Welcome to the

Public Scoping Meeting

2015-2025 Facilities Master Plan EIS

for the Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention’s (CDC)

Edward R. Roybal Campus 
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Purpose and Need for Project

Objectives

•	 Prepare a new campus plan for 2015 through 2025 to build 

upon the completed 2000 to 2009 plan

•	 Support CDC’s mission and strategic vision

•	 Accommodate the agency’s ever changing mission 

requirements

•	 Provide a comprehensive roadmap for physical development—

not a funding mechanism

•	 Discover opportunities and constraints to develop a balanced 

carrying capacity

•	 Explore a range of alternatives to ensure the highest and best 

use of land, facility and financial resources

The CDC is planning to 

prepare a new Roybal 

Campus Facilities Master 

Plan for 2015-2025.

The previous 2000-2009 

Master Plan has been 

successfully implemented. 

The new Master Plan is 

needed in order for CDC to 

be able to respond quickly 

to new or increased 

mission requirements 

through additional 

campus construction 

or reconfiguration to 

meet new public health 

challenges at home and 

abroad.
Master Plan Conceptual Alternatives

1. No Action; Status Quo

•	 Retain 1996 parking cap of 3,300

•	 Maintain current intensity of uses

•	 1% annual campus growth

2. Increase Existing Space Efficiency

•	 Maximize existing office efficiency

•	 Aggressively promote Alternative Workplace 

Solutions (AWS) to add more persons to Campus 

without major new office or lab construction

•	 Construct new parking to accommodate AWS 

growth (size TBD)

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Master Plan Conceptual Alternatives

3. Laboratory and Office Mix

•	 Office buildings (size TBD)

•	 Laboratory buildings (size TBD)

•	 Parking (size TBD)

•	 Sub-alternatives:

— Two office buildings + one lab + parking deck

— Two labs + one office building + parking deck 
Master Plan Conceptual Alternatives

4. Office Program Focus

•	 Office construction only (Size TBD)

•	 No additional laboratory buildings

•	 New parking (TBD)

5. Laboratory Program Focus

•	 Laboratory construction only (size TBD)

•	 No additional office buildings

•	 New parking (TBD)
Master Plan Conceptual Alternatives

6. Relocation Alternatives

•	 Organizational relocation options

•	 Interface with Atlanta Housing Strategy
EIS Key Concerns

Growth in Study Area

Transportation

•	 Traffic 

•	 Pedestrian Circulation

•	 Safety

•	 Transit

•	 Parking

Air Quality

Infrastructure

•	 Power

•	 Water

Waste Stream Management

Cumulative Impacts

Community 
EIS – What is NEPA?

•	 Requires Federal agencies to take 

environmental factors into consideration 

when making significant decisions (largescale Campus Development Plans, for 

example)

•	 Public disclosure of potential significant 

impacts to the natural and built environments 

from Federal activities

•	 Actively solicits public participation

The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) 

establishes national policy 

for the protection of 

the environment. NEPA 

provides for consideration 

of environmental issues in 

federal agency planning and 

decision-making.
Existing Conditions

•	 46.7 acre campus

•	 Approximately 5,000 employees

•	 19 existing buildings,

3.3 million GSF of laboratory, 

office and support space

•	 3,300 parking spaces

Aerial image courtesy Google Earth.
Resources to be Examined in the EIS to Date

Natural Environment

•	 Air Quality

•	 Noise

•	 Geology, Topography, and Soils

•	 Water Resources

•	 Vegetation and Wildlife

Infrastructure

•	 Traffic, Parking and Transit

•	 Pedestrian Circulation

•	 Utilities

Built Environment

•	 Land Use and Zoning

•	 Public Policy

•	 Population/Demographics

•	 Economic Conditions

•	 Community Facilities and Services

•	 Cultural Resources
EIS–What is NEPA?

Notice of Intent

Scoping of EIS

Prepare Draft EIS

Publish Draft EIS

Minimum 45-Day 

Public Review

Prepare and 

Publish Final EIS

30-Day

Review Period

Issue Record

of Decision

We are here. Scoping Meeting

January 2013

Public Hearing

Summer/Fall 2013

Final Public Review

Fall/Winter 2014

NEPA EIS

Opportunity for Public Input
EIS Study Area
EIS–What is NEPA?

Notice of Intent

Scoping of EIS

Prepare Draft EIS

Publish Draft EIS

Minimum 45-Day 

Public Review

Prepare and 

Publish Final EIS

30-Day

Review Period

Issue Record

of Decision

We are here. Scoping Meeting

January 2013

Public Hearing

Summer/Fall 2013

Final Public Review

Fall/Winter 2014

NEPA EIS

Opportunity for Public Input
Scoping Comments

•	 Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

•	 Mail: George F. Chandler, Senior Advisor, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Mailstop A-22

Atlanta, Georgia 30333

•	 Instructions: All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket Number. 

All relevant comments received will be posted 

without change to http://www.regulations.gov

including any personal information provided. 

For access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov

Written comments 

identified by Docket 

No. CDC-2012-0013 

can be submitted by 

any of the following 

methods on or before 

February 1, 2013: