AGENCY: MX Coordination Office
SERIES: 4254
TITLE: Draft environmental impact statements and technical reports
DATES: 1978-1981.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphanumerical by subseries.
DESCRIPTION: Collected in this series are those reports and studies that were undertaken after the Great Basin area had been selected as a prime location for deployment of the MX system and after the missile basing mode had been selected. Federal law required that an environmental impact statement be written before the MX missile system could be deployed. Hennigson was hired as the Air Force's chief subcontractor, and they either hired other subcontractors to complete specific studies, or they completed the work themselves. Subcontractors studied potential sites for the main operating bases and for missile storage and tracking facilities.
These studies included FUGRO, ERTEC, and EDAW. The Utah MX Coordination Office acquired each group of reports as part of their effort to evaluate the impacts that deployment of the missile system would have on Utah. Reports included environmental impact; deployment area selection; field surveys; and comprehensive plans. Records created by agency administration to document the research, creation and application of agency programs, policies and procedures. May include correspondence, policy and program case files, and executive files documenting leadership roles and decision making processes.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
Records in this series document the history, functions, and decisions of the office. They are useful to researchers.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public