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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) for the West Los 

Angeles Medical Center Campus Draft 

Master Plan 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: VA announces the availability 

of the draft PEIS for the VA West Los 

Angeles Medical Center Campus (WLA) 

draft Master Plan for public comment. 

The draft PEIS identifies, analyzes, and 

documents the potential environmental, 

cultural, socioeconomic, and 

cumulative impacts of the proposed 

improvements and alternatives for 

redevelopment as set forth in the WLA 

draft Master Plan. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit comments in writing on the 

WLA draft PEIS by January 29, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http://

www.regulations.gov; by mail or hand 

delivery to the Director, Office of 

Regulation Policy and Management 

(00REG), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Room 1063B, Washington DC 20420; or 

by fax to 202–273–9026. Comments 

should indicate that they are submitted 

in response to ‘‘Notice of Availability of 

the Draft Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PEIS) for the West 

Los Angeles Medical Center Campus 

Draft Master Plan’’. During the comment 

period, comments may also be viewed 

online through the Federal Docket 

Management System at 

www.regulations.gov. The draft PEIS 

and other draft Master Plan 

documentation is available for viewing 

on the website www.losangeles.va.gov/ 

masterplan/. Copies of the draft PEIS are 

also available at the following locations: 

• Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N Spring 

Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 

473–3231. 

• Donald Bruce Kaufman: Brentwood 

Branch Library, 11820 San Vicente 

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049, 

(310) 575–8273. 

• West Los Angeles Regional Library, 

11360 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los 

Angeles, CA 90025, (310) 575–8323. 

• Westwood Branch Library, 1246 

Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 

90024, (310) 474–1739. 

• VA GLAHS WLA Medical Center: 

11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 

CA 90073, Building 500/Room 6429K. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

WLA draft PEIS team, VA Greater Los 

Angeles Healthcare System, at the 

address above, or by email to 

VHAGLAMasterPlan@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

PEIS was developed pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 United 

States Code (U.S.C.) § 4321, et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 

1500–1508), and VA’s NEPA regulations 

titled ‘‘Environmental Effects of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs Actions’’ 

(38 CFR part 26). The draft PEIS uses 

the substitution approach for integrating 

compliance with Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act into 

the NEPA process in accordance with 

§ 36 CFR 800.8(c), and in keeping with 

the joint CEQ-Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation guidance on how 

to use NEPA in lieu of the procedures 

set forth in § 36 CFR Part 800. 

WLA is one of the largest medical 

center campuses in the VA system, 

providing a full range of medical 

services to eligible Veterans, including 

state-of-the-art hospital and outpatient 

care, rehabilitation, residential care, 

reintegration services, and long-term 

care. The draft Master Plan released on 

January 28, 2016, evaluates potential 

ways to reconfigure and redevelop the 

existing WLA Campus and provide 

additional housing to homeless Veterans 

to better serve the health care needs and 

distribution of Veterans in the GLAHS 

service area over the next 20 to 30 years. 

VA has prepared this draft PEIS to 

identify, analyze, and document the 

potential environmental, cultural, 

socioeconomic, and cumulative impacts 

of the proposed improvements and 

alternatives for redevelopment of the 

WLA Campus as set forth in the draft 

Master Plan. The proposed 

improvements and redevelopment 

constitute the proposed action. 

The purpose of VA’s proposed action 

is to revitalize the WLA Campus to 

provide a safe and vibrant Veterancentric community where Veterans in 

the Greater Los Angeles area can access 

improved and expanded services. The 

proposed action is needed because the 

existing campus infrastructure is not 

sufficient to serve the current and future 

needs of the regional Veteran 

population, including health care, 

homeless housing, and supportive 

services. It would involve multiple 

concurrent and/or subsequent 

revitalization projects. The projects 

would provide modernized facilities 

that are compliant with applicable 

seismic, accessibility, and life safety 

requirements; facilitate access to care by 

consolidating services and functions; 

and respond to the housing and support 

needs of vulnerable Veterans 

populations, including Veterans who 

are homeless, aging, female, or have 

significant medical needs. Following a 

public scoping process from May 19, 

2017, to June 30, 2017, VA refined its 

originally proposed alternatives to be 

analyzed in the PEIS to the following: 

• Alternative A: Renovation of select 

existing buildings for same or new 

functions; up to 821 new units of 

supportive housing for homeless 

Veterans created. 

• Alternative B: Demolition of select 

existing buildings and relocation of 

existing tenants and services to other 

remaining buildings; no new units of 

supportive housing for homeless 

Veterans created. 

• Alternative C: Demolition and 

replacement of select existing buildings 

and additional construction of new 

buildings on open land; up to 1,622 new 

units of supportive housing for 

homeless Veterans created. 

• Alternative D: Renovation or 

demolition/replacement of select 

existing buildings and additional 

construction of new buildings on open 

land; up to 1,622 new units of 

supportive housing for homeless 

Veterans created. 

• Alternative E: No action or the 

‘‘status quo’’ alternative. 

Environmental topics that have been 

addressed in the draft PEIS include the 

following: Aesthetics; air quality; 

cultural resources including historic 

properties; geology and soils; hydrology 

and water quality; wildlife and habitat; 

noise and vibration; land use; 

floodplains, wetlands, and coastal zone; 

socioeconomics; community services; 

solid waste and hazardous materials; 


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transportation and parking; utilities; and 

environmental justice. Cumulative 

impacts resulting from VA’s proposed 

action and other concurrent projects, 

such as, but not limited to, LA Metro’s 

Purple Line Extension Project, are also 

identified and analyzed. Relevant and 

reasonable mitigation measures that 

could alleviate environmental effects 

have been considered and are included 

where relevant within the draft PEIS. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on December 7, 2018, for 

publication. 

Dated: December 7, 2018. 

Luvenia Potts, 

Program Specialist, Office of Regulation 

Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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