Environmental Assessment - National Capital Planning Commission

Environmental Assessment
ES.3 Alternatives
ES.3.1 Reasonableness Criteria
Three criteria were used to evaluate the reasonableness of
potential alternatives:
• Criterion 1 – The alternative must comply with the 2005 BRAC
mandate to relocate NSMA to a DoD-owned facility in the
National Capital Region.
• Criterion 2 – The alternative must provide adequate
administrative and warehousing space that meets the
operational and security requirements of NSMA.
• Criterion 3 – The administrative building and the warehouse
must be as close to each other as possible; while colocation
is not strictly required, it should be preferred
unless there is a clear, strong advantage that can make up
for the disadvantage of keeping the administrative and
warehousing functions of NSMA physically apart.
ES.3.2 Alternatives Considered but Dismissed
The Navy considered and dismissed alternatives that would have
relocated NSMA either to existing space at the Washington Navy
Yard or to Building 168 at NSF Anacostia. In both cases, it
would have been necessary to build the proposed warehouse at a
separate location due to the lack of available space. However,
neither alternative presented the type of strong advantage that
would have made these options compatible with Criterion 3.
Therefore, these alternatives were dismissed.
ES.3.3 Alternatives Considered in the EA
Anacostia Alternative (Preferred): Under this alternative, a
combined facility (administrative and warehousing) would be
constructed on NSF Anacostia on a site about three acres in
size, located northwest of the intersection of Brookley Avenue
and Thomas Road. The northern part of the site consists of a
parcel formerly occupied by Building 150, now demolished. The
southern part of the site consists of a paved lot occupied by
several temporary trailers and a semi-permanent building that
would be moved to a location to be determined on NSF Anacostia
to make room for the proposed combined facility.
Executive Summary
ES-2