The Department of the Air Force provides this notice and invites public input on the Air Force’s “Finding of No Practicable Alternative” addressing potential impacts to floodplains related to proposed renovations needed to update and revitalize the Joint Base Andrews Practice Area, which includes a driving range, chipping green, and putting green at Joint Base Andrews. The Joint Base Andrews golf course complex is primarily used to provide morale, welfare, and recreation capability to the military community in the National Capital Region. The Proposed Action would update and revitalize the Practice Area greens, routing, topography and irrigation system. This renovation will improve golf course sustainability and play for military members in the National Capital Region.
The proposed action is subject to Executive Order (EO) 11988 because the proposed action may impact or be within a 100-year floodplain. This notice is published pursuant to EO 11988. The Air Force invites public comment on its Finding of No Practicable Alternative. The Finding of No Practicable Alternative as well as other project proposal documents can be found at: https://www.jba.af.mil/About/Environmental-Mission/ under the Environmental Documents dropdown.
The public comment period ends 15 days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted via email to the following email address: 316.ces.environmental@us.af.mil, or by mail to NEPA Program Manager, 3466 North Carolina Ave, Joint Base Andrew, MD 20762. All mailed comments are requested to be postmarked by the 15th day after the publication date of this notice.
