The Air Force proposes to stabilize and retrofit the 13th Street Bridge over the Santa Ynez River on Vandenberg Air Force Base (Vandenberg AFB) California. Actions will also be taken to protect the northern bank at the bridge abutments. This purpose of these actions are to ensure safe year-round long-term transportation and communication capabilities between North and South Vandenberg AFB. Vandenberg AFB is headquarters for the 30th Space Wing. The Air Force's primary missions at Vandenberg AFB are to launch and track satellites in space, to test and evaluate America's intercontinental ballistic missile systems, and support aircraft operations in the Western Range. As a non-military facet of operations, Vandenberg AFB is also committed to promoting commercial space launch ventures.
Environmental Assessment: 13th Street Bridge Emergency Repair and Retrofit Vandenberg Air Force Base California
2003
194 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Environmental Health & Safety , Air force facilities , Bridges , Environmental assessment , Repair , Air quality , Construction , Cultural resources , Hazardous materials , Hazardous wastes , Health , Land use , Natural resources , Noise , Pollution , Retrofitting , Safety , Solid wastes , Water quality , Biological resources , Environmental justice , Fonpa(finding of no practicable alternative) , Fonsi(finding of no significant impact) , Socioeconomics