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For a 500-acre tank range project at Fort Benning, Georgia, a major environmental challenge involved wetlands on one side and state waters on the site. Since wetlands are present on the site, it effectively reduces the amount of usable area. The design team was forced to look at alternate layouts that work with the terrain in order to minimize earthwork and cost while still providing a useable facility that maintains line-ofsight between the firing positions and the target emplacements. A balance between cost, environmental impacts, and functionality must be maintained. Although the project is not increasing the impervious surface, it does require some clearing and replacement with grass. There are standoff distances from wetlands that must be maintained. The area also features some string buffers on the state waters that need to be considered, along with an elaborate sedimentation control requirement. Georgia, however, is a state on the stricter end of stormwater and erosion Due to the undulating topography, at the Army Reserve Center in Omaha, NE, targets were placed along the ridges to provide the required line-of-sight. The storm water pollution prevention measures, including two sedimentation basins, were placed in lower lying areas to treat the storm water before it entered the wetland areas. This helped prevent the highly erosive nature of the native sandy soils from entering downstream waters. Photo courtesy of Mason and Hanger. control requirements. Thus, the same standards will not be applicable at an installation in another state. California is a state with some of the strictest standards. At Camp Roberts, an eight-acre Urban Assault Course with five different stations, one chal- lenge is that the disturbance of more than five acres requires a variety of paperwork that must be approved by the state before work can commence on the project. In the Midwest, however, state requirements tend to be more relaxed. Circle 112 • or www.LandDevelopmentToday.com/adinfo www.LandDevelopmentToday.com 39 http://www.fivestarstone.net http://www.LandDevelopmentToday.com/adinfo http://www.LandDevelopmentToday.com

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Sustainable Land Development Today - September 2007 Contents Our Voice: Teaching and Learning Your Voice: Reader Response Editorial Board A 52-Mile Taking Fiber to the Front Doors of America Educators Incorporating Sustainability Land Planning: The Truth about Sprawl Irrigation: Communication Key Wastewater: Many Challenges Determine Sewer Options Regulation: Changing by State, Region, and Municipality Risk Management: Construction Defect Claims Recommended Reading Products/Services Showcase Advertiser Index Calendar Classifieds The Last Word

Sustainable Land Development Today - September 2007

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