>> WELCOME TO SECTION 106 FOR
NONPRACTITIONERS, GSA AND CBP
JOINT SECTION 106 TRAINING AND
WELCOME TO THE FEDERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM.
LIZ, MY COLLEAGUE AND I WILL
INTRODUCE OURSELVES MOMENTARILY
BUT WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR
RESOURCES FIRST.
THREEZ ARE 3 BORDER CROSSINGS,
LAND PORTS OF ENTRY THAT ARE
OWNED BY GSA, THEY'RE HISTORIC
BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE ISSUES OF
COURSE WITH THESE HISTORIC
BUILDING WE DEAL WITH EVERYDAY
AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU,
THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
SECTION 106, SOME OF THE ISSUES
INVOLVED WITH SECTION 106 AND
HOW IT PLAYS OUT IN OUR AGENCIES
AND PROBABLY IN YOUR AGENCIES AS
WELL.
I'M MELISSA WIEDENFELD, I'M WITH
CUSTOMS, BORDER AND PROTECTION,
I HAVE BEEN WITH THE AGENCY FOR
MORE THAN 7 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN A
SECTION 106 NEPA PRACTITIONER
SENSE ANOTHER MELLENIUM AND I'LL
LET LIZ INTRODUCE HERSELF.
>> WITHOUT REVEALING OUR AGES,
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A VERY
LONG TIME, I'M LIZ MEES, I'M A
CERTIFIED INTERIOR DIRECTOR AND
LEAD PROFESSIONALLING AND HAVE
WORKED ON BUILDING FOR MULTIPLE
DECADES BEFORE JOINING GSA ABOUT
15 YEARS AGO, AND SINCE THAT
TIME I'VE BEEN THE RESTORATION
PRESERVATION OFFICER WHICH IS
THE COULD YOU WANTER PART TO
WHAT MELISSA DOES BUT AT GSA SO
WE COORDINATE ON MANY, MANY
PROJECTS.
>> SO THIS IS THE BASIC OUTLINE
AND WE ARE PROVIDING ONLY A
BASIC OUTLINE OF 106, AS I SAID
THIS IS FOR NONPRACTITIONERS,
SO, THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH
IT, PROBABLY WILL NOT BE SO
ENGAGED IN THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO
COVER THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION ACT, REGULATIONS,
WE WILL MENTION 106 AND 110
BOTH.
CBP POLICY AND HOW WE DEAL WITH
HISTORIC PROPERTIES, GSA POLICY
AND HOW THEY DEAL WITH HISTORIC
PROPERTIES AND OF COURSE, THEN
GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE--TO
REPEAT IT, INITIATE, IDENTIFY,
ASSESS, CONSULT, RESOLVE, THOSE
ARE THE KEY PARTS AND THEN WE
WILL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT WHAT
GSA COVERS AND SOMETHING THAT
MAY OR MAY NOT BE OF INTEREST TO
YOU AND THAT IS GRAFFITI, WHICH
IS SOMETHING THAT GSA HAS TO
DEAL WITH MORE THAN OTHER
AGENCIES BUT IT'S WORTHY OF HOW
IT SHOULD BE COVERED IN TERMS OF
HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, THIS
IS THE NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
CUSTOM HOUSE, IT WAS BUILT IN
1836.
IS THIS HISTORIC OR NOT
HISTORIC?
AND THE ANSWER TO THE QUIZ?
>> YES, THIS IS 1 OF OUR, WHAT
WE CONSIDER A JEWEL BOX WITHIN
REGION 1, IT IS THE OLDEST
BUILDING WITHIN REGION 1'S
INVENTORY, ROBERT MILLS, FAMOUS
ARCHITECT BECAUSE OF HIS FIRE
PROOF CONSTRUCTION, IT'S
COMPLETELY GRANITE IF HAS
LANDMARK AT THAT TIMEUS WITHIN
THE NATIONAL LEDGESTER SO IT'S
LIKELET HIGHEST LEVEL OF
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IT IS AN
ANCORRING POINT IN ITS LOCATION,
TOURS ARE CONDUCTED AROUND NEW
BEDFORD AND IT'S ALMS POINTED
OUT UPON THE TOUR FORTUNATELY,
IT USED TO BE ENCUMBERS, THERE
WERE NUMEROUS STRUCTURES THAT
WERE CLOSE TO THE BELLING SO IT
REALLY STANDS ALONE AS A
BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE.
ONE OF OUR FAVORITES.
>> AND CBP IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE
IN THIS BUILDING, IT'S BEEN A
CUSTOMS HOUSE AND WE'VE BEEN IN
THIS BUILDING SINCE 1836 SO IT'S
IMPORTANT TO OUR AGENCY OF
COURSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO GSA AND
SO, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL IN TERMS
OF THE FEDERAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION REGULATIONS AND
THIS BUILDING BECAUSE OF COURSE,
IT'S NOT JUST LISTED IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER, IT IS A
LANDMARK.
SO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION ACT WAS PASSED IN
1966, TO PROTECT HISTORIC AND
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES.
THERE ARE THE AGENCIES, FEDERAL
AGENCIES ARE CHARGED TO BE
RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS IN TERMS OF
HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND THERE
ARE SEVERAL KEY ELEMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ACT OF 1966, 1 IS THAT
DEFINITION OF WHAT FEDERAL
POLICY IS AND THE ROLL OF
AGENCIES IN CARRYING OUT THAT
POLICY, IT DEFINES THINGS LIKE
THE FEDERAL PRESERVATION
OFFICER, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES
FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, USE AND
PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC
PROPERTIES, AND YOU CAN FIND ALL
OF THESE EASILY ON LINE, ALL OF
THE REGULATIONS THAT WE MENTION
HERE.
AMONG THE AUTHORITIES IT
PROVIDES FOR THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN
IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY
BECAUSE IT--IT OVERSEES ALL OF
FEDERAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
POLICY AND SO FORTH AND IF YOU
HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, THEY ARE
BROUGHT IN TO DEAL WITH THOSE
PROBLEMS AND AS I ALWAYS TELL MY
PROJECT MANAGERS, YOU KNOW, IF
WE HAVE TO BRING IN THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL ON SOMETHING, THEN
WE'RE--THEN WE HAVE A BIG
PROBLEM.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC
PLACES WHICH IS THAT DEFINING
LIST OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
IT DEFINES THE ROLE OF THE STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER,
THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
WE ALL CALL SHPO, AND WE CALL
SHPO THROUGH THEY REST OF THIS
PRESENT ANTICIPATION, SO YOU
SHOULD GET USE TODAY THAT
PARTICULAR ACRONYM.
AND THE STATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER ADMIN
IFORTERS THE STATE HIFULTORRIC
PRESERVATION PROGRAMS AND
CONSULTS WITH THE FEDERAL
AGENCIES, EVERY STATE HAS THEM,
OUR TERRITORIES HAVE THEM, I WAS
IN THE PUERTO RICO STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
--FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AMERICAN
TRIBES AND THEY ARE ALSO
IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS.
SO THIS IS MORE ON THE QUIZ, THE
ST. ALBANS FEDERAL BUILDING,
IT'S A U.S. POST OFFICE AND
CUSTOMS COURTHOUSE AND IS IT
HISTORIC OR NOT?
FEEL FREE TO SHOUT OUT AN
ANSWER.
THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE MORE
COMPLICATED.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.
>> SO THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING,
THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS
NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED,
HOWEVER, IN THE REAR PORTION OF
THE BUILDING, THERE WAS A 1967
ADDITION WHICH ADJOINS THE
ORIGINAL BUILDING BUT IT DOES
NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
SIGNIFICANCE FOR WHICH THE
BUILDING WAS LISTED, SO WHENEVER
WE HAVE ANY CONSULTATION
REGARDING THIS BUILDING, WE GSA
AND WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH
CBP NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR
THAT ONLY A PORTION OF THE
BUILDING IS REGISTERED SO THERE
WAS RECENTLY A BUILD OUT IN THE
SECOND FLOOR AND THE PLANS AND
LETTERS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT
THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT
WAS HISTORIC AND THE PORTION
THAT WAS NOT, SO WE NEEDED TO BE
VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS A BIT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A
BUILDING DIVIDED IN THIS MANNER,
BUT IT HELPS US.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT
SUBJECT IDEEM WITH A LOT OF
FACILITIES MANAGERS AND PROJECT
MANAGERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
ORGANIZING THE WORK THAT HAS TO
BE DONE TO THESE BUILDINGS OR
MANAGEMENT OF THESE BUILDINGS SO
WE'RE OFTEN DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO
DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND IN
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BUT WHO
HAVE OR ARE OVERSEEING WORK OR
THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE
BUILDINGS AND SO, WE TRY TO BE
VERY CLEAR ON THESE DISTINCTIONS
AND THIS HELPS US A LOT BECAUSE
IF THEY NEED TO GO IN AND CHANGE
OUT, YOU KNOW ALL THE DOORS IN
THAT ADDITION FOR EXAMPLE,
THERE'S, YOU KNOW THERE IS NO
ISSUE IN TERMS OF HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, SO THIS--THIS
DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT BUT IF
THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
TO THE HISTORIC PART OF THE
BUILDING THEN THERE WOULD BE
MUCH MORE CONCERN ON HOW THAT
WORK WAS CARRIED OUT.
SO SECTION 1 NHPA DEALS WITH HOW
DOES A BUILDING BECOME
DETERMINED HISTORIC AND WHAT
CONSTITUTES HISTORIC CHARACTER.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER,
YOU WILL OFTEN HEAR ABOUT
SECTION 106, BUT SECTION 110 IS
FURTHER ON THE REGULATIONS, BUT
IN MY POINT OF VIEW, AND THE WAY
WE'VE WORKED IS, WE NEED TO KEEP
A CONCURRENT--A CURRENT LIST OF
WHICH BUILDINGS ARE HISTORIC
WITHIN OUR INVENTORY.
SO TO ME, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP
AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS
BECAUSE THE CLOSES IS ALWAYS
MOVING FORWARD AND BUILDINGS ARE
AGING INTO THE POTENTIAL
HISTORIC CHARACTER TERRITORY, WE
AT THE GSA HAVE SYSTEMS THAT WE
USE AND 1 OF THOSE IS THE
DETERMINE NATION OF ELIGIBILITY.
SO THOSE CAN BE COMPILED BY
OUTSIDE VENDORS OR IF THEY'RE
SIMPLE ENOUGH, SOMETIMES WE WILL
DO THEM IN HOUSE BY THE ORIGINAL
PRESERVATION OFFICERS OR OTHER
STAFF AND THEY'RE BASICALLY AN
ANALYSIS OF A BUILDING, AT THIS
POINT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THEM
AROUND--35-40 QUEERS OF AGE
BECAUSE 50 YEARS OF AGE AND WHEN
BUILDINGS BECOME ELIGIBLE OR
INELIGIBLE 1 OR THE OTHER FOR
THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
SO IT'S AN ANALYSIS OF THE
BUILDING TO FIND OUT IF IT
TRIGGERS ANY OF THE MAJOR
HISTORIC CHARACTER AND WAS IT
CONNECT WIDE AN IMPORTANT PERSON
OR WITH AN IMPORTANT EVENT?
IS IT NOTE WORTHY FOR THE
ARCHITECTURE?
WAS IT DESIGNED BY A FAMOUS
ARCHITECT?
THEN THERE ARE OTHER EXTENUATING
CRITERIA THAT A BUILDING MAY
BECOME ELIGIBLE IF IT'S NOT
EXACTLY 50 YEARS OF AGE BUT
OBVIOUSLY A RECOGNIZED
MASTERPIECE, SO THIS DETERMINE
NATION ELIGIBILITY WILL GO INTO
THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, HOW
IT CAME TO BE--AND WHETHER IT
SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE REGISTER OR
NOT, THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS OF
REVIEW, THEN THAT IT GOES
THROUGH, THROUGH OUR REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATION AND THEN FULL
REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL
PRESERVATION OFFICER, FPO WHO
SITS DOWN IN DC, WE DO NOT MAKE
THESE DETERMINATIONS, EASILY.
THEY'RE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERED
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENT
REQUEST UMENTATION BEHIND THEM.
ONCE WE MAKE A DETERMINE NATION
OF ELIGIBILITY, IF THIS BUILDING
DOES NOT MERIT, DOES NOT MERIT
LISTING IN THE NATIONAL
REGISTER, THEN WE WILL
COMMUNICATE WITH THE SHPO, AND
THEY WILL HAVE 45 DAYS FROM THE
RECEIPT OF THIS PACKAGE OF
DETERMINE NATION OF ELIGIBLE TO
COMEBT OR REPLAY.
IF THEY NEED MORE--WE TRY TO
INCLUDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF FOR SOME
REASON THERE'S A QUESTION OR
THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION IN 1
PARTICULAR AREA, THEN THAT CLOCK
IS RESET EVERY TIME THAT WE
REPLY THEN, EVERY TIME THAT
INFORMATION LANDS ON THEIR DESK
IT'S ANOTHER 45 DAYS.
IN THE OTHER EVENT AND WE
DETERMINE THAT A BUILDING IS
ELIGIBILITY ON THE NATIONAL
REGISTER, WE CAN SOMETIMES
CONTRACT OUT WITH OTHER FOLKS OR
DOWN--IF STAFF IS AVAILABLE, THE
GSA IN DC WILL TAKE CARE OF
THAT, THEY MOST RECENTLY DID A
MULTIPROPERTY NOMINATION SOME
YEARS AGO FOR ALL THE HISTORIC
BORDER STATIONS AND THESE
PROCESSES FOR ACTUALLY LISTING
SOMETHINGOT NATIONAL REGISTER
COULD TAKE YEARS.
THE MULTIPROPERTY TOOK 10 YEARS,
THE JFK BUILDING TOOK 12 YEARS,
BUT REALLY EXHAUSTIVE, WE DON'T
NAME A BUILDING TO REGISTER
UNLESS WE'RE REALLY CONVINCED IT
MERITS IT.
SO--THEY'RE THE SAME BUT WE TO
DETERMINE IF BUILDINGS ARE
ELIGIBLE AND THAT 45 YEARS IS AN
IMPORTANT SO WHEN BUILDINGS
BECOME 50 YEARS OF AGE, THEY'RE
NOT AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR
THE NATIONAL REGISTER BUT WE MET
THAT THRESHOLD WE LOOK AT THINGS
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE
APPROACHING 50 YEARS OF AGE SO
THERE'S THAT BUT FOR ALSO 1 OF
THE LAUNCH PADS AT NASA WENT IN
LONG BEFORE IT WAS 50 YEARS OF
RAGE BECAUSE THAT LAUNCH PAD AT
NASA WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN
TERMS OF HISTORY AND I WOULD
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FORM TO SEE
WHAT THEY PUT IN TERMS OF
ENGINEERING, BUT I'M SURE
ENGINEERING WAS THERE BUT ALSO
ASSOCIATION WITH THE IMPORTANT
PEOPLE.
SO PROBABLY IT WAS DETERMINED
ELIGIBLE OR LISTED FOR ALL OF
THOSE REASONS.
BUT FOR YOUR AVERAGE BUILDING,
WE--50 YEAR SYSTEM WHEN WE START
LOOKING AT THEM, AND THEN ANYWAY
THEY HAVE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
IMPORTANT EVENTS, THEY HAVE TO
BE OR THEY HAVE TO BE
ARCHITECTUREALLY SIGNIFICANT OR
SIGNIFICANT FOR ENGINEERING, OR
FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH
IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE BROAD
THINGS OF HISTORY.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A FOURTH
CRITERIA AND LIZ AND I DON'T
TALK ABOUT THIS TOO MUCH BECAUSE
THIS APPLIES TO ARCHEOLOGICAL
SITES AND WE TEND TO DEAL WITH
BUILDINGS MORE THAN WE DEAL WITH
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES BUT
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ARE
IMPORTANT FOR WHAT THEY CAN
TESTIMONY US ABOUT THE PAST AND
FOR INFORMATION THEY CAN REVEAL.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
MENTION THOSE IN HERE, ALSO.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THESE
LITTLE CABINET SKETCHES YOU WILL
SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF MANY OF
THESE SLIDES, THESE WERE EARLY
DRAWINGS DONE FOR LPOEs, WE
PULLED THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT, VERY
SWEET.
>> AS FAR AS U.S. CUSTOMS
HISTORIC BUILDINGS ON THE
NORTHERN BORDER, FALL UNDER 5
DIFFERENT PLANS AND THIS IS 1 OF
THEM, BUT ANYWAY, THESE WERE
DONE BECAUSE OF A REPORT THAT
WAS ISSUED IN 1928 AND MOST OF
THESE WERE BUILT IN THE 1930S
AND THIS IS--THIS IS JUST 1 OF
THEM AND ALSO, LIZ HAS PUT A
NUMBER OF PHOTOS OF DETAILS OF
OUR CUSTOMS BUILDINGS IN THE
SLIDE, SO KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR
THOSE.
>> SO IN TERMS OF SECTION 106,
THIS IS 1 OF THE TOOLS THAT I
USE WHICH IS SORT OF A CONDENSED
SPREADSHEET OF ALL THE REGION 1,
THE TOP OUR CBP OWNED PROPERTIES
AND BELOW THE FIRST LINE ARE GSA
OWNED PROPERTIES, THE
PREDOMINANTLY GSA OWNS
PROPERTIES AND CBP IS OUR MAJOR
TENANT WHICH IS WHY WE WORK
CLOSELY TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT WHICH WE
WILL KEEP PEOPLE IN THE LOOP
WHICH HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY
HELPFUL EVER SINCE WE STARTED
WORKING TOGETHER BUT THIS IS
BASICALLY JUST A QUICK
REFERENCE, SO, I THINK MOST
FOLKS IN OUR REGION NOW, ARE UP
TO SPEED, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF TRAINING IN THE LAST 5 OR 6
YEARS SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT
THESE IN PARTICULAR ARE CPB
OCCUPIED BUILDINGS BUT WE HAVE
QUITE--ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR
ENTIRE INVENTORY IN REGION 1 IS
NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED, OR
NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBLE SO IT
NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS HISTORIC
BUILDINGS, SO THIS IS A
SPREADSHEET FOR CBP, AND IT'S
VERY EASY IF SOMEONE ASKS ANY
PARTICULARS ABOUT THE BUILDING,
YOU KNOW THE NATIONAL REGISTER
NUMBER, ET CETERA, IF WE APPLY
FOR CERTAIN FUNDING WITHIN GSA,
YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT ALL
THAT AND SO WE HAVE ALL THAT IN
THIS SPREADSHEET SO THAT IT'S
MUCH EASIER TO LOOK AT JUST SO
FOLKS KNOW, THE OTHER THING,
TOO, THAT'S--NOT TO GET TOO FAR
UPFIELD NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE GSA
PROPERTIES BUT UNDER THE
NATIONAL STAR PRESERVATION ACT,
IF WE HAVE A LEASE IMPORTANT, SO
GSA DOESN'T OWN THE PROPERTY BUT
THEY'RE SIGNING A LEASE ON 1 OF
OUR TENANT AGENCIES, THAT'S IN A
HISTORIC BUILDING, THE PROCESS
OF CONSULTATION WITH THE SHPO
THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A
MINUTE ALSO COMES INTO PLAY, SO
I ALSO HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF OUR
LEASE PROPERTIES SO THAT WREE
CAN HAVE CONSULTATION, WE CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH THE
PRESERVATION OFFICER ABOUT WHAT
THE--USUALLY THE TENANT BUILD UP
AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL.
AND THEORETICALLY HOW IT WILL
NOT ENDANGER HISTORIC ELEMENTS
THAT'S ALWAYS THE GOAL OF WHAT'S
CALLED ANAT VERS EFFECT AND NOT
IMPACT THE HISTORIC ELEMENTS BUT
WE WILL GET INTO THAT IN A
MINUTE.
SO IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL
REGISTER LIST, I WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC
PLACES AND SEE, EASILY, A LIST
OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN
LISTED, THAT SOUNDS REDUNDANT,
BUT THERE ISN'T--YOU MAY SEE
SOME LISTS OF PROPERTIES THAT
BEEN DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BUT
THERE'S NOTHING COMPREHENSIVE,
WE DO HAVE THE COMP HEHENSIVE
DATABASE THAT SHOWS EVERYTHING
LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER,
THAT'S EASY TO ACCESS, LINKS SO
CAN YOU LOOK UP BUILDINGS, BUT
DETERMINED ELIGIBLE IS HARDER TO
FERRET OUT, BUT PROBABLY YOUR
AGENCY HAS LISTS, BOTH
PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED AND
PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DETERMINED ELIGIBLE.
I WAS HOPING WE WOULD HAVE A
LITTLE MORE INTERACTION, I'M NOT
SURE HOW THE INTERACTION IS
WORKING ON THIS PRESENTATION,
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND
WE WILL ADDRESS THEM, BUT YOUR
AGENCY PROBABLY DOES HAVE SOME
LIST OF ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES.
THERE ARE ALSO LISTS THAT YOU
COULD OFTEN FIND ON THE
INDIVIDUAL SHPO WEBSITE.
EVERY SHPO ACTS INDEPENDENTLY
AND SO, BUT EVERY SHPO HAS THEIR
OWN LIST AND ACCESSING IT
VARIES.
SOME SHPOs FOR EXAMPLE,
NEW YORK, CAN YOU EASILY SEE ALL
THE BUILDINGS, IF YOU CAN GO
WORK DLIEW A GIS PROGRAM, YOU
CAN GO TO FLORIDA AND PUT
IN--ARCHIO LONGICAL SITE
LOCATIONS ARE OFTEN PROTECTED
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
ENCOURAGE POT HUNTERS FOR
EXAMPLE, THEY DON'T PEOPLE GOING
OUT AND DIGGING UP ARCHEOLOGICAL
SITES SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE
RESTRICTED BUT IT IS ACCESSIBLE
FOR PRACTITIONERS AND YOUR
AGENCY HAS SOMEBODY WHOSE BEEN
DESIGNATED AS THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER AND THEY
CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
>> IT'S ALSO HELP IF YOU GO INTO
NATIONAL REGISTER IF YOU'RE
CURIOUS ABOUT A PARTICULAR
BUILDING, NOW MOST OF THEM ARE
DIGITIZED BUT NOT EVERY STATE
HAS THEM DIGITIZED AND YOU MIGHT
FIND IT ELSEWHERE LIKE ON THE
STATE SIDE BUT IF YOU GO IN AND
LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NATIONAL
NOMINATION FORM, IT WILL LIST
SIGNIFICANT AREAS WITHIN THE
BUILDING, BASICALLY WORTH BEING
ON THE REGISTER.
ALSO, IN ADDITION, TO START
BUILD, THE NATIONAL REGISTER
LISTS HISTORIC DISTRICTS SO VERY
OFTEN, WELL, NOT VERY OFTEN, BUT
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS
THAT ARE NOT NATIONAL REGISTER
BUILDINGS THEMSELVES BUT THEY
FALL WITHIN A DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP THIS
UPDATED IN THE SPREADSHEET
BECAUSE I HAD TO COMB THROUGH TO
FIGURE OUT, IF YOU HAVE A
DISTRICT, VERY OFTEN THE
BUILDINGS ARE LISTED BY NUMBER
SO YOU WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH
AND FIND OUT A PARTICULAR
BUILDING WITH ANY START
DISTRICT, WHAT NUMBER IT IS.
YOU KNOW?
THE SEQUENTIAL NUMBER, SOMETIMES
NOT, SOMETIMES OTHER BUILDINGS
ARE ADDED, SOMETIMES OTHER
BUILDINGS ARE NOT ADDED,
HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR THE TOWN
TOWN, 1 OF THE EXAMPLES WE JUST
SHOWED IN ST. ALBANs, IN OUR
DISTRICT, THEY WON'T AROUND THAT
BUILDING UNTIL WE DID A COMPLETE
NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION FOR
THE BUILDING ITSELF, SO IT CAN
BE TRICKY BUT IT'S ALWAYS WORTH
LOOKING, PARTICULARLY WITH LEASE
SITES IT'S WORTH GOING INTO
DETAIL TO DETERMINE THE STATUS,
THE HISTORIC STATUS.
NOW WE NOW HAVE A POLICY WITHIN
REGION 1, THAT BEFORE EVERY
LEASE IS SIGNED, THE LEASING
COORDINATOR NEEDS TO CONSULT
WITH ME TO FIND OUT IF THAT
BUILDING IS DISCIPLINARY
TINNATIVELY ON THE REGISTER OR
ELIGIBLE OR UNLIKELY.
THAT THEY--EVEN IF IT'S A REALLY
MODERN BUILDING IN THE PAST 10
YEARS WE NEED TO DO THAT
INVESTIGATION, CONFIRM THAT,
DOCUMENT IT AND ADD IT TO THE
FILE AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT
BECAUSE IT IS--BECAUSE THE
INFORMATION ON NATIONAL REGISTER
IS OFTEN IN DIFFERENT SOURCES,
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A--IT'S LIKE
WHEN 1 DOES A CODE REVIEW EARLY
IN A PROJECT, IT'S REALLY GOOD
TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION
CONFIRMED, SOME KIND OF
DOCUMENTATION AND PUT IT IN THE
FILE.
>> THE BUILDING IN NIGH
BACKGROUND BY THE WAY IS LISTED
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES BUT IT IS ALSO
WITHIN A NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK DISTRICT, BUT IT
DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME, SO THERE
ARE LITTLE ODDITYS, THERE THAT
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF
HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
SOY AND I WAS GOING TO SAY 1
MERTHING ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY
AND SECTION 110, IT DOES MATTER
WHETHER, WHAT THE REASONS ARE
FOR A BUILDING BEING LISTED, IF
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HISTORY, IF
IT'S ARCHITECTURALLY
SIGNIFICANT, IF IT'S--ASSOCIATED
WITH A FAMOUS PERSON, IT DOES
MATTER WHAT THAT CATEGORY IS SO
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT
ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT,
THEN THE EXTERIOR FOR EXAMPLE,
MIGHT BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A
BUILDING THAT'S BEEN ALTERED BUT
IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE BROAD
THEMES IN HISTORY.
SO, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT
THOSE REASONS FOR LISTING WILL
COME INTO PLAY LATER ON.
>> SO THIS IS 1 OF THE ENTRIES
IN THE SPREADSHEET, IT'S A QUICK
REFERENCE I CAN SHARE IN THE
REGION READ FREE RADICALS
GENERATED LEFT TO RIGHT, THE
STATE, THE FORMAL NAME OF THE
BUILDING.
OUR GSA NUMBER FOR THE BUILDING,
ITS ADDRESS AND IN THIS CASE,
IT'S A NOGZAL HISTORIC LANDMARK,
IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL, WHICH IS
I 1, THE YEAR CONSTRUCTED,
NATIONAL REGISTER NUMBER,
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND THEN THE
PHOTO.
WE HAVE SEVERAL--SO, IT CAN
GET--IT CAN GET TRICKY,
SOMETIMES THE MAIN BUILDING IS
LISTED, I KEEP SAYING LICENSED,
IS LISTED AND THE GARAGE IS NOT
SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AN
UPDATED LIST OF WHERE EVERYTHING
STANDS.
>> SO, THIS IS THE NHPA
REGULATIONS.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO SECTION
106, WE WILL ANY INTO MORE
DETAIL IN 106 IN PART 5, BUT
BRIEFLY, SECTION 106 OF THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ACT DEFINES AS UNDERTAKING AS AN
ACTIVITY OR PROGRAM EITHER
FUNDED, PERMITTED, LICENSED OR
APPROVED BY A FEDERAL AGENCY AND
SECTION 106, REQUIRES FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE EFFECTS OF THEIR
UNDERTAKINGS ON HISTORIC
PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE THE
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
PRESERVATION WITH A REASONABLE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
IN ADDITION, FEDERAL AGENCIES
ARE REQUIRED TO CONSULT ON THE
SECTION 106 PROCESS WITH STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES
AND TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OFFICES.
AND WHERE I WANTED TO POINT OUT
1 OF THE KEY WORDS OR A KEY
TERMS IS HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
SO A HISTORIC PROPERTY IS
SOMETHING THAT IS LISTED OR
ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC
PLACES.
AND IT CAN INCLUDE ITEMS OTHER
THAN PROPERTY.
IT COULD BE A STATUE, IT COULD
BE A TOWER, IT COULD BE AN
OBJECT, A HOUSE, AN
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, SO, HISTORIC
PROPERTIES ARE NOT JUST
BUILDINGS, THEY CAN INCLUDE A
WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS, SO JUST
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WE HAD A LOT OF BORDER MARKERS,
HISTORIC BORDER MARKERS BETWEEN
THAT SIT ON THE BORDER BETWEEN
CANADA AND THE U.S. AND ALSO
BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE U.S., AND
EVERY 1 OF THOSE
HISTORIC--THEY'RE MARKERS JUST
[INDISCERNIBLE] MARKERS AND
THEY'RE ALL ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING
IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
REGISTER OF PLACES AND IT'S JUST
A MARKER, SO KEEP IN MIND,
HISTORIC PROPERTIES, THAT'S A
SPECIFIC LEGAL DEFINITION.
SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR
WITH NEPA, YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE TERMS ARE
IMPORTANT.
IN NEPA WE SAY SIGNIFICANT
CULTURAL RESOURCES BUT THE
UNDERTAKING IS PROPOSED ACTION.
SO, ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO POINT
THAT OUT.
WITHIN GSA, HISTORIC PROPERTIES
ARE MANAGED BY THE REGIONAL
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER
WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, IS LIZ
MEES, BUT THERE'S 1 IN EVERY
REGION SO, I WORK WITH SEVERAL
INCLUDING LIZ ANYWAY, WITHIN
GSA, THE REGIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER HELPS
DETERMINE THE AREA OF POTENTIAL
EFFECT FOR PROPOSED WORK AND
THEN DETERMINES THAT EFFECT AND
WE WILL GET TO THAT MORE IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON
THAT.
SO THIS IS THE NEXT QUIZ FOR
EVERYBODY.
IS THIS HISTORIC, THIS IS THE
U.S. BORDER PATROL SECTOR
HEADQUARTERS IN SWANTON VERMONT
AND IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1965.
I HAVE BEEN TO THAT BUILDING
MYSELF AND WE'LL LET LIZ FILL
YOU IN.
>> ANY THOUGHTS, FOLKS?
I HATE TO JUST GIVE YOU THE
ANSWER.
WHICH IS NOT THAT SISMLE, NOT A
SIMPLE ANSWER.
I GUESS LET'S GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
SO THIS 1 IS A BIT MORE
COMPLICATED BECAUSE CBP AND GSA
AT THE TIME WERE NOT WORKING AS
CLOSELY AS WE ARE NOW AND CPB
AND GSA ARRIVED AT DIFFERENT
CONCLUSIONS.
CBP DETERMINED IT WAS HISTORIC
AND GSA DETERMINED IT WAS NOT
BECAUSE THE RESEARCH SHOWED THAT
IT WAS JUST A LOCAL ARCHITECT,
NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THE
BUILDING, VERY UTILITARIAN BUT
THE VERMONT SHPO FELT THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE THAT MANY MIDCENTURY
MODERN BUILDINGS AND AS A RESULT
THEY FELT IT SHOULD BE
SIGNIFICANT FOR THAT REASON
WHICH WE DON'T AGREE WITH,
HOWEVER SINCE WE'RE AT AN
IMPASSE,--CONTINUE TO TREAT THE
BUILDING AS IF IT IS ELIGIBLE
ALTHOUGH IT'S PROBABLY WON'T BE
NAMED TO THE--LISTED IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER IN THE NEAR
FUTURE ABOUT YOU WE WILL TREAT
IT AS IF IT IS ELIGIBLE AND WE
HAVE A IF WE DO ANY WORK AT THIS
BUILDING, WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR
PARAGRAPH IN OUR CONSULTATION
LETTER WITH THE SHPO OUTLINING
THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO
TREAT AS ELIGIBLE, SO THEREFORE
WE'RE UNDERTAKING--THEREFORE THE
UNDERTAKING IS BEING
COMMUNICATED TO THE SHPO IN
WHAT'S CALLED A CONSULTATION.
BUT AS A RESULT, THE BEST THING
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION
WAS THAT NOW THAT MELISSA AND
MYSELF, PARTICULARLY FOR REGION
1 WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER,
MELISSA IS COPIED ON ALL
CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING CBP TO
THE SHPO SO SHE KNOWS WHAT IT
HAPPENING AND IT JUST MAKES A
LOT MORE SENSE GOING FORWARD
THAT WE HAVE A UNIFIED APPROACH.
>> RIGHT.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS WASN'T--I
DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
THIS, THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE I
CAME ON BOARD, SO I CAN'T CLAIM
THE ERROR ON THE DETERMINE
NATION OF ELIGIBILITY BUT IT
DOES POINT OUT TO WORKING WITH
YOUR PARTNERS, WHOEVER THEY
MIGHT BE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF GSA PROPERTIES AND WE
INCREASINGLY WORK MORE CLOSELY
WITH GSA BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY GAPS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR M. O. U.
