[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62413-62414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22370]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2022-0014]


Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the 
availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 
(SEIS) for CDC's Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The Final SEIS was 
prepared to address changes proposed since completing the 2014 Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the CDC Roybal Campus 2025 
Master Plan (2014 Final EIS) and issuing a

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Record of Decision (ROD) dated November 7, 2014. This announcement 
follows the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
regulations and HHS environmental procedures.

DATES: The Final SEIS will be available October 14, 2022.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with NEPA as implemented by 
CEQ regulations (40 CFR 1507.3) and HHS environmental procedures, CDC 
prepared a Final SEIS to analyze the effects of additional 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 were evaluated.

Alternatives Considered

    CDC analyzed two alternatives in the Final SEIS: The Proposed 
Action (Alternative 1) and the No Action Alternative. Alternative 1 
consists of the construction and operation of a Hospital, Medical, and 
Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI) in a new laboratory building and 
the operation of two emergency standby power diesel generators. The 
construction of a new laboratory was included in the 2014 Final EIS and 
was not re-evaluated in the SEIS. The No Action Alternative consists of 
the construction of the new laboratory without the HMIWI and two 
emergency standby power generators.
    The Final SEIS evaluates the environmental impacts that may result 
from Alternative 1 and the No Action Alternative on the following 
resource categories: air quality, climate change and sustainability, 
environmental justice, and hazardous/medical/infectious waste. The 
Final SEIS identifies measures to mitigate potential adverse impacts.

Public Involvement

    On January 28, 2022, CDC published a Notice of Intent to prepare a 
SEIS in the Federal Register (87 FR 4603). CDC announced a Notice of 
Availability (NOA) of the Draft SEIS on July 8, 2022 (87 FR 40844) and 
the public comment period ended August 22, 2022. During the public 
comment period, a virtual public meeting was held on July 27, 2022. Two 
participants attended the meeting.
    CDC received five public comments.
     An individual submitted two comments stating they did not 
agree with the spending associated with the project.
    [cir] CDC acknowledges the comment.
     A civic organization submitted one comment asking about 
noise or odors associated with lab operations and the stringency of the 
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection 
Department (EPD) rules for handling, treating, and disposing of 
infectious waste.
    [cir] CDC's response is that noise and odors were determined not to 
be issues that needed to be included in the SEIS associated with the 
addition of a new HMIWI and two new emergency standby power generators. 
Noise levels will not be an issue and will be controlled/limited to 
levels below Occupational Safety and Health Administration criteria (60 
dBA within 4 feet, which is a normal speaking level). No odors will be 
released from the new incinerator system during operations. The Georgia 
EPD rules for handling, treating, and disposing of infectious waste are 
sufficiently stringent and protective of the environment, workers, and 
public health. CDC has been operating other incinerators on site and 
the handling of solid waste, including hazardous and medical waste, 
will continue to comply with Georgia EPD rules and regulations.
     A community advisory group submitted a request for CDC to 
present an update on the SEIS during the group's September 20, 2022 
meeting.
    [cir] CDC declined the request and provided instructions to submit 
comments on the docket.
     An individual submitted questions about the air quality 
modeling and cumulative impact analysis.
    [cir] For the analysis of the addition of the HMIWI and two 
emergency generators, CDC conducted a quantitative analysis of carbon 
monoxide based on the methodology used during the 2014 Final EIS. The 
SEIS states that further analysis of the criteria pollutants and 
hazardous air pollutants would be conducted to support the updated 
Title V operating permit that is required due to the addition of the 
HMIWI. Cumulative impacts for the overall implementation of the Roybal 
Campus 2025 Master Plan were included in the 2014 Final FEIS. 
Cumulative impacts were considered in the SEIS Air Quality and climate 
change analysis. Since there are no impacts to environmental justice 
and negligible impacts to hazardous, medical, infectious waste, these 
would not contribute to significant cumulative impacts.
    CDC made minor revisions to the SEIS based on these comments. The 
comments and CDC's responses are included in Appendix A of the Final 
SEIS.
    Availability of the Final SEIS: The Final SEIS is available in the 
Supplemental Materials tab of the docket found on the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov, identified by Docket 
No. CDC-2022-0014.
    The NOA of the Final SEIS has been provided to Federal, State, and 
local agencies and organizations via mail and electronic mail to the 
interested parties list. The public is being notified of the 
availability of the Final SEIS through this Federal Register 
publication and a notice published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 
CDC will finalize a ROD no sooner than November 7, 2022.

Angela K. Oliver,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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