In June 2007 the Army published its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Implementation of 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendation and Related Army Actions at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. On August 7, 2007, the Army issued a Record of Decision (ROD) that deferred decisionmaking on the disposition of BRAC 133 to Fort Belvoir. BRAC 133 involves moving various elements of BRAC 133, which consists of miscellaneous Department of Defense (DoD) Agencies and Field Activities, including Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), that are currently located in leased facilities within the National Capital Region (NCR). Therefore, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), an Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared to analyze additional alternative locations for BRAC 133 agencies and activities.
The proposed action would relocate approximately 6,409 personnel of BRAC 133 from various leased offices throughout Northern Virginia to a single location. The action would eliminate the use of approximately 1,850,000 square feet of leased administrative space within the NCR and relocate personnel and functions within a military installation fence line.
The relocation of BRAC 133 would require existing or newly-constructed secure administrative and specific-function space. Approximately 1,426,000 square feet of general purpose administrative space would be required. Approximately 353,000 square feet of specific-function space would be needed for access control, training, conference, engineering support, security operations, special compartmented information, network operations, remote inspection, remote delivery, storage, and personnel support (i.e., cafeteria, sundries shop, physical fitness, etc). In addition, approximately 1,300,000 square feet of structured parking would be required to accommodate 60 percent of the commuting workforce.
The 2007 Fort Belvoir BRAC EIS evaluated proposals for facilities for BRAC 133 at Fort Belvoir's Engineer Proving Ground (EPG) and Main Post. Therefore, those locations are not evaluated again in the BRAC 133 EA. They remain potentially available for selection. In addition to these alternatives, three additional sites are being analyzed. They include a warehouse site owned by the General Services Administration (GSA), comprising approximately 40 acres, at 6999 Loisdale Road in Springfield, Virginia (the GSA site); the Victory Center, a 17-acre site at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia; and the Mark Center, a 24-acre site at the intersection of Seminary Road and I-395 in Alexandria. The BRAC 133 EA analyzing these three alternatives as well as the No Action Alternative is available for public review until August 13, 2008.
The BRAC 133 EA can be downloaded here, and comments on the EA can be submitted here.
