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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Availability of the Draft Finding of No
Significant Impact and Draft
Memorandum of Agreement for the
Arlington National Cemetery Southern
Expansion Project and Associated
Roadway Realignment for the Final
Environmental Assessment, Arlington,
VA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District, on
behalf of the Arlington National
Cemetery (ANC), announces the
availability of a Draft Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) for the
Arlington National Cemetery Southern
SUMMARY:
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Expansion Project and Associated
Roadway Realignment Project. The
Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
evaluated potential impacts resulting
from the proposed cemetery’s
contiguous acreage, by utilizing the
former Navy Annex site, located south
of the existing cemetery, and relocating
roadways and modifying an
interchange, in Arlington, Virginia. The
EA also described the potential adverse
effects on cultural resources related to
the integration of the Air Force
Memorial into the cemetery as part of
the expansion, the conversion of Patton
Drive to a pedestrian trail, and the
demolition of a portion of the boundary
wall. ANC and key stakeholders—the
Federal Highway Administration,
Eastern Federal Lands Highway
Division, the Virginia Department of
Transportation, and Arlington County
developed a roadway realignment and
relocation that creates an opportunity to
address multimodal capacity along
Columbia Pike while enabling the
cemetery to maximize land available for
internment capacity, as provided
through Congressional legislation.
DATES: The Draft FONSI is available for
a 30-day review period. Written
comments will be accepted until the
close of business on September 30,
2019.
The public is invited to
submit comments to Ms. Kathy Perdue,
Department of the Army, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District,
Planning and Policy Branch, 803 Front
St., Norfolk, VA 23510 or via email:
SouthernExpansion@usace.army.mil.
The Project title and the commenter’s
contact information should be included
with submitted comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Kathy Perdue, (757) 201–7218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Draft FONSI and Final EA are
available for review at the following
locations:
(1) The USACE Norfolk District
Arlington National Cemetery Southern
Expansion website: https://
www.nao.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Military-Construction/
ANCSouthernExpansion/.
(2) The ANC website: https://
www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/
Policies-and-Public-Notices/PublicNotices.
(3) Compact Discs will be available at
the following Arlington County,
Virginia Public Libraries:
a. Arlington County Central Library,
1015 N Quincy Street, Arlington, VA
22201.
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b. Aurora Hills Branch Public Library,
735 South 18th Street, Arlington, VA
22202.
Columbia Pike Branch Public Library,
816 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington,
VA 22204.
ANC, a Direct Report Unit of the
Headquarters Department of the Army,
is the lead federal agency for this
Project, and the USACE has prepared
the draft NEPA document on behalf of
(ANC), assisted by the HNTB
Corporation. The following are served as
cooperating agencies during the NEPA
process: Federal Highway
Administration, Eastern Federal Lands
Highway Division (FHWA–EFLHD), the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the National Capital Planning
Commission (NCPC), the Virginia
Department of Transportation (VDOT),
and Arlington County. The ANC and the
USACE also considered the input of the
public.
ANC is located within the eastern
boundary of Arlington County, in the
northeastern corner of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and at the
western terminus of Memorial Avenue,
directly across the Arlington Memorial
Bridge and the Potomac River from the
District of Columbia (Washington DC).
ANC is our nation’s most hallowed
ground. This Army cemetery consists of
624 acres and is the final resting place
of over 400,000 service members and
their families. The proposed Southern
Expansion site, bounded by Washington
Boulevard (Route 27), I–395, the VDOT
Maintenance Complex, the Foxcroft
Heights neighborhood, and the ANC,
involves approximately 70 acres,
including roadway corridors, among
three landowners: ANC, Arlington
County, and VDOT.
Proposed Action. The Proposed
Action is to establish a single
contiguous parcel of land south of the
cemetery by relocating and realigning
local roadways and developing the
parcel to increase interment capacity.
