Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the East Campus Integration Program Within the Fort Meade Complex, Maryland, 209-210 [2014-30343]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 2 / Monday, January 5, 2015 / Notices current performance against MEP program plans. Background information on the Board is available at https://www.nist.gov/mep/ about/advisory-board.cfm. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the MEP Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This meeting will focus on updates from the new sub-committees on (1) Technology Acceleration and (2) Board Governance. The final agenda will be posted on the MEP Advisory Board Web site at https://www.nist.gov/ mep/about/advisory-board.cfm. Admittance Instructions: Anyone wishing to attend this meeting should submit their name, email address and phone number to Kari Reidy (Kari.Reidy@nist.gov or 301–975–4919) no later than Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 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Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to attend in person are invited to submit written statements to VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:33 Jan 02, 2015 Jkt 235001 the MEP Advisory Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 4800, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– 4800, or via fax at (301) 963–6556, or electronically by email to kari.reidy@ nist.gov. Dated: December 22, 2014. Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services. [FR Doc. 2014–30849 Filed 1–2–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the East Campus Integration Program Within the Fort Meade Complex, Maryland Department of Defense. Notice of intent; notice of public meeting; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of Defense (DoD) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as part of the environmental planning process for the East Campus Integration Program at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland (hereafter referred to as Fort Meade). The DoD proposes to develop operational complex and headquarters space at the National Security Agency’s (NSA) East Campus on Fort Meade for use by NSA and the Intelligence Community. The purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide facilities that are fully supportive of the Intelligence Community’s function and to continue to integrate the East Campus site with the NSA Main Campus. The need for the action is to meet mission requirements, both internally at the NSA and within the Intelligence Community. Publication of this notice begins a scoping process that identifies and determines the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the EIS. This notice requests public participation in the scoping process and provides information on how to participate. DATES: There will be an open house at 4:00 p.m. followed by a scoping meeting from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on January 27, 2015. Comments or questions regarding this EIS should be submitted by February 27, 2015 to ensure sufficient time to consider public input in the preparation of the Draft EIS. ADDRESSES: The open house and scoping meeting will be held at the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 209 Severn Community Library, 2624 Annapolis Road, Severn, Maryland 21144. Verbal and written comments will be accepted at the scoping meeting. You can also submit written comments to ‘‘East Campus Integration Program EIS’’ c/o HDR, 2600 Park Tower Drive, Suite 100, Vienna, VA 22180 or submit by email to ECIPEIS@hdrinc.com. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeffrey Williams at 301–688–2970, or email jdwill2@nsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The NSA is a tenant DoD agency on Fort Meade. NSA is a hightechnology communications and data processing organization. In order to meet mission requirements, both at the NSA and within the Intelligence Community, continued integration of the East Campus with the NSA Main Campus on Fort Meade through development of office, operational, and headquarters space is needed. In 2010, NSA completed an EIS that addressed development of the East Campus, which is the northern part of the former Fort Meade golf course. The Record of Decision implemented the first phase of development identified in that EIS, which is currently occurring in the southern portion of the East Campus. This upcoming East Campus Integration Program EIS will address buildout of the northern portion of the East Campus. Proposed Action and Alternatives: The East Campus Integration Program was initiated to provide a modern office, operational, and headquarters complex to meet the growth requirements of the NSA and Intelligence Community. Development is proposed along the East Campus central core extending through the NSA Main Campus at Fort Meade. The Proposed Action would consist of the construction of approximately 2,880,000 square feet of office, operational, and headquarters space supporting an increase of 7,200 people with the majority from local leases and government-owned buildings to the NSA Main Campus. The program also includes the demolition of approximately 1,900,000 square feet of aged buildings and infrastructure. Development would include associated infrastructure (e.g., electrical substation, generator capacity providing 121 megawatts of electricity, life/safety generators, building heating systems, roads, sidewalks, storm water management facilities, and parking structures). Alternatives identified include four options for redundant emergency backup power generation and various pollution control systems, two options for building heating systems, four E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM 05JAN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 210 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 2 / Monday, January 5, 2015 / Notices options for locations of parking structures, and acquisition of additional space at two existing, offsite leased locations. These alternatives will be further developed during preparation of the Draft EIS as a result of public and agency input and environmental analyses of the activities. The No Action Alternative (not