Final Environmental Assessment for Construction and Operation of the Edgemeade Readiness Center and Tactical Unmanned Aerial System Storage and Maintenance Facility Idaho Army National Guard Elmore County, Idaho

Abstract : The Idaho Army National Guard (IDARNG) proposes to construct a new modernized training facility to support the ongoing mission of the units assigned to the Edgemeade Readiness Center in Mountain Home, Idaho. Current facilities at the Edgemeade site have significant facility condition deficiencies and do not comply with current Army design standards and IDARNG requirements for meeting present and future operational challenges. Modernization of this training facility would create a facility that would meet standards and requirements described in Army National Guard Facilities Allowances (NG Pam 415-12;NGB 2007) and would support the ongoing mission of the units currently assigned to use the Edgemeade facility as a Readiness Center: Co C, 116 Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB), Engineers (EN) by providing space to be used daily by two to three full-time staff and several days per month by approximately 108 IDARNG personnel. In addition, the Proposed Action also includes creation of a Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) Storage and Maintenance Facility that would be used several days per month by approximately 29 IDARNG personnel from Co A, 116th BSTB. The new facility would provide the space required for the operation of the units listed above and permit all personnel to perform many necessary tasks to improve their readiness posture for completion of assigned readiness objectives.