# Presentation: 940812

- Welcome to the RML Master Plan Scoping Meeting
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## RML Campus Master Plan / Environmental Impact StatementNational Environmental Policy ActScoping MeetingMarch 23, 2006

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**RML Campus Master Plan / Environmental Impact Statement****National Environmental Policy Act****Scoping Meeting****March 23, 2006**

## NIH Representatives

**Master Plan Project Leader**
- 	Ron Wilson, Acting Director/Master Planner, Division of Facilities Planning/Office of Research Facilities (ORF)/NIH
**NEPA Contact**
- 	-	Valerie Nottingham, Chief, Environmental Quality Branch
- 		Division of Environmental Protection/ORF/NIH
- 	-	Ryan Bayha, Environmental Protection Specialist
- 		DEP/ORF/NIH
**Master Plan Consultant**
- 	Stuart Knoop, President, Oudens and Knoop, Architects, P.C.

## Proposed Action

**RML Master Plan will guide campus development over a 20-year period.  The Plan will assure that research and research support facilities are provided at the appropriate time, as need dictates, and as resources permit, taking into consideration local and community planning objectives. **

## Why Does RML Need a Master Plan?

- Helps NIH guide and coordinate the physical development of the RML campus, with input from a broad array of local interests, including local government, community/neighbor members, RML employees, general public, etc.
- Helps define the priorities for new building construction and renovation of current facilities
- Related environmental document (RML EIS) allows NIH and RML to address the environmental effects of planned campus development in advance of actual projects.
- In accord with Department of Health and Human Services facility planning policy

**Why Does RML Need a Master Plan?**

## Master Planning Process

**Data collection** (tabulate building occupancy, assess facility condition, document local and regional setting, identify environmental factors, and determine development requirements, etc.)
**Formulate goals** **and planning principles** (i.e., campus “vision”, planning premises, opportunities and constraints)—*will include review and input by the community*
**Develop Master Plan Concepts** (e.g., campus planning alternatives, urban design concepts, phasing plans, land use arrangements, etc.)--*will include review and input by the community*
**Develop Master Plan** (i.e., Land Use and Site Development Plan, Circulation Plan, Landscape Plan, Phasing Plan, and Development Guidelines)
**Issue Draft** **RML Master Plan/Draft EIS** for agency and public review and comment
**Issue Final RML Master Plan/Final EIS**

## Master Plan/EIS Timetable

**Major Milestones:**
- Assemble basic planning information on RML and 		Winter 2005/2006
-      project campus population and space (ongoing)
**Issue Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS and ****	****	****Winter 2006**
**     ****Scoping Meeting**
- Hold Scoping Meeting to Receive Comments—(Comments		3-23-06
- 	will also be received during the 45-day public
- 	comment period)
**                           ****	****	****	**
- Develop Master Plan Concepts (ongoing)  	   	Spring 2006
- Prepare Draft Master Plan and EIS               		Summer 2006
- Complete EIS Public Review Process           		Fall 2006
- Hold Public Meeting to Receive Comments—(Comments
- 	will also be received during the public comment period)
- Prepare Final Master Plan & EIS 			Winter 2006/2007
- Issue Record of Decision				Winter 2006/2007

## Master Plan Goals (Preliminary)

**Provide a secure, supportive, and convenient work environment for RML personnel, with amenities that enhance the quality of life for staff**
**Provide a flexible framework for development of the campus, one that can adapt to the potential needs of current and future RML and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases programs over time**
**Provide an attractive campus whose setting and composition promote collegial interaction and opportunities for informal collaboration and conversation**
**Protect and enhance RML’s natural, historic, and scenic resources**
**Enhance the appearance of the RML campus to complement the surrounding residential community**

## RML Overview and Planning Status

**Mission:**
**	****RML’s mission is to play a leading role in the nation’s effort to develop diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics to combat emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.**
**Campus Overview:**
**Area of Property: ****	****	****33+ acres**
**Gross Building Area: ****	****	****214,000 gsf **
**	****	****	****           ****	****              ****+ **_**106,000 gsf (IRF)**_
**	****	****	****	****                 ****320,000 gsf total**
**Employee Population: ****	****250**
**	****	****	****	****              ****+ **_**100 (**_**IRF) **
**	****	****	****	****                 ****350 total**
**Status of Data Collection and Planning – Most data have been assembled and are being analyzed. Preliminary planning options are being studied.**

## Master Planning Issues

- The master plan will study and address:
- Campus Development
- Potential Expansion of the RML Campus
- Land Use Compatibility
- Traffic
- Parking
- Security
- Noise
- Lighting
- Utilities
- Others

## Public Participation

- Engage the public at-large in the development of the RML Master Plan and related EIS
- Provide current and easily retrievable information on the master plan to facilitate meaningful public dialogue
- Gather input on an approach for future development of the RML Campus
- Build on existing RML and NIH public outreach mechanisms (i.e., Community Liaison Group, Neighbors’ meetings, newsletters, periodic briefings of public officials, master plan web page) to inform and involve the public on the master plan

**Public Participation**

## What is NEPA?

- National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
- Defines procedural elements
- NIH policy to perform an Environmental Impact Statement on a Master Plan
- Purpose of this Environmental Impact Statement  for the RML Master Plan is to examine potential impacts and mitigation

## Why perform NEPA?

- It’s Federal Law!!!!
- Allows for the agency to consider the environmental impacts of its actions
- Allows for public participation
- Ensures the agency makes an informed decision on its action

## NIH Division of Environmental Protection (DEP)

- Part of the Office of Research Facilities (ORF)
- Distinct from NIAID
- Handles NEPA related correspondence
- NEPA Process
- Issue NOI
- Hold Public Scoping Meeting
- Issue Draft EIS
- Hold public comment meeting on DEIS
- Issue Final EIS
- Waiting period, then issuance of Record of Decision

## Scoping Meeting

**“****Ground Rules”**
**Public Comments**
_**Scoping Comment Period Ends April 18, 2006**_

## How Do I Get Information on the RML Master Plan and Provide Comments on the EIS?

- Office of Research Facilities (ORF) web site:
- 	http://orf.od.nih.gov/Planning+and+Space+Management/NIHMasterPlanning/RMLMasterPlan.htm
- 	provides information on the RML Master Plan.  Scoping comments should be directed to the NEPA EIS Contact.
- Master Plan Info:			NEPA EIS Info:
- Ron Wilson				Valerie Nottingham
- Acting Director				Chief, Environmental Quality Branch
- Division of Facilities Planning			Division of Environmental Protection
- National Institutes of Health, ORF		National Institutes of Health, ORF
- 31 Center Drive, Room 3B44, MSC 2162		B13/2W64, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-2162 			Bethesda, Maryland 20892, telephone: (301) 496-5037				telephone 301-496-7775; fax
- e-mail:  wilsoron@ors.od.nih.gov	 	301-480-8056; or e-mail 							nihnepa@mail.nih.gov				.