LATER BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT LIZ AND I DO
ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH IN
UPCOMING MONTHS, IT'S EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO CHECK IN AND
WORK TOGETHER.
SO THAT IS 1 OF THE BIG KEYS, IF
YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE AFTER
THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S WORK
CLOSELY WITH YOUR PARTNERS ON
SECTION 106 AND SECTION 110 SO
THAT YOU DO COMING IT AND HASH
OUT THOSE ISSUES BEFORE IT GETS
SET IN STONE.
THIS IS 1 OF THOSE PHOTOS OF
BEAUTIFUL DETAILS, OH, LIZ CAN
TELL YOU ABOUT THIS.
>> THIS IS THE PORTLAND CUSTOM
HOUSE HAD KHI IS A MAGNIFICENT
BUILDING.
THE ORIGINAL PHOTO YOU SAY AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION IS THE MAIN CUSTOM
HALL, IT'S BREATH TAKING A
DOUBLE HUNG SPACE WITH A MEZA 19
BUT THESE ARE ALL SYMBOLS OF THE
U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE AND NOT TO
GET INTO TOO MUCH HISTORY BUT
BEFORE WE HAD AN INCOME TAX,
LEVEES AND DUTIES FOR U.S.
CUSTOMS WERE THE NATION'S MAJOR
SOURCE OF INCOME.
SO, CUSTOMS HOUSES WERE
EVERYWHERE AND MUCH CELEBRATED,
MUCH BUSINESS WAS TRANSACTED,
GOODS NEEDED TO BE HELD UNTIL
THE DUTIES WERE PAID WHICH IS
WHY FIRE PROOF CONSTRUCTION WAS
SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BUT
THESE SYMBOLS WITH THE SCALES
AND THE TREASURY SYMBOL ARE
EVERYWHERE WITHIN THE PORTLAND
CUSTOM HOUSE, THERE ARE EAGLES,
JUST BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL LITTLE
DETAILS.
AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE
PORTLAND CUSTOM HOUSE HAS BEEN
RESTORED AND THE MAIN CUSTOM
HALL ACTUALLY IS USED FOR
NUMEROUS EVENTS, NUMEROUS PUBLIC
EVENTS.
IT'S RESTORATION WON SEVERAL
PRESERVATION MAIN AWARDS SOME
YEARS AGO, BUT THE SPACE IS JUST
BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW MARBLE
DETAILING, AND SHOWING STRENGTH
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A
WONDERFUL SPACE TO BE USED BY
THE PUBLIC.
>> SO THIS BRINGS ME TO CBP
POLICY.
SO--UH OH, I THINK I WENT AND
ADVANCED--SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION HAS A POLICY, A
DIRECTIVE, IT HAS AN INSTRUCTION
AND IT ALSO HAS A GUIDE FOR
MANAGING OUR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OBLIGATIONS.
WE HAVE A HAND BOOK THAT WE CAN
TURN TO.
ANYWAY, THIS IS OUR--FEDERAL
LAWS REGULATIONS AND EXECUTIVE
ORDERS, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED
ABOUT THE NHPA WHICH IS
OBVIOUSLY THE KEY PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, BUT WE ALSO HAD TO
HAVE A DIRECTIVE AND
INSTRUCTION, SORT OF MORE
INTERNAL HOW WE ARE GOING TO
HANDLE THESE--EACH 1 OF THESE
REGULATIONS AND POLICIES AND WE
DEVELOPED A HISTORIC
PRESERVATION HANDOUT BOOK SO I
DON'T KNOW WHAT AGENCIES ARE IN
ON THIS CALL, WHICH AGENCIES ARE
IN ON THIS CALL, BUT EVERY 1 OF
YOUR AGENCIES HAS SOME KIND OF
POLICY FOR DEALING WITH THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ACT.
EVERY AGENCY WILL HAVE THAT SO
IF YOU ARE NOT PRIVY TO THAT,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO HUNT THAT DOWN
AND IT DOES, IT REALLY DOES MAKE
A DIFFERENCE AND I CAN TELL YOU
THIS THAT CBP HANDLES THINGS
DIFFERENTLY THAN GSA HANDLES
THEM.
AND EVERYBODY INTERPRETS
REGULATIONS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY
AND IT DOES MATTER.
YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR
AGENCY'S POLICY IS, AND YOU MAY
EVEN HAVE A HISTORIC
PRESERVATION HAND BOOK SIMILAR
OURS, WHICH OURS CAME OUT IN
2015, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING
ABOUT UPDATING IT AND--THERE ARE
IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE
DETERMINED IN YOUR DIRECTIVES
AND IN YOUR PARTICULAR AGENCY
POLICY AND I WILL TELL YOU FOR
EXAMPLE, OUR POLICY IS TO
CONSIDER NEW LEASES AS HAVING
THE POTENTIAL TO EFFECT HISTORIC
PROPERTIES.
NOT EVERY AGENCY LOOKS AT IT
THAT WAY BUT FOR US, IT'S
WRITTEN THAT WAY, SO EVERY TIME
THERE'S A NEW LEASE, EVEN IF THE
BUILDING WAS BUILT YESTERDAY, I
WRITE A LETTER TO THE STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
ABOUT THAT LEASE.
SO YOU'RE--YOUR AGENCY MAY NOT
BE THAT STRICT BUT MY CBP IS
CERTAINLY THAT STRICT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE
INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW AND
THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO
IT, WE--IF IT'S A SUBSEQUENT
LEASE, IF WE'RE ALREADY IN THE
PROPERTY THEN WE DON'T CONSIDER
A SUBSEQUENT LEASE AS HAVING THE
POTENTIAL TO EFFECT.
SO ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, TRACK
DOWN YOUR POLICY AND IF YOU'RE A
CONTRACTOR WORKING WITH
AGENCIES, TRACK DOWN THAT
PARTICULAR AGENCY'S PROPERTY AND
FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY STAND
BECAUSE IT CAN--IT CAN MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW
YOU APPROACH PROJECTS.
AND IT'S NOT TO SAY 1 IS WRONG
OR RIGHT, IT'S SOMETHING YOU
JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW, THE LAWYERS
IN YOUR AGENCY HAVE LOOKED AT
ALL OF THIS AND THIS IS WHAT
THEY--THIS IS THE WAY THEY SEE
IT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES,
DIFFERENT POLICIES, DIFFERENT
SHPOs, DIFFERENT WAYS OF
APPROACHING IT, IT SOUNDS
CONFUSING BUT IT DOES POINT TO
THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING IN
TOUCH WITH THE VARIOUS
REGULATIONS AND THE VARIOUS
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE
REGULATIONS.
>> SO AS MELISSA JUST MENTIONED
AND THE THING TO BEAR IN MIND IS
THAT NHPA IS LAW AND WE NEED TO
FOLLOW THOSE RULES EVEN THOUGH
WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT POLICIES,
THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS THAT WE
MUST MEET THE LETTER OF THE LAW,
SO TO SPEAK.
WITHIN GSA ARE THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF REGULATIONS THAT
APPROACH HOW THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE AND THE FIRST 1 IS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, WHICH
LAYS OUT THE PURPOSE, THE
BACKGROUND, HOW IT'S
ADMINISTERED, ALL THE THINGS
WE'VE GONE OVER SO FAR, HOW WE
HAVE TO MAINTAIN LISTS OF OUR
INVENTORY AND OF OUR HISTORIC
BUILDINGS.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
EVEN ADMINISTRATIVE, IT STARTS
IN PROCEDURES, IS IT TARTS OUT
BY SAYING TO EXERCISE CAUTION
WHENEVER WORKING WITH AN
HISTORIC BUILDING.
ONE THING WE DO RUN INTO
SOMETIMES IS FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE
DOING A LOT OF ELEVATOR UPGRADES
RIGHT NOW.
SO THE ELEVATORS CABS VERY
FREQUENTLY ARE NOT
ORIGINAL--BRINGING--DEMOLISHING
THE EXISTING CABS OR MACHINERY
OR BRINGING IT OUT OR BRINGS IN
THE NEW REPLACEMENT MACHINERY
EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT, VERY OFTEN WILL
COME THROUGH HISTORIC AREAS.
WE NEED TO BE SUPER CAREFUL IN
OUR PROJECT PLANNING ABOUT HOW
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
EACH IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY WORK
NOTHING A HISTORIC AREA, WORK
NEARBY CAN AFFECT THAT AND IT
JUST--ORIGINALLY IS PART OF THE
PLANNING OR BUDGETING THAT NEEDS
TO BE CONSIDERED SO THAT'S ALL
ABOUT THE MEASURES AND
PROCEDURES THAT NEED TO BE
FOLLOWED.
THE MONITORING AND REPORTING
THAT GOES ON, SO, THOSE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ARE
THE FIRST STEP.
THEN THE NEXT THING IS THE
PUBLIC BUILDING SERVICE THE P100
WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE BIBLE WE
FOLLOW FOR PROJECTS AND HOW
PROJECTS ARE MEANT TO BE PLANNED
AND FOLLOWED AND WRITING THE
FIRST CHAPTER UNDER THE GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS HISTORIC
PRESERVATION IS MENTIONED TWICE.
AND BASICALLY, BASICALLY IT
STATES VERY EARLY THAT THE
PROJECT TEAMS SHALL CONSULT WITH
THE GSA OR RPHO VERY DILIGENTLY,
BUT WE WILL GET INTO THIS MORE
LATER BUT WHEN THERE APPEARS TO
BE HISTORIC BUILDING
AJESSEICCVALIDATIONENT TOO, OR
AFFECT AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE,
YOUR AGENCY NO DOUBT HAS
DIRECTIONS VERY SIMILAR OR YOU
MAY ALSO USE THE P100, BUT IT'S
VERY CLEAR THAT THE TECHNICAL
GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS ARE
INCLUDED AND EACH IF THE WORK IS
NOT ENVISIONED TO IMPACT
HISTORIC FABRIC, THERE ARE ALL
KINDS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT
MAY DO SO, SO, RIGHT WITHIN OUR
FIRST CHAPTER 1, IT'S SET
FORWARD.
>> I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THIS
IS THE COBURN LAND PORT OF ENTRY
AND THE ENTRY, THE PHOTOGRAPH
DATES BACK TO 1936, THAT MAY BE
THE OPENING, WHEN THE BUILDING
WAS COMPLETED BUT THAT BRINGS ME
TO OUR NEXT QUIZ, THE COBURN
GORE LAND POINT OF ENTRY HAS A
COUPLE OF OLD RESIDENCES DATING
FROM THE 1930S AND HAS A COUPLE
OF NEW RESIDENCES THAT DATE TO
1967 SO YOU LOOK AT THOSE
BUILDINGS AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S
A BORDER MARKER RIGHT THERE IN
THE FOREGROUND.
BUT YOU LOOK AT THOSE 2 HOUSES
AND THEY SEEM PRETTY ORDINARY.
ARE THEY HISTORIC OR NOT
HISTORIC?
>> ANYBODY?
>> I GUESS WE GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE].
>> OKAY.
>> GOOD, GOOD.
THANK YOU.
NONHISTORIC YET.
>> WELL, 1967 SO THEY ARE, YOU
KNOW, 2017 IS WHEN THIS
ANALYSIS, 50 YEARS OF AGE WAS
DONE.
THE COBURN GORE LPOE IS
INCREDIBLE LOAMACYY REMOTE, AND
MANY OF THESE REMOTE PORTS IN
THE 1930S HAD LITTLE RESIDENCES,
THOUSAND SQUARE FEET HOUSES THAT
WERE BUILT FOR THE PORT
OFFICERS.
VERY FEW OF THEM REMAIN.
COBURN GORE IS 1 OF THE FEW
WHERE THE 2 RESIDENCES DO REMAIN
AND THEY WERE LISTED, 21932
RESIDENCES WERE LISTED ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER AS PART OF THE
MAIN BUILDING LAND PORT OF ENTRY
IN 2015.
SO WHEN THESE RESIDENCES WERE
ADDED AS I MENTIONED IN 1967 AND
WE DID A STAND ALONE
DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR
JUST THESE 2 PROPERTIES IN 2017
AND THE CONCEPT WAS THAT THESE
ARE NON--AGAIN, NONDISCRYPT,
MIDCENTURY MODERN, INCREDIBLY
UTILITARIAN, WHERE I LIVE IN
SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS THERE ARE
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF THESE
BUILDINGS THAT WENT UP POST WAR
WHEN MY TOWN WAS 1 OF THE
FASTEST GROWING POST WORLD WAR
II COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR
INTERPRETATION AND IN OUR
DETERMINE NATION OF ELIGIBLE, WE
LAID OUT THERE WAS NOTHING
EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THESE
BUILDINGS, HOWEVER, WHEN THE
PARK SERVICE--WHEN THE SHPO
REVIEWED THIS, THEY LOOKED TO
THE MARKS--LOOKING AT IN TERMS
OF THE CAMPUS AND THEIR THOUGHT
WAS THAT THIS SHOWS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPUS, UP TO
1967 AND THAT THESE 2 PROPERTIES
ACTUALLY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE
OVERALL HISTORIC CHARACTER OF
THE PORT.
THEY'RE STILL USED AS
RESIDENCES, BUT, YOU KNOW THEY
PROVIDE VERY BASIC LODGING.
IT'S--BECAUSE WE--IT'S FINE, IN
THIS CASE BECAUSE THERE'S A
DISAGREEMENT WE MUST TREAT THEM
AS HISTORIC.
>> SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT
CBP HAS A NUMBER OF THESE 1960S
HOUSES EXACTLY LIKE THESE, THE
SAME PLAN, SOMETIMES, THERE'S A
SLIGHT VARIATION IN THE
EXECUTION, BUT BASICALLY THE
SAME PLAN AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE 2
WE HAVE IN IDAHO WERE DETERMINED
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A LISTING IN
THE NATIONAL REGISTER, I THINK
IT WAS IDAHO AND ALSO, I THINK
WE HAVE 4, I THINK IN MONTANA AT
A PARTICULAR PORT OF ENTRY AND
THEY WERE DETERMINED NOT
ELIGIBLE, SO IN THIS CASE, MAINE
SAW THIS AS AN ENTIRE CAMPUS
THAT THE BUILDINGS BELONG
TOGETHER AND THIS WAS PART OF
THAT CAMPUS.
IN OTHER STATES THE SHPOs
LOOKSAD THESE AND SAID THESE ARE
VERY COMMON, ORDINARY 19 SCEIVE
RESIDENCES SO WHAT'S THE BIG
DEAL?
BUT SHPOs ARE VERY DIFFERENT
AND SO YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW
WHAT THE CONSULTATION RESULT
FROM 1 SHPO WILL NOT BE EQUAL TO
ANOTHER SHPO AND WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THEM ALL SEPARATELY.
SO--THIS BRINGS US TO PART 5
WHICH REALLY IS THE MEAT OF THIS
ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING A
LOT OF THESE ASPECTS THROUGHOUT
THIS PRESENTATION, BUT BUT THE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT, AND
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ACT ARE MADE SO THAT
THEY, WELL, NEPA WORKS WITHIN
NHPA, BUT NHPA DOESN'T REFERENCE
NEPA SO IT SEEMS ODD, BUT FOR
EVERY PROJECT, EVERY
UNDERTAKING, EVERY PROPOSED
ACTION YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW
SECTION 106 OF THE NHPA AND ALSO
HAVE TO COMPLY WITH NEPA, SO
NEPA REQUIRES THAT YOU COMPLETE
SECTION 106 BEFORE YOU PROCEED
WITH A PROJECT, SO THAT'S HOW
THEY WORK TOGETHER AND THERE IS
ACTUALLY A WAY YOU CAN DO NEPA
AND 106 JOINTLY BUT MOST--MOST
AGENCIES CHOOSE TO TREAT THEM AS
SEPARATE PROCESSES AND THEN WHEN
SECTION 106 IS COMPLETED YOU
INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE NEPA
WORK, SO THERE IS ANOTHER WAY
BUT VERY FEW AGENCIES CHOOSE TO
DO IT BECAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED
TO GET THAT GOING FOR 1 THING.
BUT ANYWAY, THERE ARE PARALLELS,
SO UNDER NHPA, WE INITIATE THE
PROCESS, NEPA, HAVE YOU THE
SCOPING PROCESS, NHPA, II
DENTIFY HISTORIC PROPERTIES,
UNDER NHPA, PREPARE A DRAFT EA
OR EAIS THAT IDENTIFIES
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES INCLUDING
CULTURAL RESOURCES.
UNDER NHP, YOU ASSESS THE FACTS
AND UNDER NHPA YOU LOOK HAQUE
WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE
VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES IN THAT
SCOPE THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN
THAT INITIAL SCOPE AND DRAFT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE IS A
PUBLIC COMMENT TO NEPA AND I
WILL POINT OUT THESE ARE BOTH
PUBLIC PROCESSES SO THE
APPROXIMATE UBIQUITINNATION LICK
HAS A RIGHT TO INFORMATION ABOUT
NHPA AND THE PROCESS, IF YOU ARE
WORKING ON A PROJECT, THAT IS
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ALSO OF
COURSE, NEPA HAS THIS VERY
PUBLIC COMMENT PART OF THAT
PROCESS, SO ANYWAY, THERE'S
SIMILARITIES, THEY'RE NOT
EXACTLY ALIKE.
UNDER NHPA, WE HAVE TO RESOLVE
THOSE ADVERSE EFFECTS AND UNDER
NEPA, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN
RESOLVE THEM THEN YOU ARE
PROBABLY CAN PROCEED WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
YOU GET A FONSI, FINDING OF NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T RESOLVE
IMPACTS.
THEN OBVIOUSLY--RECORD OF
DECISION THAT'S PUBLISHED AND
THEN AND IF THERE ARE ADVERSE
EFFECTS AND WE MOVE TO RESOLVE
THOSE ADVERSE EFFECTS,
THERE'S--THERE ARE AGREEMENT
DOCUMENTS INVOLVED AND SO,
ANYWAY, THERE ARE PARALLELS, NOT
EXACTLY PARALLEL BUT IT'S VERY
SIMILAR AND BOTH ARE REQUIRED
AND WE HAVE EAs AND EISs
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT BUT I SPEND A
LOT OF TIME PRODUCING CADXs
AND RECORDS OF DECISIONS--NOT
RECORDS OF DECISION, RECORDS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION.
SO ANYWAY, THERE ARE THOSE
PARALLELS DISP A LOT OF OUR NHPA
ANALYSIS, END UP WITH NO ADVERSE
EFFECT OR MAYBE THERE'S AN
ADVERSE EFFECT BUT WE AVOID IT
AND THEREFORE WE GET A
CONITITIONAL LETTER FROM THE
SHPO, BUT ANYWAY, I WILL LET LIZ
GO INTO THE MORE OF THE DETAILS.
>> SO FOR NHPA SECTION 106, THIS
IS A GRAPH OF THE PROCESS AND WE
WILL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE
MUCH MORE IN DEPTH BUT
BASICALLY, THE PROCESS IS TO
INITIATE, SO BASICALLY FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO
BE AND WHO THE SHPO OR WHAT
OTHER PARTIES MAY NEED TO
INVOLVE, ARE THERE OTHER
CONSULTING PARTIES THAT MIGHT
NEED TO BE INVOLVED IF IT'S--IF
IT'S A VERY--I'M THINKING IF
IT'S VERY SENSITIVE URBAN SITE,
YOU MAY NEED TO INVOLVE THE
LOCAL FOLKS.
AND THEN YOU MAY NEED TO INVOLVE
THE PUBLIC IF IT'S GOING TO
BE--THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE VERY
PUBLIC BUT IS THERE A PUBLIC
INVOLVEMENT, WHICH IS TRUE IF
THERE WILL BE ANY DEMOLITION,
THAT CAN BE A REAL HOT BUTTON.
SO WE INITIATE PROCESS, YOU KNOW
IF YOU GO THROUGH THOSE IDEMS
AND YOU CAN SAY--ITEMS AND YOU
CAN SAY IT'S NONE OF THOSE
THINGS, NO UNDERTAKING, NO
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ADVERSE
EFFECTS, THEN YOU MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IF THE UNDERTAKING MIGHT
EFFECT HISTORIC PROPERTIES THEN
THE NEXT STEP IS TO IDENTIFY.
SO WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THOSE
EECTS, WHERE IS THE PROPERTY
ITSELF AND SIGNIFICANT AREAS,
THE ENTIRE MOST LIKELY, THE
ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS NOT
HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, IS THE
PROJECT WITHIN HISTORICALLY
SIGNIFICANT AREA?
IF IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT
HISTORIC PROPERTIES YOU PROBABLY
HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED TO US SO
THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE, BUT IF IT
IS GOING TO BE HISTORIC
PROPERTY, THEN THE NEXT STEP IS
TO ASSESS THAT.
AND THIS GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE
INVOLVED TO APPLY THE CRITERIA
WITH DIVERSE EFFECT AND THIS IS
THE POINT AT WHICH AT HPO I
REQUEST DRAWINGS AND
SPECIFICATIONS JUST TO TRY TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECT IS
AND WHAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED.
IF THE PROJECT IS IN FOR
INSTANCE AN AREA OF THE
BUILDINGS THAT'S NOT A
CONTRIBUTING AREA, FOR INSTANCE,
1967 EDITION THAT'S NOT PART OF
THE HISTORIC LISTED PROPERTY,
THEN, A SIMPLE LETTER SAYING
WE'RE DOING THIS AND IT'S NOT AN
HISTORIC PROPERTY IS FINE BUT IF
IT IS GOING TO AFFECT A HISTORIC
PROPERTY OR SIGNIFICANT AREA,
THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO REALLY,
REALLY DIVE INTO HOW THAT WORK
IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT IT GOING TO EFFECT?
WILL IT EFFECT ADJACENT AREAS?
EVEN WITH JUST ELEVATOR UPGRADES
YOU HAVE TO LOOK ABOVE, BELOW,
AROUND THE PROJECT, THE SITE,
IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL POTENTIAL
OVERALL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT
AND THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH
THE CONSULTATION BEGINS WITH THE
SHPO.
AND IF THE PROJECT IS MORE
INVOLVED, IT MAY TAKE MULTIPLE
CONSULTATIONS, MAY INVOLVE A
SITE VISIT, THERE ARE ALL KINDS
OF THINGS THAT CAN OCCUR AT THAT
POINT.
IF FOR SOME REASON, THE
CONSULTATION CANNOT BE RESOLVED
AS A NONADVERSE EFFECT AND THE
SHPO DETERMINES THAT IT IS AN
ADVERSE EFFECT, WHICH IT'S
ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO NOT GO TO
THAT POINT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO
GET INTO NEGOTIATION FOR
MITIGATION AND THOSE--THE
MITIGATION IS--AND THAT WILL
RESULT IN MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT OR PROGRAMMATIC
AGREEMENT AND THOSE BECOME LEGAL
DOCUMENTS, SO IF WE GO THAT
ROUTE, NOW THE ADVISORY COUNCIL
IS INVOLVED, NOW OUR LEGAL
DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED,
EVERYBODY ENDS UP TAKING A LOOK
AT THAT AND EVEN FOR A SIMPLE
MITIGATION MEASURE, IT CAN
EASILY TAKE 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR
OR LONGER AND REALLY MY GOAL IS
TO TRY TO AVOID MITIGATION AT
ALL COSTS, TO TRY TO FIND A WAY
THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE
PROJECT WITHOUT CREATING ANY
ADVERSE EFFECTS.
BECAUSE OUR GOAL IN OWNING
HISTORIC BUILDINGS IS TO MAKE
THEM WORK FOR OUR AGENCIES, WE
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT EMPTY
HISTORIC BUILDING MIEW SEUMKCS,
THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL, OUR GOAL IS
TO HAVE THESE BUILDINGS CONTINUE
TO HAVE A LIFE AND SERVE THEIR
AGENCIES AS WELL AS THEY CAN TO
THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY AND
WE'VE BEEN--WITHIN REGION 1
WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT
THAT.
SO WE CAN BE PROUD OF OUR
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, SHOW THE
STRENGTH OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND IN MANY CASES,
STILL SERVE THEIR ORIGINAL
PURPOSE WHILE THE AGENCIES
MODERN REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
IT TAKES CREATIVITY BUT IT'S
ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL.
>> OKAY, WE WILL GO THROUGH
THOSE STEPS IN A BIT MORE DETAIL
BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE IN THIS
IMPORTANT PRESENTATION BY LAW, A
PROPOSED PROJECT CANNOT MOVE
FORWARD UNTIL THE NEPA AND NHPA
SECTION 106 PROCESSES ARE
COMPLETED.
SO THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
CAN INITIATE 106 AND INITIATE
THE PROJECT AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS HAS--IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT PROJECT MANAGERS, FACILITY
MANAGERS, WHOEVER, YOU HAVE AN
UNDERTAKING, HAVE YOU A PROPOSED
ACTION, YOU CANNOT MOVE FORWARD
UNTIL YOU'VE COMPLETED THESE
PROCESSES AND THAT'S--THAT'S THE
WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN AND THERE
ARE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DON'T DO
THIS, SO, ANYWAY, JUST WANT
TO--PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO AS WE SAID, FOR INITIATING
PROT SESES, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH
THERE ISA AN UNDERTAKING, YOU
HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHO THE
APPROPRIATE SHPO OR TPO IS, YOU
HAVE TO IDENTIFY OTHER
CONSULTING PARTING AND PLAN TO
INVOLVE THE PUBLIC.
SO THE THPOs, IT DEPENDS ON
WHERE YOU ARE AND HOW MUCH
INVOLVEMENT YOU HAVE WITH THEM
BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL NUMBER OF
FEDERAL PROPERTIES OUTWEST ARE
NEAR RESERVATIONS OR AREAS THAT
ARE UNDER CONTROL OF THE TRIBES
AND SO, YOU NEED TO UNDER
TAKE--YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY THE
THPO AND INCLUDE THEM IN
CONSULTATION AND IT'S NOT JUST
OUTWEST BUT I POINT THAT OUT
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE TYPICALLY
WE GET THE MOST INVOLVEMENT, YOU
HAVE TO IDENTIFY OTHER
CONSULTING PARTIES THAT COULD BE
ACTUALLY SOMETHING LIKE
CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH
IS A STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OFFICE, DESIGNATION AND THAT MAY
BE--BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER
PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO INVOLVE SO IF
THERE'S NO UNDERTAKING, THEN
THERE'S NO--OR NO POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE ADVERSE EFFECT, THEN THE
PROJECT CAN PROCEED, BUT IF THE
UNDERTAKING MIGHT AFFECT
HISTORIC PROPERTIES, THEN, YOU
HAVE TO GO ON TO THE NEXT STEP.
>> LIZ YOU WANT TO DO?
>> SURE.
THIS IS THE PHASE WE TALKED
ABOUT THE INITIATION PHASE.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PROJECT IS BEFORE WE
CAN CONSULT ABOUT IT AND I
USUALLY REVIEW WITH THE PROJECT
TEAMS, IDEALLY BEFORE ANY WORK
BEGINS, INCLUDING THE ORDERING
OR PURCHASING OF MATERIALS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE MINOR
MODIFICATIONS TO SOME MATERIALS,
BUT THE SHPO IS VERY HAPPY WITH.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
THAT EARLY APPROXIMATE BECAUSE
ONCE THINGS ARE--SO I'VE
ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER IN PART 6,
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS HISTORIC
RESOURCE PROJECT CHECK LIST,
THESE ARE THINGS THAT I
CONTINUALLY ASK OVER AND OVER
AND OVER FOR PROJECT TEAMS AND I
WILL PUT THEM IN A CHECK LIST
EARLY ON, EVERYBODY HAS THEM,
THEY CAN BE SENT OUT TO THE ACE,
SO FROM VERY EARLY STAGES THEY
KNOW WHAT WE NEED, IT'S USUALLY
WHAT THE ACE IS PREPARING ANYWAY
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT HELPFUL TO
HAVE THE ITEMIZED WORK LIST
ITEMS RALGTER THAN HAVING ON
PULL THOSE OUT OF THE DRAWINGS,
ACE WILL BE DEVELOPING IT ANYWAY
TO DO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS, ALL
THESE KINETIC PLANS TO
UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT MIGHT BE
THOUGHT ABOUT OR SHOP DRAWINGS
OF HOW CERTAIN THINGS ARE GOING
TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR WHAT
MATERIALS ARE GOING TO BE USED.
IT'S JUST THE EARLIER WE KNOW
THINGS, THE EARLIER WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION, THE EARLIER I CAN
UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT, THE
EARLIER THAT THE CONSULTATION
CAN BEGIN.
AND HOPEFULLY NOT IMPACT ANY OF
THE TIME FOR THE PROJECT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ALWAYS
ASKING FOR IS MORE DETAIL ON
WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING
BECAUSE IEWVEN YULE GET
SOMETHING LIKE THERE'S A
RENOVATION AND THEY WANT TO MAKE
THE BUILDING MORE SUITABLE FOR
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BUT THEY
DON'T TELL ME, WELL, WHAT DOES
IT INCLUDE?
DOES IT INCLUDE KNOCKING OUT
WALLS OR?
OR PAINT AND CARPET?
AND ALSO EXACTLY WHERE THAT
ACTIVITY WILL TAKE PLACE.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE ACTIVITIES TAKE
PLACE.
AND LIZ IS I OFTEN ARE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE OR
TO A BUILDING BUT IT COULD BE
SOMETHING OUTSIDE A BUILDING, IT
COULD BE PUTTING UP A TOWER, A
COMMUNICATION TOWER, OR
SOMETHING.
SO IT COULD INVOLVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR DISTURBING GROUND
THAT HASN'T BEEN DISTURBED, AND
SO, YOU KNOW KEEP IN MIND THAT
ARCHEOLOGY COULD BE PART OF THE
PICTURE.
SOME OF THESE PORTS OF ENTRY WE
HAD TO REPLACE RETAINING WALLS
WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT ENGAGE THE
BUILDING BUT THE RETAINING WALL
ITSELF IS PART OF A HISTORIC
SITE.
>> ONCE YOU IDENTIFY WHAT THE
ACTIVITY IS--I'M SORRY?
>> DID WE GO BACKWARDS, THERE WE
GO.
IDENTIFY.
SORRY.
GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, INITIATE.
CAN I GO TO IDENTIFY.
>> YEAH.
>> SO THE NEXT THING IS YOU HAVE
TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS, YOU'VE
DETERMINED WHAT YOUR SCOPE OF
WORK IS, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN, THEN YOU HAVE TO-AND
YOU DETERMINED YOUR AREA OF
POTENTIAL EFFECT, THAT'S ANOTHER
TERM WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN
INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON BUT IF
YOU HAVE AN AREA OF POTENTIAL
EFFECT, YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY IN
THAT PROJECT AREA WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'RE HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND
SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NATIONAL
REGISTER AND EFTHIMIOSOR
INCREASE IN BODY PROPERTIES ARE
THOSE LISTED OR ELIGIBLE FOR
LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
AND KEEP IN MIND LEGAL ME IT'S
THE SAME, DOESN'T MATTER SO A
LOT OF AGENCIES THINK, WELL, IF
IT'S LISTED, ON THE NATIONAL
REGISTER, IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT IF
I GET IT NOT LISTED IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER, IF IT WERE
JUST--IT DOESN'T CHANGE
ANYTHING, LISTED ELIGIBLE, IT'S
THE SAME FOR US.
SO JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH
THIS BECAUSE ELIGIBILITY IS THE
SAME AS LISTED AND YOU HAVE TO
EVALUATE THE EFTHIMIOSOR -
-EFTHIMIOSOR 8 HOURS
SIGNIFICANT BUT THEN MAYBE YOU
NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
PROJECT, BUT IF THERE ARE
HISTORIC PROPERTIES THEN YOU
HAVE TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT
STEP.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> SO, THE IDENTIFICATION
PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BUT 1 OF THE EARLY PLACES TO
START IS FOR THE EXTERNAL
RESOURCES, TO LOOK AT THE
NATIONAL REGISTER.
IS THE BUILDING IN THERE?
IS THE DISTRICT IN THERE?
IF YOU CAN FIND THE NOMINATION,
WHAT EXACTLY ABOUT THE BUILDING
MAKES IT SIGNIFICANT?
SO THIS IS THE COVER PAGE FOR
THE MULTIPROPERTY NOMINATION
FORM FOR ALL THOSE, WHAT THEY
CALL FIRST GENERATION BORDER
STATIONS BUT THAT'S A GOOD FIRST
PLACE TO START.
THE NEXT THING IS ALSO, THE
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS
AND THIS ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN, IT'S
THE GUIDELINES WHICH TALKS ABOUT
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
PRESERVATION, RESTORATION,
REHABILITATION, IT'S A GREAT
LITTLE PAMPHLET, IT'S VERY
USEFUL AND IT'S ALL ONLINE NOW
AND IT OUTLINES WHAT THE
DEFINITIONS OF THOSE TYPICAL
TYPES OF WORK ARE AND THEY ARE
ALSO SOME GUIDELINES ABOUT
ACTUALLY HISTORIC MATERIALS.
