|
L Project Title:
<br />U.S.AR1\1Y
<br />JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD • YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER
<br />RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
<br />Programmatic Land Use Agreement For Law Enforcement Agencies
<br />Agency Name: Kittitas County Sheriffs Office
<br />Date:
<br />Programmatic Land Use Agreement for Law Enforcement Agencies for 2016
<br />2. Background:
<br />18 Dec 15
<br />The AmlY proposes to enter into real property license agreements (or Land Use Agreements (LUA)) with various Law
<br />Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) throughout Washington state (city, county, state and federal level) to grant non-exclusive use of
<br />ranges and certain training facilities on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM-YTq for a one-year tenn.
<br />Environmental review byYTC DPW for each LEA request will be valid for a five-year tenn. There are approximately 160
<br />different non-military LEAs in Washington state that are considered eligible for short-tenn real property licenses under this
<br />NEPA analysis. The use of facilities and ranges available at JBLM-YTC will be for the purpose of maintaining weapon and
<br />tactical movement proficiency. JBLM Regulation 350-31 (available from YTC Range Operations), is the principal guidance
<br />regulation for preparation and execution of training at JBLM-YTC and use of YTC must be in accordance with this regulation.
<br />Law Enforcement training may include such actions as weapons qualifications, roomibuilding entries, sniper qualifications,
<br />tactical movement over varied terrain, simmunitions training, tactical vehicle maneuvers, fire maneuver training, and immediate
<br />action drills.
<br />3. Description of Proposed Action:
<br />The Anny would grant a one-year Land Use Agreement to Washington State Law Enforcement Agencies for annual events at
<br />JBLM-YTC to conduct training (e.g., weapons qualifications, room/building entries, sniper qualifications, tactical movements
<br />over varied terrain, simmunitions training, tactical vehicle maneuvers, fire maneuver training and immediate action drills at
<br />existing ranges). YTC DPW environmental review of the proposed LUA for each LEA will be valid for a five-year period. The
<br />use of .223 cal M4 Commando, .40 caliber, .45 caliber, 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm, and 9 rom weapons are authorized for training, as
<br />well as 12 gauge shotguns, 37 & 40 mm gas and less lethal launchers, noise flash diversionary devices, smoke, riot control
<br />lachrymators (e.g., tear gas, pepper spray), and simmuniti.ons training munitions. JBLM-YTC facilities that may be used include
<br />the ballistic shoot-house; Ranges 1, 2, 3, 6, t I; 24, 25 (Urban Assault Course), 73, Sniper Field Fire Range, Selah Drop Zone,
<br />and lED Lanes (additional facilities may be available upon request to Range Operations). The maximum number of participants
<br />would be 50 people per day, for up to one week per event, with up to six events per year. Total days of use would not exceed 30.
<br />4. Results of screening criteria for Categorical Exclusion (CX), and discussion of Impact Analysis:
<br />This proposal qualifies as a CX because it satisfies all three Screening Criteria (i.e., the action is not segmented, no
<br />extraordinary circumstances exist, and one or more CXs encompass the proposal). The proponent is required to comply with
<br />any tenus, conditions, mitigation, permits, etc., set forth in this REC.
<br />5. Additional terms, conditions and/or mitigation required as determined by YTC Resource Specialists:
<br />1.) An Officer in Charge (orC) must be designated and validated by the agency's Chief. 2.) Range or training facility requests
<br />must go through the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobility and Security (DPTMS), where it will be entered into the Range
<br />Facility Management Support System (RFMSS) by Range Operations. 3.) If any facilities (other than ranges) are being
<br />requested for use in conjunction with a range or ranges, this must be done with express coordination of the Range Operations
<br />officer. 4 .) Hazardous materialslWaste --All spills must be reported and a spill report completed with the One Stop Yard. All
<br />spills must be cleaned up and debris taken to the One Stop Yard (if your location is down-range report to Range Operations; if
<br />your location is in Cantonment Area report to DA Police). Spills on roads and other developed surfaces must be cleaned up
<br />with absorbent and the absorbent taken to the One Stop Yard. Spills to soils must be cleaned up by surface scraping. Down-
<br />range training may result in generation of refuse (I.e., water bottles, food wrappers, etc.). This refuse may be disposed of at the
<br />Refuse Point. [fbrass is generated, it must be removed to the trainees' duty station, as well as any ammunition boxes, following
<br />the requirements of volume 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Pans 100-185 and Washington Administrative Code
<br />(WAC) Chapter 173-303 . Brass and ammunition boxes may not be disposed of in the Refuse Point roll-off boxes or in any
<br />waste receptacle on YTC.
<br />DPW-ED-NEPA-FOR-002 Page 1 of4
|