Notice2022-22370
Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
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Published
October 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62413-62414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2919691df809d8b90939e9593df81979b81b2919691dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcdfd8df91ced3c5deddd0dbdd91cfd9d5cffcdfd8df92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>. 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.
<bullet> An individual submitted two comments stating they did not
agree with the spending associated with the project.
[cir] CDC acknowledges the comment.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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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