Overview
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the National Park Service
(NPS) with the District of Columbia government (District), acting
as joint lead agencies, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) to aid their decision-making under Title III of the Federal
and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2006, Pub.
L. 109–396, 120 Stat. 2711 (2006) (D.C.
Lands Act). During this NEPA process, the NPS and the District will
be complying with applicable laws and regulations, including Section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and those pertaining
to activities within floodplains. Other Federal and District agencies
may serve as cooperating agencies and they are invited to contact
the NPS and the District.
The D.C. Lands Act calls for the redevelopment
of Poplar Point (the Site), by the District and, should the NPS
and the District jointly determine that it is no longer appropriate
for the NPS and U.S. Park Police (USPP), which is part of the NPS,
to remain in their current Poplar Point facilities, new permanent replacement
facilities will be provided by the District. The EIS will analyze
alternatives for the District's redevelopment of the Site and for
NPS and USPP replacement facilities which may be located elsewhere
in Washington, D.C., and a no-action alternative. This EIS will
be used in the decision-making processes for this relocation and redevelopment
which are pursuant to the D.C. Lands Act.
For more information please visit www.poplarpointeis.com