National Missile Defense (NMD) Deployment. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1 of 4: Chapters 1-3

摘要

This EIS was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to analyze the potential environmental consequences of the No-action Alternative and Proposed Action. The No-action Alternative is not to deploy the NMD system. If the deployment decision made is not to deploy, the NMD program would use the time to enhance the existing technologies of the various system elements. The Proposed Action would be to deploy the NMD system. With the Proposed Action Alternative, NMD elements and element locations would be selected from the range of locations studied in the EIS (see item e above). This FEIS addressees the potential environmental impacts that would result from activities that would occur under the No-action Alternative and Proposed Action. Environmental resource topics evaluated include air quality, airspace, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazardous materials and hazardous waste, health and safety, land use and aesthetics, noise, socioeconomics, transportation, utilities, water resources, environmental justice, and subsistence. The potential cumulative effects of each of these resources were also evaluated.