Record of Decision of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Master Plan Amendment 2 of the Consolidation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Headquarters at the St. Elizabeths West Campus, 64466-64467 [2020-22605]
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Record of Decision of the
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Master
Plan Amendment 2 of the
Consolidation of the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security Headquarters at
the St. Elizabeths West Campus
Public Buildings Service,
National Capital Region, General
Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
GSA issued a Record of
Decision (ROD) for the 2020 Master Plan
Amendment 2 for the Consolidation of
the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) at the St. Elizabeths
West Campus, located in Southeast,
Washington, DC, on October 9, 2020.
The ROD was prepared in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations, and
the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA
Desk Guide.
DATES: Applicable: Friday, October 9,
2020.
SUMMARY:
The ROD can be found on
GSA’s project website at www.gsa.gov/
ncrnepa.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
ADDRESSES:
Paul
Gyamfi, GSA, National Capital Region,
Public Buildings Service, Office of
Planning and Design Quality, at 202–
440–3405, or by email at paul.gyamfi@
gsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
One of the principal missions of GSA
is to provide secure office space for
Federal agencies throughout the United
States, including the Washington, DC,
metropolitan area. GSA obtained control
of the St. Elizabeths West Campus in
Southeast, Washington, DC, in 2004, in
anticipation of meeting a portion of the
need for secure Federal office space in
the National Capital Region (NCR). On
June 7, 2005, GSA published a Notice of
Intent (NOI), and on June 28, 2007, a
revised NOI, to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
in compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) for the proposed redevelopment
of the St. Elizabeths West Campus.
GSA issued a Record of Decision
(ROD) for the 2008 Final Master Plan
EIS on December 16, 2008, selecting the
alternative that consolidated 4.5 million
gross square feet of secure office and
shared-use space and associated parking
on both the West and East Campuses at
St. Elizabeths. As part of the 2008 Final
Master Plan EIS for this action, GSA
also assessed, on a programmatic level,
the impacts of constructing 750,000
gross square feet of office space and
associated parking on the St. Elizabeths
East Campus. GSA noted in its ROD that
an EIS tiered to the 2008 Final Master
Plan EIS would be prepared for the East
Campus.
On November 19, 2018, GSA
published an NOI to prepare an EIS for
St. Elizabeths Master Plan Amendment
2, which eliminates development on the
East Campus and re-evaluates
development on the St. Elizabeths West
Campus to accommodate 4.1 million
gross square feet of secure office and
shared-use space, and 1.6 million gross
square feet of associated parking, for the
DHS Headquarters consolidation. The
Master Plan Amendment 2 Draft SEIS
was issued for a 70-day public comment
period on May 8, 2020 and the Master
Plan Amendment 2 Final SEIS was
issued for a 30-day public review on
August 28, 2020.
Comments received during public
review of the Master Plan Amendment
2 Final EIS are provided in Appendix A
along with GSA’s responses
Preferred Alternative
GSA has chosen to implement
Alternative B as defined in the Master
Plan Amendment 2 Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), issued August
2020. This decision is based on analyses
contained in the Master Plan
Amendment 2 Draft EIS issued in May
2020, the Master Plan Amendment 2
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Final EIS issued in August 2020, the
Programmatic Agreement executed in
December 2008, the Memorandum of
Agreement executed on September 29,
2020, and the comments of Federal and
state agencies, stakeholder
organizations, members of the public,
and elected officials.
Alternative B includes the addition of
1.2 million gross square feet of office
space in two separate office structures
organized around two enclosed
courtyards on the plateau site at the
West Campus. The new office buildings
will range from three to eight stories,
and the largest part of the structures will
have an east-west orientation to
optimize the use of daylight. The
courtyards will be secured to provide
open space for building occupants.
Building B1 will be stepped down into
the ravine near Building 56/57 to
stabilize the slope in that area. Building
56/57 will be integrated into the design
of Building B1 to provide a connection
between the historic and new
construction. Buildings 52 and 64 will
be retained, rehabilitated, and
adaptively reused.
Alternative B also includes the
addition of 175,000 gross square feet of
office space on the Sweetgum Lane site
(proposed Building C1), organized into
primarily below-grade construction,
with one two-story building constructed
to mirror the northwest corner of the
Munro Building. The building would
include up to three below-grade levels,
which would take advantage of the site
slope from east to west, allowing the
western edge of the building to receive
daylight. A central courtyard would
provide internal daylighting.
