Notice of Availability; Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Development of a Clifton Road Campus Annex Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Notice of Availability; Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) Development of a Clifton Road Campus Annex Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia

Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the President's Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), as implemented by General

Services Administration (GSA) Order PBS P 1095.4B, GSA announces the

availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a

45 day comment period, for the long-term development, over a twenty

year horizon, of a campus annex (West Campus) to house the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Your comments

should be addressed directly to GSA. The 45-day comment period will

begin with the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.

The DEIS examined the short and long term impacts on the natural

and built environments of developing and operating a mix of laboratory,

office, and support space at the proposed West Campus. The DEIS also

examined measures to mitigate unavoidable adverse impacts of the

proposed action. The Main CDC Campus occupies 27.6 acres, and is

bounded by Clifton Road to the north, Michael Street to the south and

east, and Clifton Way to the west. CDC currently occupies approximately

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884,000 gross square feet in 17 buildings, housing some 1,900

personnel. Approximately 60 percent of gross square footage consists of

laboratory space, the remainder being office, administrative, and

facility support space. There are approximately 1,800 parking spaces on

site.

To meet CDC's known facility replacement needs, and to provide

future expansion space, GSA proposes to acquire and develop

approximately 17.6 acres bounded by Clifton Road to the north Clifton

Way to the east, and Michael Street to the south and west (West

Campus). The maximum anticipated development over a twenty year

planning horizon is approximately 633,000 additional gross square feet

of laboratory, office, and support space, and 1,521 additional parking

spaces.

GSA has identified the following alternatives to be examined in the

EIS:

``No Action,'' that is, undertake no site acquisition and

development at all.

Full Acquisition of 17.6 acres and full development of the

proposed West Campus Site, previously described. This is the GSA/CDC

preferred alternative and the proposed action.

Limited Expansion by acquisition of less than the full

17.6 acres and development and expansion on a portion of the 17.6 acres

and on the existing campus.

On site consolidation and no additional site acquisition,

with development occurring on the existing government-owned CDC Campus

site.

As part of the public scoping process, GSA encourages you to

provide comments on the DEIS in writing at the following address: Mr.

George Chandler or Mr. Phil Youngberg, GSA/PBS Portfolio Management

4PT, 401 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3010, Atlanta, GA 30365 or,

FAX your comments to GSA at 404-331-4540. Comments should be postmarked

no later than October 7, 1996.

GSA intends to conduct a Public Meeting during the 45-day comment

period to solicit comments on the DEIS, and to address general

questions and concerns. GSA will place a Notice of this and all

subsequent public meetings and document releases concerning the

proposed action in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution approximately two

weeks prior to the event. GSA will notify persons and organizations on

our mailing list. Persons who wish to be added to the mailing list

should write or FAX GSA as indicated in this Notice.

Dated: August 8, 1996.

Phil Youngberg,

Regional Environmental Officer, 4PT.

[FR Doc. 96-20840 Filed 8-14-96; 8:45 am]

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