>> AND WE OFTEN REFER TO THESE
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS WORK
HAPPENING IN A HISTORIC
BUILDING, WE WILL OFTEN, YOU
KNOW TELL THE SHPO, AND HAVE TO
ACT ACCORDINGLY THAT WE WILL
FOLLOW THE STANDARDS FOR THE
TREATMENT FOR THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR THE
TREATMENT OF HISTORIC
PROPERTIES.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
WILL REFERENCE AGAIN AND AGAIN.
NOW THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
WHAT IS IT NOW THAT YOU CHECKED
THE NATIONAL REGISTER, YOU
CHECKED BUILDINGS HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PLANS, WHAT IS IT
THAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT A
BUILDING, SORRY, LIZ.
>> NO WORRIES.
YEAH, AND ALSO THE SECOND OF
INTERIOR STANDARDS AND A GREAT
UNIVERSAL BENCHMARK.
WITHIN GSA WE'VE TAKEN IT A STEP
FURTHER SO WE DO THE DETERMINE
NATIONS OF ELIGIBLE, THE D. O.
E.s AND WE HAVE THOSE FILED
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE HISTORIC
BUILDING DATA RESOURCE ORIGINAL
THE BUILDING PRESERVATION PLANS.
THE BUILDING PRESERVATION PLANS
ARE OFTEN PREPARED BY
[INDISCERNIBLE] AND IT'S AN
ANALYSIS THAT GOES THROUGH THE
BUILDING TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
CHARACTERISTICS SO THOSE WOULD
BE ZONE 1 RESTORATION, ZONE 2
WOULD BE REHABILITATION LESS 8
HOURS 95 CANT BUT THEY HAVE SOME
HISTORIC TEVERLS THAT NEED TO BE
RESTORED AND ZONE 3 AND
RENOVATION ISSUES SPACES WITHOUT
SIGNIFICANCE AND WE HAVE AN
EXAMPLE LATER IN THE SLIDES BUT
THESE ARE BASICALLY AN OVERALL
ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDINGS
SNAPSHOT OF 1 OF THE MOST
HISTORIC AREAS.
THERE ARE ZONE DIAGRAMS IN THAT
ARE COLORED SO IT'S VERY EASY
FOR A BUILDING MANAGER OR A
PROJECT MANAGER FOR POTENTIAL
PROJECT TO GO THROUGH AND SAY,
THIS PROJECT WILL BE IN THIS
AREA, OH LOOK IT'S ANN AREA THAT
WAS PREVIOUSLY RENAL CANCER
ORIVATED, SO THIS IS--WE'LL TALK
TO THE RHPO BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN
EFFECT.
SO THESE ARE REALLY KEY
DOCUMENTS TO HAVE, WE KEEP THEM
UPDATED, THEY'RE DONE REGULARLY,
FOR ALL OF OUR HISTORIC
BUILDINGS AND THERE'S ACTUALLY
NATIONAL EFFORT THROUGH GSA TO
DO THESE NATIONWIDE AND KEEP THE
SPOTLIGHT SCHEMES, STOP LIGHT
SCHEME SO THAT BUILDING MANAGERS
ANYWHERE, ANYBODY CAN OPEN THESE
UP AND TAKE A LOOK.
NOW THESE ARE INTERNAL TO GSA,
THESE BUILDING PRESERVATION
PLANS, THEY'RE NOT SHARED WITH
THE PUBLIC, NOT SHARED WITH THE
SHPOs, EXCEPT THAT WE WILL
QUOTE THEM AND SAY, BASICALLY
WOO HAD AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT DO
THIS ANALYSIS AND THIS PROJECT
AREA IS WITHIN SUCH AND SUCH
ZONE TO BACK UP OUR DPE TERM
NATION OF WHETHER THERE'S AN
ADVERSE EFFECT OR NOT, BUT IT'S
JUST A HUGE RESOURCE AND ALL OF
THESE BPPs ARE SAVED IN THIS
DATA DRIVE AT CENTRAL OFFICE
CALLED THE HISTORIC BUILDING
DATA RESOURCE.
>> AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE
THESE, TOO, I'VE WORKED ON THESE
FOR PROJECTS WITHIN D.O.D., CBP
HAS SOME OF THESE, SO THESE ARE
REALLY VALUABLE TOOLS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A HISTORIC
BUILDING, YOU MAY HAVE 1 OF
THESE AND EVEN THOUGH--I WILL
POINT OUT SOME OF GSAs THAT
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANS FOR
BUILDINGS THAT CBP IS IN, THOSE
ARE 20 YEAR-OLD DOCUMENTS,
THEY'RE STILL VALUABLE BUT, BUT,
YOU MAY HAVE TO TRACK DOWN YOUR
GSA RHPO OR SOMEBODY IN YOUR
AGENCY THAT HAS THESE BUT THEY
ARE VERY LIKELY THAT THEY ARE
OUT THERE AND ULTIMATELY, THEY
HELP WITH THIS NEXT--IF I CAN
GET THE SLIDE TO PULL UP, IT
HELPS WITH THIS ASSESSMENT OF
FACT.
SO YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT, YOU
IDENTIFY HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN
THAT PROJECT AREA OR THAT AREA
OF POTENTIAL EFFECT AND THEN YOU
HAVE TO SEE IF THE PROJECT WILL
AFFECT THOSE HISTORIC PROPERTIES
AND THIS IS REALLY SORT OF THE
MEAT OF EVERYTHING IS HOW WE
ASSESS EFFECTS.
AND HOW WE TRY TO DEAL WITH
THEM.
IF WE APPLY THE CRITERIA OF
ADVERSE EFFECT, AND KNOW THE
HISTORIC--1 IS THAT SIGN THAT
YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
BUT IF THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT
ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED, THEN
THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE BUT
AS LIZ POINTED OUT AND THIS IS
REALLY KEY, OFTEN IT'S MINOR
TWEAKS THAT CAN ELIMINATE THAT
ADVERSE EFFECT AND OF COURSE, IF
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEARING
DOWN A HISTORIC BUILDING,
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT IS EASILY TWEAKED.
BUT FOR ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES,
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST MOVING A
PROJECT, A FEW FEET, IF YOU'RE
BUILDING A TOWER OUT SOMEWHERE
ON THE BORDER, IF YOU BUILD THAT
TOWER, IF YOU MOVE THAT TOWER
20 FEET OR 50 FEET AND YOU AVOID
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, YOU'RE
GOOD TO GO AND YOU'RE GO TO GO
QUICKLY, AND THAT'S--THAT'S 1 OF
THE THINGS THAT WE--THAT LIZ
STRESSED AND I WILL STRESS AGAIN
AND THAT IS IF YOU DO HAVE AN
ADVERSE EFFECT AND YOU HAVE TO
MITIGATE THAT ADVERSE EFFECT, IT
TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF
MONEY, SO IF YOU CAN DO
SOMETHING TO AVOID THAT ADVERSE
EFFECT, IT OFTEN PAYS OFF IN THE
LONG RUN.
SOMETIMES IT'S, MAYBE YOU NEED
TO REPLACE WINDOWS, THERE ARE A
LOT OF FEDERAL WINDOWS NOW THAT
HAVE TO HAVE BULLET RESISTANT
WINDOWS, SO IF YOU CAN REPLACE
THOSE WINDOWS AND YOU CAN DO SO
WORKING WITH THE SHPO ON THE
KIND OF DETAILS THAT THEY WANT
TO SEE ON THE NEW WINDOWS, THEN
YOU CAN AVOID THAT ADVERSE
EFFECT, YOU END UP WITH A
CONDITIONAL NO ADVERSE EFFECT
AND THE PROJECT CAN PROCEED.
AND YOU STILL GET YOUR BULL
RESISTANT WINDOWS.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF
TWEAKING PROJECTS, SLIDELY,
MAYBE YOU WANT TO REPLACE I
DON'T KNOW, CARPET IN A HISTORIC
BUILDING AND YOU'RE GOING TO
AFFECT HISTORIC BASE BOARDS OR
SOMETHING, IF YOU CAN JUST SAVE
THOSE BASE BOARDS THAT MIGHT BE
THE 1 THING THAT HELPS YOU MOVE
FORWARD AND I KNOW I'M GOING
FROM THE LARGE TO THE VERY
SMALL, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT
THOSE LITTLE TWEAKS MATTER AND
THIS IS WHY WORKING WITH THE
SHPO PAYS OFF.
SEE WHAT IT IS.
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN
PARTICULAR DETAILS THAT YOU
THINK, YOU NEVER KNOW.
I'VE HAD APPROVAL TO PREPLACE
WINDOWS IN A HISTORIC BUILDINGS
THAT I NEVER THOUGHT THE SHPO
WOULD APPROVE AND THEY DID
APPROVE THAT BUT THEY ASKED FOR
OTHER THINGS IN COMPENSATION
EFFECTIVELY.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE MORE DETAIL
TO--MORE ATTENTION TO EXTERIOR
DETAIL.
ANYWAY, THE CRITERIA OF ADVERSE
EFFECT, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE
YOU WANT TO DEFINITELY WORK WITH
THE SHPO.
SO THIS IS 1 OF THOSE ZONE
DIAGRAMS THAT I MENTIONED AND
THIS IS JUST HELPFUL IN
ASSESSING ANY AREAS OF POTENTIAL
EFFECT AND YOU CAN SEE THIS
HAPPENS TO BE THE ST. ALBANs
FEDERAL BUILDING THAT WE SHOWED
EARLY ON WITH THE 1967 ADDITION
AT THE REAR THAT IS NOT HISTORIC
SO ALL THE PLANS, IT'S HARD TO
SEE BUT ALL THE PLANS HAD A
VERTICAL SEPARATION LINE BETWEEN
THE HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER
LISTED PORTION OF THE BUILDINGS
AND THE NONLISTED PORTION OF THE
BUILDING.
SO CAN YOU SEE HOW THE GREEN
AREA, AREAS THAT PREVIOUSLY
RENOVATED THAT AREA, USED TO BE
A POSTAL WORK ROOM ON THE RIGHT
HAND SIDE, PREVIOUSLY RENOVATED
AND THE EX TERIOR, STATE
REGULATOR SADS AND LOBBY WERE
ALL ORIGINAL AND THE STAIRS AND
WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF THAT,
IT'S NOT SUPER SIGNIFICANT AS
THE FACADE.
>> SO WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
RESERVING ADVERSE EFFECTS IN
GENERAL, BUT REMEMBER IF YOU DO
HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT, IT'S
GOING TO LEAD YOU TO A
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT OR A
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT, SOME
KIND OF CONCLUSION.
SO, AND THOSE DO MATTER.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT A MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING IN JUST A
MINUTE AND ALSO PROGRAMMATIC
AGREEMENTS BUT THESE AGREEMENTS
TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND THEN SO
IF HAVE YOU A PROJECT THAT
YOU'RE WORKING ON, AND YOU HAVE
TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT THROUGH
AN AGREEMENT DOCUMENT, WITH THE
SHPO, THEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE
THOSE STIPULATIONS BEFORE YOU
CAN PROCEED, SO IF YOU'RE
REQUIRED TO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE
YOUR MITIGATION IS TO PRODUCE
A--YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT DONE
BEFORE YOU CAN PROCEED.
SO KEEP IN MIND, THERE'S MONEY
AND THERE'S INVOLVEMENT.
SO YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY TO
AVOID THOSE ADVERSE EFFECT IF
THERE'S ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
BUT IF YOU DO GET INTO THAT, IT
TAKES TIME, AND IT WILL
CERTAINLY ADD TO YOUR COST,
BUT--THAT CAN BE DONE BUT
EVERYONE IS INDIVIDUAL AND IT'S
REALLY HARD TO GENERALIZE ON
THOSE.
SO RESOLVING THOSE ADVERSE
EFFECTS, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT
ONLY THE--WELL, THIS IS A
REMINDER, ONLY YOUR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PEOPLE ARE
AUTHORIZED TO CONTACT THE SHPO,
THPO OR ACHP, SO DON'T LET YOUR
CONTRACTORS HANDLE YOUR
CONSULTATION, THEY MAY BE ABLE
TO DRAFT THE LETTERS BUT YOU
WANT TO HAVE THAT OFFICIAL STAMP
OF APPROVAL ON THOSE, WE'VE ALL
RUN INTO PROBLEMS WHEN
CONTRACTORS HAVE TAKEN IT UPON
THEMSELVES TO HANDLE
CONSULTATION BUT THAT IS CLEARLY
DEFINED.
SHPO HAS 30 DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF
YOUR SECTION 106 INITIATION LET
TORE COME IN OR REQUEST MORE
INFORMATION.
MOST EVERYTHING I DO ENDS UP
WITHIN 30 DAYS, I GET A LETTER
THAT SAYS THAT THE SHPO CONCURS
WITH WHAT I'VE SAID.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY ASK FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
MAYBE YOU--THEY SEE SOME
POTENTIAL FOR AN ADVERSE EFFECT.
MAYBE THERE'S--THEY MAY NOT
AGREE WITH YOU BUT THEY FEEL
LIKE SOMETHING IS LACKING, THAT
MAY HAPPEN, BUT FROM THE MOMENT
WHEN YOU PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION TO THEM, THE 30 DAY
CLOCK STARTS AGAIN SO THERE IS
THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN THOSE 30
DAYS, THE SHPO MAY SAY, WELL,
THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS IN
FACT AN ADVERSE EFFECT AND NO
ADVERSE EFFECT SITUATION.
SO CAN YOU GET VARYING RESULTS
BUT 30 DAYS FOR THAT FIRST
COMMENT SO WHAT CBP DOES IF WE
DON'T HEAR, IF WE DON'T USUALLY
SIT THERE WITH A CLOCK WATCHING
THE 30 DAYS, BUT WE YOU KNOW
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M
REASONABLY CONFIDENT THERE'S NO
ADVERSE EFFECT AND IT'S BEEN 30
DAYS, 40 DAYS, I'LL SAY, THAT
THE SHPO HAS NOT RESPONDED AND
WE ASSUME CONCURRENCE, SO THAT'S
THE WAY THAT TYPICALLY WORKS.
IF IT DOES INVOLVE A HISTORIC
BUILD EXPTION I'M A LITTLE
CONCERNED, I'LL JUST CALL THE
SHPO AND ASK BECAUSE I FIND IT
MORE IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHPO.
MITIGATION CAN RESULT FROM ANY
NONCONCURRENCE AND, YOU KNOW AS
WE SAID, PREPARATION OF
MITIGATION DOCUMENTS TAKES TIME
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO
TAKE THE TIME AND MONEY FOR
THOSE--FOR THAT MITIGATION AND
THIS TRAINING ACTUALLY IS THE
RESULT OF 1 INTERACTION WHERE,
IT--I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LIZ CAN
EXPLAIN HOW IT IS BUT THERE WAS
1 SUCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN A SHPO
AND GSA AND WE DEVELOPED THIS
TRAINING.
AND THAT'S 1 REASON WHY WE WANT
TO AVOID MITIGATION BECAUSE NOW
THE BALL IS IN THE SHPO COURT
AND THEY CAN LITERALLY ASK FOR
ANYTHING.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE
HORROR STORIES, BUT THERE ARE
STORIES AND SO, THINGS HAVE TO
BE RESOLVED AS MELISSA SAID
BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION CAN
CONTINUE.
AND ANY CAUSE FOR THAT WILL COME
OUT OF THE PROJECT BUDGET,
THAT'S NOT USUALLY SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR, SO
IT'S ALWAYS A BIG ISSUE, SO,
JUST WANT TO AVOID IT.
>> SO WE'RE GETTINGS CLOSE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 6 MINUTES LEFT AND
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THROUGH ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PHOTO
THERE.
SO THIS IS LIZ'S CHECK LIST, I
WILL LET HER POINT OUT,
INFORMATION SHE NEEDS.
>> THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAD
GONE OVER SO WE DON'T NEED TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEM, BUT
IT'S JUST EASIER TO HAVE CHECK
BOXES FOR JUST--IT'S A GENTLE
REMINDER TO THE PROJECT MANAGERS
THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S
NEEDED SO I TAYLOR THEM TO EACH
AND EVERY PROJECT, AT GSA IF WE
WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKAD
THE THAT TO BE REPLACED WE NEED
TO DO A SEPARATE WINDOW MATRIX
TO SHOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH--A
FORM TO DO THAT BUT THERE'S JUST
A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THAT CHECK
LIST.
>> AND MOST AGENCIES HAVE SOME
KIND OF CHECK OR CHECK LIST, SO
THAT THEY CAN--YOU CAN CHECK A
BOX AND SAY, WE DID SECTION 106
AND HERE'S THE EVIDENCE, SO ...
THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT WE
WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS
INFORMATION, THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE TECHNICAL PRESERVATION
BRIEFS GIVE YOU SOME GENERAL
INFORMATION ON HOW TO DEAL WITH
CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF HISTORIC
RESOURCES, HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE
PAINT ON A BUILDING AND YOU NEED
TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH
HISTORIC PAINT ISSUES, IF YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL
TERRA COTTA, THERE'S A LOT OF
ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA THAT
I'M DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW ON
THIS BUILDING SO IF YOU NEED TO
DEAL WITH A CERTAIN ELEMENT OF A
BUILDING, YOU CAN CHECK THESE
TECHNICAL PRESERVATION BRIEFS
AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION
THAT IS VERY USEFUL.
AND THIS IS 1 OF OUR LAST ITEMS,
GRAFFITI, NOT MY EXPERTISE.
>> I ALSO WEAR A HAT FOR THE
REGIONAL FINE ARTS OFFICER TO
OVERSEE THE ART WORKS THAT'S IN
OUR BUILDINGS, LAST YEAR IN
2020, REGION 1 WAS FORTUNATE WE
JUST HAD VERY MINOR ISSUES WITH
DAMAGE BUT OTHER REGIONS WERE
HIT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH
MUCH OF THE UNREST.
SO THIS WAS JUST A SLIDE TO
REMIND OUR FOLKS THAT TO BE
AWARE WHERE GRAFFITI MIGHT
HAPPEN, BE AWARE OF WHAT
MEASURES MAY NEED TO BE TAKEN
BEFORE HAND AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU FIND THERE'S
GRAFFITI THERE, DAMAGE, CONTACT
THE RHPO, THE REGIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER OR FINE
ARTS OFFICER ASAP WE NOW HAVE
FOLK WHO IS ARE HIRED AT CENTRAL
OFFICE IN D. C. WHO HAVE
INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF EXPERIENCE
IN REMOVING GRAFFITI.
WELL INTENTIONED BUT WRONG
APPROACHES TO REMOVING GRAFFITI
CAN ACTUALLY HARM HISTORIC
BUILDINGS SO SOME OF THE STUFF
THAT SEEMS TRAIT FORWARD IS NOT,
SO IT'S--IT REQUIRES REMOVING
GRAFFITI OR CONSERVING ART WORK
REQUIRES A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL IS.
SO, JUST--JUST REACH OUT IS THE
MESSAGE THERE.
>> SO THIS IS THE QUICK REVIEW
WHICH WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT EACH
OF THESE ACRONYMS IS, SO, YOU
KNOW IT'S A QUICK REVIEW LIST
FOR YOU REGIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER, TRIBAL
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER,
NATIONAL REGISTER OR NATIONAL
REGISTER FOR HAD HISTORIC
PLACES, HISTORIC RESOURCE OR
PROPERTY, UNDERTAKING, AREA OF
POTENTIAL EFFECT, PROGRAMMATIC
AGREEMENT, ACHP.
THERE'S THE LIST YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO TAKE THE QUIZ.
[LAUGHTER]
AND IN SUMMARY, THIS IS WHAT WE
HAVE COVERED.
THIS IS THE WAY OUR AGENCIES
HANDLE SECTION 106 AND HOW WE
WORK TOGETHER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT FORMAL
AGREEMENT.
WE REALLY SKIRTED OVER THAT BUT
WE HAVE A FORMAL AGREEMENT SO
THAT, GSA HANDLES CERTAIN THINGS
AND WE HANDLE CERTAIN THINGS AND
SO THAT THE LEAD, THE
DESIGNATION OF LEAD FEDERAL
AGENCY ISN'T IN QUESTION,
GENERALLY IT'S GSA OWNS THE
BUILDING, THEY'RE THE LEAD
FEDERAL AGENCY BUT SOMETIMES
WHAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING HAS TO DO
WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THAT CASE
CBP BECOMES THE LEAD TECHNICAL
AGENCY, BUT YOU MAY HAVE SOME
KIND OF AN MOU WITH HOW YOU DEAL
WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND THERE IS
1 MORE THING I WAS GOING TO
MENTION, PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENTS
WE SKIRTED THAT ALSO BUT
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENTS CAN HELP
YOUR AGENCY AND MANY AGENCIES
HAVE THEM.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENTS FOR I
THINK ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES ON
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL WEBSITE.
ACHP.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS IN
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[INDISCERNIBLE] I WILL TAKE THIS
1 HOW DOES SECTION 106 AND 110
APPLY TO FEDERALLY OWNED
BUILDINGS ON TRIBAL LANDS?
>> SO IF THEY'RE FEDERALLY OWNED
THEN THERE IS AN OBLIGATION FOR
106 AND 110 BUT YOU
AUTOMATICALLY WILL HAVE THAT
PARTNER WITH THE TRIBAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICE.
YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM ON
EVERYTHING.
I'M SURE.
SO, SO WE DO, ACTUALLY CBP DOES
HAVE SOME PRESENCE ON SIMILAR TO
THAT AND SO, THE--YOU'RE GOING
TO CONSULT WITH THE TRIBAL
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE ON
EVERYTHING AND THEY MAY ACTUALLY
SAY FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY SAY
FOR INTERIOR THINGS WE DON'T
CARE WHAT YOU DO, AS LONG AS
HAVE YOU THAT DOCUMENTED YOU CAN
PROCEED BUT YOU HAVE TO WORK OUT
THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THAT'S NOT A RELATIONSHIP THAT
YOU CAN IGNORE, SO, THAT'S GOING
TO BE A CAREFUL DANCE BETWEEN,
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO
ACHIEVE AND WORKING WITH THE
TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OFFICERS.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
THANK YOU.
PUT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IN THE
CHAT AS LAND THE OTHER QUESTION
WAS IF YOU COULD SEND HER A COPY
OF THE PROJECT CHECK LIST?
>> SURE.
WILL DO.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING
FOR ATTENDING.
I WILL LEAVE THIS OPEN FOR,
WELL, THIS WILL BE OPEN ALL
AFTERNOON, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE JUST
E-MAIL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
RECEIVING IT AND SEEING YOU ALL
AT THE NEXT PRESENTATIONOT
TRACK.
AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS AND THANK YOU FOR
PRESENTING IT WAS FASCINATING.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR TUNING
IN.
L TO OUR PRESENTATION AND THANK
YOU TO THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SYMPOSIUM FOR ACCEPTING OUR
SESSION.
WE ARE SPEAKING TO YOU FROM
VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY THROUGH
THE MIRACLES OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY.
WE WORK FOR THE AIR FORCE
INSTALLATION AND MISSION SUPPORT
CENTER WHICH WE CALL AFCEC, THE
AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER.
THE TITLE IS ASSESSING THE
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
HISTORIC PROPERTIES THIS IS, AS
YOU I'M SURE ARE AWARE, A HUGE
TOPIC.
WE HAVE 30 MINUTES TO DISCUSS
IT, AND HOW ADRIENNE AND I SAW
IT IS MORE OF A STARTING POINT
FOR A CONVERSATION THAT HAS
ACTUALLY STARTED SEVERAL DECADES
AGO WITH PEOPLE IN PLACES LIKE
THE PARK SERVICE AND GSA ABOUT
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL
RISE HAS A GREAT POTENTIAL TO
IMPACT CULTURAL RESOURCES IN
HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS ADRIENNE, WITH THE
CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER.
I'M STATIONED AT THE JOINT BASE
MCGUIRE LAKE HURST IN CENTRAL,
NEW JERSEY.
I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE
TOPIC OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN 2014,
WORKING FOR THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE AT GATEWAY NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA IN NEW YORK.
WHEN THE PORK WAS RECOVERING
FROM THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE
SANDY.
SO I SPENT A VERY BRIEF FOUR
MONTHS THERE, BUT I LEARNED A
LOT, IT MADE A BIG IMPRESSION ON
ME AND I'VE SINCE BROUGHT SOME
OF THAT BACK TO THE AIR FORCE
AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO
DISCUSS THE ISSUES OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ON CULTURAL RESOURCES
HERE.
MATT, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW
WORDS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE?
>> MY NAME IS MATT NOWAKOWSKI,
LOCATED IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS,
BUT I AM STATIONED AT AT LANGELY
AIR FORCE BASE, I'M ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EAST REGION,
WE'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO REGIONS,
SO WE BASICALLY SUPPORT AIR
FORCE INSTALLATIONS FROM MAIN
DOWN TO FLORIDA IN THE EAST
REGION.
PRIOR TO MY SERVICE WITH THE AIR
FORCE, I WAS WORKING AT EPA IN
THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL
ACTIVITIES, WHEN THE OFFICE
STARTED REQUIRING THAT ALL
FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDE CLIMATE
CHANGE LANGUAGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, I BECAME
INTERESTED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO CULTURAL RESOURCES AND
HISTORIC PROPERTIES AS FAR AS
CLIMATE CHANGE GOES.
>> THANKS, MATT.
SO AS MATT SAID, WE'RE BOTH
CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MULTIPLE
AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS IN THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES.
WHILE THE PRIMARY MISSION IS TO
EXECUTE PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF
THE MILITARY MISSION, THE
MILITARY READINESS, WE'RE ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR AVOID, MINIMIZE
AND MITIGATE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON
CULTURAL RESOURCES AND HISTORIC
PROPERTIES, KIND OF LIKE YOU
HEARD IN THE TRAINING SESSION WE
JUST CONCLUDED.
TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO ENCOURAGE
SOME DIALOGUE AROUND THE TOPIC
OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS, AND ITS
POTENTIAL TO IMPACT CULTURAL
RESOURCES.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT
HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE AT
SERIOUS RISK FOR CLIMATE CHANGE,
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND SEA
LEVEL RISE.
WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS AND
LEARNED SOME LESSONS FROM SOME
OF THE EVENTS, AND HOW TO CHART
A PATH FORWARD.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GET
SEVERAL CASE STUDIES FROM OUR
REGION AND TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME
OF THE LESSONS LEARNED AND AREAS
THAT WE HOPE WILL SPARC FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON WHAT TO DO GOING
FORWARD.
MATT?
>> THANK YOU, ADRIENNE.
SO WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE
PROBLEM?
WE DON'T HAVE TO REALLY GO INTO
THAT TOO MUCH BECAUSE ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON THE NEWS
AND LISTEN TO WHAT'S GOING ON
AND YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
HOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR
ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE WORLD.
SO OF COURSE THERE'S FLOODING,
THERE'S WINDLAND FIRES,
DROUGHTS, SEA LEVEL RISE,
COASTAL EROSION, AND OTHER
EXTREME EVENTS LIKE, FOR
EXAMPLE, HURRICANES ARE MUCH
MORE POWERFUL AND STORMS ARE
MUCH MORE POWERFUL.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS
THE IMPACTS ON CULTURAL
RESOURCES.
SO WHAT ARE CULTURAL RESOURCES?
HOPEFULLY YOU WERE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE PREVIOUS
SESSION ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION ACT AND SECTION
106.
WE USE THESE TERMS DIFFERENTLY
AND SOMETIMES IN A VERY SIMILAR
WAY.
CULTURAL RESOURCES ARE THE
RECORD OF HISTORIC AND
PREHISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
HUMAN KIEND OVER CENTURIES AND
CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
STRUCTURES AND ARTWORK AND
NATURAL SETTINGS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTIES.
HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE A
SPECIFIC LEGAL DEFINITION UNDER
THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION ACT SO THOSE ARE
HISTORIC BUILDINGS,
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, OBJECTS,
HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND THINGS OF
THAT NATURE.
AGAIN, WHAT ARE CLIMATE IMPACTS?
SO CLIMATE IMPACTS ARE, IN THE
TERMS OF THIS PRESENTATION, THE
EFFECTS ON HISTORIC PROPERTIES
AND CULTURAL RESOURCES FOR THAT
MATTER.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT A
PICTURE FROM OFFUTT AIR FORCE
BASE IN 2019, IT WAS AN EXTREME
WEATHER EVENT, THE BASE WAS NOT
EXPECTING THIS IN ANY WAY AND
THEY BASICALLY HAD FLOODING FOR
MORE THAN 130 STRUCTURES, AND
60-PLUS STRUCTURES HAD TO BE
DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT.
SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE KINDS
OF IMPACTS FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT WE WILL SEE
GOING FORWARD.
>> OKAY.
SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH
NATURE?
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEAR
OFTEN IS THAT IT CAN'T BE
PREDICTED.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT
STORM IS GOING TO HIT, AND
WHERE, OR HOW BAD IT'S GOING TO
BE.
BUT I THINK WE FIRST NEED TO
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CLIMATE AND
WEATHER.
SO WHILE WEATHER MIGHT BE
VARIABLE ON THE SHORT TERM AND
MIGHT CHANGE FROM WEEK TO WEEK
OR MONTH TO MONTH OR YEAR TO
YEAR, CLIMATE IS SOMETHING THAT
HAS A LONG TERM TREND AND IS NOT
LIKELY TO CHANGE MUCH OVER A
SHORT-TERM, SO WE CAN SORT OF
ANTICIPATE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN BASED
ON TRENDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY
IDENTIFIED.
SO WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE
ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING
CLIMATE-RELATED IMPACTS, AND
THOSE IMPACTS ARE LIKELY TO
INCREASE AND ACCELERATE WE ALSO
KNOW CLIMATE EVENTS MAY PUT THE
MILITARY MISSION AT RISK BY
REDUCING AVAILABLE LAND AREA FOR
TRAINING AND FOR WAR-FIGHTING.
WE ALSO KNOW THE TOPIC OF
CLIMATE AND ITS EFFECTS ON
PROPERTIES IS NOT NEW.
IRONICALLY WHILE I WAS WORKING
AT GATEWAY, I LEARNED THAT
COASTAL EROSION WAS A CONCERN
DATING BACK TO THE 1840s, WHEN
ROBERT E.LEE, WHO WAS GENERAL
ENGINEER AT THE TIME, HAD
IDENTIFIED EROSION AS HAVING A
SEVERE AND PERSISTENT IMPACT ON
COASTAL DEFENSE SITES.
FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, MATT
INTRODUCED ME TO THE EDITED
VOLUME "DISASTER MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS FOR HISTORIC SITESS"
WHICH WAS BASED ON A 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SEMINAR,
CLIMATE EVENTS AND NATURAL
DISASTERS, THAT WAS REPUBLISHED
IN 2004.
SO AGAIN, NOT A NEW CONCEPT, NOT
A NEW PROBLEM.
AND MORE RECENTLY, THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AMONG OTHERS HAVE
ALL ISSUED GUIDANCE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
SOME OF IT VERY RECENTLY, AS
RECENTLY AS 2021.
FOR CLIMATE CHANGE,
SUSTAINABILITY AND PROTECTING
HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE WEBSITES
TOWARDS THE END OF OUR
PRESENTATION AS ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES.
SO GIVEN THAT SOME OF THE
IMPACTS ARE FORESEEABLE AND
UNAVOIDABLE, WHAT CAN WE DO?
HOW CAN WE PLAN FOR THOSE
IMPACTS AND WHAT STEPS SHOULD WE
TAKE?
UNFORTUNATELY, PART OF THE
PROBLEM FROM A PRESERVATION
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT CLIMATE
EVENTS ARE NOT TECHNICALLY
UNDERTAKINGS SUBJECT TO THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SECTION 106 PROVISIONS.
CLIMATE CHANGE DOES NOT REQUIRE
A PERMIT OR FEDERAL FUNDING OR
FEDERAL APPROVAL, SO THERE'S
REALLY NO LEGAL DRIVER TO LOOK
AT THE EFFECTS OF IT IN THAT
SENSE.
AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, THE PRIMARY DOD MISSION
IS MILITARY READINESS AND NOT
PARTICULARLY HISTORIC
PRESERVATION.
BUT IF WE CAN FORESEE POTENTIAL
EFFECTS ON HISTORIC PROPERTIES
EVEN FROM WEATHER WE CAN PLAN TO
MINIMIZE OR MITIGATE THESE
EFFECTS.
AND PERHAPS ANY STEPS THAT WE
TAKE TO PROTECT HISTORIC
PROPERTIES WILL ALSO HELP TO
PRESERVE INSTALLATION LANDS AND
SUSTAIN MILITARY READINESS.
SO WHY DOES IT MATTER?
CLEARLY THERE'S A NEED TO
PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME, TO
PRIORITIZE RESOURCES AND TO
PROTECT MILITARY LANDS AS WELL
AS HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
FROM THE
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HISTORIC WEATHER
EFFECTS.