Alternative B will also consist of the
following:
• An additional 1,014 employee
parking spaces added to the previously
proposed underground parking garages
at Gates 1 and 2 on the east side of the
West Campus;
• Demolition of Buildings 60, 66, 67,
68, and 69, which total 65,295 gross
square feet of space, at the plateau site;
• Demolition of Building 15, which
totals 2,749 gross square feet of space,
at the Sweetgum Lane site;
• Sidewalks and walkways, including
enhanced pedestrian connections at the
ravine;
• Engineering for stabilization of
steep slopes, including building
foundations;
• Realignment of site drainages and
incorporation of landscaping and
stormwater management;
• Shuttle bus drop-off locations;
• Shipping/receiving areas for
buildings;
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• Electric power, communications,
and utility corridors designed for
buildings and site improvements; and
• Remediation of contaminated soils.
Kristi Tunstall Williams,
Deputy Director, Office of Planning and
Design Quality, Public Buildings Service,
National Capital Region, General Services
Administration.
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Patient Safety Organizations (PSO):
Expired Listing for FailSafe PSO
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and Quality (AHRQ), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of delisting.
The Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Final Rule
(Patient Safety Rule) authorizes AHRQ,
on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list
as a patient safety organization (PSO) an
entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by
the Secretary if it is found to no longer
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety and Quality Improvement Act of
2005 (Patient Safety Act) and Patient
Safety Rule, when a PSO chooses to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a
PSO for any reason, or when a PSO’s
listing expires. The listing for FailSafe
PSO, PSO number P0196, has expired
and AHRQ has delisted the PSO
accordingly.
SUMMARY:
The delisting was effective at
12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on September
21, 2020.
DATES:
The directories for both
listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. Both
directories can be accessed
electronically at the following HHS
website: https://www.pso.ahrq.gov/listed.
ADDRESSES:
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathryn Bach, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
5600 Fishers Lane, MS 06N100B,
Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone (toll
free): (866) 403–3697; Telephone (local):
(301) 427–1111; TTY (toll free): (866)
438–7231; TTY (local): (301) 427–1130;
Email: pso@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Patient Safety Act, 42 U.S.C.
299b–21 to 299b–26, and the related
Patient Safety Rule, 42 CFR part 3,
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70732–
70814), establish a framework by which
individuals and entities that meet the
definition of provider in the Patient
Safety Rule may voluntarily report
information to PSOs listed by AHRQ, on
a privileged and confidential basis, for
the aggregation and analysis of patient
safety events.
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity are to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery.
HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to
implement the Patient Safety Act.
AHRQ administers the provisions of the
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule relating to the listing and operation
of PSOs. The Patient Safety Rule
authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ if
it is found to no longer meet the
requirements of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule, when a PSO
chooses to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO for any reason, or when
a PSO’s listing expires. Section 3.108(d)
of the Patient Safety Rule requires
AHRQ to provide public notice when it
removes an organization from the list of
PSOs.
Section 3.104(e)(1) of the Patient
Safety Rule specifies that a PSO’s
listing, unless revoked or relinquished
earlier, automatically expires at
midnight of the last day of the threeyear listing period if, prior to this
deadline, the required certifications for
a new three-year listing are not
submitted by the PSO and accepted by
AHRQ . FailSafe PSO, a component
entity of Newsura, Inc., did not seek
continued listing. Accordingly, FailSafe
PSO was delisted effective at 12:00
Midnight ET (2400) on September 21,
2020.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO website
at https://www.pso.ahrq.gov.
Dated: October 5, 2020.
Marquita Cullom-Stott,
Associate Director.
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In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
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has submitted the information
collection request titled Message Testing
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and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. CDC previously published a
‘‘Proposed Data Collection Submitted
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proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including, through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection
costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
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Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-PBS-2020-09; Docket No. 2020-0002; Sequence No. 39]
Record of Decision of the Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Master Plan Amendment 2 of the Consolidation
of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Headquarters at the St.
Elizabeths West Campus
AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, National Capital Region, General
Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GSA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 2020 Master Plan
Amendment 2 for the Consolidation of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) at the St. Elizabeths West Campus, located in Southeast,
Washington, DC, on October 9, 2020. The ROD was prepared in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations, and the GSA Public Buildings
Service NEPA Desk Guide.
