Finding of No Significant Impact and Finding of No Practicable Alternative: Construction of Visiting Quarters - Phase One and Phase Two MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Abstract
Pursuant to the President's Council on Environmental Quality regulations, Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500-1508, as they implement the requirements of the National Environment Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 , et seq., and the Air Force Environmental Impact Analysis Process, as promulgated in 32 CFR Part 989, the USAF conducted an assessment of the potential environmental consequences associated with implementation of the following Proposed Action: the phased construction of two Visiting Quarters (VQ) facilities. The attached Environmental Assessment (EA) considered all potential impacts of the proposed action and alternatives, both as solitary actions and in conjunction with other proposed activities. This Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) summarizes the results of the evaluation and the conclusions regarding the significance of impacts from the Proposed Action. The Finding of No Practicable Alternative (FONPA) summarizes the conclusion reached regarding the location of the Proposed Action in a floodplain. The Proposed Action is a phased program aimed at increasing (and eventually replacing) billeting on MacDill AFB. Phase One of the Proposed Action involves the construction of a three-story, 350-room 175,000 square feet (sf) VQ faci lity to increase the current billeting capacity at MacDill AFB. Phase One would be constructed across the street from the Davis Conference Center (Building 359) on the site of the existing Officers Club (Building 397). The onsite parking will include construction of approximately 453 parking spaces. Site preparation for Phase One of the Proposed Action would include demolition of Buildings 312 (18,400 sf), 366 (20,730 sf), 397 (30,672 sf) and the associated parking lot, and removal of any other structures, signs, utility poles, etc. within the footprint of the proposed building and parking lot.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 13, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA619035
Entities
People
- Andrew Rider
- Kristin Lehman
- R. D. Lewis