I'VE INCLUDED ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE HERE A CHART THAT'S AN
EXCERPT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT FROM GATEWAY
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
THEY STARTED TO PREPARE THE EIS
IN SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL
MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEN HURRICANE
SANDY HIT, AND WUND OF THE
THINGS THAT WAS HIT AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WAS REALLY INNOVATIVE WAS
THEY HAD TO LOOK AT HUNDREDS OF
PROPERTIES IN THE FLOOD ZONE SO
THAT IMPACTED WHAT THEY COULD DO
FOR THOSE PROPERTIES, AND THEY
HAD TO PRIORITIZE FOR
PRESERVATION, REHABILITATION OR
FOR TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION.
BASED ON SOME OF THE CRITERIA
THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE
VISIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY, HOW
UNIQUE IT IS, HOW VULNERABLE IT
WAS TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THE
CONDITION IT WAS IN BEFORE THE
HURRICANE HIT, AND THE LEVEL OF
SIGNIFICANCE.
SO THIS IS JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF SOMETHING THAT TO MY
KNOWLEDGE WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE
AIR FORCE BUT THAT WE MAY NEED
TO START DOING, AND IT ALMOST
LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE BUILDING
PROTECTION PLANS THAT WE SAW IN
THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
TO THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING
THOSE PROPERTIES FOR FURTHER
PROTECTION.
MATT?
>> THANKS, ADRIENNE.
IT SEEMS MY CAMERA IS BACK
ONLINE, SO HERE WE GO.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND
YOU THAT WE WORK FOR THE AIR
FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER,
WHICH IS A PART OF THE AIR
FORCE, OF COURSE, AND WE ARE
LOCATED IN THE EAST REGION, SO
WE WILL FOCUS ON EYES EAST REGION
ISSUES, AND BASICALLY, AGAIN,
THE EAST REGION GOES FROM MAINE
TO FLORIDA, AND ADRIENNE IS
LOCATED AT THE JBMDL ISS AND I
AM LOCATED AT THE JBLE LANGELY
EUSTIS ISS WHICH ARE
INSTALLATION SUPPORT SECTIONS.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A FEW CASE
STUDIES, PULL OUT A FEW KEY
ASPECTS, TALK ABOUT LESSONS
LEARNED AND ALSO COME UP WITH
SOME RECOMMENDED ACTIONS DURING
THIS PRESENTATION.
>> SO THE FIRST CASE STUDY COMES
FROM HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE,
LOCATED NEXT TO THE WHITE ARROW
THERE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT,
THERE'S A COASTAL DEFENSE
BATTERY THAT IS LOCATED ON THE
EDGE HERE OF THE OCEANSIDE.
THAT'S BEING THREATENED BY
SEVERE COASTAL EROSION.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE WORLD WAR
II BATTERY, WHICH IS UNDERNEATH
THIS LITTLE HUMMUCK HERE,
THERE'S AN OBSERVATION TOWER TO
THE IN ORDER AND TO SOUTH, THERE
IS A FIRE TOWER.
SO FOURTH CLIP IS LOCATED AT THE
END OF THIS PROMINENCE.
IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU
CAN SEE THE MILITARY
INSTALLATION IS JUST NORTH OF
WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, THESE
ARE PRIVATE HOUSES HERE TO THE
SOUTH, AND TO THE NORTH, THE
MILITARY RESERVATION. IT IS
NOT -- IT NO LONGER SERVES FOR
THE PRIMARY DEFENSE MISSION LIKE
IT DID DURING WORLD WAR II, BUT
IT IS FREQUENTED BY MILITARY
FAMILIES FOR VACATIONING.
AND THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS FROM THE PRIVATE
RESIDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE
THAT THE PRIVATE AREA HAS TAKEN
SOME STEPS TO PREVENT FURTHER
EROSION WITH SOME BUILDUP THERE
ALONG THE COAST, AND THEN THE
MILITARY PROPERTY NORTH OF THERE
HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING MUCH MORE
EROSION.
AND OF COURSE THE PRIVATE
HOMEOWNERS THERE ARE INTERESTED
IN TRYING TO PRESERVE THIS AREA,
AND THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THE
MILITARY TAKE SOME ACTION TO DO
THE SAME AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE
SLIDE ON THE LEFT JUST HOW
SEVERE THE EROSION IS.
THESE ARE JERSEY BARRIERS THAT
WERE SET UP TO PROTECT THE ROAD,
BUT THE ROAD HAS SINCE FALLEN
IN, ON THE CLIFF, AND THERE ARE
SOME RECREATIONAL SITES THAT ARE
ALSO AT RISK.
SO SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
SINCE 2010 ON THIS AREA, AND
MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO
PROTECT A COUPLE OF SPECIES OF
ENDANGERED BIRDS, BUT IT'S BEEN
DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN FUNDS TO
PREVENT THE EROSION OF THAT
SITE, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY
AFFECT THE BIRD POPULATION THAT
MUCH.
BUT IT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT
CULTURAL RESOURCES.
BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
IT BEEN DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
FUNDS PRIMARILY BECAUSE
RECREATION HAS A LOWER PRIORITY
FOR THE MILITARY MISSION AND IT
DOESN'T QUALIFY OR AT LEAST IT'S
NOT A CONTENDER FOR A MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.
WE DID GET APPROVAL TO DO A
REPAIR PROJECT ON THE ROAD,
WHICH WILL START THE SECTION 106
PROCESS AND AT LEAST THE
DISCUSSION WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE HISTORIC
PROPERTIES THERE AND REALLY
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
ARE AT RISK.
BUT WE'RE STILL NOT AT THE POINT
WHERE WE'RE DISCUSSING
PRESERVATION.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE HAMSTRUNG
BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSE MISSION,
BUT WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT
STAKEHOLDER CONCERN FOR THAT
AREA THAT MAY TURN OUT -- MAY
HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE
CONSULTATION ON THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT.
MATT?
>> THANKS, ADRIENNE.
SO OUR NEXT CASE STUDY IS JOINT
BASE LANGELY EUSTIS LANGELY AIR
FORCE BASE WHERE I AM LOCATED,
AND LANGELY IS ACTUALLY MORE
THAN 100 YEARS OLD, IT STARTED
AS AN ARMY BASE, AND THE PROBLEM
HERE IS THAT THE BASE IS
BASICALLY AT OR BELOW SEA LEVEL
AND IT AT RISK OF INCREASED SEA
LEVEL RISE AND ALSO EXTREME
STORM EVENTS.
SO ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A
MAP THAT INCLUDES A FEMA MAP,
STORM MAP OF THE AREA OF LANGELY
AIR FORCE BASE, YOU CAN SEE THE
RUNWAYS THERE.
LANGELY HAS TWO HISTORIC
DISTRICTS, INCLUDING A LIGHTER
THAN AIR DISTRICT AND ALSO A
DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES THE
ORIGINAL BUILDINGS THAT
CONSTITUTED NASA, INCLUDING THE
BUILDING WHERE THE HIDDEN
FIGURES LADIES WERE LOCATED.
SO THESE ARE NATIONAL HISTORIC
DISTRICTS.
OVERLAYING THE MAP ON THE LEFT,
SHOWING 500 YEAR FLOODS, AND
IT'S CLEAR FROM THESE STUDIES
THAT THE BASES AT RISK OF
INCREASED FLOODING OVER VERY
SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, WHICH YOU
CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE IMAGE,
THAT'S ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS IN
THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS ARE
LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO THE
SHORELINE AT LANGELY AIR FORCE
BASE.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS OF
MITIGATING THIS THREAT IS IS
THERE'S ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN
THERE'S A STORM, A NOR'EASTER OR
HURRICANE, THERE ARE SANDBAGS
THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED,
SURROUNDED BY -- THEY HAVE TO
SURROUND THE BUILDING ENTRANCES
AND THEN THEY PUT UP COFFER DAMS
OR GATES ACROSS THE ENTRANCES SO
OF COURSE ALL PERSONNEL HAVE TO
LEAVE, AND THE THREAT IS THERE'S
A SEVERE POSSIBILITY THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING
RECORDS, ELECTRONICS AND
BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WILL BE AT
RISK FROM THESE INCREASED
FLOODING AND CLIMATE EVENTS.
OUR NEXT STUDY IS AT FORT
EUSTIS, ANOTHER BASE THAT'S OVER
100 YEARS OLD, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, THOSE ARE
ACTUAL BATTLE HELIX FROM THE
CIVIL WAR ERA THAT WERE FAR OUT
INTO THE JAMES RIVER.
THE BASE IS LOCATED ON THE JAMES
RIVER.
IT'S PRACTICALLY AN ISLAND, IT'S
ALSO SURROUNDED BY A TRIBUTARY.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM IMAGE
A LIGHT R STUDY OF THE EARTH
WORKS SHOWING MOST OF THE
EARTHWORKS AT THIS POINT HAVE
ACTUALLY GONE INTO THE JAMES
RIVER.
THE BASE HAS BEEN STRATEGICALLY
THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE
DOCUMENT THESE RESOURCES SO THAT
WE CAN WORK ON A PLAN TO SAVE
WHAT'S THERE AND TO MEMORIALIZE
WHAT'S BEEN THERE.
SO OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL OF THE
BATTLEGROUND WORK THERE HAS BEEN
LOST BUT THEN THERE ARE SECTIONS
THAT COULD STILL BE SAVED.
PART OF THE EFFORT RIGHT NOW IS
TO INSTALL THINGS LIKE CHOIR
LOGS AND OYSTER BED SHELLS TO
INCREASE PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN
AREAS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND NATIVE
AMERICAN BURIALS.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW
SOLUTIONS, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SAVE A
NUMBER OF THESE AREAS, YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND EFFORT ALL
ALONG THE BANKS OF THE JAMES
RIVER AS IT CONTINUES TO FLOOD
AND ERODE AWAY THE BASIC
OUTLINES OF FORT EUSTIS.
>> SO THE NEXT CASE STUDY THAT
WE HAVE IS FROM TYNDALL AIR
FORCE BASE IN THE PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA THAT AS MOST OF YOU
PROBABLY KNOW RECEIVED A DIRECT
HIT FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL,
WHICH WAS A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE
ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2018.
THE HURRICANE DAMAGED NEARLY ALL
THE FACILITIES ON THE
INSTALLATION BEYOND REPAIR, AND
EVEN DESTROYED SOME
INFRASTRUCTURE, TORE UP RHODES,
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH,
AND LEVELED HUGE SWATHS OF TREES
THAT WERE JUST BENT OVER LIKE
TOOTHPICKS.
I WAS ASKED INITIALLY, JUST
BEFORE MATT ACTUALLY CAME ON
BOARD IN THE REGION, TO BE PART
OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO
IDENTIFY WHATEVER THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WERE, AS
WELL AS TO SEE IF WE HAD ANY
PROJECT FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT
COULD BE REDIRECTED TO THE
CURRENT ISSUE.
SO THE INSTALLATION HAD A FEW
HISTORIC HANG HANGARS, AND SOME
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC
RANGES, BUT MOST CONCERNING WAS
THE ABUNDANCE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL
PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.
YOU CAN SEE JUST HERE ON THESE
PICTURES ON THE LEFT, JUST HOW
MUCH DEBRIS THERE WAS TO CLEAN
UP.
AND ON THE RIGHT, MATT ACTUALLY
TOOK THIS PICTURE HIMSELF, YOU
CAN SEE SOME ARTIFACTS JUST
LAYING ON THE SURFACE.
SO THE HURRICANE SCOURED WHAT
WAS ALREADY KIND OF A VULNERABLE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, WHICH MADE
CLEAN-UP ITSELF JUST REALLY A
CHALLENGE.
ANOTHER PARTICULAR CHALLENGE
FROM A HISTORIC PRESERVATION
STANDPOINT WAS IN JUST
MAINTAINING WHAT I CALL
CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS.
JUST OBTAINING INFORMATION ON
WHERE SITES WERE LOCATED WAS A
CHALLENGE.
PAPER AND DIGITAL RECORDS WERE
HOUSED IN BUILDINGS ON THE BASE
THAT WERE DESTROYED AND NO
LONGER ACCESSIBLE.
SO INITIALLY, WE HAD TO SORT OF
REBUILD JUST BASELINE FROM
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS,
GIS DATA, AND FROM ANY DIGITAL
COPIES OF RECORDS THAT WE STORED
OFF INSTALLATION.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE WHICH TURNED
OUT TO BE A RESOURCE IN THE END
IS RELATED TODAY AGREEMENTS.
SO INITIALLY, WE DETERMINED THAT
FEMA HAD PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENTS
WITH THE FLORIDA SHPO AND
TRIBES, BUT ONCE FEMA HAD
COMPLETED ITS INITIAL WORK ON
CLEAN-UP AT THE BASE, THE AIR
FORCE WAS THE LEAD AGENCY AND
DID NOT HAVE THE SAME KINDS OF
AGREEMENTS.
SO WHILE THE INSTALLATION
STARTED PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY
DISCUSSING WITH THE SHPO AND
TRIBES WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO
HAVE SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMMATIC
AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.
ANOTHER ASPECT, THOUGH, WHERE
AGREEMENTS WERE EXTREMELY
HELPFUL WAS WE'D ALREADY SECURED
AN -- THROUGH INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY AND NATIONAL LABS TO DO
SURVEY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ON THE
BASE.
SO IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF
THE HURRICANE, WE WERE ABLE TO
SORT OF REDIRECT SOME OF THOSE
EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON SURVEYING
AREAS THAT WERE KEY TO THE
CLEAN-UP AND JUST ASSESSING THE
CONDITION OF THE BASE.
THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD
AFTER THAT AND COMPLETE THE
SURVEYS THEY HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN
CONTRACTED TO DO OR HAD
AGREEMENTS TO DO, AND I WILL SAY
THAT THE AIR FORCE HAS DECIDED
TO REBUILD THE INSTALLATION,
IT'S SORT OF THE INSTALLATION OF
THE FUTURE CONCEPT BY 2024.
SO THERE, WE HAD SOME
CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO SOME
SUCCESSES.
MATT?
>> THANKS, ADRIENNE.
OUR NEXT CASE STUDY AGAIN IS IN
FLORIDA.
EGG EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE IS A HUGE
INSTALLATION DOWN ON THE GULF OF
MEXICO.
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THIS IS A
DISCONTINUE WITH US PART OF
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE WHERE THIS
CAPE SANDBLAST LIGHTHOUSE FROM
1849 WAS LOCATED, ALONG WITH TWO
STRUCTURES.
AND IT ACTUALLY FORMED A
NATIONAL REGISTER FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND THE PROBLEM HERE, THE
CHALLENGES THAT THE GULF OF
MEXICO IS EXPERIENCING INCREASED
STORMS AS WELL AS INCREASED
EROSION OF THE BEACH FRONT, AND
IT BECAME CLEAR OVER TIME THAT
BASICALLY THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT
WOULD BE LOST, WOULD BE WASHED
AWAY INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A
CHALLENGE WHERE THE AIR FORCE
WAS A PART OF A PROJECT TO
MOVE -- TO TAKE THE LIGHTHOUSE
AND DISASSEMBLE IT AND MOVE THE
TWO BUILDINGS, THE LIGHTKEEPER'S
HOUSE AND THE OILERS BUILDING,
AND MOVE BOTH OF THOSE AND THE
LIGHTHOUSE FURTHER INLAND, AND
MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT WAS
PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE
HISTORIC SOCIETY, SO IT'S AN
INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF WORKING
ACROSS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES ON
PROTECTING HISTORIC SITES THAT
ARE DEFINITELY AT RISK BECAUSE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF AN EFFORT TO REINSTALL LOCAL
FLORA AND FAUNA.
NIECE ARE SEA .
THESE ARE SEA GRASSES BEING
PLANTED.
HERE THIS IS CROSS-CUTTING
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY -- IT HAS
THE POE CONTINUATION TO
REINFORCE THE NATURAL RESOURCES
OF THE BASE AS WELL AS
PROTECTING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
THAT ARE PRETTY PREVALENT ALONG
THE SHORELINES HERE, ANTIBOTH
BASES HAVE ACTIVE COMMUNITIES
THAT HUNT AND FISH AND USE THESE
AREAS.
SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE RESTORE THE NATURAL HABITAT
AS A BARRIER AND AS A PROTECTION
METHOD AGAINST FUTURE STORMS.
SO THIS CASE STUDY IS AGAIN FROM
FLORIDA.
IT'S CAPE KA 1/2 CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FOR CE
STATION.
THE CHALLENGE AGAIN IS SEA LEVEL
RISE AND INCREASED STORMS,
STORMS THAT ARE MORE POWERFUL.
THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS A
PREDICTIVE MODEL SHOWING
SIX-PLUS METERS OF INCREASED SEA
LEVEL RISE IN FLORIDA SHOWN IN
RED.
SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HOW THESE
IMPACTS COULD PLAY OUT, AND THIS
IS REALLY PREDICTED FOR JUST A
FEW DECADES INTO THE FUTURE.
SO AT CAPE CANAVERAL, THE
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGER HAS
BEEN REALLY PROACTIVE IN
THINKING ABOUT RISK.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WEATHER TOWER
THAT YOU CAN SEE, WHICH IS
HISTORIC IN THE PHOTO IN THE
MIDDLE, WAS ACTUALLY 75 METERS
AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE, AND YOU
CAN SEE CLEARLY HOW CLOSE THE
SHORELINE IS NOW TO THE
STRUCTURE.
AND ALSO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
MISSILE LAUNCH SITES, WHICH YOU
CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, WHICH ARE
ALSO AT RISK OF BASICALLY BEING
DESTROYED, BEING WASHED AWAY
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
AND THE BASE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN
RECORDING THESE RESOURCES BY
USING THINGS LIKE LIDAR AND
CREATING HISTORY SO AT LEAST WE
HAVE A RECORD OF THE STRUCTURES
THAT WERE THERE THAT COULD UPON
BLY BE
POSSIBLY BE LOST DUE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>> OKAY.
SO AGAIN, AS MATT SAID IN THE
BEGINNING, WE'VE REALLY JUST HAD
A SHORT TIME TO PRESENT WHAT'S A
REALLY ENORMOUS ISSUE, BUT ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO
POINT OUT IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
IS HAPPENING NOW AND WE NO THAT
HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE AT RISK.
SO IT ALMOST GOES WITHOUT
SAYING.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO THINK AHEAD,
PLAN AHEAD AND THINK
STRATEGICALLY, AND RIGHT NOW,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SORT OF ALMOST
REACTING.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES
OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLAN
AHEAD AND USE RESOURCES WE
ALREADY HAVE, BUT WE REALLY NEED
TO STRATEGIZE ON THE WHOLE AND
LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.
. SO THINGS WE CAN DO NOW IS TO
SAFEGUARD INFORMATION, WE KNOW
FROM EXAMPLES THAT FIRST WE NEED
TO IDENTIFY, WHAT IS
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT HERE, AND
HOW CAN WE SAFEGUARD THAT WHICH
IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AHEAD OF TIME?
AND ALSO JUST NEGOTIATING
COOPERATIVE AND INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENTS AHEAD OF TIME,
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENTS WITH
SHPOs AND TRIBES IS JUST A
PROACTIVE STEP THAT WILL HELP
ENORMOUSLY IN THE EVENT OF AN
EXTREME WEATHER EVENT, BUT IT
WILL ALSO HELP OVERALL ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE GOING FORWARD.
THEN TAKING SOME OF THE EXAMPLES
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE THAT
WE'VE PRESENTED TODAY, LOOKING
AT TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS, HOW
CAN WE USE THOSE CREATIVELY
USING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE
CURRENTLY, AND ALSO IDENTIFYING
AND COMMUNICATING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS BEYOND THE AIR
FORCE THAT MIGHT HAVE A SAY IN
WHICH RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE
AND PRESERVE.
MATT?
>> THANKS.
SO -- THANKS, ADRIENNE.
SO AGAIN, IT SEEMS WE'RE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME HERE.
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT YOU COULD
PROBABLY ORGANIZE AN ENTIRE
CONFERENCE OVER AND ADRIENNE AND
I WANTED TO CONTINUE A
CONVERSATION THAT REALLY HAS
STARTED IN THE 1890s AND
1890s AND HAS BECOME SO MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT NOW.
SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE
THOUGHT ABOUT, ARE WE DOING
ENOUGH TO MEET A GROWING
CONCERN, CAN LOCAL ACTIONS
ADDRESS GLOBAL IMPACTS.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A BASE THAT'S
WORKING ON ITS OWN TO ADDRESS AN
IMPACT, IS THAT ENOUGH?
OR IS THAT GOING TO BE JUST
REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET?
HOW CAN WE PRIORITIZE ASSETS?
WE MAY NOT WANT TO THINK ABOUT
THAT AS CULTURAL RESOURCE
MANAGERS AND PROFESSIONALS, BUT
AS WE SHOWEDED IN THE ED IN THE GRAPH
EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE
MAY HAVE TO DO THAT, DECIDE OVER
WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS
LESS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS SAVING
ASSETS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO BE LEVERAGED IN
THESE DAYS OF SCARCE RESOURCES,
HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE MONEY
THAT WE HAVE?
AND THEN ALSO AS WORKING FOR
DOD, PART OF THE AIR FORCE, WE
HAVE MILITARY PRIORITIES WHICH
IS MEETING THE MILITARY MISSION,
SO HOW DO WE INTEGRATE THESE
CONCERNS WITH MILITARY
PRIORITIES?
AND AGAIN, IT'S REALLY GOING TO
COME DOWN TO COOPERATING WITH
AGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES, MUNICIPAL AND
STATE GOVERNMENTS, AND ALSO
NON-PROFITS, AND COMING UP WITH
ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND
COMING UP WITH RESOURCES AS WE
EXPERIENCE MORE AND MORE CLIMATE
CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE.
AND THAT WRAPS UP OUR
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT US, OUR
EMAIL IS HERE, AND OF COURSE THE
PRESENTATIONS ARE GOING TO BE
ALREADY ONLINE WITH FES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO FES FOR
ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND ARE
HONORED BY THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A MINUTE
FOR QUESTIONS OR IF YOU NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT
PRESENTATION?
>> THERE IS ONE QUESTION FROM
CHRISTINE.
CAN YOU SEE THAT IN THE CHAT?
>> YES, I CAN SEE THAT.
IS THERE EVER A TIME WHERE WE
WOULD DECIDE TO ABANDON A
HISTORIC PROPERTY?
I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT
QUESTION BUT WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.
SO YEAH, I THINK IT IS A TOUGH
QUESTION, AND I THINK IT'S ONE
THAT WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT,
AND AS I SAID, AT GATEWAY, THEY
HAD PRE OR ADVERTISED RESOURCES.
IT'S DIFFICULT BUT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT AND PERHAPS ON A GLOBAL
SCALE.
SO MAYBE NOT INDIVIDUAL
PROPERTY, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL
IMPORTANT TO SOME -- FOR
SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE'VE DECIDED THAT
THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
NATIONAL REGISTER.
BUT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT
PROPERTIES AND STARTING TO
PRIORITIZE.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY --
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FOLLOW UP, YOU
HAVE HER EMAIL THERE.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR A
FANTASTIC PRESENTATION ON SUCH A
CRITICAL ISSUE.
I'VE BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN
ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AT MY
INSTALLATION.
I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING
SUCH A WIDE INITIATIVE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO
THE NEXT PRESENTATION BY
MS. ANGELA JONES.
>> THANK YOU, MARK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES, HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE
TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY
INTRODUCE MYSELF ON CAMERA.
I'LL HAVE TO TURN IT OFF FOR MY
PRESENTATION BUT I DID WANT TO
SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL, SO
I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED
AND SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.
MY NAME IS ANGELA JONES.
I'M CURRENTLY PART OF THE NAVY
REGION MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION TEAM,
WHERE I COORDINATE OUTREACH
EVENTS WITHIN THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION.
I ALSO REVIEW PROPOSED STATE
CLEAN AIR ACT LEGISLATION AND
REGULATIONS.
AND SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE'S OR DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN
PARTNERSHIP, OUTREACH AND
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
SO TODAY I'LL BE DISCUSSING THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CLEAN-UP
EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF CHESAPEAKE
BAY RESTORATION.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS
PRESENTATION IS TO DISCUSS THE
IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND HIGHLIGHT HOW
CLEAN-UP EVENTS CAN POSITIVELY
AFFECT THE BAY BY EXAMINING
GOALS OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
13508 AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WA
FER
WATERSHED AGREEMENT, BY
EXPLAINING BENEFITS OF CLEAN-UP
EVENTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES ON MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS, BY HIGHLIGHTING
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN
STEWARTSHIP AND EDUCATION, AND
ALSO BY OUTLINING PLANNING
TECHNIQUES FOR A SUCCESSFUL
CLEAN-UP EVENT.
SO WHAT IS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY?
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS A NATIONAL
TREASURE CONSTITUTING THE
LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE UNITED
STATES AND ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND MOST BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE
ESTUARIES IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 50 MAJOR
RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT POUR
INTO THE BAY EACH DAY AND THE
CREEKS THAT FEED THESE RIVERS
AND STREAMS.
IT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY
64,000 SQUARE MILES OF
WATERSHED, WHICH IS COVERED WITH
FORESTS, FARMS AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT.
CITIES AND SUBURBS, WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANTS AND HEAVY
INDUSTRY.
THE WATERSHED RUNS THROUGH SIX
STATES TO INCLUDE NEW YORK,
PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND,
DELAWARE, WEST VIRGINIA,
VIRGINIA, AND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
SO APPROXIMATELY 18 MILLION
PEOPLE LIVE, PLAY AND/OR WORK
WITHIN THE WATERSHED AND IT'S
HOME TO OVER 2,000 SPECIES OF
PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
MANY INSTALLATIONS ACROSS
MULTISERVICES FALL WITHIN THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED.
THE DOD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS TO
FORMALLY -- TO BE FORMALLY
INVOLVED IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
WATERSHED RESTORATION EFFORT.
DOD INSTALLATIONS ENCOMPASS
400,000 ACRES ACROSS THE REGION,
MAKING UP APPROXIMATELY 1% OF
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED AND
20% OF THE TOTAL FEDERAL
FOOTPRINT.
WITH SUCH A DOD PREPS WITHIN PRESENCE WIT HIN
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, THE
PROGRAM'S VISION IS TO PROTECT
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOR MILITARY
READINESS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE DOD CBP OR CHESAPEAKE BAY
MISSION PROGRAM IS TO -- INTO
DOD'S DAILY MISSION OF PROVIDING
MILITARY FORCES' NEED --
CIVILIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO
BE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS OF THE
WATERSHED WHERE THEY LIVE.
FINALLY, IT IS CBP'S MISSION TO
PARTNER WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZEN GROUPS
TO MAXIMIZE RESOURCES AND
STRENGTHEN BAY RESTORATION AND
PROTECTION EFFORTS.
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
AGREEMENT WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER
13508 GUIDES THE OVERALL
MANAGEMENT OF THE DOD CBP WHICH
ARE THE PROGRAM DRIVERS.
SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
GOALS OF THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM DRIVERS.
FIRST WE HAVE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
WATERSHED AGREEMENT.
ITS GOALS ARE TO RESTORE CLEAN
WATER, RECOVER HABITAT, SUSTAIN
FISH AND WILDLIFE, CONSERVE LAND
AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS,
ENGAGE COMMUNITIES, WHICH WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THROUGH STEWARDSHIP,
AND INCREASE RESILIENCE TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
ANOTHER PROGRAM DRIVER LIKE I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IS
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13508, WHICH WAS
SIGNED IN 2009 FOR CHESAPEAKE
BAY PROTECTION AND RESTORATION.
HERE ARE A COUPLE EXCERPTS FROM
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT STATE,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ASSETS IN
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, AND ITS
WATERSHED IN THE FORM OF PUBLIC
LANDS, FACILITIES, MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS, PARKS, FORESTS,
WILDLIFE REFUGES, MONUMENTS AND
MUSEUMS.
RESTORATION OF THE HEALTH OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WILL REQUIRE
RENEWED COMMITMENT TO
CONTROLLING POLLUTION FROM ALL
SOURCES, AS WELL AS PROTECTING
AND RESTORING HABITAT AND LIVING
RESOURCES, CONSERVING LANDS AND
IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, ALL OF WHICH
CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVED WATER
QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM.
ON WHAT WAYS CAN THE DOD HELP TO
MEET THESE PROGRAM DRIVERS?
THROUGH CLEAN-UP EVENTS, THE DOD
STRIVES TO MEET THE GOALS OF
EXECUTIVE 13508 THROUGH ITS
STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS.
AND AGAIN, AS STATED WITHIN
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13508, EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES WORKING
IN COLLABORATION CAN USE THEIR
EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES TO
CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO
IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
PROGRESS IN RESTORING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY CAN ALSO DEPEND
ON THE SUPPORT OF STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THE
ENTERPRISE OF PRIVATE SECTOR AND
THE STEWARDSHIP PROVIDED TO THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BY ALL PEOPLE WHO
MAKE THIS REGION THEIR HOME.
ON THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I WILL
DISCUSS DOD'S CLEAN-UP EFFORTS,
THEIR BENEFITS AND SUCCESSES.
WITH SUPPORT OF THE DOD
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM, IN
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE GOALS OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
AGREEMENT AND EXECUTIVE OR THE
13508, EVERY YEAR, VOLUNTEERS
FROM DOD INSTALLATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
WATERSHED GATHER TO PARTICIPATE
IN CLEAN THE BASE DAY, EARTH DAY
AND OTHER MILITARY CLEAN-UP
EVENTS.
WE REPORT THE RESULTS OF OUR
EFFORTS TO THE FOUNDATION WHO
INCLUDE THE RESULTS IN THEIR
ANNUAL CLEAN-UP METRICS.
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION
WIDELY RECOGNIZE CLEANING THE
BASE DAY EVENT ORIGINATED IN
VIRGINIA AND HAS LARGELY FOCUSED
ON THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA.
LARGELY RECOGNIZING THE
SIGNIFICANT ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION
OF DOD INSTALLATIONS, ANNUAL
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS, CBF HAS
ENCOURAGED THE DOD TO USE ITS
NETWORK OF INSTALLATIONS TO
EXPAND CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED.
SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE
DOD CLEAN-UP EVENTS?
AS I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY,
THEY HELP TO MEET THE GOALS OF
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13508 AND THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
AGREEMENT BY ENGAGING
COMMUNITIES THROUGH STEWARDSHIP.
THEY ALSO HELP INSTALLATIONS
MEET THEIR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE
STORM SEWER SYSTEM OR MS4 ANNUAL
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
CLEAN-UPS ALSO PROMOTE CLEAN
WATER THROUGH LITTER COLLECTION
AND HELP HABITAT RESTORATION BY
REMOVING DEBRIS AND LITTER FROM
WOODED AND WETLAND AREAS.
IN THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE OUR DOD
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS FROM 2021.
AFTER OUR ANNUAL EVENTS WERE
CANCELED IN 2020 AS WE ALL KNOW
DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS,
INSTALLATIONS WERE ABLE TO ONCE
AGAIN PARTICIPATE IN CLEAN-UP
EVENTS IN 2021, WHILE FOLLOWING
APPROPRIATE
INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC COVID
GUIDELINES.
BETWEEN APRIL 10TH AND JUNE 11TH
OF 2021, WE HAD OVER 1,000
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
AND THEIR FAMILIES COME
TOGETHER, 18 INSTALLATIONS, TO
CLEAN UP SHORELINES AROUND THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES.
CUMULATIVELY, OVER 18,000 POUNDS
OF TRASH WAS REMOVED FROM
32 MILES OF SHORELINE DURING
THESE CLEAN-UP EVENTS AT DOD
INSTALLATIONS.
ON THIS SLIDE, THIS SLIDE
ILLUSTRATES TWO PICTURES OF ONE
OF MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT WERE
HELD LAST YEAR.
MANY OF OUR CLEAN-UP EVENTS
INCLUDED INSTALLATION COMMANDING
OFFICERS, SENIOR MILITARY AND
CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP, CITY
OFFICIALS, INSTALLATION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM DIRECTORS,
MEDIA MANAGERS, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION SPECIALISTS,
MILITARY, CIVILIANS, AND THEIR
FAMILIES, AND WE EVEN HAD
WORKING POLICE DOGS THAT CAME
OUT TO OUR CLEAN-UP EVENTS.
AGAIN, THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES
THE JOINT EFFORT AMONGST THE DOD
PERSONNEL.
TRASH AND DEBRIS COLLECTED AT
DOD INSTALLATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR
ONE-THIRD OF ALL REMOVED
MATERIALS REPORTED TO THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION.
DOD CLEAN-UP EVENTS MODEL HOW
COOPERATION BETWEEN DOD
INSTALLATIONS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AND CORPORATIONS CAN HAVE A
POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SHARED
COASTAL RESOURCES.
DURING THESE EVENTS, ALL GROUPS
JOIN TOGETHER FOR A COMMON
CAUSE.