The contiguous parcel would be created
through the replacement of Southgate
Road with a new South Nash Street, and
realignment of Columbia Pike and the
Columbia Pike/Washington Boulevard
(Route 27) interchange (adjacent to the
Pentagon). The existing Air Force
Memorial (AFM) would be incorporated
into the cemetery expansion, existing
Patton Drive would be converted into a
trail, and the existing Operations
Complex would be relocated south of
Columbia Pike.
FHWA–EFLHD, in addition to its role
as a cooperating agency, is designing the
roadways that would be relocated as a
result of ANC expansion. The FHWA–
EFLHD has indicated that all decision-
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making to-date concerning the
Environmental Assessment is agreeable.
Recently, at the request of Arlington
County and the Virginia Department of
Transportation, the FHWA–EFLHD
agreed to update traffic studies to
analyze how recent changes in adjacent
land use, including the move of Amazon
HQ2 to Pentagon City, might impact the
modified access to Route 27
(Washington Boulevard) with Columbia
Pike associated with this federal project.
The FHWA–EFLHD has indicated that it
intends to adopt the Environmental
Assessment and issue its own Finding
of No Significant Impact, if appropriate,
after the updated traffic studies are
completed.
Public Involvement. A Notice of Intent
to prepare an EA was published in the
Federal Register (81 FR 23281) on April
20, 2016. A public NEPA scoping
meeting was held on April 27, 2016, in
Arlington County. Public scoping
comments were collected during a 30day comment period, and addressed in
the Draft EA. A Notice of Availability of
the Draft EA was published in the
Federal Register (83 FR 40757), on
August 16, 2018. A second public
meeting was held on August 22, 2018,
in Arlington, Virginia. Additional
public comments on the Draft EA were
received during a 30-day comment
period, and have been addressed in the
appendix of the Final EA.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), 42 U.S.C.
4321–4370, as implemented by the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
the Army, as the lead federal agency,
has determined that the project does not
have the potential to cause significant
impacts on the human environment,
and has developed the Draft FONSI and
Final EA to examine and assess the
impacts of the Proposed Action.
FHWA–EFLHD has indicated that all
decision-making to-date is agreeable,
and that FHWA–EFLHD intends to
adopt the ANC’s EA and issue its own
FONSI if appropriate, after the traffic
studies related to the modified access to
Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) with
Columbia Pike.
Karen Durham-Aguilera,
Executive Director, Arlington National
Cemetery.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Availability of the Draft Finding of No Significant Impact and
Draft Memorandum of Agreement for the Arlington National Cemetery
Southern Expansion Project and Associated Roadway Realignment for the
Final Environmental Assessment, Arlington, VA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District, on
behalf of the Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), announces the
availability of a Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for
the Arlington National Cemetery Southern Expansion Project and
Associated Roadway Realignment Project. The Final Environmental
Assessment (EA) evaluated potential impacts resulting from the proposed
cemetery's contiguous acreage, by utilizing the former Navy Annex site,
located south of the existing cemetery, and relocating roadways and
modifying an interchange, in Arlington, Virginia. The EA also described
the potential adverse effects on cultural resources related to the
integration of the Air Force Memorial into the cemetery as part of the
expansion, the conversion of Patton Drive to a pedestrian trail, and
the demolition of a portion of the boundary wall. ANC and key
stakeholders--the Federal Highway Administration, Eastern Federal Lands
Highway Division, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and
Arlington County developed a roadway realignment and relocation that
creates an opportunity to address multimodal capacity along Columbia
Pike while enabling the cemetery to maximize land available for
internment capacity, as provided through Congressional legislation.
DATES: The Draft FONSI is available for a 30-day review period. Written
comments will be accepted until the close of business on September 30,
2019.
ADDRESSES: The public is invited to submit comments to Ms. Kathy
Perdue, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk
District, Planning and Policy Branch, 803 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510
or via email: [email protected]. The Project title and
the commenter's contact information should be included with submitted
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kathy Perdue, (757) 201-7218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Draft FONSI and Final EA are available for review at the
following locations:
(1) The USACE Norfolk District Arlington National Cemetery Southern
Expansion website: https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/Missions/Military-Construction/ANCSouthernExpansion/.
