[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01790]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2022-0014]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) as implemented by the Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (Title 40 CFR Section 1507.3) 
and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) General 
Administration Manual Part 30 ``Environmental Procedures,'' dated 
February 25, 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
within HHS announces its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS) to address changes proposed since completing 
the 2014 Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention Roybal Campus 2025 Master Plan (2014 
Final EIS) and issuing the Record of Decision dated November 7, 2014. 
The 2014 Final EIS analyzed the potential impacts associated with 
implementing a new long-range Master Plan to guide the future physical 
development of the Roybal Campus for the planning horizon of 2015 to 
2025.

DATES: Written scoping comments will be accepted through February 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number CDC-
2022-0014, by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     U.S. Mail: Thayra Riley, NEPA Coordinator Office of 
Safety, Security, and Asset Management (OSSAM), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H20-4, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name 
and Docket Number (CDC-2022-0014). CDC will post, without change, all 
relevant comments to https://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Do not submit comments by email. CDC 
does not accept comments by email. For access to the docket to read 
background documents or comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thayra Riley, NEPA Coordinator, Office 
of Safety, Security, and Asset Management (OSSAM), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H20-4, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329, email: [email protected], or telephone: 770-488-
8170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CDC intends to prepare an SEIS to analyze 
the potential impacts of proposed components that were not analyzed in 
the 2014 Final EIS. Proposed components that will be analyzed in the 
SEIS include the addition of a Hospital, Medical, and Infectious Waste 
Incinerator in a new laboratory and two emergency standby power diesel 
generators. The construction of a new laboratory was included in the 
2014 Final EIS and will not be re-evaluated in the SEIS.
    In accordance with NEPA as implemented by CEQ regulations (Title 40 
CFR Section 1507.3) and HHS environmental procedures, CDC will prepare 
an SEIS to analyze the effects of proposed components that were not 
analyzed in the 2014 Final EIS. The potential impacts of construction 
and operation of these components on the natural and built environment 
will be evaluated.
    Under the NEPA, federal agencies are required to evaluate the 
environmental effects of their proposed actions and a range of feasible 
alternatives to the proposed actions prior to making a final decision 
about what actions to take. The SEIS will incorporate the 2014 Final 
EIS by reference and will build upon that document to focus on specific 
resource areas that would have potential effects different from those 
analyzed in the 2014 Final EIS. Areas of anticipated concern include, 
but are not limited to, the following: Air quality, climate change and 
sustainability, environmental justice, and hazardous materials and 
hazardous waste.

Scoping Process

    The scoping process is a requirement of NEPA and serves to identify 
the full range of environmental issues and inform the interested or 
affected parties of the proposed action. During the scoping process, 
CDC will actively seek input from the public, interested persons, 
organizations, and federal, state, and regional agencies to identify 
environmental concerns to be addressed in the SEIS. The purpose of this 
Notice is to inform interested or affected parties of CDC's plan to 
prepare the SEIS for component changes to a new laboratory that were 
not analyzed in the 2014 Final EIS, to provide information on the 
nature of the proposed actions, and to initiate the scoping process. 
NEPA does not require a public scoping meeting for an SEIS, and CDC 
will not conduct a public scoping meeting. CDC will conduct a virtual 
public meeting during the public comment period for the draft SEIS (a 
separate notice will be published for that comment period).

    Dated: January 25, 2022.
Angela K. Oliver,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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