PROMOTING CLEAN WATER.
IN ADDITION TO REMOVING LITTER
FROM OUR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS,
CLEAN-UP EVENTS ALSO EDUCATE
PARTICIPANTS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE IN THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED SUCH AS
HABITAT DETERIORATION AND
STORMWATER POLLUTION.
SO YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THIS SLIDE
THE MULTISTATE AND MULTISERVICE
EFFORT THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR IN
OUR CLEAN-UP EVENTS IN SUPPORT
OF HEALTH AND RESTORATION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THE NAVY,
AR PEE, AIR
ARMY, AIR FORCE, AND WE HAD MANY
SERVICES WITHIN VIRGINIA, MAYOR
MARYLAND AND ALSO D.C. .
NOW WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH
HOW IF YOU CHOOSE TO PLAN YOUR
OWN EVENT, HOW YOU WOULD GO
ABOUT PLANNING THOSE EVENTS FOR
YOUR INSTALLATION OR FACILITY.
FIRST IF YOU'RE HOSTING A LARGE
EVENT WITH MULTIPLE SITE, YOU
SOLICIT A TEAM CAPTAIN OR
INSTALLATION COORDINATOR TO
ORGANIZE THE EVENT FOR YOUR
FACILITY OR SITE.
SINCE MANY OF OUR CLEAN-UP
EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD ANNUALLY
FOR MANY YEARS, WE TYPICALLY
REACH OUT TO OUR PREVIOUS YEAR'S
POINTS OF CONTACT TO SEE IF
THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN
VOLUNTEERING AGAIN.
NEXT, YOU GET THE APPROPRIATE
PERMISSIONS FROM COMMANDS,
INSTALLATIONS OR FACILITIES TO
HOST A CLEAN-UP EVENT.
SOME SITES SUCH AS SHORELINES
AND WETLAND AREAS FOR US COULD
BE IN MILITARY TRAINING AREAS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AN
EVENT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH ANY
MISSION REQUIREMENTS OR IMPEDE
ON ANY ACTIVE TRAINING OR OTHER
WORK.
THEN CHOOSE A DATE, A LOCATION
AND A TIME IN WHICH THE CLEAN-UP
WILL BE HELD.
LAST YEAR, OUR CLEAN-UPS WERE
HELD BETWEEN APRIL 10TH AND JUNE 11TH.
THIS ALLOWS INSTALLATIONS TO
PLAN A DAY OR DAYS FOR
STEWARDSHIP WHILE STILL MEETING
MISSION REQUIREMENTS, AVOIDING
BAD WEATHER EVENTS, AND IT ALSO
GAVE COMMANDS OF FLEXIBILITY TO
HAVE SMALLER EVENTS TO MEET
COVID PROTOCOLS.
NEXT, SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT YOUR
EVENT.
PRIOR TO COVID CLEAN-UPS, EVENTS
WERE ADVERTISED THROUGH MANY
AVENUES WHICH NOW THAT WE'RE
COMING -- HOPEFULLY COMING OUT
OF COVID, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO
MUCH MORE OF THIS AS WELL.
SO USE FLYERS, WORD OF MOUTH VIA
COMMAND LEADERSHIP, DOD MESS
MESSAGING.
WE ALSO USE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE OFFICER WHICH MAY HAVE
SENT NOTIFICATIONS VIA EMAIL OR
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC,
MULTIPLE SMALLER EVENTS WERE
HELD BY COMMANDS, OFFICE MATES
AND DEPARTMENTS.
NEXT YOU WANT TO GATHER SUPPLIES
SUCH AS GLOVES, TRASH BAGS,
GRABBERS, ET CETERA, THAT WILL
AID IN YOUR EVENT.
MANY DEPARTMENTS AT THE FACILITY
OR INSTALLATION MAY BE ABLE TO
SUPPLY SUCH ITEMS AS GLOVES AND
BAGS FOR YOUR EVENT.
SOME VOLUNTEERS MAY HAVE THEIR
OWN GRABBERS THAT THEY WISH TO
BRING.
AND THAT'S ALSO GOOD TOO.
IT MAY ALSO BE A GOOD IDEA TO
PROVIDE WATER FOR YOUR
VOLUNTEERS.
COORDINATORS SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW
WHERE THE LITTER COLLECTED WILL
BE DISPOSED AFTER THE EVENT.
ALSO TRAINING SHOULD ALSO BE
PROVIDED TO VOLUNTEERS
CONCERNING SAFETY AND ANY COVID
PROTOCOLS THAT MAY BE IN PLACE.
AND ALSO INFORM VOLUNTEERS OF
AREAS TO BE CLEANED IN ANY
PROHIBITED AREAS.
ALSO IT'S GOOD TO PROVIDE A
SIGN-IN SHEET FOR VOLUNTEERS SO
THAT YOU ACCOUNT FOR YOUR
NUMBERS, AND THAT YOU ALSO
ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
WENT OUT TO CLEAN UP AND THAT
THEY ALL RETURNED SAFELY.
SO ONCE ALL THOSE THINGS ARE
DONE, NOW IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP.
DURING THE EVENT, BE SURE
VOLUNTEERS KEEP TRACK OF WHAT
THEY'RE COLLECTING AND THE
DISTANCE.
THE VOLUNTEER CARDS AS
ILLUSTRATED HERE CAN BE COMBINED
BY A TEAM CAPTAIN OR SITE
MANAGER TO CALCULATE THE TOTALS
FROM ALL VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR VOLUNTEERS TO
KEEP TRACK OF COMMON ITEMS FOUND
AND ANY UNUSUAL ITEMS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID SEE AIN
CREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF MASKS
FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S CLEAN-UP
EVENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP TRACK OF
THESE METRICS TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIALLY
WHERE THE LITTER IS COMING FROM,
AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
CONTROLS SUCH AS EXTRA TRASH
CANS OR CIGARETTE BUTT
CONTAINERS IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
IT'S ALSO NICE TO INVITE YOUR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER OR MEDIA
PERSON TO ATTEND THE CLEAN-UP TO
CAPTURE PICTURES OF THE EVENT
FOR YOUR COMMAND MEDIA OUTLETS.
AFTER THE CLEAN-UP, ENSURE ALL
LITTER IS DISPOSED OF PROPERLY,
AND ANY REMAINING SUPPLIES ARE
RETURNED TO THE APPROPRIATE
DEPARTMENTS.
FOLLOWING THE EVENT, ENSURE ALL
DATA IS COMPILED AND REPORTED TO
THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES.
THIS SPREADSHEET SHOWS A FEW
ENTRIES OF DATA WE COLLECTED
FROM EVENTS LAST YEAR.
SO IN CONCLUSION, THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY IS A NATIONAL TREASURE
CONSTITUTING THE LARGEST ESTUARY
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THROUGH THE GOALS OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
AGREEMENT AND EXECUTIVE ORDER
13508, THE DOD CBP STRIVES TO
PROTECT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOR
MILITARY READINESS FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
THROUGH DOD CLEAN-UP EVENT,
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
COME TOGETHER TO PROMOTE
STEWARDSHIP AND CLEAN WATER AND
HABITAT RESTORATION.
SO HERE IS MY CONTACT
INFORMATION, AND AGAIN, IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO
EMAIL ME OR POST THEM IN THE
CHAT.
I APPRECIATE -- I DEFINITELY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK AND DISCUSS HOW THE DOD'S
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS SUPPORT THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION.
SO THANK YOU, AND AT THIS TIME
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE
THE -- WE ACTUALLY --
[INAUDIBLE] HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED
ANY RECENT EVENTS?
I GUESS NOT THIS YEAR, BUT --
>> WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE
PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR'S
EVENT.
I CAN CHECK MY SPREADSHEET TO
SEE IF I'VE REACHED OUT --
>> POSSIBLY PAWD PAWD
>> --
>> I WORK WITH HIM.
>> AS SOON AS YOU SAID THAT
NAME, I WAS LIKE, YEP, I KNOW
THAT NAME.
>> EXCELLENT.
WHAT KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS ARE YOU USING TO
PROMOTE YOUR EVENT, BOTH IN
TERMS OF ADVERTISING AND AS WELL
AS JUST SHARING PHOTOS FROM IT?
>> SO TYPICALLY LIKE I SAID
BEFORE COVID, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
COMING OUT OF IT, THERE'S STILL
OF SCARE OF -- HOPEFULLY WE
DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SURGE, BUT
TYPICALLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICER WILL POST THINGS ON
FACEBOOK.
WE ALSO AFTER THE EVENT MAY POST
THINGS ON DVIDs.
IT'S LIKE A GOVERNMENT SITE TO
POST PICTURES AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, BUT TYPICALLY OUR PAO,
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, WILL
ORCHESTRATE ANY KIND OF MEDIA
TYPE OF THINGS, LIKE I SAID,
THAT'S POSTED ON FACEBOOK.
>> OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
HOW MANY -- DID YOU HAVE AT THE
LAST EVENT AND WHAT AGE GROUP
WERE THEY?
>> YOU SAID AT LAST YEAR'S
EVENT?
>> YES.
>> SO WE HAD OVER ABOUT A
THOUSAND PEOPLE, WE HAD, LIKE I
SAID, MILITARY, CIVILIANS, WE
DID HAVE SOME CHILDREN.
IT WAS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE
THAT CAME OUT TO LAST YEAR'S
EVENT.
OF COURSE THAT WAS SPREAD ACROSS
MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS, SO SOME
PEOPLE MAY HAVE HAD WHERE IT WAS
JUST THEIR OFFICE MATES WHERE IT
WAS 10 PEOPLE AND SOME AS WE --
TOWARDS THE END OF -- OR THE
BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER LAST
YEAR, WE WERE KIND OF IN A LULL
WITH COVID, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE
LARGER EVENTS AND SOME OF THE
INSTALLATIONS HAD A LOT OF
MILITARY PRESENCE SO THERE MAY
HAVE BEEN A FEW HUNDRED AT A
PARTICULAR EVENT, SO JUST
DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
WELL, I GUESS WITHOUT -- IF WE
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
I GUESS WE CAN GO AND JUMP RIGHT
INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH,
MS. JONES.
>> YES.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
SO MS. WIEDENFELD, ARE YOU READY
TO PRESENT?
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
GO AHEAD AND START SHARING.
>> YES, THANKS.
I JUST TOLD DENNIS TO TURN OFF
HIS CAMERA.
SO DENNIS, MICHELLE, STANT YA
GOA, SANTIAGO,
TOM?
LET ME PULL UP THE -- SO
SANTIAGO, ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW
YOUR CAMERA?
>> YES, I AM.
>> MICHELLE, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
AND TOM, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> JUST DOING A QUICK SOUND
CHECK.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> YES.
>> AND I HAVE FIVE MORE MINUTES.
IS THAT -- YEAH.
MARK, ORGANIZER?
>> WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED.
WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS AT THE END.
UNLESS YOU'RE NOT READY RIGHT
NOW, YOU CAN GET STARTED.
>> DO YOU WANT US TO GO AHEAD
AND START NOW?
>> YES, I THINK SO.
UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAIT
BUT YOU'LL HAVE MORE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS AT THE END.
>> GREAT.
THANKS.
>> MELISSA, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN
AND GET IT STARTED.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
JUST A QUICK WELCOME TO EVERYONE
WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
I AM MICHELLE BROWN, AND I AM
GOING TO BE THE MOOED RAY TORE
FOR THIS SESSION.
AND I WILL JUST TALK REAL
QUICKLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT AND THEN I'LL
TURN -- MOVE OVER TO INTRODUCE
OUR VERY DISTINGUISHED PANEL FOR
THIS SESSION.
SO I AM -- JUST TO INTRODUCE
MYSELF FIRST SINCE I'M DOING ALL
THE TALKING RIGHT NOW, I AM THE
BRANCH CHIEF OF THE PLANNING AND
COMPLIANCE BRANCH OF THE ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF
FACILITIES AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
AT U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION.
AND SO IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR
TEAM, MELISSA HAD THE GREAT IDEA
OF POTENTIALLY JUST SHARING A
SUCCESS STORY OF WHAT WE AT CBP
HAVE FOUND IN OUR WORK IN SOME
OF OUR CUSTOMS HOUSES IN PUERTO
RICO.
SO WITH THAT, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT
SO YOU ALL KNOW, THIS INITIAL
PICTURE IS ONE OF OUR CUSTOM
HOUSES AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THE
CARIBBEAN, AND THIS IS JUST ONE
OF THEM.
THIS IS THE SAN JUAN CUSTOM
HOUSE BUILT AROUND -- IN THE
1920s, AND IT IS ONE OF OUR
FOCUSES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT
HOW WE HAVE REALLY WORKED TO
FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT CBP CAN
ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION IN THESE
BUILDINGS THAT WE LIVE IN.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HISTORIC
PROPERTIES BUILT IN THE 20s
AND 30s AND EARLIER.
AND OUR MISSION HAS CHANGED
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE 20s AND
30s AND EARLIER.
SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING A LOT
OF WORK TO MODERNIZE BUILDINGS
WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR HISTORIC
STRUCTURE AND KEEPING THEM
IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, MELISSA, IF YOU'LL
FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO AT THIS POINT,LY GO AHEAD , I WILL
INTRODUCE OUR PANEL.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS IS
AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION SO PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER AND INTRODUCE OUR PANEL.
I'LL START WITH MR. DENNIS LEW
WHO ALSO WORKS ON MY TEAM BUT
HAS BEEN A FIXTURE AT CBP IN
MANY DIFFERENT AREAS FOR MANY
YEARS.
SO DENNIS, PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
>> HI.
AS MICHELLE SAYS, I'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH CBP FOR A WHILE.
STARTED ON FENCE, MOVED OVER TO
THE COMPLIANCE SIDE, WORKED WITH
AIR AND MARINE, WORKED WITH
FIELD EOPS WHICH IS THE CUSTOMS
GROUP WHICH IS WHERE MELISSA IS
RICE NOW AND RECENTLY SWITCHED
BACK OVER TO ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL AND WORK ON THE
PLANNING SIDE OF THINGS NOW.
AND HAVE LOTS OF NEPA EXPERIENCE
WITH STATE AGENCIES AND FEDERAL
AGENCY.
IN ADDITION TO CBP.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, DENNIS.
NEXT I'LL ALLOW MS. --
DR. MELISSA WIEDENFELD TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF.
MELISSA, IF YOU WOULD.
>> THANKS.
I'M WITH FIELD OPERATIONS
FACILITIES, AND SO I GET TO WORK
WITH ALL THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS
THAT ARE RELATED TO U.S.
CUSTOMS, NOT BORDER PROTECTION
BUT CUSTOMS, AND WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF HISTORIC CUSTOM HOUSES
AND IN PUERTO RICO AND THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS, WE HAVE FIVE
REALLY TERRIFIC HISTORIC
PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON AND WE'LL INTRODUCE
THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT AS I LIKE TO MENTION, I
STARTED MY MY SECTION 106 CAREER IN
ANOTHER MILLENNIUM AND I'VE BEEN
WITH CBP OVER SEVEN YEARS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELISSA.
NEXT WE'LL GO TO TOM BROWN, AND
TOM ALSO WORKS FOR CBP AND HE'S
ON OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SIDE.
SO TOM, I WILL ALLOW YOU TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
TOM BROWN, FIELD OPERATIONS
FACILITIES.
I'M A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
MANAGER BY TRADE.
I'VE GOT A BIT OVER 20 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL-TYPE CONSTRUCTION.
STARTED IN THE PROFIT-DRIVEN
SECTOR OR THE PUBLIC SECTOR, IF
YOU WILL, AND THEN I GOT A
CHANCE TO WORK WITH CUSTOMS.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 11 OR 12 YEARS
AGO NOW, AND I DID NOT GET THE
LUXURY OF WORKING ON ANY
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS UNTIL I
ACTUALLY CAME TO CBP AND JOINED
FIELD OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S
WHEN I GOT MY HAND FULL OF ALL
THINGS HISTORIC.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A RIDE EVER
SINCE.
MELISSA HAS BEEN ALONG THE WHOLE
WAY, AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH
ABOUT HISTORICAL RETENTION IT'S
BEEN ALMOST RIDICULOUS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, TOM.
AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST, A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR TEAM, I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE MR. SANTIAGO GALA,
FROM THE PUERTO RICO STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.
AND YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
MY NAME IS SANTIAGO GALA
AGUILERA.
I AM AN AN ARCHITECT.
I BEGAN WORKING HERE BACK IN
2001 AS A HISTORIC PROPERTY
SPECIALIST, AND I CAN'T RECALL
THE YEAR RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM
CURRENTLY THE SENIOR HISTORIC
PROPERTY SPECIALIST IN THE AREA
OF ARCHITECTURE HERE AT THE
OFFICE.
I HOLD A BACHELOR'S IN
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN DEGREE AND
A MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE,
AND I'M CURRENTLY DOING MY
COURSES FOR DOCTOR IN PHILOSOPHY
IN HISTORY.
I HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE OFFICE
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS WITH
ALMOST THE SEVEN PROGRAM HEARS
THAT A SHPO MUST COMPLY WITH IN
ORDER TO RUN THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PROGRAM, AND
OUTSIDE THE SHPO, I AM THE
CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
PUERTO RICO CHAPTER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMIZATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SANTIAGO.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
FOR THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE OUT, JUST TO
GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR
PROPERTIES AND SO THESE FOUR
PROPERTIES ARE ALL IN PUERTO
RICO.
I MENTIONED THIS TOP LEFT ONE
ALREADY THAT IS OUR SAN JUAN
CUSTOM HOUSE.
AND GOING CLOCKWISE ORDER.
AND I WILL LEAN HEAVILY ON
MELISSA, BECAUSE SHE IS OUR SOI
QUALIFIED PERSON ON THIS PANEL
SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
LOT MORE INSIGHT AND INPUT ON
THE PROPERTY IES THAT WE'RE
SHOWING.
GOING CLOCKWISE, THE TOP RIGHT
BUILDING IS THE FAJARDO CUSTOM
HOUSE.
AND IT WAS BUILT -- MELISSA,
JUMP IN, AROUND THE 1930s?
>> IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1930.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT, ALL OF
THESE ARE WORKING CBP OFFICES,
SO THERE ARE FOLKS INHABITING
THESE BUILDINGS AND CONTINUE TO
MOVE THE MISSION FORWARD.
THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER IS THE
PONCE CUSTOM HOUSE BUILT IN THE
1840s.
PAUSING FOR MELISSA.
>> BY THE SPANISH.
THIS IS A TERRIFIC BUILDING
BECAUSE IT WAS BUILD AS A
CUSTOMS BUILDING AND ALSO FOR
THE PORT AUTHORITY IN 1842, AND
WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT IT
CONTINUING TO SERVE THE MISSION
OF CUSTOMS 180 YEARS LATER.
SO THIS IS A FABULOUS BUILDING.
>> AND THEN THIS VERY LAST
BUILDING IN THE LOWER LEFT
CORNER IS THE MAYAGUEZ CUSTOM
HOUSE, BUILD IN THE 1920s.
SO GREAT EXAMPLE OF THINGS
LISTED, WHERE WR.CBP CONTINUES
TO DO A LOT OF OPERATIONS THAT
WE CONTINUE TO DO TODAY TO MEET
OUR MISSION BUT ALSO MAINTAIN
THAT HISTORIC FABRIC.
THANK YOU, MELISSA.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS
ONE OVER TO SANTIAGO, BECAUSE
THIS ONE IS NOT YET LISTED ON
THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
AND MELISSA, PLEASE JUMP IN AS
WELL, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE
THIS ADDITIONAL BUILDING THAT'S
NOT YET LISTED, IT'S ELIGIBLE,
AND IT IS OUR CUSTOMS WAREHOUSE
IN MAYAGUEZ.
>> IT IS IN THE MISSION, A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF THE MAYAGUEZ
PROPERTY, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
THE MAIN CUSTOM HOUSE BUILDING
HAS ALREADY BEEN LISTED AND WE
ALL KNOW IT'S HISTORIC, USUALLY
CUSTOM HOUSES AND PORT
FACILITIES USED TO BE
COMPLEMENTED WITH THIS TYPE OF
STRUCTURE FOR STORING OF
DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT ARRIVE
TO THE PORT.
AND IT HOLDS AN INTERESTING
LEVEL OF INTEGRITY EVEN THOUGH
IT HAS BEEN REMODELED THROUGH
THE YEARS, BUT IN A LEVEL THAT
THE BUILDING STILL MAINTAINS AN
ADEQUATE LEVEL OF INTEGRITY TO
BE LISTED IN THE NATIONAL
REGISTER.
I HAVE TALKED TO MELISSA THAT
MAYBE IT CAN BE LISTED AS PART
OF THE MAYAGUEZ CUSTOM HOUSE
PROPERTY OR COMPLEX.
OF BUILDINGS
FROM THAT POINT ON.
>> THIS IS ALSO --
>> I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT
THE TERM IN SPANISH FOR
WAREHOUSE IS TINGLADO, WHICH I
SUPPOSE YOU'RE GOING TO MENTION
IT A LOT.
>> SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT
THIS IS ONE OF OUR OLDER CUSTOMS
FACILITIES IN PUERTO RICO, BUILT
IN THE EARLY 1880s BY THE
SPANISH, AND WHAT'S ORIGINAL TO
THIS BUILDING IS THAT THAT METAL
ROOF AND THE FASCIA, AND IT'S
GOT THIS METAL TRUSS WORK ON THE
INTERIOR.
AND IN THE 1920s, IT WAS
ALTERED TO ADD THAT CEMENT
SIDING.
IT USED TO BE AN OPEN SHED, AND
NOW IT GOT THE CEMENT SIDING.
BUT MANY OF THOSE ORIGINAL
ELEMENTS CAN BE SEEN.
BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS A SPANISH
STRUCTURE ORIGINALLY, AND THEN,
OF COURSE, WHEN THE U.S.
ACQUIRED PUERTO RICO IN 1898, IT
WAS TURNED OVER TO THE U.S.
CUSTOMS SERVICE.
BUT IT'S ELIGIBLE AND IT HAS THE
SAME PROTECTION AS FACILITIES
THAT ARE LISTED IN THE NATIONAL
REGISTER, BUT WE IT'S NOT PART OF
THAT MAYAGUEZ NOMINATION YET.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SIN DELL SINGLE IT OUT,
GIVE IT A DIFFERENT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON IS
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT CBP
HAS BEEN WORKING ON IN THOSE
BUILDINGS THAT WE JUST WALKED
YOU THROUGH, AND THE VERY
COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, WITH OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE TEAM, AS WELL AS
OUR NEPA TEAM, AS WELL AS THE
SHPO FOR PUERTO RICO.
SO IN 2018, I THINK AS I ARE,
ANOTHER OF OUR BUILDINGS WERE
IMPACTED BY HURRICANE -- I'M
GETTING OLD.
MARIA?
>> I YES, MARIA.
>> GETTING VERY OLD.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO
OPEN IT UP TO MELISSA, IF YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE
SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT WE WORK
ON.
>> I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
THERE ARE SO MANY DETAILS ON
THESE BUILDINGS.
THERE'S THE HISTORIC TARA COULD TERRA
COTTA, THE GILL WORK, ALL OF
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO -- FOR US
TO PRESERVE.
WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC
FABRIC AND IN A COUPLE OF PLACES
WE'RE REPLICATING HISTORIC
FABRIC, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO SAY THIS, BUT WE ALSO WANT
THE PROJECTS TO MEET THE
MISSION, AND TOM IS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT PROJECTS IN JUST A
MINUTE.
BUT EACH ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS
HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE FEATURES, AND
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO PRESERVE
THESE.
I DON'T KNOW, AT SOME POINT I
NEED TO POINT OUT THAT THE
SUPPORT WITHIN THE SAN JUAN
FIELD OFFICE OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION HAS JUST BEEN
TREMENDOUS IN TERMS OF --
THEY'RE REALLY MOTIVATED TO SAVE
THEIR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, SO
IT'S NOT BEING DRIVEN SOLELY BY
FEDERAL LAW.
IT IS BEING DRIVEN IN PART BY A
SINCERE INTEREST IN THESE
HISTORIC STRUCTURES, AND THEY DO
MEAN A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST A
GLIMPSE OF SOME OF THE FEATURES
THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT.
>> OKAYMENT AND WITH OKAY AND WITH THAT, LET'S
JUMP INTO SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE SAN JUAN
CUSTOM HOUSE.
SO I WILL PULL TOM IN TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROJECT,
AN THE PANEL AS WELL WILL JUMP
IN TO SHARE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
THE PONCE CUSTOM HOUSE ENDED UP
BEING THE FIRST ONE OF THE FIRST
FOUR WE EMBARKED OND A FULL
REMODEL.
AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD
BETWEEN TRYING TO BRING A
FACILITY UP TO CURRENT SECURITY
STANDARDS AND MEASURES AND ALL
THE DIFFERENT CURRENT DESIGN
STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF,
SAY, MY GROUP IN A BUILDING
RENOVATION, THE CHALLENGES OF
VERSUS TRYING TO RETAIN
HISTORICAL FABRIC IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT PLACES BECOME VERY
INTERESTING AT TIMES, BUT THE
TEAM WE HAD ON THE PROJECT, EVEN
THAT FIRST ONE WITH MELISSA
INVOLVED AND EVERYTHING
HAPPENING ALONG THE WAY WITH THE
SHPO'S OFFICE, IT WENT VERY
WELL, VERY SMOOTH FROM WHAT I
THOUGHT, AND WE ENDED UP GETTING
A FACILITY THAT WAS UP TO OUR
CURRENT STANDARDS, BUT ALSO
RETAINED ITS HISTORIC FABRIC.
MELISSA MENTIONED DOORS.
MELISSA MENTIONED OTHER THINGS
LIKE WINDOWS, IRON GATES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES,
I'LL JUST USE THIS AS AN
EXAMPLE, IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO REPLACE EXTERIOR DOORS AND
WINDOWS ON AN OLD HISTORIC
BUILDING THAT HAD NO LEVEL OF
ANY SORT OF BALLISTIC PROTECTION
TO A LEVEL THREE BALLISTIC
PROTECTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE
REQUIRE TODAY IN OUR FACILITIES,
THAT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT IN A
LOT OF WAYS.
SO WITH THIS STARTING WITH THIS FACILITY,
WE WERE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE
DOORS AND THE WINDOWS IN THE
BUILDING BY GETTING THEM MADE
CUSTOM TO REACH THE LEVEL
3 BALLISTIC REQUIREMENTS, BUT
ALSO REPLICATE WHAT THEY USED TO
LOOK LIKE, SAY, A HUNDRED YEARS
A80 YEARS AGO, WHATEVER IT MIGHT
BE, AND TO ME, IT WAS AMAZING TO
SEE THE PROCESS.
YES, IT DOES COST A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY, IT LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID
BACK THEN, BUT IT FUNCTIONS
VERY, VERY MUCH DIFFERENTLY.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A
HOST OF EXAMPLES.
ROOFING COMES INTO PLAY,
INTERIOR WALLS THAT ARE HISTORIC
COME INTO PLAY, THE WINDOWS AND
THE DOORS.
WE HAD ALL THESE SECURITY
FEATURES EVERYWHERE THAT WE TRY
TO HIDE OR WE TRY TO MIMIC
HISTORY WITH AND I SHOULDN'T SAY
MIMIC, MELISSA MAY CORRECT ME
THERE.
RETAIN HISTORY WITH.
SO YES, PONCE WAS A VERY
INTERESTING PROJECT AND A GREAT
PROJECT FOR US, AND MELISSA
MIGHT EVEN WANT TO MENTION, NOW
THAT I'M DONE WITH MY PART OF
IT, SOME AWARDS THAT WE GOT FOR
PONCE.
>> YES, OUR RENOVATION TEAM GOT
THE DHS SUSTAINABILITY AWARD,
HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD.
SOL THEY SO THEY GOT TWO AWARDS FOR THIS
BUILDING RENOVATION.
THEY WERE ABLE TO, WITH JUST
SOME SIMPLE FIXES LIKE THE
SEALING THE BUILDING ENVELOPE,
USING ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES AND
SO FORTH, THEY CUT THE ENERGY
USE OF THIS BUILDING IN HALF
WITH THAT RENOVATION, AND
THERE'S NOTHING FANCY IN THIS
RENOVATION.
SO THAT WAS REALLY WORTHWHILE.
BUT THEY ALSO WERE ABLE TO
ADDRESS SOME ISSUES OF CLIMATE
BECAUSE THEY PUT IN THESE DOOR
DAMS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOOR ON THE
LEFT, VERY FAR LEFT OF THE
BUILDING, IN THE PHOTO, THE
FIRST FLOOR DOOR, THERE'S A
LITTLE METAL SOMETHING STICKING
UP THERE.
THAT'S PART OF A DOOR DAM THAT
THEY CAN PUT IN PLACE IN CASE OF
WATER COMING UP.
IT'S RIGHT ON THE COAST AND IF
THERE'S A STORM SURGE, THEY PUT
IN A LITTLE DOOR DAM SO THEY CAN
HELP RETUESDAY REDUCE INUNDATION OF THE
BUILDING WHICH IS ONE OF THE
NOTABLE ASPECTS OF THIS
RENOVATION.
SO ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS
ACTUALLY, IN EVERYTHING WE DO,
WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT
NEXT HURRICANE.
OR EARTHQUAKE.
PONCE IS IN AN AREA WHERE
THERE'S A LOT OF EARTHQUAKES, SO
WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING THAT IN
MIND.
>> MELISSA, JUST TO ADD TO THAT,
CONSEQUENTLY THOSE LITTLE DOOR
DAMS THAT YOU MENTIONED, THOSE
FACILITIES ARE IN THE INSIDE
AREA, THE OPEN AREA AS WELL FOR
ALL THE OPENINGS ON THE INSIDE,
SO IF THAT WATER SURGE DOES PUSH
IN THAT AREA, THOSE THINGS TRY
TO PROTECT THE WATER FROM
GETTING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, AT
LEAST ON THE THREE SIDES OF THE
BUILDING, AND THEN THE INSIDE
PART, IF IT DOES GET IN THROUGH
THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOORWAY
THERE, THAT THOSE DAMS WILL THEN
STOP OR TRY TO STOP THAT WATER
FROM GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THE
OPEN AREA ON THE INSIDE, WHICH
WOULD MINIMIZE DAMAGE GREATLY TO
THE REST OF THE FACILITY.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IS
THERE'S AN INTERIOR COURTYARD,
SO THAT REALLY IS LIKE A DONUT.
SO THAT THEY DO HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WATER COMING NOT JUST FROM
THE SEASIDE OF THE BUILDING BUT
ELSEWHERE.
TOM, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THIS RENOVATION?
>> SURE, YEAH.
THIS IS OUR MAYAGUEZ CUSTOM
HOUSE.
WE JUST FINISHED RECENTLY THE
FULL RENOVATION OF THIS
FACILITY.
A LOT OF THE PROCESSES AND
PROCEDURES THAT WE USED HERE
WERE ALSO USED IN PONCE.
OBVIOUSLY WE LEARNED SOME
LESSONS ALONG THE WAY, SO SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN A
PREVIOUS PROJECT, WE MAY HAVE
BETTERED OURSELVES IN A PROJECT
LIKE MAY AGUEZ.
THE RENOVATION WAS A FULL
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
RENOVATION.
WE DID INCREASE THE BALLISTIC
LEVEL WITH SOME DIFFERENT
THINGS, BUT THIS PROJECT ITSELF
WASN'T A FULL -- ENTIRE FULL
100% RENOVATION.
WE GOT LIMITED BY A FEW THINGS,
MAINLY ON THE FUNDING SIDE, SO
OUR RENOVATION DID NOT INCLUDE,
LIKE SAY FOR PONCE, WE GOT ALL
NEW LEVEL THREE BALLISTIC
WINDOWS AND DOORS, WE DIDN'T GET
THAT QUITE YET.
THOSE PLANS ARE IN THE FUTURE.
HOWEVER, WE DID RESTORE WINDOWS
AND MELISSA, YOU CAN CORRECT ME
IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THEY
DID A FABULOUS JOB IN THE END IN
RESTORING THOSE WINDOWS AND
KEEPING THAT FABRIC INTACT.
>> SO IT LOOKS THE WAY IT DID IN
THE 1920s, AND SO IT'S THIS
BEAUTIFUL BOWS ARCHITECTURE,
SANTIAGO CAN ADDRESS THE
ARCHITECTURE MUCH BETTER THAN I
K BUT IT RETAINED ITS GRILL WORK
AND SO THE EXTERIOR HAS HAD
MINIMAL MODIFICATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE CAMERAS
THERE, WHICH YOU DON'T NOTICE
BECAUSE WE TRY TO KEEP THEM
INCONSPICUOUS.
THERE ARE LIGHTS THERE THAT YOU
MAY NOT NOTICE, WE TRY TO KEEP
THEM INCONSPICUOUS, BUT THERE'S
ALSO THINGS LIKE A NEW ROOF WITH
A LAYER OF PROTECTION SO THAT IT
REFLECTS LIGHT AND ALSO PROTECTS
IT MORE IN CASE OF HURRICANE,
STRONG WIND.
LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING
TO.
WHAT ABOUT THAT NEXT HURRICANE?
SO THIS BUILDING RENOVATION
ACTUALLY -- IT TURNED OUT VERY
WELL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
EFFECTIVELY A PARTIAL
RENOVATION.
>> RIGHT.
>> OUR BELOVED FAJARDO CUSTOM
HOUSE, RECENTLY COMPLETED ALSO.
THEY WERE BOTH GOING
SIMULTANEOUSLY AT POINTS IN THE
RENOVATION PROCESS.
THIS BUILDING WAS A FULL
RENOVATION.
SO THIS ONE ALSO RECEIVED ALL
THE LEVEL 3 BALLISTIC UPGRADES
FOR THE EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND
DOORS.
THE EXTERIOR ORNAMENTAL IRON
GATES WITH EITHER REPLICATED TO
WHAT WAS THERE IN HISTORY OR
REPAIRED IF THEY WERE ABLE TO BE
REPAIRED.
A LOT OF STUFF HAD SUFFER QUITE
A BIT OF DAMAGE FROM THE
HURRICANES THAT HIT BACK IN THE
END OF 2017.
BECAUSE FAJARDO ENDED UP TAKING
THE HIT FIRST.
IT'S THE POINT ON THE ISLAND
THAT GETS HIT FIRST.
THOSE LOCALS THAT KNOW BETTER
THAN ME CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I'M
PRETTY SURE THAT SIDE OF THE
ISLAND GOT HIT FIRST AND TOOK A
BUNCH OF DAMAGE.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE ITSELF I THINK
WAS IN THE WORSE CASE -- TO TRY
TO REPAIR THE BUILDING AND TRY
TO BRING IT UP TO CURRENT
STANDARDS AS WE HAVE SAID ON THE
OTHERS WHILE RETAINING HISTORIC
FABRIC ON THE WAY.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, IT'S THE
EXTERIOR, IT'S THE WINDOWS, IT'S
THE GRATES, IT'S THE ROOF, IT'S
THE LOUVERS, IT'S WALLED ON THE
INSIDE, IT'S FLOORING IN SPOTS.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF HISTORICAL
FABRIC ITEMS TO RETAIN.
AND IN A FULL RENOVATION LIKE
THIS, JUST LIKE THE OTHERS,
WHICH WE CAN TALK ABOUT MORE ON
THE SAN JUAN CUSTOM HOUSE
BECAUSE IT'S THE BIGGEST ONE,
BUT THE SHPO'S OFFICE AND
MELISSA, THEY'RE ON BOARD FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THE DESIGN, ALL
THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IT'S NOT OVER WHEN DESIGN IS
OVER.
WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTS, YOU
KNOW, MELISSA AND HER TEAM AND
EVEN THE SHPO GETS INVOLVED AT
TIMES, WE HAVE THE SUBMITTAL
PROCESS AND THE RFIs THAT COME
IN FROM THE CONTRACTORS, AND THE
CONTRACTORS ARE WELL AWARE THAT
THEY ARE -- THEY HAVE SPECIFIC
RESPONSIBILITIES TO RETAIN AND
ATTAIN THROUGH THIS RENOVATION
PROCESS WITH HISTORICAL NATURE.
SO WHEN THESE SUBMITTALS COME IN
WITH REGARDS TO HISTORICAL
FABRIC PRODUCTS AND RFIs GET
ASKED ABOUT HISTORICAL PRODUCTS,
ALL THESE THINGS GET VETTED
THROUGH MELISSA AND THE ST. THE SHPO'S
OFFICE IN THE END SO WE CAN
RETAIN WHAT WE CAN RETAIN AND
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO RETAIN.
>> I JUST WANTED TO -- I'M
SORRY, GO AHEAD, MELISSA.
>> GO AHEAD.
NO, YOU FIRST, SANTIAGO.
>> NO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN UP TO NOW,
REFLECTS THE ARRAY OF STYLES AND
TYPES OF BUILDINGS OR WITHIN THE
TYPE OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE, A
VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS THAT EITHER
NICHOLS AS THE ARCHITECT OF
THESE BUILDINGS OR PUERTO RICAN
ARCHITECT MAYAGUEZ PRESENTED TO
PUERTO RICO A -- ARCHITECTURE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN PONCE, YOU AS AN
AGENCY HAVE TO DEAL WITH SPANISH
COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE, 19TH
CENTURY ARCHITECTURE.
IN THE CASE OF MAYAGUEZ, YOU
HAVE -- AS YOU MENTIONED THAT
WAS DESIGNED BY A LOCAL
ARCHITECT WHO STUDIED
ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED
STATES WHO WAS ALSO THE DESIGNER
OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING OF
PUERTO RICO.
THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONTEXT
FROM THE PONCE BUILDING.
HITTING THE SMALL CUSTOM HOUSING
FOR MAYAGUEZ, WE ALSO HAVE
NICHOLS BUT VERY DIFFERENT
ARCHITECTURE THAN WE'VE SEEN IN
PRIOR BUILDINGS.
HERE, HE BEGINS TO PROVIDE US
HINTS OF WHAT WOULD BECOME PORT
OF RICOH'S SIGNATURE STYLES
WHICH IS THE MEDITERRANEAN
REVIVAL.
BUT THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL,
THOUGH, OF SPANISH INSPIRATION
IS ACTUALLY THE PRODUCT OF
ACADEMIA IN THE UNITED STATES.
ARCHITECTS LIKE NICHOLS WHO
STUDIED THERE WERE VERY AWARE OF
THE ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS BEING
PRODUCED IN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS HELD IN
CALIFORNIA, SUCH AS THE PANAMA
PACIFIC OR THE PANAMA CALIFORNIA
EXPOSITIONS OF 1915.
AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, THROUGH
THE INSERTION OF THE REVIVAL BY
THESE INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS,
THE STYLE BECAME ONE OF THE
FAVORITES OF LOCAL ARCHITECTS
AND EMERGING MIDDLE AND HIGH
CLASSES, SOCIAL -- OF SOCIAL
STATA, AND ALSO, VERY IMPORTANT,
EVENTUALLY A SYNONYM OF PUERTO
RICANINTERSECTION NESS, THE PRODUCT OF NOR TH
AMERICAN ARCHITECTS.
>> IN .
>> AND THE FAJARDO CUSTOM HOUSE
WAS JUST A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR
THE BIG PROJECT.
TOM, YOU WANT TO --
>> YEP.
SO SAN JUAN CUSTOM HOUSE, IT'S
THE BIGGEST OF THE FOUR.
IT'S THE CENTER PIECE LOCATED
OVER IN OLD SAN JUAN AREA IN
PUERTO RICO THERE.
IT'S 64, ALMOST 65, I THINK IT'S
OVER 65,000 SQUARE FEET.
TWO LEVELS, TWO VERY PROMINENT
COURTYARDS UP ON THE SECOND
LEVEL.
THE FRONT FACADE THERE IS NEARLY
COVERED WITH ORNAMENTAL TERRA
COTTA FROM YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S
SCATTERED AROUND THE BUILDING.
THE NEXT ONE IS A MUCH MORE
MAJOR EFFORT THAN THE REST OF
THEM WERE.
AND AS MELISSA STATED, SHE
STATED THAT VERY WELL ACTUALLY,
THE FAJARDO CUSTOM HOUSE BEING A
FULL RENOVATION, IT WAS A BIT OF
A TEST RUN AND A LEARNING CURVE
FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON
SAN JUAN AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING ON SAN JUAN SINCE IT
STARTED.
THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING AS IT
SAYS THERE ON THE SLIDE.
WE'RE ABOUT 50% THROUGH THE
RENOVATION SCHEDULE CURRENTLY.
IT'S A TWO-YEAR PROJECT FROM
START TO FINISH CONSTRUCTION
WISE, AND IT CONTAINS ALL OF THE
SAME ELEMENTS THAT A FAJARDO OR
A PONCE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN
EXCEPT IN GREATER MAGNITUDE, AND
IT ALSO HAS MANY OTHER NEW
FACETS THAT WE DEPARTMENT HAVE
TO DEAL DIDN'T HAVE TO
DEAL WITH ON THE OTHERS, IE, THE
TERRA COTTA AT ALL DUE TO THE
DIFFERENT DESIGNERS AND THE
DIFFERENT DESIGN -- THE WAY THEY
DESIGNED THOSE FACILITIES.
THIS ONE HERE HAS A FAIR AMOUNT
OF TERRA COTTA ON THE INSIDE AND
THE OUTSIDE, A LOT MORE
HISTORICAL WALLS.
THE ROOF WAS REPLACED A COUPLE
YEARS BEFORE WE STARTED THE
FLOOR RENOVATION, BUT IT WAS
ALSO AN HISTORIC-TYPE
PRESERVATION.
WE PUT THE SAME TYPE OF ROOF ON
THE FACILITY AND THE GUTTERS AND
THE DOWNSPOUTS, THE -- THE
BUILDINGS BACK WHEN THEY WERE
BUILT, AND WE MADE THEM APPEAR
TO LOOK THE SAME WHILE USING
CURRENT STANDARDS AND CURRENT
TECHNOLOGIES OF TODAY, SO YES,
MUCH BIGGER SCALE, A LOT MORE
INVOLVED IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE OR
FORM, SO THAT SUBMITTAL AND
THAT -- MY -- I'D HAS HAZARD TO
GUESS IT'S PROBABLY -- IT'S A
LOT MORE INVOLVED, THERE'S A LOT
MORE GOING ON, THERE'S A LOT
MORE TO RETAIN, AND THE
COMMUNICATION HAS JUST BEEN
INCREDIBLE.
LIKE MELISSA SAID, THE FIELD
OFFICE IS WHOLEHEARTED BY
EMBRACING EVERYTHING THAT THEY
NEED TO DO TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY
OF THEIR FACILITIES INTACT, AND
THEN THEY RELY ON THE TEAM OF
MYSELF, MELISSA, AND SANTIAGO
AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE
INVOLVED TO ASSIST WITH THAT
ALONG THE WAY, AND WE'VE BEEN
HOT AND HEAVY IN THIS THING FOR
A YEAR AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET
ANY DIFFERENT.
IT'S GOING TOK TO BE THE SAME WAY
FOR THE REST OF THIS PROJECT FOR
ANOTHER YEAR.
>> THIS TAKES A LOT OF
COORDINATION BETWEEN THE PROJECT
MANAGER, BETWEEN ME, THE SHPO,
AND OF COURSE EEMD STILL PLAYS A
ROLE IN PARTS ON THIS PROJECT.
WE ALL CHECK IN WITH EACH OR TO
MAKE SURE THINGS ARE MOVING
SMOOTHLY.
SO THE PLANNING TEAM, I WANTED
TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE.
SO MICHELLE, OF COURSE, IS THE
EEMD MANAGER, AND -- EEMD, THE
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT DIVISION, THEY
OVERSEE THE 106 PROCESS AND THE
NEPA PROCESS, AND THEY ASSIST US
WHEN NEATED.
DENNIS LEW HAS A PH.D. IN
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SO
HE' BEEN DOING NEPA FOR A LONG
TIME, BUT HE WORKED WITH THE
PLANNING TEAM TO HELP DETERMINE
THE LEVEL OF NEPA DOCUMENTATION.
THIS WAS A BIG ISSUE, BECAUSE,
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HIS
SLIDE TIME AWAY FROM HIM, IT'S
COMING UP.
THE HISTORIC SPECIALIST, THAT'S
ME.
I GET TO HANDLE SECTION 106 AND
CONSULTATION THROUGHOUT THE
PROJECT, SO EVEN THOAL NEPA HAS
BEEN COMPLETED, SECTION 106 HAS
BEEN COMPLETED, I'M STILL ON
BOARD CHECKING ALL SORTS OF
DETAILS TO SEE THAT THE TILE
PATTERN THAT'S BEING REPLICATED
ON THE SECOND FLOOR SOUTH PATIO
IS THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN IT
WAS BUILT.
SO THERE ARE ALL SOORT SORTS OF
DETAILS LIKE THAT THAT I'M
CONSTANTLY CHECKING.
TOM IS THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND
HE INITIATED THE COORDINATION
EARLY, TO AVOID LAST-MINUTE
ISSUES.
SO THIS PROJECT IS, WELL, IT'S
OVER $50 MILLION, IT'S A HUGE
PROJECT, BUT TOM STARTED EARLY,
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS
PROJECT LONG BEFORE THERE WAS
ANY MONEY IN THE PICTURE, SO
THAT WE COULD AVOID THOSE --
AVOID ANY LAST MINUTE ISSUES.
AND I -- WELL, I DON'T WANT TO
GET AHEAD OF THE STORY HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, TOM OVERSEES THE
PROJECT, BUT HE ALSO HAS TO
COORDINATE WITH NEPA AND SECTION
106 PRACTITIONERS, AND OF COURSE
THAT BRINGS ME TO ONE OF OUR
MOST IMPORTANT TEAM MEMBERS, AND
THAT IS ANTIYA GOA SANTIAGO GALA.
WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE
HELP OF THE SHPO OFFICE.
I ENCOURAGE THIS A LOT, I'M
GOING TO ENCOURAGE THIS AS WE
WORK THROUGH THE SLIDES, BUT
IT'S THIS SENSE OF BEING A TEAM
AND THAT EVERYBODY'S INPUT HELPS
BRING TO FRUITION A BETTER
PROJECT.
SO I CAN'T STES THAT ENOUGH
BECAUSE WE CONSULTED WITH
SANTIAGO FORMALLY AND ALSO
INFORMALLY ON DETAILS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IF WE DO
SOMETHING A CERTAIN WAY?
WHAT IF WE USE THIS PRODUCT
INSTEAD OF THAT PRODUCT?
WE HAVE HIS WILLINGNESS TO
PARTICIPATE AT VARIOUS STAGES,
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THERE
IN THE SLIDE THAT WE'RE
HAMMERING OUT DETAILS ACTUALLY
WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THEN
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT AS IT
PROGRESSES.
SO TOM, MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS
SOME OF THE FACILITY NEEDS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU GOT YOUR BULLET BOINTS
THERE.
I'LL RUN THROUGH THEM REAL
QUICK.
ALL OF OUR FACILITIES WE
RENOVATE, WE WOULD TRY TO
CAPTURE THESE THINGS IF WE
POSSIBLY COULD IN REPAIRS OR
RENOVATIONS TO THEM.
SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S
ALL THINGS LEVEL THREE BALLISTIC
WINDOWS, DOORS, CC-TV, INTRUSION
DETECTION SYSTEMS, ACCESS
CONTROL SYSTEMS, PHYSICAL
SECURITY STANDARDS TRY TO HAVE
US IMPLEMENTING OUR PROJECT,
EVEN INTO THESE HISTORIC
RENOVATIONS TO SEE IF WE CAN
BRING THESE THINGS UP TO THE
STANDARDS THAT WE NEED TO.
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO DO THAT ON A
BRAND NEW BUILD, BECAUSE YOU CAN
PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO IN A
BRAND NEW BUILD, BUT IN A VEN
VAITION, YOU HAVE TO BE
CREATIVE, THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS OUR TEAM IS GREAT AT,
WITHOUT ARMING THE FABRIC OF THE
BUILDING.
SAFETY IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN OLD
BUILDINGS THAT AREN'T SAFE, AND
WHEN YOU START TO RIP THEM APART
AND REBUILD THEM, YOU HAVE TO
TRY TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO
CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL.
ENERGY SAVINGS COMES INTO PLAY
VERY LEVELLY IN THE DESIGN
PROCESSES FOR THESE FA USE THE
LATEST TECHNOLOGY, THE GREATEST
ENERGY SAVING POLICIES THAT WE
CAN.
ROOFING MATERIALS, WINDOW
MATERIALS, HVAC SYSTEMS AND HOW
THEY USE THEIR ENERGY.
ANYTHING INVOLVED IN ENERGY
SAVINGS, WE TRY TO IMPLEMENT IN
OUR PROJECTS.
LED LIGHTING FOR ALL THE LIGHT
FIXTURES TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION.
ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE USABLE SPACE, A LOT OF TIMES
WE TRY TO RECONFIGURE OUR
BUILDINGS TO HELP US WITH HOW WE
DO OUR MISSION THESE DAYS VERSUS
HOW THEY WERE DONE IN THE PAST.
THAT IS A VERY CHALLENGING
IMPACT IN ITSELF, BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT GIVEN THE LATITUDE TO JUST
GO IN AND COMPLETELY DEMOLISH AN
ENTIRE FLOOR OF A BUILDING AND
TAKE OUTALL THE WALLS WHEN HAVE
ALL THIS HISTORIC STUFF THAT HAS
TO BE MAINTAINED.
SO YOU HAVE TO DESIGN AROUND THE
ELEMENT THAT YOU NEED TO
MAINTAIN.
WE TRY TO DESIGN TO USE THE
SPACE THE MOST EFFICIENT AS WE
CAN FOR OUR CURRENT USE WHILE
RETAINING THAT HISTORIC FABRIC.
THAT INCLUDES RESILIENCE AND
SUSTAINABILITY.
WE WANT TO BUILD AND RENOVATE
THESE BILTDINGS SO BUILDINGS SO THEY STAN D
THE TEST OF TIME.
A LOT OF THE MATERIALS WE
CHOOSE, WE CHOOSE WITH HISTORIC
TO RESIST THE ELEMENTS THAT
THEY'RE IN, HARSH WEATHER
CONDITIONS, STORMS, RETURNS, HURRICANES,
SO ON, SO FORTH.
I TOUCHED ON THE ACCESS AND
CORRECTION OF WATER INTRUSION.
A LOT OF THAT STUFF HAS
OCCURRED, BEING ON A COASTLINE.
AND IT'S -- TO MITIGATE THOSE
USING THE RIGHT TYPES OF
MATERIALS.
I THINK WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB
OF THAT.
THERE ARE SOME ISSUES ALONG THE
WAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BUT FOR
THE MOST PART, I THINK WE DID A
PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT.
>> SO WE'RE ALSO NOT JUST
MEETING THE MISSION BUT WE'RE
INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE
HERITAGE OF THESE BUILDINGS.
SANTIAGO, DID YOU WANT TO
ADDRESS THIS?
>> YES, AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
THE BUILDING SIGH LIST
PARTICULARLY, MEDITERRANEAN OR
SPANISH REVIVAL STYLE WHICH IS
ALSO A -- THIS HAS CHARACTER
DEFINING FEATURES.
AS PART OF THAT SPANISH
INFLUENCE THAT THE MED --
DIRECTLY FROM SPAIN, I'VE SEEN
IT THROUGH THE EYES,
PARTICULARLY THE ARCHITECTURE IN
SPAIN.
AND MOST OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT
WERE REPLICATED IN TERRA-COTTA,
SO TERRA-COTTA BECAME A VERY
IMPORTANT MATERIAL FOR
SPECIFICALLY INSTITUTIONAL
BUILDINGS OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY
SPECIFICALLY THE SECOND AND
THIRD DECADE OF THAT CENTURY.
AND CUSTOMS HOUSE, THE U.S.
CUSTOMS HOUSE, GIVEN ITS
LOCATION IN FRONT OF THE -- OF
SAN WAN WAS DESIGNED AS A
MONUMENTAL BUILDING NOT ONLY IN
TERMS OF SCALE AS IN WAS MENTIONED
EARLIER ON BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF
ITS EGGS ESTHETICS.
DECIDES TEAR TERRA-COTTA, THE OTHER
CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OR
MATERIALS WERE USED WERE THE
CLAY TILES FOR THE ROOF, FOR
WHICH HURRICANE MARIA DID A LOT
OF DAMAGE, AND THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT, I THINK WE NEED TO
STRETCH THE PROJECT IN ITS
PLANNING STAGES AND PRIOR TO THE
HURRICANE AND HOW -- IF AND HOW
THE PROJECT CHANGED AFTER THE
IMPACT OF THE HURRICANE.
ALSO IRON GRILLS, THE USE OF
WOOD IN THE DOORS, AND MANY
OTHER ELEMENTS THAT YOU CAN ALSO
SEE NOT ONLY IN THE U.S. CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS -- ALSO IN OTHER
BUILDINGS, AND IN ONE BUILDING
IT'S SO SPECIAL THAT IT HOLDS IN
A VERY WELL STATE OF INTEGRITY
ELEMENTS BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE
THE BUILDING.
>> SO ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY
IS THAT WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH
THIS, PEOPLE WILL COME TO THE
CUSTOMS HOUSE, THEY WILL GO INTO
THIS -- GO THROUGH THESE
BEAUTIFUL MAHOGANY DOORS,
THEY'LL GO UP THIS CURVING
STAIRCASE TO THIS BEAUTIFUL
SECOND FLOOR AND THEY'LL WALK UP
TO THE CASHIER'S WINDOWS AND
DEAL WITH THEIR CUSTOMS DUTIES
REQUIREMENTS THE SAME WAY THEY
DID WHEN THE BUILDING OPENED IN
1930.
THIS BRINGS US TO MEET THE
COMPLIANCE.
DENNIS?
>> BEFORE WE DO, SANTIAGO, YOU
HAVE SOMETHING?
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD FROM WHAT I
WAS SAYING THAT THAT IS WHY IT'S
SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE NALISA IN THE AGENCY, AND
SOMEBODY LIKE US HERE IN THE
SHPO WHO, FROM THE BEGINNING OF
THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES OF THE
PROJECT, ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE
THE SIGNIFICANT OF THIS
CHARACTER-DOUGH FINING FEATURES
AND DESIGN THE PROJECT AND
CARRY -- INSTEAD OF BEING --
INSTEAD OF THIS CAUSING WHETHER
OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CBP IN
THIS BUILDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN
ONE IN WHICH WE DISCUSS THE WAYS
IN WHICH WE CAN RETAIN AND
PRESERVE AND THEN RESTORE OR
REHABILITATE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
IMPRESSIONS OF SOMEONE LIKE US
WILL -- IN ORDER TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU, SAN TAI GOA.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY GET BACK
TO THAT COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION
IN JUST A BIT.
SO I'LL TURN TO DR. LEW.
>> SO THE NEPA PROCESS, IF YOU
LOOK AT HOW WE NORMALLY DO
THINGS, IT'S USUALLY A CASE OF
ONCE A PROJECT IS FUNDED, THEN
WE START THE NEPA PROCESS.
BUT IN THESE REALLY BIG
RENOVATION PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE
THAT -- WELL, AT ANY OF THE
PUERTO RICO CUSTOMS HOUSES, WE
KIND OF HAD TO GET AHEAD OF THE
SURF.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR A REALLY BIG
PROJECT LIKE THE SAN JUAN HOUSE,
WE KNEW AHEAD OF TIME THAT THAT
PROJECT HAD, AND DETERMINE THAT,
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO
PLAN FOR AM A HIGHER LEVEL OF NEPA
REVIEW, WHICH MEANT POSSIBLY --
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID FOR
THIS PROJECT WAS TO GO AHEAD AT
THE VERY EARLY STAGES, PLAN FOR
AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT,
BUDGET FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESS THE PROPER TIME IN THE
PROJECT'S SCHEDULE THAT WE DID
NEED TO PERFORM AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT ON THE PROJECT, THAT
WE HAD THE TIME AND MONEY TO DO
THAT.
FORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT THE
CATEGORICAL CONCLUSIONS ARE
WRITTEN IN THE DHS REGULATIONS,
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO BECAUSE ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES
WERE PRETTY MUCH KEPT WITHIN THE
FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING, WE
WERE ABLE TO KEEP IT IN THE
EXISTING CATEGORICAL -- IT
ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS ON THINGS
LIKE THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE
BUILDING RATHER THAN OTHER
THINGS.
BECAUSE ET IT'S AN OLD BUILDING, WE
HAD TO DEAL WITH EXISTING
MATERIALS.
AND THAT USUALLY -- AS THE SLIDE
SHOWS HERE, WE ALSO HAVE AN
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK FOR THE
BACKUP GENERATORS THAT IS STILL
BEING DEALT WITH.
AND SO THERE IS SOME INTERACTION
WHERE -- LIKE HOW YOU DEAL WITH
ASBESTOS AND LEAD CAN
POTENTIALLY AFFECT HOW THE
HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE BUILDING
IS MAINTAINED.
AND SO THERE ARE PLACES WHERE,
WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S
TYPICALLY ASBESTOS-CONTAINING
MASTIC OR ADHESIVE THAT'S USED
FOR TILE.
SO THE MASTIC IS PARDONER TO GET
OFF.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO LEAVE
IT.
THE WAY YOU TREAT WINDOW FRAMES
HAS -- HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE
HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS WHERE THE MANTRA OF
COORDINATING EARLY AND OFTEN IN
BIG PROJECTS LIKE THIS IS
JUST -- CAN'T BE
OVEREXAGGERATED.
AND IT DOESN'T HELP THAT MELISSA
IS PRETTY FLUENT IN SPANISH AS
WELL.
SO I THINK THAT REALLY HELPED
MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE
COMMUNICATIONS ALONG THE WAY
WERE SMOOTHLY DONE.
>> WELL, THIS BRINGS US TO THE
POINT THAT MICHELLE AND SANTIAGO
WERE MAKING EARLIER.
THE PROJECT IS A TEAM EFFORT
FROM CONCEPTUALIZATION TO
COMPLETION.
SO IT'S -- I'M SORRY, MICHELLE,
I'M INTRODUCING YOUR SLIDE.
SO WE HAVE THESE KEY PEOPLE
IN-HOUSE.
WE HAVE TOM, THE PROJECT
MANAGER, MICHELLE, THE EEMD
MANAGER, DENNIS, THE NEPA
SPECIALIST, MYSELF, WE ALSO HAVE
A SAN JUAN FIELD OFFICE IN CBP
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF
THE PROJECT TEAM, BUT IT'S THOSE
EXTERNAL TEAM MEMBERS ARE
SIGNIFICANT AS WELL, SO THAT WE
HAVE THE SHPO INVOLVED, WE HAVE
THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM INVOLVED,
THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM, SO
EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND FOR THIS BIG PROJECT, WE
HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS, AND PEOPLE
ARE INVOLVED IN THE WEEKLY
MEETINGS AS NECESSARY, ALTHOUGH
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE IN
EVERY MEETING, AND OTHERS ARE
JUST INFORMED OF THE MEETING BUT
THAT WAY, THE WHOLE TEAM IS
INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING TO
THE END, AND I'M GOING TO LET --
TURN IT BACK OVER TO MICHELLE TO
POINT TO THE KEY.
>> ABSOLUTE LIE.
I ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO ME WHAT
DENNIS SAID, EARLY
COLLABORATION, OFTEN
COLLABORATION, AND FROM AN
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, OFTEN
OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
FOLKS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY CLICK
AND THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM
MAY NOT REALIZE, OH, WE NEED TO
GET ENVIRONMENTAL IN THIS WAY
EARLY.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE KEY POINTS
OF THIS IS THAT COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT BETWEEN TOM'S TEAM,
DENNIS AND MELISSA'S TEAM, AND
THEN MOVING FORWARD, AND I'LL
OPEN IT UP TO SANTIAGO IF HE'D
LIKE, THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM AND THE
SHPO'S OFFICE AND THAT CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION.
>> FOR US HERE AT THE SHPO HAS
BEEN A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, THE
ONES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CBP.
NOT FROM NOW IN THIS PROJECT,
BUT AN EXPERIENCE WITH YOU
THROUGHOUT MANY YEARS, THE
PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT BEGAN
NOT AFTER THE HURRICANE, NOT
FOUR YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER THIS
PROJECT SINCE -- WORKING HERE IN
PLANNING STAGES.
AND I -- MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU
HAS BEEN THAT FIRST OF ALL YOU
NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHOSE
CAPABILITIES ARE IN SYNC WITH
THE OFFICE, THAT THE SHPO NEEDS
TO FULFILL AS WELL, BECAUSE NOT
ONLY THE CBP NEEDS TO FULFILL
ITS VISION, BUT ALSO THE SHPO,
AND IT'S IN THAT BALANCE THROUGH
DIALOGUE, AND DISCUSSIONS IN
WHICH WE PUT OR WE TRY TO CREATE
A BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEEDS THAT
THE PRODUCT NEEDS TO FULFILL AND
ALSO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PROJECT.
AND IN THAT SENSE, THE
CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
IN THIS CASE THE -- OFFICE AND
MYSELF HAS CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDED
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS BUT ALSO
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR STANDARD WHICH IS WHAT
IS IMPORTANT TO US HERE AT THE
SHPO.
SO COMMUNICATION INTO THE ONLY
BETWEEN MELISSA AND ME OR
MELISSA AND THE SHPO, BUT
MELISSA'S TEAM WHICH I'M
CONCEPTUALLY A PART AND THE
OTHER TEAMS OF THE PROJECT,
BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE
ALWAYS BEEN AWARE, IF WE TAKE
FOR EXAMPLE THE -- OF THE
BUILDINGS, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN
AWARE OF THE DETERIORATION THAT
THAT ELEMENT HAS HAD.
YOU AS WELL.
BRINGING THE TOPIC OF THAT
MATERIAL TO THE TABLE, WE
ALREADY KNOW THE BACKGROUND NOT
ONLY OF THE MATERIAL BUT OF THE
NEEDS OF THE AGENCY, AND WHAT
OUR OFFICE WILL BE REQUESTING,
THAT IS CLEAR FROM THE
BEGINNING, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AT
A PACE THAT IS NOT NORMAL WITH
OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER
AGENCIES.
I MUST ADMIT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SANTIAGO.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR MELISSA AND TOM TO TALK
ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU HAD TO
DO TO FIND MATERIALS THAT MEET
THE CBP MISSION BUT STILL
MAINTAIN WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO
KEEP THE HISTORICAL STRUCTURE.
>> SOME OF THAT CAN GET PRETTY
INTERESTING AT TIMES.
A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S AN
INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD WHERE WE
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE GO
LOOKING FOR, IS THERE SOMETHING
OUT THERE THAT MATCHES THIS, AND
SOMETIMES IT'S A RECOMMENDATION
BY OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER LIKE
OUR CONTRACTOR WILL SUBMIT
SOMETHING AND SAY WHAT ABOUT
THIS, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT IT,
ME AND MELISSA WILL LOOK AT IT,
SEAL GO TO THE
SHE'LL GO TO THE SHPO AND SHE'LL
TALK AMONGST THE THREE OF US,
WELL, NO, I DON'T THINK WE CAN
USE THAT, WE'LL TRY THIS
INSTEAD, AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL
SETTLE ON THE RIGHT MATERIAL,
THE RIGHT PRODUCT.
LIGHT FIXTURES CAN BE AN
IMMENSE, ENORMOUS CONVERSATION.
WINDOWS AND DOORS TAKE A LONG
TIME, A LOT OF RESOURCES, A LOT
OF DISCUSSIONS, MANY, MANY, MANY
MEETINGS.
SO THE INVOLVEMENT IS, YOU SAY
EARLY AND OFTEN, IT'S EARLY AND
OFTEN AND THEN CONTINUOUS
THROUGHOUT, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT
PART TOO.
>> IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROCESS
BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF
THINGS THAT HAPPEN, BUT FOR
EXAMPLE, THE COMPANY
REFABRICATING SOME OF OUR LIGHT
FIXTURES THAT WERE DESTROYED IN
HURRICANE MARIA, THAT COMPANY IS
GOING TO BE GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS.
SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALL SORTS
OF PITFALLS IN THAT THERE ARE
ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THE
PLANNING LIKE WHEN WE STARTED TO
REPLACE THE ROOF.
SO THE ROOF IS -- IT'S A SPANISH
TILE, AND IT MANY OF THOSE TILES
CAME OFF IN HURRICANE MARIA, SO
WHAT CAN WE DO?
WE FOUND WE COULD REPLACE THE
TILES, A COMPANY THAT MAKES
HISTORIC TILE, SPANISH TILES,
AND NOW EVERY TILE IS GLUED AND
CLIPPED TO MEET HURRICANE
STANDARDS.
SO WE WORK ON THOSE DETAILS SO
THAT WE CAN MEET THE MISSION,
SERVE RESILIENCE, TRY TO
PRESERVE AS MUCH OF THIS
BUILDING AS WE CAN.
AND WHICH, BY THE WAY, NOBODY
SAID ANYTHING, I WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PINK IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND PINK WILL BE
PRESERVED IF ALL FOUR OF THE
CUSTOMS HOUSES.
SO THERE'S THIS CONSTANT NEED
FOR CONNECTION, SO FORTUNATELY
WHEN I CALL SANTIAGO'S OFFICE,
THEY KNOW MY VOICE WHEN I CALL,
THEY KNOW WHO IT IS.
AND ANY WAY, ANYWAY, THEY ALWAYS TAKE MY
CALL.
WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS.
