Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment

for
Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment
COL H. Charles
Hodges,
Joint Base
Commander
(SPEA
for Army
2020)
14 January 2015

Teamwork. Innovation. Excellence.

Supplemental PEA for Army 2020

ACTIVE DUTY REDUCTION BACKGROUND:
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) of 2013
To achieve mandated spending reductions, the Army is reducing its active duty
end-strength from 562,000 (2012) to 490,000 (by FY 2015)
Reduction to 490,000 is covered by the Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) of 2013
Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (SPEA) of 20142015
Current budget projections require the Army to analyze the reduction of active duty
end-strength below 490,000 Soldiers
Reductions below 490,000 exceed the scope of the original PEA of 2013
SPEA assesses the impact of a reduction of an additional 70,000 Soldiers
(active end-strength of 420K or lower)
SPEA reduction is almost double the reduction assessed in the 2013 PEA

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PEA AND SPEA COMMENT BACKGROUND:
PEA 2013
In 2013, the Army published the PEA and Draft Findings of No Significant Impact
(FNSI) for public review and comment
More than 8,000 comments were received nationwide
No significant environmental impacts; significant socioeconomic impacts at most
installations
SPEA 2014-2015
In 2014, the Army published the SPEA and Draft FNSI for public review and
comment
More than 111,000 comments were received nationwide
No significant environmental impacts; significant socioeconomic impacts at most
installations
Before the Army makes force structure decisions, additional analyses and data
collection will occur, including community listening sessions at 30 installations
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October 2014 Comments in response to Draft FNSI and SPEA for Army 2020
Total comments received 111,297
Of the comments received, 108,418 were form letters or signatures on petitions
Installation order based on total comments received:

1) Polk
2) Benning
3) Jackson
4) Knox
5) Drum
6) Leonard Wood
7) Carson
8) Campbell
9) Riley
10) APG
11) Huachuca
12) JBLM
13) Stewart
14) Leavenworth

15) Sill
16) Wainwright
17) Hawaii
18) Bliss
19) Lee
20) JBER
21) Gordon
22) Hood
23) Bragg
24) Belvoir
25) JBSA
26) JBLE
27) Meade

Installation order based on total comments

received, minus form letters and petitions:

1) Benning (772)
2) Carson (322)
3) Riley (311)
4) Huachuca (212)
5) JBLM (160)
6) Stewart (157)
7) Campbell (144)
8) Drum (116)
9) Sill (94)
10) Polk (88)
11) Leavenworth (85)
12) Leonard Wood (84)
13) Hawaii (60)
14) Jackson (45)

15) Wainwright (44)

16) Knox (35)
17) Bliss (19)
18) APG (11)
19) Lee (9)
20) Gordon (9)
21) JBER (8)
22) Hood (4)
23) Belvoir (4)
24) JBSA (4)
25) Bragg (3)
26) JBLE (3)
27) Meade (1)
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Total Correspondences:
111,297
Total Form Letters and Petitions:
108,418
Total minus Form Letters/Petitions:
2,879
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Total Correspondences:
217
Number of Form Letters and Petitions:
57
Total minus Form Letters/Petitions:
160
Topic(s) Discussed:
Army/Community Relationship

Mission/Readiness/Training

BRAC

National Security

Capacity for Growth

Off-base Development

Community Investment

Sequestration

Cumulative Reductions from Other Services

Socioeconomic Impacts

Environmental Impact

Soldier Resiliency

Environmental Justice

Strategic Benefit

Military Investment

Veteran Impacts

Military Value
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Supplemental PEA for Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment
Community Listening Session: 10:00 am - Noon
January 21, 2015 at the McGavick Conference Center in Lakewood
Listening sessions for the communities surrounding the affected installations
Capture community input for Army leadership as part of the Armys overall force
structure analysis before making decisions on force structure reductions
The sessions provide the opportunity to receive information on a full spectrum of
issues - not just socioeconomic or environmental - that will be used in making
force structure decisions

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Potential Topics of Community Discussion:
Strategic importance of JBLM/US security in the Pacific
3-star Joint Task Force capable headquarters to conduct unified land operations
Strategic airlift with 2 Air Force Wings, plus SeaTac and Boeing nearby
Major rail network to move equipment to port
Seaports nearby in Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle

Quality of life at JBLM

#1 most-requested DoD installation
Significant investment in new barracks, housing, HQs, MWR facilities

One of the most modern installations in DoD

Amount of SRM and MILCON invested

All four Services at one Joint Base

JBLM is invested in more than 15 communities around the base
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JBLM Population Overview

Employee Population

Total Population Serviced

McChord
Field
7,041

Lewis Main
& North
48,573

Total: 139,468
Total population including retirees in WA, OR, ID, MT: 294,727

Yakima
2,247

Population Growth 2000-2009

1. JBLM: 30K
2. Pierce County: 113K
3. Thurston County: 42K
4. WA State: 830K
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JBLM Local Infrastructure

90,000 acres

5,000 Family Housing

Units
7 Fitness Centers
12K Barracks spaces
2 Libraries
10 Child Development
Centers
2 Temporary Lodgings
6 Elementary Schools *
11 Dining Facilities
9 Chapels
2 Airfields

(Above) New
Town Center
townhomes on
Lewis-Main near
Commissary.
(Below) a new
$12M Air Force
operations facility
on Lewis-Main.
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JBLM Transportation Solutions

JB Connector Opening March 2015

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Integrity Gate
Integrity Gate ACP opening NLT 1 March 2015.
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Final Project Outcome

Closure Area
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Investment in JBLM

$2.74B investment in construction since 1999

$959M investment in infrastructure since 2005

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Fiscal Year Troop Reduction

4-2 SBCT Inactivate

#
Actio
ns

1-377 FA Inactivate
2-2 SBCT Realignment
3-2 SBCT Realignment
2 ID DIVARTY Activation
1-25 AV BN Relocation

16th CAB Relocation

Action Type

22

Activations

32

Inactivations

277

Realignments

19

Relocation
Legend
Activations

FY14 -4777

Inactivations

7th ID Activation

5-5 ADA BN Relocation

Realignments
Relocation

FY12 +1365

FY15 +53

Future

FY13 +534
FY16 -140

FY17 -467

350 Stationing Actions - Net Loss of 2,965 personnel

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