time and funding which is available due to extreme infrastructure limitations necessitated by a realignment in the Air Force (AF). The mission of the AF can only be sustained by diverting resources away from excess, obsolete and under-utilized infrastructure. A view of the buildings on the property can be found in Figure 1 and Figure 2.