EVERY TIME I'M IN PUERTO RICO,
WE MEET AT LEAST ONCE, SOMETIMES
TWICE SO WE CAN GO OVER DETAILS
OF THE PROJECT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
AND THEY OFTEN SAVE US IN THE
LONG RUN FOR WHATEVER REASON,
MAYBE IT'S -- IS THIS WALL
HISTORIC, CAN WE RELOCATE THIS
WALL, MAYBE IT'S ABOUT WHAT KIND
OF MATERIAL CAN WE USE TO
REPLACE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN
DESTROYED?
SO THOSE CONSTANT INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN TEAM MEMBERS, INCLUDING
THE SHPO, I THINK REALLY MAKES
THE PROCESS WORK WELL.
SO I THINK THESE KEYS TO
SUCCESS, WORK AS A TEAM, START
SECTION 106 EARLY, PLAN FOR
NEPA.
LIKE DENNIS SAID, IF IT WEREN'T
FOR EEMD, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR
GROUP, MICHELLE, AND DENNIS, WE
COULD STILL BE BOGGED DOWN IN
NEPA.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET CLEAR
DIRECTION FROM YOUR GROUP SO WE
COULD MOVE FORWARD.
WE KEEP THE SHPO INFORMED, STAY
INVOLVED, AND I HOPE THAT TOM
THINKS THAT I'M HIS RIGHT HAND
IN TERMS OF HISTORIC
PRESERVATION.
BUT I STILL PUT --
>> I CAN STATE IT THIS WAY,
MELISSA, THERE'S AN EMBED PM IN
PUERTO RICO THAT WORKS WITH ME
DIRECTLY IN OFAM, AND I TALK TO
YOU MORE OFTEN THAN I TALK TO
HIM.
SO YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS WELL
RECEIVED AND A KEY TO THE
SUCCESS.
>> SO WE'VE HIT OUR ONE HOUR.
ARE THERE -- MICHELLE, I'M
SORRY.
>> I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS
IF ANYONE HAS ANY.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THIS HAS BEEN MORE INFORMATION
THAN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.
BUT VERY FASCINATING.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
PANEL.
NOT ONLY DO YOU GUYS DO AMAZING
WORK IN SUPPORT OF CBP, BUT I
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME
TO COME AND SHARE OUR STORY WITH
THE REST OF THE FEDERAL
COMMUNITY.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION
AND THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU, SANTIAGO, FOR FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU, MELISSA.
GRACIAS, MELISSA.
>> OKAY.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO
MARK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH
FOR ANOTHER FANTASTIC
PRESENTATION.
I CAN FORWARD YOU ANY QUESTIONS
WE MAY GET BY EMAIL, BUT I THINK
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR
BREAK, AND WE'LL MEET BACK FOR
THE NEXT PRESENTATION AT 3.5, IF
ANY1 HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE
REACH OUT WHEN YOU CAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL SEE
YOU SOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I'M JESSICA RODRIGUEZ, AND I'M
ONE OF TWO DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM COORDINATORS, AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU
TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE
INNOVATIVE WORK THAT WE HAVE
GOING ON WITHIN THE DOD'S
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT SOME WORK WE HAVE DONE
FOCUSED ON HELPING INDIVIDUAL
DOD MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
WITHIN THE WATERSHED UNDERSTAND
HOW BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
THEY IMPLEMENT ON THE GROUND TO
REDUCE POLLUTANTS CONTRIBUTE TO
A COLLECTIVE STATEWIDE FEDERAL
PLANNING GOAL UNDER THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY TOTAL MAXIMUM
DAILY LOAD, SO TMDO.
L.
BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE WORK
ITSELF, I WANT TO SET THE STAGE
FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT BE
FAMILIAR WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
PARTNERSHIP AND ITS STRUCTURE,
THE DOD'S ROLE IN THE
PARTNERSHIP AND THE DOD
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY TMDL.
THEN I WANT TO TOUCH ON HOW DOD
INTERNALLY TRACKS AND REPORTS TO
ITS EXTERNAL PARTNERS ON BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT REDUCE
NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS AND
SEDIMENT, AND A PROCESS FOR HOW
THIS COMPREHENSIVE DATA WAS
UTILIZED TO ESTABLISH A DOD
INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC POLLUTANT
LOAD REDUCTION.
AND THEN LASTLY, I KIND OF WANT
TO SHARE SOME OVERARCHING
TAKEAWAYS AND HIGHLIGHT HOW I
FEEL LIKE THIS WORK THAT WAS
DONE WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER
LARGE SCALE SITUATIONS TO TRACK
PROGRESS AT A LOCAL LEVEL.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY IS BOTH A
NATIONAL TREASURE AND THE
LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
ITS WATERSHED IS EVEN MORE
EXPANSIVE AND IT TOUCHES THE SIX
STATES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE
GRAPHIC THERE BELOW ON THE RIGHT
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
SO JUST A SIDE NOTE FOR
SIMPLICITY SAKE, WHEN I TALK
ABOUT AND USE THE WORD "STATES"
IN MY PRESENTATION, I'M
COLLECTIVELY INCLUDING D.C. ,
AND THEY'VE KIND OF ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE A STATE ANYWAY, SO
I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS
PRESENTATION, THEY WILL BE A
STATE.
SO WHEN EXCESS NITROGEN AND
PHOSPHOROUS AND SEDIMENT INPUTS
INTO THE BAY CAUSED A RAPID LOSS
OF AQUATIC LIFE AND WILDLIFE,
THE STATES AND OTHER WATERSHED
STAKEHOLDERS FORMED THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
PARTNERSHIP BACK IN 1983,
BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS AN
AWARENESS THAT NO ONE STATE
ALONE WAS GOING TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
SO THE PARTNERSHIP HAS USED
WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, THE MOST
RECENT BEING THE 2014 CHESAPEAKE
BAY WATERSHED AGREEMENT TO SET
GOALS, TRACK PROGRESS, AND LEAD
AND DIRECT THE RESTORATION
EFFORTS OF THE BAY.
THE DOD PARTICIPATES AS A
PARTNER IN THE BROADER
PARTNERSHIP, BUT THE EPA IS THE
SIGNATORY TO THE 2014 WATERSHED
AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS ALL
FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING DOD,
FOR WATERSHED AGREEMENT OUTCOMES
AND GOALS.
AND THEN LASTLY, BACK IN 2010,
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL WAS
ESTABLISHED, AND THIS SERVES AS
THE POLLUTANT DIET FOR THE BAY.
AND IT'S MANAGED UNDER THE WATER
QUALITY GOAL IN THE 2014
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
AGREEMENT.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DOD
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM.
DOD HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE
PARTICIPANT IN THE PARTNERSHIP
FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF TIME,
AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
FIRST FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS TO
JOIN THE PARTNERSHIP BACK IN
1984, RIGHT AFTER THE
PARTNERSHIP WAS FORMED, AND
COMBINED ALL THE SERVICES, SO
ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY.
THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 136
SITES WITHIN THE WATERSHED.
SO THIS ACTUALLY MAKES US THE
LARGEST FEDERAL OWNER OF
DEVELOPED LAND IN THE WATERSHED.
SO THE DOD DESIGNATED THE
COMMANDER NAVY REGION
MID-ATLANTIC AS THE LEAD FOR THE
PROGRAM AND REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES
ROCK SITS IN NORFOLK AND HE HAS
AN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT
INCLUDES ALL OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY WATERSHED STATES.
SO EVEN THOUGH I SIT WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, I HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO COORDINATE AND
REPRESENT ALL OF THE DOD
SERVICES' INTERESTS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHESAPEAKE
BAY PROGRAM WITHIN THE BROADER
PARTNERSHIP.
EACH MILITARY SERVICE HAS
DESIGNATED ITS OWN CHESAPEAKE
BAY PROGRAM LEAD THAT INTERACTS
WITH US AT THE DOD CHESAPEAKE
BAY PROGRAM.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL.
IT ESTABLISHED TARGETS FOR THE
TOTAL LOADS OF NITROGEN,
PHOSPHOROUS AND SEDIMENT THAT
THE STATES MUST MEET AND ALSO
ESTABLISHED A TIMELINE OF
DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 AS A
DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTING ALL
THE PROJECTS THAT WILL MEET
THOSE TARGETS.
SO THESE NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT
LOADS ARE USED AS PROXIES FOR
THE WATER QUALITY CONDITIONS
THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
THE AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES OF
THE BAY.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST MANAGING THE
LOADS AS NUMBERS FOR LOAD SAKE,
THEY REALLY EQUATE TO WHAT MAKES
A HEALTHY BAY.
SO EACH STATE HAS DEVELOPED A
SERIES OF WATERSHED
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT
OUTLINE HOW IT'S GOING TO MEET
ITS PORTION OF THE NUTRIENT
SEDIMENT LOAD KEY REDUCTIONS BY
2025.
AS PART OF THOSE WATERSHED
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, THE
STATES' EPA AND ALL THE FEDERAL
AGENCIES HAVE ESTABLISHED
STATEWIDE FEDERAL PLANNING GOALS
FOR EACH STATE THAT DEFINE
TARGET LOADS FOR FEDERAL
AGENCIES.
INCLUDING THE DOD THAT WE WORK
TO ACHIEVE.
SO THESE FEDERAL PLANNING GOALS
ARE HOW THE DOD AND OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES DIRECTLY
SUPPORT THE STATES IN MEETING
THEIR WATERSHED IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN TARGETS.
SO THE DOD ANNUALLY UPDATES AN
INVENTORY OF ALL OF ITS HISTORIC
CURRENT AND PLANNED BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON DOD
FACILITIES BY STATE THROUGH AN
ANNUAL DATA CALL TO THE
INSTALLATIONS.
THIS INCLUDES THE COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION ON BOTH WATER
QUALITY AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROJECTS THAT HAVE WATER QUALITY
COBENEFITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
THE DOD'S FEDERAL PLANNING
GOALS.
THIS INFORMATION SERVES TWO
IMPORTANT PURPOSES.
THE FIRST IS THAT IMPLEMENTED
BMP INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO
BE REPORTED ANNUALLY TO EACH
STATE AS PROGRESS TOWARDS
MEETING THE DOD'S FEDERAL
PLANNING GOALS THAT ARE OUTLINED
WITHIN THE STATE'S WPs.
AND SECOND, THE DOD TAKES THE
INFORMATION ON IMPLEMENTED AND
PLANNED BMPs AND INPUTS THAT
INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM'S WATERSHED MODEL, WHICH
IS CALLED THE CHESAPEAKE
ASSESSMENT SCENARIO TOOL OR
CAST, YOU'LL HEAR ME REFER TO IT
IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S USED
TO DETERMINE DOD'S CURRENT
PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING ITS
GOALS, IT FORECASTS OUR FUTURE
PROGRESS OUT THROUGH 2025, AND
IT IDENTIFIES IF THERE ARE ANY
GAPS BETWEEN OUR PROJECTED
IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THE
FEDERAL PLANNING GOAL WITHIN
EACH STATE.
SO WHETHER WE NEED TO DO MORE TO
MEET THAT GOAL.
SO WHILE THE ANALYSIS THAT I
TALKED ABOUT IN THE SLIDE BEFORE
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM TO
UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT STATE OF
OUR PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING OUR
STATE-WIDE FEDERAL PLANNING
GOALS, AND ANY REMAINING LEVEL
OF EFFORT NEEDED TO MEET THOSE
TARGETS, MOST OF THE ANALYSIS I
MENTIONED BEFORE AND IS ALSO
THAT'S CONDUCTED BY THE STATES
AS WELL LOOKS AT THIS PROGRESS
AT THE STATE SCALE.
SO THIS KIND OF -- THIS CAN MAKE
IT CHALLENGING FOR DOD
INSTALLATION PERSONNEL THAT ARE
IMPLEMENTING AND PLANNING
STORMWATER AND NATURAL RESOURCE
BMPs TO UNDERSTAND OUR PART IN
MEETING THE STATEWIDE FEDERAL
PLANNING GOALS.
AND ALSO COMMUNICATING THEIR OWN
MEANINGFUL INSTALLATION LEVEL
PROGRESS TO EXTERNAL
STAKEHOLDERS.
SO THIS SLIDE REALLY IS MEANT TO
KIND OF VISUALLY DEMONSTRATE THE
CHALLENGE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL WITH SOME SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES.
SO ON THE LEFT, THE GRAPHIC
SHOWS HOW ALL THE DOD CHESAPEAKE
BAY BMPs ARE KIND OF
AGGREGATED BY STATE, AND SO THIS
CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT IF YOU'RE
A PERSONNEL AT AN INSTALLATION
TO SEE HOW YOUR BMPs FIT
WITHIN THE OVERALL PICTURE.
AND SIMILARLY, STATES TAKE ALL
THE DOD BMPs IN THE GRAPHIC ON
THE RIGHT AND THEY COMBINE THOSE
WITH THEIR OTHER STAKEHOLDER
BMPs LIKE MUNICIPALITY BMPs,
BMPs REPORTED BY THEIR
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN THE
AGRICULTURAL FIELD, AND THEY USE
THEM AND LUMP THEM TOGETHER TO
REPORT STATEWIDE PROGRESS IN
GAPS BASED ON THEIR STATEWIDE WP
TARGETS.
SO 15 AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S EASY
FOR THE CONNECTION AT THE
INSTALLATION TO GET LOST IN THE
BIGGER PICTURE.
SO TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE THAT
I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE, THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED WHAT WE
CALL THE FILL GAP STRATEGY TO
HELP INSTALLATION PERSONNEL
UNDERSTAND THE ADDITIONAL LEVEL
OF EFFORT THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED
TO FILL ANY REMAINING GAPS
BETWEEN EXISTING AND THAT
FEDERAL PLANNING GOAL 2025
TARGET.
SO THE CREATION OF THE FILL GAP
STRATEGY WAS REALLY A TWO-STEP
PROCESS.
SO FIRST THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM SELECTED A SUITE OF
PRIORITY STORMWATER BMPs BASED
ON THREE CRITERIA THAT ARE
LISTED HERE ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
SO FIRST WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE
BMPs THAT MAXIMIZED TOTAL
NITROGEN REMOVAL SINCE THAT WAS
THE POLLUTANT TARGET MOST
DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE FOR THE
DOD.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON
BMPs WITH A SMALL FOOTPRINT,
AND THAT MINIMIZED IMPACTS TO
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
SO THE MILITARY READINESS WAS
UNAFFECTED.
AND THEN THE THIRD CRITERIA WAS
WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS HIGHER
LEVELS OF EFFORT NEEDED IN
VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA TO
MEET THOSE FEDERAL PLANNING
GOALS.
SO USING THOSE THREE CRITERIA
RESULTED IN THE SELECTION OF
FIVE KIND OF PRIORITY BMPs,
AND THOSE ARE URBAN NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT PLANS, STREAM
RESTORATION, STREET SWEEPING,
TREE PLANTING AND RUNOFF
REDUCTION BMPs, SO THNGS LIKE
BIORETENTION OR BIOSWALES.
AND THEN ONCE THOSE FIVE
PRIORITY BMPs WERE SELECTED,
THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
UTILIZED CAST, THAT WATERSHED
MODELING TOOL, ONCE AGAIN AND
STARTED WITH A STATEWIDE BMP
SCENARIO THAT INCLUDED ALL THE
BMPs THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED AND
PLANNED AT ALL DOD FACILITIES
WITHIN A STATE THROUGH 2025, AND
THEN WE INCREMENTALLY APPLIED
AMOUNTS OF THE TYPE OF THOSE
FIVE PRIORITY BMPs THAT WERE
SELECTED TO CREATE A FILL GAP
STRATEGY UNTIL THE SCENARIO
LOADS WERE LESS THAN THE FEDERAL
PLANNING GOAL TARGET LOADS,
WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANT THAT WE
WOULD MEET THE FEDERAL PLANNING
GOAL TARGETS WITH THE ADDITION
OF THAT LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION
OF THOSE FIVE PRIORITY SWEEP
BMPs.
SO THIS PROVIDED A LEVEL OF
EFFORT NEEDED THAT WAS EXPRESSED
THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL
IMPLEMENTATION FOR EACH TYPE OF
THOSE FIVE PRIORITY BMPs THAT
WOULD FILL THAT GAP BETWEEN WHAT
THE CURRENT AND PLANNED BMPs
WERE, AND THEN THE FEDERAL
PLANNING GOAL.
SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCENARIO WAS
ITERATIVE.
AND IT WAS STILL AT THE STATE
LEVEL AT THIS POINT.
SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COULD
FLEX TO THE INSTALLATION LEVEL,
IT HAD TO BE TAKEN A STEP
FURTHER.
SO THAT'S WHEN THE NEXT STEP
CAME IN, WHICH INCLUDED TAKING
THE TOTAL IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL
FOR EACH OF THOSE FIVE PRIORITY
BMPs THAT WERE IN THE FILL GAP
STRATEGY AT THE STATEWIDE SCALE
AND APPORTIONING THE LEVELS OF
IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS
INSTALLATIONS WITHIN THAT STATE.
AND THE GOAL WAS AT THE OVERALL
LEVEL OF EFFORT TO ACHIEVE
FEDERAL PLANNING GOAL LOADS WAS
EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE
INSTALLATIONS WITHIN A STATE.
SO THE TYPES AND NUMBERS OF
BMPs THAT WERE APPORTIONED TO
EACH INSTALLATION TOOK INTO
ACCOUNT AN INSTALLATIONS LEVEL
OF BMP IMPLEMENTATION TO DATE,
THE AMOUNT OF LAND CURRENTLY
TREATED BY BMPs, AND THE TOTAL
REMAINING AVAILABLE LAND FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW BMPs.
SO IN DECEMBER OF TWEP 20, 2020, THE DOD
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTED A FILL GAP STRATEGY
LIKE THE EXAMPLE ON THE SLIDE TO
ASSIST INSTALLATIONS IN
UNDERSTANDING THE LEVEL OF
EFFORT NEEDED TO MEET THEIR
PORTION OF THE STATEWIDE DOD
FEDERAL PLANNING GOAL.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
THIS INFORMATION HAD BEEN
DISTRIBUTED TO INSTALLATIONS,
AND ALSO THE PROGRAM IS NOT
AWARE OF ANY OTHER ANALYSIS
CONDUCTED BY STATES OR OTHER
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM PARTNERS
THAT OCCURS AT THIS LOCAL SCALE.
SO FOLLOWING DISSEMINATION OF
THE INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC FILL
GAP STRATEGY INFORMATION TO THE
INSTALLATIONS IN THE WATERSHED,
WE AT THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM, WE REQUESTED AND
RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM
INSTALLATIONS THAT THE APPROACH
THAT WE USED TO DEVELOP THE FILL
GAP STRATEGY WAS NOT A GOOD FIT
FOR MANY INSTALLATIONS, SO THE
FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FELL
KIND OF PRIMARILY INTO TWO
CAMPS.
ONE BEING THAT THE PRIORITY
SUITE, SO THOSE FIVE PRIORITY
BMP TYPES WE SELECTED WERE NOT
FEASIBLE AT SOME OF THE
INSTALLATIONS, AND THE OTHER
CAMP KIND OF FELL IN THAT THE
BMP TYPES COULDN'T BE
IMPLEMENTED AT THE SPECIFIED
LEVEL THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE
INDIVIDUAL FILL GAP STRATEGY
INFORMATION.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE, AND I'LL GO BACK TO IT
FOR A SECOND, YOU'LL SEE FOR
NAVAL STATION ACTIVITY HAMPTON
ROADS, THAT 1.7 FEET OF STREAM
RESTORATION WAS ASSIGNED IN
THEIR FILL GAP STRATEGY UNDER
THE STREAM RESTORATION BMP.
SO RESTORING A 1.7-FOOT SECTION
OF A STREAM DOESN'T NECESSARILY
SEEM LOGICAL.
AND IN ADDITION, WE HEARD FROM
INSTALLATIONS THAT WERE LARGELY
IMPERVIOUS, LIKE WASHINGTON NAVY
YARD, FOR INSTANCE, THAT
PLANTING TREES WOULD BE REALLY
DIFFICULT DUE TO THEIR HIGHLY
URBANIZED ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHILE THE APPROACH USED TO
DEVELOP THE
INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC FILL GAP
STRATEGY INFORMATION WASN'T
INTENDED TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE, SO
WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN FOR
THE TRANSLATION OF THE FILL GAP
INFORMATION TO BE LITERAL, BUT
INSTEAD SERVE AS A PROXY FOR THE
LEVEL OF EFFORT NEEDED, THAT
WASN'T HOW IT WAS RECEIVED AT
THE INSTALLATION LEVEL.
IT WAS TAKEN LITERALLY.
SO IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THAT
FEEDBACK FROM OUR USERS, IN
EARLY 2021, THE DOD CHESAPEAKE
BAY PROGRAM PROVIDED TRAINING TO
INSTALLATION STAFF ON HOW TO
BUILD INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC BMP
SCENARIOS IN THE CAST TOOL, AND
WE ALSO RELEASED THE FACT SHEET
THAT EXPLAINED HOW TO CONVERT
THAT BMP IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE
PROVIDED IN THE SPECIFIC FILL
GAP STRATEGY INFORMATION INTO
FILL GAB REDUCTIONS.
SO THESE WERE INTENDED TO HELP
INSTALLATIONS CUSTOMIZE THEIR
INSTALLATION FILL GAP STRATEGY
REPORT.
IF THE TYPE AND THE LEVEL OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE SPECIFIC
BMPs DID NOT MEET THEIR NEEDS.
AND THEN WHEN IT CAME TIME TO
UPDATE THE DOD'S PROGRESS TOWARD
MEETING THE FEDERAL PLANNING
GOAL FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND
PROVIDING THAT INSTALLATION
LEVEL REMAINING GAP IN LOAD
REDUCTIONS, IT WAS CLEAR TO US
AT THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM THAT THE APPROACH THAT I
HAD DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS
SLIDES LIKE USING THOSE FIVE
PRIORITY BMPs AND APPORTIONING
A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS THE
INSTALLATIONS TO MEET THE
FEDERAL PLANNING GOALS WASN'T
MEETING THE MARK.
SO SPECIFICALLY AGAIN USING THAT
SET OF SMALL PRESCRIBED BMPs
WAS NOT THE BEST WAY TO
UNDERSTAND HOW INSTALLATIONS
COULD CONTRIBUTE THEIR PORTION
OF THE DOD'S LOAD REDUCTIONS.
SO WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AT
THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
AND DEVISED A NEW APPROACH FOR
THE PROGRESS EVALUATION THAT
UTILIZED THE 2020 DOD BMP DATA,
AND INSTEAD, USED INFORMATION
PROVIDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL DATA
CALL TO ESTIMATE EACH
INSTALLATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO
THE STATEWIDE FILL GAP STRATEGY
IN POUNDS OF TOTAL NITROGEN AND
TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS.
SO INSTEAD OF TRANSLATING IT
INTO A SUITE OF PRIORITY BMPs,
WE JUST PROVIDED AN INSTALLATION
WITH THE POUNDS OF TOTAL
NITROGEN AND TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS
LOAD REDUCTION GOAL.
SO THIS APPROACH ALLOWED MAXIMUM
FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO
CUSTOMIZE AN INSTALLATIONS FILL
GAP STRATEGY BY UTILIZING ANY
NATURAL RESOURCE OR STORMWATER
BMP THAT BEST FIT THEIR MILITARY
MISSION REQUIREMENTS AND
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM LOAD
REDUCTION GOALS.
AND IT STILL CLEARLY
COMMUNICATED THE INSTALLATION
LEVEL EFFORT NEEDED TO
CONTRIBUTE TO MEETING THE
STATEWIDE LOAD GAP.
SO THIS TABLE JUST SHOWS AN
EXAMPLE FOR HOW WE PIVOTED OUR
APPROACH TO PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL TOTAL NITROGEN AND
TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS FILL GAP LOAD
REDUCTION GOAL FOR EACH
INSTALLATION TO HELP MEET THAT
OVERALL STATEWIDE FEDERAL
PLANNING GOAL.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THE CAST TRAINING AND
FACT SHEET RESOURCES THAT I
MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
COULD STILL BE USED TO DEVELOP
INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES
TO MEET THE FILL GAP LOAD
REDUCTION ALLOCATIONS.
TO FOR INSTANCE, AN INSTALLATION
CAN USE THE CAST TRAINING TO ADD
BMPs OF THEIR CHOOSING TO
DEVELOP A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO
TO SEE IF THE COMBINATION OF
BMPs THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
CONDUCT AT THEIR INSTALLATION
MEETS THAT FILL GAP TOTAL
NITROGEN AND TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS
LOAD REDUCTIONS OR IF ADDITIONAL
BMP IMPLEMENTATION IS NEEDED.
AND THEN IN ADDITION,
INSTALLATIONS CAN USE THE FACT
SHE'D TO DETERMINE LOAD
REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN BMPs
AND APPLY THE AMOUNTS OF VARIOUS
BMP TYPES TO THEIR INSTALLATION
FILL GAP LOAD REDUCTION
CONTRIBUTION TO DETERMINE ANY
REMAINING LEVEL OF EFFORT
NEEDED.
SO SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS
EFFORT ARE THAT WHILE DOD'S
PRIORITY IS ITS MILITARY
MISSION, THE DOD CONTINUES TO
SHOW LEADERSHIP AMONG FEDERAL
AGENCIES IN ITS RESTORATION AND
PROTECTION EFFORTS WITHIN THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
THE PROJECT I WAS TALKING ABOUT
TODAY IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
APPROACH TO TRANSLATE STAITD
WIDE POLLUTANT REDUCTION GOALS
INTO INDIVIDUAL INSTALLATION
TARGETS AND IT DEMONSTRATES THE
COMMITMENT THAT THE DOD
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM HAS TO
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND ALSO
DEMONSTRATES THAT THE DOD TAKES
ITS ROLE SERIOUSLY IN SO SUPPORTING
THE STATE'S WATERSHED
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO SOME FACTORS I FEEL ARE
CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS WERE
THAT THE DOD CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM LEADS TO COMPLETE AND
QUALITY DATA FROM THE
INSTALLATION, SO THAT WAS THE
FOUNDATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS DOWN TO THE
LOCAL LEVEL.
USING THAT DATA, WE PILOTED AN
APPROACH THAT CONVEYED THE
REMAINING LEVEL OF EFFORT DOWN
TO THE DOD INSTALLATIONS, BUT AS
PART OF THAT PILOT, IT WAS VERY
CRITICAL THAT TWO-WAY
COMMUNICATION FEEDBACK LOOPS
INFORMATION SHARING AND TRAINING
WITH THE INTENDED USER, SO IN
THIS CASE, OUR INSTALLATIONS
WERE INTEGRATED INTO THAT PILOT
PROCESS.
SO THIS ALLOWED US TO GET QUICK
AND DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM OUR
INSTALLATIONS AND THAT RESULTED
IN REALTIME CHANGES TO OUR
APPROACH THAT ALLOWED US TO
BETTER MEET THE NEEDS AND
EXPECTATION OF OUR
INSTALLATIONS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY
WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO INCREASE
FLEXIBILITY TO CHOOSE THE BMPs
THAT FIT THEIR INSTALLATION
BEST.
THEN LASTLY, EVEN THOUGH THE DOD
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM IS THE
ONLY PARTNER TO UNDERTAKE THIS
EFFORT TO CONDUCT A LOCAL LEVEL
ANALYSIS, WE FEEL LIKE OUR
SUCCESS COULD BE REPLICATED
AMONG OTHER CHESAPEAKE BAY
PROGRAM FEDERAL PARTNERS OR EVEN
OTHER FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT
ARE INVOLVED IN LARGE SCALE TMD
TMDLs OR OTHER POLLUTANT
REDUCTION GOALS THAT ALLOW THEM
TO MANAGE AND TRACK SITE-LEVEL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A LARGER
COLLECTIVE GOAL.
AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK LINK TO
OUR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO LEARN
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR
PROGRAM OR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROJECT I WAS SPEAKING
TO TODAY.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST HAVE A
SLIDE WITH MY AND MY COLLEAGUES'
CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN
ALSO INCLUDE SOME PHOTOS OF SOME
PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON AT
VARIOUS INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE WATERSHED THAT HELP SUPPORT
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION
ACTIVITIES.
SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
LETTING ME PRESENT TODAY, AND I
WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE
ARE ANY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE
GMAIL ACCOUNT.
I GUESS I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME CLEAN
THE BAY EVENTS AT THE APG IN THE
PRIOR YEARS.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PREUM PRIMARY
CHALLENGES YOU FACED IN GETTING
THE PUBLIC AND NAVY INVOLVEMENT
IN THESE ACTIVITY, AND HOW DID
YOU ADDRESS THEM?
>> SO I THINK MY COLLEAGUE MIGHT
HAVE PRESENTED ON THE CLEAN THE
BAY DAY EFFORTS EARLIER TODAY,
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I'M
GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE GREAT
WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AT APG,
>> ACTUALLY LET ME REPHRASE
THAT.
HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO ISOLATE
SPECIFIC TMDL EFFLUENCE DOWN TO
A SPECIFIC FACILITY AND HOW
WOULD YOU -- HOW COULD WE
POTENTIALLY USE THAT IN
ASSESSING HOW TO ALLOCATE
RESOURCES FOR RECOVERY?
>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO THE CHESAPEAKE ASSESSMENT
TOOL CAST DOES A REALLY GREAT
JOB OF ALLOWING YOU TO GET
CERTAIN POLLUTANT REDUCTION RATE
FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF BMPs, SO
WE'RE ABLE TO MATCH THOSE
POLLUTANT REDUCTION RATES UP
WITH THE TYPES OF BMPs THAT
ARE REPORTED TO US BY EACH DOD
INSTALLATION IN THE WATERSHED,
SO AS I MENTIONED IN ONE OF MY
SLIDES EARLIER, EVERY YEAR WE DO
AN ANNUAL DATA CALL TO ALL THE
DOD INSTALLATIONS IN THE
WATERSHED, AND THEY PROVIDE US
WITH THEIR HISTORICAL BMPs
THAT THEY HAVE ON INSTALLATION,
ANY BMPs THAT THEY CURRENTLY
IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THAT YEAR, 18
THEN ANY PLANNED BMPs THAT
THEY PLAN ON PUTTING IN THE
GROUND, IN THE INSTALLATION OUT
UNTIL THE TMDL'S FINAL DATE OF
DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
SO WE CAN TAKE ALL THAT
INFORMATION AND BUILD A BMP
INSTALLATION-SPECIFIC SCENARIO
IN THE CHESAPEAKE ASSESSMENT
TOOL, CAST, AND THAT WILL TELL
US ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE
POLLUTANT LOAD REDUCTIONS ARE
FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL
INSTALLATION.
SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
LARGE TASK WHEN WE HAVE GREATER
THAN 64 MAJOR INSTALLATIONS IN
OUR WATERSHED, BUT I THINK
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT OVER
TIME, EVERY YEAR, WE'VE GOTTEN
PRETTY EFFICIENT AT IT.
BUT SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT ALLOWS
US TO DO THAT, IS GETTING THAT
REALLY HIGH QUALITY DETAILED
LEVEL DATA FROM OUR DOD
INSTALLATIONS THEMSELVES.
>> GREAT.
THAT SOUNDS INKREDZIBLE.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF
RESEARCH INTO THIS, AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING HOW YOU TAKE
THIS FURTHER IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, I WANT TO THANK YOU,
MS. RODRIGUEZ, FOR PUTTING
TOGETHER AND PRESENTING SUCH AN
INCREDIBLE SLIDE SHOW, AND I
GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AND FINAL
PRESENTATION OF THIS TRACK FOR
THE DAY.
MR. JAMES R. JACKSON'S
PRESENTATION ON NEPA AND IDAHO
NATIONAL LABORATORY.
>> JESSICA, GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
>> EXCUSE ME, MR. JACKSON, I
THINK YOU'RE SHARING THE
PRESENTATION VIEW OF YOUR
POWERPOINT.
SO WE CAN SEE BOTH THE SLIDE AND
THE NOTES.
>> OKAY.
>> I THINK WHEN YOU SHARE, YOU
JUST WANT TO SHARE THE
POWERPOINT WINDOW RATHER THAN
YOUR WHOLE DESKTOP.
>> IS THAT BETTER?
>> OH, YES.
MUCH BETTER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
>> ACTUALLY, HOLD ON.
WE CAN SEE YOUR TASK BAR AS
WELL.
YOU MAY HAVE TO JUST SHARE YOUR
POWERPOINT WINDOW RATHER THAN
YOUR SCREEN.
OKAY, THERE WE GO.
YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.
>> SWEET.
>> YOU'RE ON THE AIR.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND
KIND OF DISCUSS NEPA.
SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT
QUITE A BIT WHERE I WORK.
AND KIND OF DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT INL, LET YOU KNOW THE NEAT
THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO MY NAME IS JAMES JACKSON,
PROGRAM LEAD AT IDAHO NATIONAL
LABORATORY.