(2) The ANC website: https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/Policies-and-Public-Notices/Public-Notices.
(3) Compact Discs will be available at the following Arlington
County, Virginia Public Libraries:
a. Arlington County Central Library, 1015 N Quincy Street,
Arlington, VA 22201.
b. Aurora Hills Branch Public Library, 735 South 18th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202.
Columbia Pike Branch Public Library, 816 South Walter Reed Drive,
Arlington, VA 22204.
ANC, a Direct Report Unit of the Headquarters Department of the
Army, is the lead federal agency for this Project, and the USACE has
prepared the draft NEPA document on behalf of (ANC), assisted by the
HNTB Corporation. The following are served as cooperating agencies
during the NEPA process: Federal Highway Administration, Eastern
Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA-EFLHD), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the National Capital Planning Commission
(NCPC), the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and Arlington
County. The ANC and the USACE also considered the input of the public.
ANC is located within the eastern boundary of Arlington County, in
the northeastern corner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and at the
western terminus of Memorial Avenue, directly across the Arlington
Memorial Bridge and the Potomac River from the District of Columbia
(Washington DC). ANC is our nation's most hallowed ground. This Army
cemetery consists of 624 acres and is the final resting place of over
400,000 service members and their families. The proposed Southern
Expansion site, bounded by Washington Boulevard (Route 27), I-395, the
VDOT Maintenance Complex, the Foxcroft Heights neighborhood, and the
ANC, involves approximately 70 acres, including roadway corridors,
among three landowners: ANC, Arlington County, and VDOT.
Proposed Action. The Proposed Action is to establish a single
contiguous parcel of land south of the cemetery by relocating and
realigning local roadways and developing the parcel to increase
interment capacity. The contiguous parcel would be created through the
replacement of Southgate Road with a new South Nash Street, and
realignment of Columbia Pike and the Columbia Pike/Washington Boulevard
(Route 27) interchange (adjacent to the Pentagon). The existing Air
Force Memorial (AFM) would be incorporated into the cemetery expansion,
existing Patton Drive would be converted into a trail, and the existing
Operations Complex would be relocated south of Columbia Pike.
FHWA-EFLHD, in addition to its role as a cooperating agency, is
designing the roadways that would be relocated as a result of ANC
expansion. The FHWA-EFLHD has indicated that all decision-
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making to-date concerning the Environmental Assessment is agreeable.
Recently, at the request of Arlington County and the Virginia
Department of Transportation, the FHWA-EFLHD agreed to update traffic
studies to analyze how recent changes in adjacent land use, including
the move of Amazon HQ2 to Pentagon City, might impact the modified
access to Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) with Columbia Pike associated
with this federal project. The FHWA-EFLHD has indicated that it intends
to adopt the Environmental Assessment and issue its own Finding of No
Significant Impact, if appropriate, after the updated traffic studies
are completed.
Public Involvement. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EA was
published in the Federal Register (81 FR 23281) on April 20, 2016. A
public NEPA scoping meeting was held on April 27, 2016, in Arlington
County. Public scoping comments were collected during a 30-day comment
period, and addressed in the Draft EA. A Notice of Availability of the
Draft EA was published in the Federal Register (83 FR 40757), on August
16, 2018. A second public meeting was held on August 22, 2018, in
Arlington, Virginia. Additional public comments on the Draft EA were
received during a 30-day comment period, and have been addressed in the
appendix of the Final EA.
Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321-4370, as implemented by
the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), the Army, as the lead federal agency, has determined that the
project does not have the potential to cause significant impacts on the
human environment, and has developed the Draft FONSI and Final EA to
examine and assess the impacts of the Proposed Action. FHWA-EFLHD has
indicated that all decision-making to-date is agreeable, and that FHWA-
EFLHD intends to adopt the ANC's EA and issue its own FONSI if
appropriate, after the traffic studies related to the modified access
to Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) with Columbia Pike.
Karen Durham-Aguilera,
Executive Director, Arlington National Cemetery.
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