Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for Disposal of the Woodbridge Research Facility, Woodbridge, VA

Resumen

In August 1994, Public Law (PL), 103-307, Provision 128 (Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1995), was signed, mandating the transfer of the Woodbridge Research Facility (WRF) property in its entirety to the Department of the Interior (DOI). Under DOI, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be the managing agency for the property. The Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the environmental effects associated with the disposal of the WRF property to the USFWS. There would be no significant impacts in connection with either of the alternatives addressed in the EA. The No Action Alternative refers to continuation of existing conditions of Caretaker Status, without implementation of the proposed action. The No Action Alternative is only possible if Congress were to take additional action to repeal or direct a different disposition from that which is currently directed under Pub. L. 103-307. The Preferred Alternative is the disposal of the 580-acre WRF property, which incorporates the transfer of the property in its entirety to the USFWS. The existing buildings may be used for agency environmental education programs and offices. USFWS states that they will manage the p