I WORK WITH MY DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, DOE I'D IDAHO NEPA
COUNTERPART COMPLIANCE OFFICER
IN ENSURING WE MAINTAIN OUR NEPA
COMPLIANCE.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK
WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT IS HOW WE
DONNY PA AT INL AND HOW WE DO IT
WITH OUR CONTINUING MISSION
GROWTH.
SO THE OBJECTIVE OF MY
PRESENTATION IS REALLY HOW WE
ARE ADAPTING TO MEET THE NEEDS
OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE
GROWTH.
OFTENTIMES, WE THINK AS SOON AS
WE FIGURE OUT A PROGRAM, HEY,
EVERYTHING IS WORKING GREAT,
SOMETHING GOING TO CHANGE.
AND SO THAT ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCY IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO
TOUCH UPON TODAY.
SO FIRST LET ME TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT INL.
IT'S THE NATION'S LABORATORY FOR
NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND
DEPLOYMENT.
WE ARE ENGAGED IN UNIQUE
NATIONAL AND HOMELAND SECURITY
RESEARCH.
SO WE DO A LOT OF STUFF.
WE FOCUS A LOT ON NUCLEAR
ENERGY, BUT WE DO THINGS THAT
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN
WHAT WE DO, BUT WE DO IT.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY ON
WHAT I KNOW IS, AND WHERE DID IT
COME FROM?"
NL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1949.
BACK THEN, IT WAS KNOWN AS THE
NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING
STATION.
SINCE THEN IT'S GONE THROUGH A
COUPLE NAME ITERATIONS BUT IN
SHORT, THE IDAHO SITE HAS BEEN
PIONEERING NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR
OVER THIS LONG CHUNK OF TIME.
THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, WE'VE
HAD 52 MOSTLY FIRST OF THEIR
KIND REACTORS THAT WERE BUILT ON
THE LABORATORY.
SO THIS CREATES THE LARGEST
CONCENTRATION OF REACTORS IN THE
WORLD.
INCLUDING THE UBR1, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY STILL STANDING.
IT'S A MUSEUM NOW, WHERE THE
WORLD'S FIRST USABLE AMOUNT OF
ELECTRICITY FROM NUCLEAR ENERGY
WAS GENERATED IN 1951.
MOST OF THESE OTHER ACTORS HAVE
BEEN DECOMMISSIONED AND SHUT
DOWN AFTER THEIR MISSIONS WERE
COMPLETE.
SO TODAY INL IS MANAGED BY
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S OFFICE OF
NUCLEAR ENERGY.
THERE'S A CLEAN-UP PORTION
MANAGED BY ANOTHER CONTRACTOR,
BUT BEA IS THE ACCOUNT
CONTRACTOR TO THE CONTRACTOR TO THE
LAB AND THE COMPANY THAT I WORK
FOR.
SO AS I SAID EARLIER, ALTHOUGH
NUCLEAR ENERGY IS OUR PRIMARY
FOCUS, WE DO HAVE A WIDE RANGE
OF OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
THAT WE DO THAT SUPPORT THE DOE
AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.
REQUESTS KE WITH WEIGH
WHY WE ARE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT
WE DO IS WE HAVE THIS EXPERTISE
IN APPLIED ENGINEERING
DISCIPLINE TO REALLY SOLVE THE
NATION'S MOST PRESSING
CHALLENGES.
FOR EXAMPLE, HOMELAND SECURITY,
WE HAVE A INFRASTRUCTURE TEST
BED WHERE WE CAN MIMIC A
ELECTRICAL GRID, A BOTHER A POWER GRID
AND DO TESTING TOWARDS IT.
WE HAVE A CYBERSECURITY
LABORATORY WHERE WE CAN REALLY
BE ON TOP OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THE WORLD AND TRY TO HELP
PROTECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO ON THE PICTURES ON THE SCREEN
HERE, THIS REI DOESN'T REALLY DOESN'T
ENCOMPASS THE WHOLE LAB IN
ITSELF BUT THESE ARE THE MAJOR
COMPONENTS.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, THE INL
CONSISTS OF AN 890 SQUARE MILE
AREA IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO,
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE INL
SITE.
THAT'S THE PICTURE YOU SEE ON
THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE
SCREEN THERE.
BUT INCLUDES WITH THE INL SITE
ARE LABORATORIES AND
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE SITE IN THE CITY OF
IDAHO FALLS.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU HERE
IN THIS PICTURE.
SO OUT ON THE SITE AND IN TOWN,
THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT
FACILITIES AND CAMPUSES DOING
SPECIFIC WORK.
BUT FOR WHAT WE REALLY DO, WHAT
WE LOOK AT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS
ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT OF
THREE FACILITIES.
THERE'S THE MATERIALS AND FUEL
COLLECTION OR MSC, THAT'S THE
PICTURE OF THE STACK HERE AND
THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT,
THAT'S THE MSC FACILITY.
THAT'S WHERE THEY FOCUS ON
NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND PROCESS.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE ADVANCED
TEST REACTOR COMPLEX OR ATR,
THAT'S WHERE THEY FOCUS ON
DEVELOPING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.
ACTUALLY ATR IS ONE OF THE
PLACES WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN
ACTIVE REACTOR NOW WHERE WE DO
TESTING EXPERIMENTS AND OTHER
TYPES OF RESEARCH.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CAMPUS,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REC.
THAT'S THE PICTURE ON THE TOP
RIGHT.
THAT'S THE IN-TOWN FACILITIES.
THIS IS A PRETTY COOL -- THERE'S
LOTS OF NEAT THINGS GOING ON
HERE, BUT ONE OF THE BUILDINGS
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO, MY
ARROW IS ON THIS KIND OF
WAREHOUSE-LOOKING BUILDING ON
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
THAT'S WHERE THEY REALLY FOCUS
ON REUSABLE ENERGY RESEARCH, AND
ONE OF THE COOL PROJECTS THAT
THEY'RE WORKING ON IN THERE NOW
IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH NEW
AND DIFFERENT BATTERIES FOR
ELECTRONIC VEHICLES AND HOW TO
SPEED UP THEIR RECHARGE TIME.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WORK THEY
DO IN THERE.
SO WE DO A LOT AND DIFFERENT
THINGS.
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN
890 SQUARE MILE AREA, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT OF LAND
THAT WE CAN -- THAT INL, THAT
DOE MANAGES.
EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT HISTORICAL
BUILDINGS.
WELL, THERE ARE PLENTY OF
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS ON THE SITE
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE
1949.
ON THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND SIDE,
THAT SILVERDOME-LOOKING BUILDING
RIGHT THERE, THAT'S AN
HISTORICAL BUILDING THAT WE NEED
TO TAKE ACCOUNT FOR.
AND NOT ONLY THE BUILDINGS, BUT
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE EXPANSE OF
LAND AROUND THE FACILITIES.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY
DESIGNATED ENDANGERED SPECIES ON
THE PROPERTY, WE ARE VERY
CONSCIOUS OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND MANAGE THEM
APPROPRIATELY, ESPECIALLY WE
HAVE A LOT OF SAGE BRUSH, A HUGE
SAGE BRUSH HABITAT FOR ALL THOSE
ANIMALS THAT LIVE OUT THERE, SO
WE DO MANAGE THOSE APPROPRIATELY
AS WELL.
SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT CAN
GET PRETTY HECTIC, TRYING TO
MANAGE ALL THESE PARTS AND
PIECES ALL AT ONCE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION
GROWTH AND WHAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING NOW.
INL'S MISSION DIRECTLY
CONTRIBUTES TO CHANGING THE
WORLD'S ENERGY FUTURE THROUGH
ADVANCING NUCLEAR ENERGY,
SECURING AND MODERNIZING
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ENABLING CLEAN ENERGY
DEPLOYMENT.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO AT INL.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY
FOLLOW THROUGH.
SO ON MY SLIDE I HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT PARTS.
THE RIGHT SIDE SHOWS YOU A MAP
OF INL.
YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG IT IS, WE
HAVE LOTS OF FACILITIES, A LOT
OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON,
AND THERE'S LOTS OF RHODES IN
THAT ROADS IN
THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN, KIND
OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE
SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
HERE.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, IT'S
REALLY DIFFICULT TO POINT OUT
EVERYTHING NEW AND DIFFERENT
WE'RE DOING BUT THESE ARE SOME
OF THE BIG HITTERS THAT WE
CURRENTLY FOCUS ON NOW.
ONE OF THESE I REALLY LIKE TO
POINT OUT IS THIS ARDP, ADVANCED
REACTOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
ARDP, THROUGH THE NATIONAL
REACTOR INNOVATION CENTER, WHICH
WAS CREATED RECENTLY, I THINK IN
2019, IT WORKS WITH PRIVATE
INDUSTRY TO DEMONSTRATE ADVANCED
REACTOR DESIGNS AT THE INL FOR
FUTURE DEPLOYMENT.
A BIG PART OF INL'S RECENT
GROWTH.
RIGHT NOW I CAN PROBABLY THINK
OF THREE OR FOUR OF THESE
PRIVATE COMPANIES WHO WANT TO
DEMONSTRATE THE REACTORS HERE
BECAUSE THEY CAN USE OUR
KNOWLEDGE AND OUR EXPERTISE IN
DOING THAT.
SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US AND
WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON
THAT.
SO TO PUT THE GROWTH IN
PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN
SAY OH, WE'RE DOING THIS
PROJECT, WE'RE DOING THIS
PROJECT, BUT KIND OF HELP KIND
OF GIVE IT A BASELINE SO
EVERYONE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS
WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM IS THAT
IN 2017, INL HAD AN ANNUAL
OPERATING BUDGET OF ABOUT
$1 BILLION.
IN 2020, THAT NUMBER ROSE TO
ALMOST $1.6 BILLION.
IT IS PROJECTED THAT THE ANNUAL
OPERATING BUDGET WILL EVENTUALLY
REACH 2 BILL BILLION DOLLARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS GROWTH
HAS REALLY -- THAT FUNDING HAS
DRIVEN THAT GROWTH.
THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IN NEPA IS
THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME
EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S HOW I GAUGE GROWTH.
IN 2017, INL EMPLOYED
APPROXIMATELY AROUND ABOUT 4,000
PEOPLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THE THEN MOTOR MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS ABOUT
5400.
SO IN THE THREE, FOUR YEARS
SINCE WE'VE REALLY EXPERIENCED
THIS GROWTH, WE'VE ADDED ALMOST
1500 PEOPLE.
SO WE ARE GROWING.
NOW FOR MANY FOLKS, THAT GROWTH
CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.
LIKE NEPA -- THEY WERE ASKED TO
DO -- OKAY, WE NEED TO DO MORE,
WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
BUT ONE OF THE BENEFITS NEPA
HAS, AND THAT I'VE FOUND REALLY
ADMIRED ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE
NEPA HAS DONE HERE AT INL,
REREALLY DO TAKE THAT SYSTEMATIC
DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO NEPA
AND REALLY EMBRACE THAT UMBRELLA
CONCEPT.
PEE
CON -- AS A FRAMEWORK TO --
THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE
IDENTIFIED IN THE NEPA PROCESS.
WE'LL DISCUSS THAT PROCESS A
LITTLE MORE.
IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN A
BIT.
BUT COMING FROM A PROJECT
MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE AND
IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT, I CAN
SEE WHAT IS THE NEPA PROCESS,
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE GREEN
LIGHT.
WELL, WE CAN -- THE NEPA PROCESS
INL IS TO HELP THE PROJECT GET
TO THAT GREEN LIGHT.
BUT SOMETIMES THAT GREEN LIGHT
REQUIRES NEW NEPA, AND WE CAN
DISCUSS THAT NEW NEPA HERE IN A
LITTLE BIT.
GROWTH HAS CAUSED THAT DEMAND
FOR A NEW NEPA.
NOW LET'S GET INTO A LITTLE BIT
OF THE DETAILS.
THAT WAS A HISTORY LESSON BUT
LET'S SHOW YOU HOW IT WORKS.
OKAY.
THE NEPA PROCESS AT INL IS
BETTER REFERRED TO AS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS OR
ERP.
AS YOU PROBABLY FIGURED OUT BY
NOW, WE HAVE AN ACRONYM FOR
EVERYTHING.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING IN
THE LAB SYSTEM A LONG TIME AGO,
PEOPLE JUST STARTED SPITTING OFF
LETTERS AND I'M SITTING THERE
GOING, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AFTER A WHILE, YOU START TO
FIGURE IT OUT AND YOU CAN FOLLOW
ALONG.
SO THE ERP IS THE FORMAL PROCESS
FOR REVIEWING AND ASSESSING
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
AT INL.
IT IS USED TO IDENTIFY AND
ASSESS ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS, IDENTIFY AND COMPLY
WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS,
CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES, AVOID
PROJECT AND ACTIVITY DELAYS, AND
ACTIVELY MANAGE POTENTIAL
STAKEHOLDER CONFLICTS.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, TO ME, THE
ERP IS WHERE YOU LAY IT OUT ON
THE TABLE, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO THIS ERP PROCESS, THIS
PROCESS IS, QUOTE-UNQUOTE, OWNED
OR MANAGED BY INL'S NEPA STAFF.
SO WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS FOR IT,
WE'RE THE ONES THAT HELP IT
ALONG.
WITH HELP FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.
I JUST CAN'T SAY THAT WE DO IT
BY OURSELVES.
IT'S REALLY A WORKING
INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORT.
SO KIND OF A RUNDOWN OF HOW THIS
ERP WORKS.
SO WHEN THERE'S A NEW PROJECT,
IT'S PROPOSED, THE PROJECT
MANAGER, THE RESEARCHER, WORK
PLANNER OR WHOEVER IS THE
CHAMPION OF THE PROJECT WILL
SUBMIT A WRITTEN WORK SCOPE TO
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS, OR SMEs.
THE SMEs REVIEW THE WORK SCOPE
AND PROVIDE PROJECT-SPECIFIC
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLYING WITH
INL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS AND
PROCEDURE AS WELL AS REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS.
THE WORK SCOPE IS ALSO USED TO
IDENTIFY PRO TENSION IMPACTS TO
A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCE AREAS AND MECHANISMS
FOR AVOIDING THOSE IMPACTS.
THIS INCLUDES AIR PERMIT
REQUIREMENT, SPECIFIC ACTIONS
THAT PROJECTS NEED TO TAKE TO
AVOID ADVERSE IMPACTS HISTORICAL
OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, OR
MITIGATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT THE TAKE
OF A MIGRATORY BIRD.
A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IS
MADE ON NEPA COVERAGE.
EXISTING NEPA OR NEW NEPA.
SO FOLLOWING ALL THESE REVIEWS,
NICE LITTLE PACKAGE, WE RETURN
TO THE FACILITY MANAGERS OR
WHOEVER, SUBMITTED TO US FOR
REVIEW, AND THEN WE ALSO SUBMIT
TO OUR DOE COUNTERPARTS FOR
THEIR FINAL APPROVAL.
ONCE THAT APPROVAL IS GIVEN,
GREEN LIGHT, THEY CAN GO AHEAD
AND DO IT.
SO BUT THERE IS AN OUTPUT TO
THIS ERP AND I THINK THIS IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART AND THIS IS
WHAT GETS INCLUDED IN THE WORK
PACKAGES.
THE OUTPUT OF THE ERP IS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PERMIT
OR AN ECP.
ON THE ECP, IT IDENTIFIES THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF ANY POTENTIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, IT
IDENTIFIES PROJECT CONTROLS, IT
IDENTIFIES ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
FOR USE BY OUR EMS FOLKS, SO
REALLY THE ECP IS YOUR FINAL
APPROVAL.
IT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS GO
AHEAD, PROCEED WITH YOUR
PROJECT.
SO WITH THIS ECP, IT GOES BACK
TO THE PROJECT MANAGERS, THE
RESEARCHERS, THE WORK FINDERS,
IT GETS INCORPORATED INTO WORK
PLANS AND IT'S A PART OF THE --
IT PART OF THEIR PROJECT
MANAGING DOCUMENTS.
THAT WAY, WE ENSURE THAT
EVERYTHING GETS DONE THAT THEY
SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
SO BUT ALSO THIS ECP IS OUR
PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION FOR NEPA,
BECAUSE ON THE ECP, IT WILL SAY
THIS IS YOUR NEPA COVERAGE, THIS
IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, THIS IS
HOW YOU MAINTAIN IT.
SO AS THE PROJECT IS DETERMINED
TO HAVE AN EXISTING NEPA
COVERAGE, OR IS COVERED BY A
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, THEN ECP
BECOMES THE DOCUMENT OF
COVERAGE.
IF A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION IS
USED FOR THE PROJECT, THE --
BASED ON THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED IN THE ECP.
IF THE PROJECT NEEDS NEW NEPA,
THE ECP -- AND THE ECP BECOMES
THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPING AN EA
OR EAS.
AND SO I KIND OF WANTED TO PUT
THIS OTHER FACTOID AGAIN TO SHOW
YOU HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN IS THAT
THE NUMBER OF ECPs HAVE
INCREASED BY 2 1/2 TIMES IN THE
PAST 10 YEARS.
SO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, OUR NEPA
STAFF, WE REVIEW A LITTLE MORE
THAN 200 ECPs PER YEAR.
SO IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THAT'S
ABOUT 200 PROJECTS THAT WE NEED
TO BE AWARE OF AND PROVIDE NEPA
COVERAGE FOR.
OKAY.
NOW HERE'S THE FUN PART OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
SO THE QUESTION COMES UP, HOW DO
YOU KEEP UP WITH 200-PLUS ECPs
PER YEAR?
AND THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW,
HISTORICALLY, IT WAS STILL HARD,
BUT HISTORICALLY, IT WAS EVEN
HARDER, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST
STARTED DOING THE ERP IN THE
CHECKLIST PROCESS WAS -- IT WAS
A LONG TIME AGO, WHEN I WAS A
FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF
PERSON WHEN I STARTED USING IT.
BUT THE ERP WAS HISTORICALLY A
PAPER EXERCISE WHERE THE
INITIATOR WITH THE HELP OF THE
FACILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF
WOULD FILL OUT THIS BLANK
CHECKLIST THAT WOULD THEN BE
SENT TO THE NEPA STAFF, WHERE
THEY WOULD DISTRIBUTE TO THE
SMEs FOR REVIEW, CREATING MORE
AND MORE EMAIL CHAINS YOU HAD TO
KEEP TRACK OF, AND AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, THAT MONOLOGUE APROAP,
WHICH IT'S DIGITAL BECAUSE WE'RE
DOING IT THROUGH EMAILS BUT
STILL, WOULD TAKE SOME TIME.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH ALL
THOSE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION
CHANNELS BEING OPENED UP THERE,
IT WOULD EXPERIENCE A BUNCH OF
HICCUPS.
SO THE OLE SYSTEM WOULD NOT WORK
TO MEET INL'S NEW GROWTH.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
WE NEEDED TO STREAMLINE THE
PROCESS.
SO WITH THE HELP OF INL'S
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS, THE NEPA
PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED A LAB HAD
BEEN WIDE ELECTRONIC WORKFLOW TO
REDUCE WORK TIME, INCREASE
PROJECT USE AND ULTIMATELY
REDUCE HICCUPS IN THE GREATEST
EXTENT POSSIBLE.
NOW A WORD OF CAUTION.
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE HERE,
THERE AND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE,
AUTOMATING A BAD PROCESS WILL
NOT LEAD TO PROCESS
IMPROVEMENTS.
IT WILL STILL BE A BAD PROCESS.
SO TO THAT END, THE KEY
COMPONENTS OF THE ORIGINAL ERP
WERE IDENTIFIED EARLY IN THE
AUTOMATION PROCESS TO FIND OUT
HOW THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM
CAN BE IMPROVED.
FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNICATION
CHANNELS.
EVERY TIME YOU SEND ANOTHER
EMAIL OUT OR CC ANOTHER MASS
GROUP, YOU'RE TRADING THAT MANY
MORE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.
WE NEED A FAIR WAY TO REALLY
STREAMLINE THOSE AND NARROW THEM
DOWN.
SO THAT'S ONE TASK WE DID.
THE NEXT TASK, HOW DO WE REALLY
GET THIS FORM FILL OUT THE BEST
WAY, CAN WE DO AUTOMATIC FILL IN
SPOTS?
CAN WE HELP FOLKS REALLY
UNDERSTAND HOW TO WRITE A
PROPOSED ACTION OR A SCOPE
SECTION?
ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIONS.
SO ALL THIS LED TO SEVERAL
ITERATIONS OR BETA VERSIONS OF
OUR ELECTRONIC WORKFLOW.
AND ALWAYS CONTINUE TO INGRAIN
THAT.
SO TO THAT END, THE GOAL IS THAT
THIS ELECTRONIC WORKFLOW WILL
HAVE AN ELEVATED USER EXPERIENCE
WHERE A PERSON GOING ON THEIR
WORKFLOW CAN JUST AS EASILY
SUBMIT A WORK SCOPE AS THEY
COULD POSTING SOMETHING ON
FACEBOOK, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT
DOING THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST AN
EXAMPLE, THAT USER INTERFACE
THAT THEY REALLY TRY TO WORK ON.
BECAUSE OF THAT, HOPEFULLY WE
CAN REDUCE TIMES FOR REVIEW AND
STILL ENSURE THE REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE.
THE NEW ERP IS DESIGNED TO
INCORPORATE REQUIREMENTS NOT
JUST FROM NEPA OR OTHER THINGS
BUT REALLY INCORPORATE THOSE
FROM THE INL'S CULTURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO BETTER
INFORM SHPO CONSULTATIONS.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CR MSM
O OFFICE GO BACK OUT TO PROJECT
INFORMATION, THE IDEA IS THAT
ALL THAT INFORMATION IS THERE IN
THE PROGRAM.
ADDITIONALLY, INL'S NATURAL
RESOURCE GROUP CAN GO TO THE
ELECTRONIC WORKFLOW TO GET THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED SO THEY
CAN START THEIR BIOLOGICAL
RESOURCE REVIEWS.
ULTIMATELY THE NEPA PROGRAM
WORKS WITH FACILITY PERSONNEL
AND RESEARCHERS TO ENSURE THE
SYSTEM IS USER-FRIENDLY AND THAT
THIS PROCESS DOES NOT HINDER THE
IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO THIS BRINGS ME TO, AS I THINK
THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKES
TAKEAWAY FOR THE DAY.
FOR THE NEPA PROCESS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AT INL, IT WAS NOTED
VERY EARLY ON, AND THIS IS WHERE
OLD JIMMY HERE REALLY STRESSES
SO MUCH IS WE NEED TO CREATE
ELATION SHIPS WITH THE PROJECT
FOLKS, WITH THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
DOING THE WORK, CREATE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE FOLKS
AND WE NEED TO DEVELOP A
CULTURAL SUCCESS, IT DEPENDS ON
THE SUPPORT OF OTHER PEOPLE
AROUND IT.
ALL TOO OFTEN DIFFICULTIES IN
IMPLEMENTING REQUIREMENTS CAN BE
TRACED TO WHERE CULTURE AND
SUCCESS IS MEASURES BY
INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES.
SO REALLY GO BACK TO SAYING YOU
HAVE -- INSTEAD OF SAYING I HAVE
TO GET THIS DONE, WELL, I HAVE
TO GET NEPA DONE.
INSTEAD OF I WANT YOU TO GET
YOUR PROJECT DONE.
AND IN RETURN, I WANT TO HELP
YOU GET YOUR NEPA DONE.
SO WE'VE REALLY COME UP WITH
THIS SYSTEM.
IT'S ALWAYS A WORK IN PROCESS.
WE'VE GONE OUT, WE DO
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, WE DO
IMPORTANT TRAINING, WE REALLY
FOCUS ON OUR PROCEDURES SO IT'S
NOT UNDERSTOOD BY JUST ME AND
THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS, BUT
IT'S UNDERSTOOD BY PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK IN THE
FIELD.
THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN COME UP
WITH, I CAN READ A PROCEDURE FOR
AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PROJECT.
NOW, I'M NOT AN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEER.
BUT IF A PROCEDURE IS WRITTEN IN
A WAY WHERE I CAN OPEN IT UP,
NOT BEING AN ENGINEER, AND TRY
TO UNDERSTAND AND SAY, OKAY,
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO,
THAT'S THE GOAL THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET TO WITH NEPA, IS
THAT THE FOLKS READING THE
PROCEDURES CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND
DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
-- WILL HAPPEN EITHER WAY,
WHICH IS TRUE, IT HAS TO HAPPEN,
WE'RE OBLIGATED TO DO IT, BUT
THE SUCCESS OF THE NEPA PROGRAM
AS GROWTH CONTINUES AT THE
LABORATORY HINGES ON THIS
CULTURE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND IN
REALLY HELPING PEOPLE BE
SUCCESSFUL.
SO AT INL, WE USE AS MANY NEPA
TOOLS AS WE CAN GET IN OUR
HANDBOOK.
INL DOES NOT HAVE A SITE WIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OR ANOTHER
NEPA DOCUMENT THAT CAPTURES ALL
OF OUR SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES IN
ONE PLACE.
BUT WE TO RELY HEAVILY ON
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS WHERE WE
CAN COME OUT AND SAY WE'RE OKAY,
IT'S CATEGORICALLY EXCLUDED.
TO DEVELOPING SOMETHING WITH
DOE, THE IDEA OF A TENT ECP.
A TENT ECP IS DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE BROAD COVERAGE FOR
ROUTINE ACTIONS, OR SOMETHING
THAT WOULD HISTORICALLY ALWAYS
TAKE A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION,
BUT INSTEAD OF ISSUING A NEW
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION EVERY TIME
THIS COMES UP, FOR EXAMPLE,
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, FIXING A
SIDEWALK OR PUTTING A HANDRAIL
UP, WEP DON'T NEED TO ISSUE A
NEW CAT EX EVERY TIME IT COMES
UP, WE CAN SAY THIS ONE COVERS
WA YOU'RE DOING.
OUR OTHER KIND OF A LARGER ECP
IS PROGRAMMATIC TENT ECPs.
THESE COVER R & D PROGRAMS SUCH
AS TRAINING EXERCISES,
SIMULATIONS AND OTHER THINGS
THAT AGAIN, EVERY TIME THEY COME
UP, WE WOULD ISSUE A NEW CAT EX
BUT NOW WE HAVE THESE OTHER ONES
WE CAN REFERENCE INSTEAD.
DOING THIS HAS REALLY REDUCED
OUR CAT EX DETERMINATIONS WHILE
STILL ENSURING COMPLIANCE IN
NEPA.
ONE QUICK NOTE IS THAT IF YOU
EVER WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S
GOING ON IN THE LAB, LOOK UP THE
DOE NEPA WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE
ALL THE CAT EXES THAT ARE POSTED
AND THAT REALLY WILL TELL YOU
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT LEADS US TO EAs AND
EISs.
SOMETIMES, DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL
THE TIME BUT A REVIEW WILL COME
THROUGH THAT SAYS LOOK, WE DON'T
HAVE NEPA COVERED, THIS DOESN'T
FIT EXAT EX AND WE DON'T HAVE AN
EXISTING NEPA FOR IT SO WE NEED
TO COME UP WITH A NEW NEPA.
SO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ARE
USUALLY PREPARED IN HOUSE BY ME
AND MY GROUP, WE HAVE A GOOD
PROCESS TO GET THEM TURNED
AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY.
OUR TIME
IS USUALLY A YEAR TO GET ONE
DONE, WE USUALLY CAN GET IT DONE
IN ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS, SO
WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
EISs ARE PREPARED BY AN
OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.
THEY'RE A LOT MORE INVOLVED BUT
WE PROVIDE -- WE SUPPORT THEM
WHEN NEEDED TO GIVE THEM
INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
SO AS EVERYONE KNOW, EAs AND
EISs REQUIRE TIME, WE HAVE
THIS PROCESS FOR EAs DONE
PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE TRY OUR VERY BEST TO WORK
WITH E IS CONTRACTORS TO GET THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED QUICKLY
AND EASILY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY
HELPED US DO THAT IS BY
DEVELOPING THESE TECHNICAL
STUDIES AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT
HERE IN A SECOND.
SO REALLY TO FINISH UP THIS
DISCUSSION, INNOVATION REQUIRES
INNOVATION AND THAT'S ONE OF MY
GROUP'S KEY SAYINGS, IS THAT WE
CAN'T RELY ON WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS
DONE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO NEPA
FOR SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T
SEEN BEFORE.
IT NEW.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
TO HELP US REALLY CAPTURE WHAT
THESE NEW THINGS ARE COMING IN,
WE DEVELOPED THESE OPERATIONAL
ENVELOPES, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS
OF THIS PROJECT GOING TO BE,, WE
REALLY WANT TO ESTABLISH
THRESHOLDS FOR SIGNIFICANCE.
EVERYONE'S DEFINITION OF
SIGNIFICANCE IS DIFFERENT, WE
REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT
SIGNIFICANCE MEANS.
WE HAVE SOME RECENT NEPA
DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
THE ONE I'D REALLY LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT IS OUR MARVEL PROJECT.
WE RECENTLY PUBLISHED THE FONZI
AND A MICRO RESEARCH REACTOR AT
INL, AND IT'S A PRETTY NEED
READ.
I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYBODY
PUTTING A READ IN AND SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO.
IN MY LAST MINUTE I'D LIKE TO
GET TO THE QUESTION, YOU HAVE
ALL THIS NEPA, NOW WHAT?
ONE THING WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON,
EVERYTHING WE -- FROM THERE WE
ESTABLISH THESE IMPLEMENTATION
PLANS.
THESE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS HAVE
STEPS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT THE
PROJECT ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE
INTO THEIR PROJECT DOCUMENT, SO
THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT THESE
ACTIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE
SO WHEN THE NEPA TEAM FOLLOWS UP
WITH PROJECTS AS THEY'RE GOING
ALONG, WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE MET
THIS REQUIREMENT, WE MET THIS
REQUIREMENT, WE MET THIS
REQUIREMENT.
WE ARE UNDER A -- CONDITION.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR WE
WILL NOT IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT
AS WE ANALYZED.
SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION IN A
NUTSHELL.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE
HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> YES, YES, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION HERE FROM --
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
ECPs ARE USED BY -- GROUP AS
WELL, HOW WELL DOES YOUR NEPA
STAFF COORDINATE -- COORDINATOR?
>> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME,
MARK?
>> [INAUDIBLE] ECPs ARE USED
BY -- GROUPS AS WELL, HOW WELL
DOES YOUR NEPA STAFF COORDINATE
AND COLLABORATE WITH YOUR EMS
COORDINATOR?
>> THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ONE AND
THE SAME.
WE DO HAVE A DESIGNATED
COORDINATOR, BUT THEY -- BUT
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, AND
SO WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS
PROJECT AND THE EMS COORDINATOR
ACCESSES OUR SYSTEM AND THEY CAN
TAKE A LOOK AND TAKE WHAT THEY
NEED.
>> GREAT, ACTUALLY I HAVE
ANOTHER QUESTION FROM FROM THE SAME
PERSON.
IF ECPs ARE DONE IN THE FIELD
FOR THE FOLKS IN THE FIELD TO
INCORPORATE WORK PLANS, DOESN'T
THE NCO BECOME PART OF THE -- IS
THE CONTRACTOR -- WITH FEDERAL
OVERSIGHT?
>> SO ECPs ARE VIEWED BY OUR
NEPA COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
AND SO AS A PART OF THE PROCESS,
YES, IT STARTS IN THE FIELD AND
IT WORKS ITS WAY UP.
IT GOES TO US AND THEN IT GOES
TO OUR DOE COUNTERPARTS AND
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE US
FINAL APPROVAL.
AND SO THE NCO IS A PART OF THE
PROCESS, YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
WELL, I PUT HIS EMAIL IN THE
CHAT IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP
WITH HIM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM THOSE WHO ARE LOGGED IN
HERE?
OKAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR MR. JACKSON, I'M SURE YOU
CAN REACH HIM BY EMAIL, AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. JACKSON.
THIS WAS A FASCINATING
PRESENTATION.
I'M WORKING THE NEPA PROCESS
MYSELF AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO AUTOMATE AND HELP
INTEGRATE WITH OUR OTHER
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
BRANCHES, SO DEFINITELY WOULD
LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THESE
SLIDES IF POSSIBLE.
>> YEAH, SURE.
ANY TIME YOU WANT TO CHAT, JUST
FEEL FREE TO GET AHOLD OF ME AND
WE CAN WALK THROUGH ANY THINGS
THAT'S GOING ON.
>> GREAT.
WELL, THANKS AGAIN FOR SUCH A
GREAT PRESENTATION, AND THANK
YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
I BELIEVE THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY
OUR LAST PRESENTATION FOR THIS
TRACK OF THE DAY, BUT DON'T
WORRY, WE'LL BE BACK ON TOMORROW
FOR THE REMAINING TRACKS AND
ACTUALLY WE MAY STILL HAVE SOME
TIME TO CATCH THE LAST TRACK OF
THE -- HEADING OVER IN TRACK 2,
AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THIS HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC SERIES
OF PRESENTATIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE TRACKS
AND/OR HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR AS
WELL.