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This Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) addresses the construction and operation of Titan IV/Centaur Launch Complex (TCLC) on South Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, for launching the Titan IV/Centaur space vehicle. This action would support requirements for timely and reliable launch of critical DoD satellites from a location where highly inclined and polar orbits can be safely achieved; provide capability to launch payloads in the 10,000-pound class to high energy, inclined orbits; and (3) maintain assured access to space by providing backup launch capability for the Titan IV/NUS (no upper stage). Alternatives considered include the no action alternative and the development and operation of the facility at three undeveloped sites (Vina Terrace, Boathouse Flats, or Cypress Ridge) and one developed site, Satellite Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6), on south VAFB. Primary impacts to the physical environment of south VAFB would involve soil and vegetation loss during construction (for the undeveloped sites) and effects of sonic boom on Channel Islands wildlife during launch events. Primary impacts to the human environment of north Santa Barbara County relate to the potential for a maximum of 550 employment opportunities during project construction and 400 during operation. The primary regional effects of temporary and permanent population growth would be increases in economic activity and in demands on public services and facilities. Other impacts would include the visual impacts from implementation at one of the undeveloped sites and the potential closure of Jalama Beach County Park during launch events. Potential impacts to health and safety also would occur, related to the fuels utilized. This EIS concludes that environmental impacts from the TCLC would be substantially less at the SLC-6 site than at the undeveloped sites, and is the preferred alternative to meet DoD launch program requirements. (24 tables, 62 figures, 53 refs.).
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The proposed action is the construction and operation of a Titan IV/ Centaur space launch complex in support of the Department of Defense (DOD) space program. The project is designed for a minimum of 25 years, with construction planned to begin in 1991, followed by operations in 1994 or 1995. Known as Space Launch Complex 7 (SLC-7), the project would be located on South Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. The Titan IV/Centaur is an unmanned, expendable launch vehicle capable of launching critical DOD payloads in the 10,000-pound class to high energy orbits. The proposed facility at VAFB would support requirements for timely launches of these payloads from a location where highly inclined and polar orbits can be safely achieved. This action would maintain assured access to space by providing backup launch capability for the Titan IV/ Centaur and Titan IV/NUS vehicles. Diagrams of the two launch vehicles are shown in Figure S.2 (Titan IV Vehicle Configurations).
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This Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been prepared as part of the United States Air force (USAF) Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) for evaluation of proposed major projects, in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the regulations of the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for NEPA compliance. The Draft EIS presents an analysis of the purpose and need for the proposed action and its alternatives. The SLC-7 facility would be a fenced area of about 50 acres, within which the major preparation and launch activities would occur. Some related activities, including launch control and core vehicle and satellite processing, would occur at existing facilities on VAFB that currently operate in support of Scout, Titan II, and other Titan IV programs. The primary elements of the SLC-7 project, to be constructed and operated onsite, would be the vehicle launch support structure/flame duct, launch mount, umbilical tower, and mobile service tower. There also would be an operations support building, access roads and parking, fuel storage, security systems, and fire protection. Offsite facilities include water storage tank(s), sewage treatment plant, evaporation/ percolation ponds, electrical substation, and communications and utility corridors.
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The Department of the Air Force is proposing to construct and operate Space Launch Complex 7 (SLC-7) at Vandenberg AFB to launch Department of Defense satellites beginning in 1994 into polar orbit aboard Titan Centaur expendable space launch vehicles. The proposed location of SLC-7 is near Cypress Ridge on South Vandenberg, approximately one mile south of SLC-6, the Vandenberg AFB launch site for the Space Shuttle. The proposed action includes the construction of the launch complex and support facilities, the extension of roads and utilities on Vandenberg AFB, and the launching of the Titan Centaur. In addition, existing launch support facilities constructed for other space launch systems at Vandenberg AFB (i.e., Space Shuttle) are proposed to be used and/or modified as required to support the new launch complex. The satellites proposed to launch aboard the Titan Centaur from SLC-7 require polar orbits. Vandenberg AFB is the only existing U.S. government launch site that can launch satellites into polar orbits without over flying populated land masses.
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