Environmental Assessment: Construct Munitions Maintenance Facility Building 543, Project ZQEL 05 - 0007, Youngstown Air Reserve Station

Abstract : The 910th Airlift Wing (910TH AW) proposes to construct a munitions maintenance facility at a location adjoining the existing munitions facilities at Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Trumbull County, Ohio. The Proposed Action, two reasonable alternatives, and a No Action Alternative were evaluated in an environmental assessment (EA). The purpose of the proposed action is to provide facilities and space to enable the 910TH AW to accomplish its munitions maintenance mission in accordance with AFI 21-201, Management and Maintenance of Non-Nuclear Munitions; AFMAN 91-201, Explosives Safety Standards; and AFRCH 32-1001, Standard facility requirements. Currently, there is no facility at YARS that fully complies with all three of these requirements. Existing munitions buildings have neither the physical space nor proper facilities from operational and functional perspectives to fully meet the requirements of the YARS munitions maintenance mission.