undertaking the East Campus Integration Program) will also be analyzed in detail. This notice of intent is required by 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1508.22 and briefly describes the Proposed Action and possible alternatives and our proposed scoping process. The EIS will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality regulations in 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508, and DoD Instruction 4715.9 (Environmental Planning and Analysis). Significant Issues: Environmental issues to be analyzed in the EIS will include potential impacts on air quality, noise, natural resources, water use, solid waste, hazardous materials and wastes, transportation, and cumulative impacts from increased burdens on the installation and neighboring community based on projected development. Scoping Process: Public scoping is an early and open process for identifying and determining the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. Scoping begins with this notice, continues through the public comment period (see DATES), and ends when the DoD has completed the following actions: —Invites the participation of Federal, State, and local agencies, any affected Indian tribes, and other interested persons; —Determines the actions, alternatives, and impacts described in 40 CFR 1508.25; —Identifies and eliminates from detailed study those issues that are not significant or that have been covered elsewhere; —Indicates any related EISs or environmental assessments (EAs) that are not part of the EIS; —Identifies other relevant environmental review and consultation requirements; —Indicates the relationship between timing of the environmental review and other aspects of the proposed program; —At its discretion, exercises the options provided in 40 CFR 1501.7(b). Once the scoping process is complete, DoD will prepare a Draft EIS, and will publish a Federal Register notice announcing its public availability. If VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:33 Jan 02, 2015 Jkt 235001 you want that notice to be sent to you, please contact the DoD Project Office point of contact identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. You will have an opportunity to review and comment on the Draft EIS. Additionally, the DoD anticipates holding a public meeting after publication of the Draft EIS in the vicinity of Fort Meade, Maryland, to present the Draft EIS and receive public comments regarding the document. The DoD will consider all comments received and then prepare the Final EIS. As with the Draft EIS, the DoD will announce the availability of the Final EIS and once again give you an opportunity for review and comment. Dated: December 19, 2014. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2014–30343 Filed 1–2–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Termination of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities Foothills West Transportation Access Project U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense. ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent. Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for the proposed Foothills project in the Federal Register on Friday, May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218). In the summer of 2013 the Alaska DOT&PF decided to reevaluate plans for future EIS work, and in response the Corps suspended work and closed the EIS project file. After confirming on October 21, 2014 that the DOT&PF has no future plans to proceed with the project, the Corps officially determined that it is appropriate to terminate the EIS. The Corps’ neutral role in the EIS process was to evaluate the environmental consequences of the proposed project under the authority of Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The preparation of the EIS was being conducted by a third-party contractor directed by the Corps, and funded by the applicant, which is typical of the Corps Regulatory EIS studies. Withdrawal of the permit application and termination of the EIS process will not prevent DOT&PF from reapplying at a later date. Dated: November 3, 2014. Approved by: Michael Salyer, North Branch Chief, Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [FR Doc. 2014–30862 Filed 1–2–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P AGENCY: The Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is notifying interested parties that it has terminated the process to develop an Environmental Impact Statement and has withdrawn the application for a Department of the Army permit from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) proposed Foothills West Transportation Access Project (Foothills Project). The original Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS was published in the Federal Register on May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the termination of this EIS process should be addressed to: Ms. Melissa Riordan, Regulatory Division, telephone: (907) 474–2166, or mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CEPOA–RD, 2175 University Avenue, Suite 201(E), Fairbanks, AK 99709– 4927. Or email: melissa.c.riordan@ usace.army.mil. Emailed questions, including attachments, should be provided in .doc, .docx, .pdf or .txt formats. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Alaska District published the original SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Initiate the Public Scoping Period and Host Public Scoping Meetings for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’)— Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance Species Controls Near Brandon Road Lock and Dam: Extension of the Public Scoping Period and Announcement of an Additional Public Scoping Meeting Location AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice. Reference the Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register on Thursday, November 20, 2014, volume 79, number 224, pages 69099–100 (79 FR 69099). This notice extends the public comment period and identifies an additional location for a GLMRIS public scoping meeting. For convenience, the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the November 20, 2014 notice has been reprinted with SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM 05JAN1