DATES: Applicable: Friday, October 9, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The ROD can be found on GSA's project website at
www.gsa.gov/ncrnepa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gyamfi, GSA, National Capital
Region, Public Buildings Service, Office of Planning and Design
Quality, at 202-440-3405, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
One of the principal missions of GSA is to provide secure office
space for Federal agencies throughout the United States, including the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area. GSA obtained control of the St.
Elizabeths West Campus in Southeast, Washington, DC, in 2004, in
anticipation of meeting a portion of the need for secure Federal office
space in the National Capital Region (NCR). On June 7, 2005, GSA
published a Notice of Intent (NOI), and on June 28, 2007, a revised
NOI, to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in compliance
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for the
proposed redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths West Campus.
GSA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 2008 Final Master
Plan EIS on December 16, 2008, selecting the alternative that
consolidated 4.5 million gross square feet of secure office and shared-
use space and associated parking on both the West and East Campuses at
St. Elizabeths. As part of the 2008 Final Master Plan EIS for this
action, GSA also assessed, on a programmatic level, the impacts of
constructing 750,000 gross square feet of office space and associated
parking on the St. Elizabeths East Campus. GSA noted in its ROD that an
EIS tiered to the 2008 Final Master Plan EIS would be prepared for the
East Campus.
On November 19, 2018, GSA published an NOI to prepare an EIS for
St. Elizabeths Master Plan Amendment 2, which eliminates development on
the East Campus and re-evaluates development on the St. Elizabeths West
Campus to accommodate 4.1 million gross square feet of secure office
and shared-use space, and 1.6 million gross square feet of associated
parking, for the DHS Headquarters consolidation. The Master Plan
Amendment 2 Draft SEIS was issued for a 70-day public comment period on
May 8, 2020 and the Master Plan Amendment 2 Final SEIS was issued for a
30-day public review on August 28, 2020.
Comments received during public review of the Master Plan Amendment
2 Final EIS are provided in Appendix A along with GSA's responses
Preferred Alternative
GSA has chosen to implement Alternative B as defined in the Master
Plan Amendment 2 Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), issued
August 2020. This decision is based on analyses contained in the Master
Plan Amendment 2 Draft EIS issued in May 2020, the Master Plan
Amendment 2 Final EIS issued in August 2020, the Programmatic Agreement
executed in December 2008, the Memorandum of Agreement executed on
September 29, 2020, and the comments of Federal and state agencies,
stakeholder organizations, members of the public, and elected
officials.
Alternative B includes the addition of 1.2 million gross square
feet of office space in two separate office structures organized around
two enclosed courtyards on the plateau site at the West Campus. The new
office buildings will range from three to eight stories, and the
largest part of the structures will have an east-west orientation to
optimize the use of daylight. The courtyards will be secured to provide
open space for building occupants. Building B1 will be stepped down
into the ravine near Building 56/57 to stabilize the slope in that
area. Building 56/57 will be integrated into the design of Building B1
to provide a connection between the historic and new construction.
Buildings 52 and 64 will be retained, rehabilitated, and adaptively
reused.
Alternative B also includes the addition of 175,000 gross square
feet of office space on the Sweetgum Lane site (proposed Building C1),
organized into primarily below-grade construction, with one two-story
building constructed to mirror the northwest corner of the Munro
Building. The building would include up to three below-grade levels,
which would take advantage of the site slope from east to west,
allowing the western edge of the building to receive daylight. A
central courtyard would provide internal daylighting.
Alternative B will also consist of the following:
An additional 1,014 employee parking spaces added to the
previously proposed underground parking garages at Gates 1 and 2 on the
east side of the West Campus;
Demolition of Buildings 60, 66, 67, 68, and 69, which
total 65,295 gross square feet of space, at the plateau site;
Demolition of Building 15, which totals 2,749 gross square
feet of space, at the Sweetgum Lane site;
Sidewalks and walkways, including enhanced pedestrian
connections at the ravine;
Engineering for stabilization of steep slopes, including
building foundations;
Realignment of site drainages and incorporation of
landscaping and stormwater management;
Shuttle bus drop-off locations;
Shipping/receiving areas for buildings;
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Electric power, communications, and utility corridors
designed for buildings and site improvements; and
Remediation of contaminated soils.
Kristi Tunstall Williams,
Deputy Director, Office of Planning and Design Quality, Public
Buildings Service, National Capital Region, General Services
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-22605 Filed 10-9-20; 8:45 am]
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