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the East 
Campus Integration Program Within the Fort Meade Complex, Maryland

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of intent; notice of public meeting; request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) announces its intent to 
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as part of the 
environmental planning process for the East Campus Integration Program 
at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland (hereafter referred to as Fort 
Meade). The DoD proposes to develop operational complex and 
headquarters space at the National Security Agency's (NSA) East Campus 
on Fort Meade for use by NSA and the Intelligence Community. The 
purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide facilities that are fully 
supportive of the Intelligence Community's function and to continue to 
integrate the East Campus site with the NSA Main Campus. The need for 
the action is to meet mission requirements, both internally at the NSA 
and within the Intelligence Community.
    Publication of this notice begins a scoping process that identifies 
and determines the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the 
EIS. This notice requests public participation in the scoping process 
and provides information on how to participate.

DATES: There will be an open house at 4:00 p.m. followed by a scoping 
meeting from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on January 27, 2015. Comments or 
questions regarding this EIS should be submitted by February 27, 2015 
to ensure sufficient time to consider public input in the preparation 
of the Draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: The open house and scoping meeting will be held at the 
Severn Community Library, 2624 Annapolis Road, Severn, Maryland 21144. 
Verbal and written comments will be accepted at the scoping meeting. 
You can also submit written comments to ``East Campus Integration 
Program EIS'' c/o HDR, 2600 Park Tower Drive, Suite 100, Vienna, VA 
22180 or submit by email to ECIPEIS@hdrinc.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeffrey Williams at 301-688-2970, 
or email jdwill2@nsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The NSA is a tenant DoD agency on Fort Meade. NSA is a 
high-technology communications and data processing organization. In 
order to meet mission requirements, both at the NSA and within the 
Intelligence Community, continued integration of the East Campus with 
the NSA Main Campus on Fort Meade through development of office, 
operational, and headquarters space is needed. In 2010, NSA completed 
an EIS that addressed development of the East Campus, which is the 
northern part of the former Fort Meade golf course. The Record of 
Decision implemented the first phase of development identified in that 
EIS, which is currently occurring in the southern portion of the East 
Campus. This upcoming East Campus Integration Program EIS will address 
buildout of the northern portion of the East Campus.
    Proposed Action and Alternatives: The East Campus Integration 
Program was initiated to provide a modern office, operational, and 
headquarters complex to meet the growth requirements of the NSA and 
Intelligence Community. Development is proposed along the East Campus 
central core extending through the NSA Main Campus at Fort Meade. The 
Proposed Action would consist of the construction of approximately 
2,880,000 square feet of office, operational, and headquarters space 
supporting an increase of 7,200 people with the majority from local 
leases and government-owned buildings to the NSA Main Campus. The 
program also includes the demolition of approximately 1,900,000 square 
feet of aged buildings and infrastructure. Development would include 
associated infrastructure (e.g., electrical substation, generator 
capacity providing 121 megawatts of electricity, life/safety 
generators, building heating systems, roads, sidewalks, storm water 
management facilities, and parking structures).
    Alternatives identified include four options for redundant 
emergency backup power generation and various pollution control 
systems, two options for building heating systems, four

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options for locations of parking structures, and acquisition of 
additional space at two existing, offsite leased locations. These 
alternatives will be further developed during preparation of the Draft 
EIS as a result of public and agency input and environmental analyses 
of the activities. The No Action Alternative (not undertaking the East 
Campus Integration Program) will also be analyzed in detail.
    This notice of intent is required by 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) 1508.22 and briefly describes the Proposed Action and possible 
alternatives and our proposed scoping process. The EIS will comply with 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality regulations in 40 CFR parts 
1500 through 1508, and DoD Instruction 4715.9 (Environmental Planning 
and Analysis).
    Significant Issues: Environmental issues to be analyzed in the EIS 
will include potential impacts on air quality, noise, natural 
resources, water use, solid waste, hazardous materials and wastes, 
transportation, and cumulative impacts from increased burdens on the 
installation and neighboring community based on projected development.
    Scoping Process: Public scoping is an early and open process for 
identifying and determining the scope of issues to be addressed in the 
EIS. Scoping begins with this notice, continues through the public 
comment period (see DATES), and ends when the DoD has completed the 
following actions:

--Invites the participation of Federal, State, and local agencies, any 
affected Indian tribes, and other interested persons;
--Determines the actions, alternatives, and impacts described in 40 CFR 
1508.25;
--Identifies and eliminates from detailed study those issues that are 
not significant or that have been covered elsewhere;
--Indicates any related EISs or environmental assessments (EAs) that 
are not part of the EIS;
--Identifies other relevant environmental review and consultation 
requirements;
--Indicates the relationship between timing of the environmental review 
and other aspects of the proposed program;
--At its discretion, exercises the options provided in 40 CFR 
1501.7(b).

    Once the scoping process is complete, DoD will prepare a Draft EIS, 
and will publish a Federal Register notice announcing its public 
availability. If you want that notice to be sent to you, please contact 
the DoD Project Office point of contact identified in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. You will have an opportunity to review and comment 
on the Draft EIS. Additionally, the DoD anticipates holding a public 
meeting after publication of the Draft EIS in the vicinity of Fort 
Meade, Maryland, to present the Draft EIS and receive public comments 
regarding the document. The DoD will consider all comments received and 
then prepare the Final EIS. As with the Draft EIS, the DoD will 
announce the availability of the Final EIS and once again give you an 
opportunity for review and comment.

    Dated: December 19, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-30343 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]
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