DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY LANGLEY, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2000
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• Publication Date: October 11, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION
Preliminary Master Plan
Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia
1. Introduction
This draft environmental description is issued in
compliance with Section 102 (2) (c) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and Executive Orders
11507 and 11514 for the Protection and Enhancement of
Environmental Quality in the National Capital Region.
The Central Intelligence Agency supports the intent
of the Environmental Policy Act to improve the quality
of the environment. In keeping with the spirit of the
Act, the following general description and information
is furnished regarding the relative impact upon the
environment of the preliminary master plan concept and
the associated long-range construction involved as limited
by specific Agency needs and budgetary constraints at any
point in time. Upon implementation, each.phase of the
concept would be designed and constructed to comply with
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all environmental and ecological standards in effect
at that time.
The Central Intelligence Agency foresees no
significant adverse environmental effects resulting
from the preliminary master plan concept and from the
potential construction that may be required to implement
this plan;therefore, the impact of this planning upon
the environment is considered minimal.
.II. Project Description
When the Headquarters Building was designed and
constructed (1955-1962), insufficient funding made it
impossible for the Agency to be consolidated in one
location. Personnel and functions not accommodated in
the new Headquarters Building remained in other facilities
in the District of Columbia, Fairfax and Arlington
Counties, Virginia.
This preliminary master plan provides for the desired
consolidation of the Central Intelligence Agency on
existing federal property assigned to the Agency, along
with two additional parcels of land.. The larger of the
two parcels is subject to life estates and the smaller
parcel is assigned to the General Services Administration
(GSA). The use'of the life estate property (32.2 acres),
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and the GSA-assigned property (6.9 acres) would contribute
to the proposed implementation of the preliminary master
plan in stages. The preliminary master plan indicates
several low profile structures with a cumulative total
area of less than of
administrative building space. In keeping with the
comprehensive plan, a low architectural profile is stressed
between proposed and existing structures as well as the
general topography of the area. This approach permits
the proposed structures to be screened behind and below
the tree lines and earth berms. The preliminary master
'plan concept is intended to create a low profile, campus-
like atmosphere and to achieve the aesthetic and functional
coordination of the entire facility.
III. Probable Impact of the Preliminary Master Plan on the
Environment
A. Population
Projected Agency population under the proposed
preliminary master plan is within the National Capital
Planning Commission's guidelines for the area and includes
known projected increases of the Fai.rbank Highway Research
.Station, Federal Highway Administration. Currently at
Headquarters, 68 percent of our employees reside in
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Virginia, 22 percent in Maryland, and 10 percent in the
District of Columbia. It is noted that the percentage
expressed for Maryland has remained constant for the past
10 years whereas the District of Columbia percentage has
declined from 33 percent 10 years ago to its present 10
percent.
The Agency is unique in that our employees serve
wherever the need arises according to a rotation system
which also enhances personnel growth and experience.
Employees are transferred between Headquarters and other
metropolitan area facilities for varying lengths of time.
In view of these circumstances, Agency personnel have
made it a practice to locate their residences within a
reasonable commuting distance to the Langley Headquarters
Building. The greater number of employees reside within
30 minutes commuting time to Headquarters. This fact,
along with supporting data, indicates that a minimal number
of personnel relocations would result due to an Agency
consolidation at Langley. Ten percent of the personnel to
be relocated now work in the District of Columbia with
the other 90 percent in Arlington and Fairfax Counties,
Virginia. Specific numbers of employees have not been
presented since personnel data are classified information,
as prescribed by the National Security Act of 1947.
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B. Traffic and Air Pollution
Utilization of public bus transportation serving
the Headquarters Building is minimal at the present
time. However, those personnel utilizing public bus
transportation reside within 45 minutes commuting time.
According to the results of an inhouse Agency survey,
less than 2 1/2 percent of our employees utilize public
bus transportation, and the remainder use private vehicles.
A survey of vehicular access patterns to the Headquarters
site reveals that 45 percent of Agency personnel arrive
.via the George Washington Memorial Parkway, 41 percent
,via the Dolley Madison Boulevard (Virginia Route 123),
and 14 percent via Georgetown Pike (Virginia Route 193).
The Virginia Department of Highways has scheduled improve-
ments to the Georgetown Pike for 1985. It is anticipated
that the larger number of Virginia drivers utilizing
the George Washington Memorial Parkway will use the
Georgetown Pike at that time, and the utilization of all
three major highways will be better equalized.
Of the Agency employees to be relocated to Headquarters,
69 percent reside in Virginia, 21 percent in Maryland,
and 10 percent in the District of Columbia. Since most
Agency facilities are in Virginia and the existing
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residential patterns are in reasonably close proximity
to the Headquarters Building, it is projected that
mileage and travel time for the greater number of
personnel will be reduced by 25 percent, except for
those residing in the District of Columbia. District
of Columbia residents will, however,, travel in the
reverse traffic flow on the George Washington Memorial
Parkway and Virginia Route 123 during peak traffic hours.
The net effect of this decrease in travel time should
result in a reduction of vehicular air pollution in
this region.
Continuing joint efforts and coordination by the
Agency, General Services Administration, and Environmental
Protection Agency relative to air pollution from power-
plant heat-producing equipment has brought both qualitative
and quantitative particulate and gaseous emissions
within the standards of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
C. Water and Sewerage
The potable water supply is obtained from the
District of Columbia and is provided to the Agency
through the jurisdiction of the city of Falls Church.
The existing system has the capacity to supply standard
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quantities of water for the projected increase of
personnel and functions. It is therefore anticipated
that this preliminary master plan when implemented will
have little, if any, impact upon the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments' Water and Sewerage
Plan and Program 1971-1972.
The existing Headquarters sanitary sewer system
has an adequate reserve capacity to handle the projected
increase. The sewerage lift station on the site is owned,
operated, and maintained by Fairfax County, and the
ultimate effluent destination is the Blue Plains Sewerage
Treatment Facility in the District of Columbia. In
order to ensure that the present and projected effluent
content meets established standards, the Philadelphia
office of the Office of Water Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, is currently conducting qualitative
and quantitative assessment of the physical, chemical,
and thermal characteristics of the residue. This
preliminary master plan, when implemented, will have
minimal adverse effect on water quality standards in
the region as the Agency will comply with all regulations
in effect at the time of implementation.
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D. Land Use
Development of the site as planned will take
advantage of the few existing open areas to the maximum
extent possible. The natural wooded land area screens
to the north, east, and south portions of the site will
be undisturbed and will continue providing natural
visual and security buffer zones. The land area to the
west, facing Turkey Run Park, National Park Service,
and the Fairbank Highway Research Station, Department of
Transportation, will become a landscaped and natural
;wooded buffer zone to shield and preserve the natural
effects of the parklands and provide a security buffer
zone. The completed facility would appear as a heavily
wooded area when viewed from outside the site. Twenty-
nine percent of the existing site (213 acres) is developed
(roads, structures, and parking), 44 percent landscaped,
and 27 percent undisturbed. With the implementation
of the preliminary master plan and acquisition of the
additional 38 acres, land use percentages would be 31
percent developed, 43 percent landscaped, and 26 percent
undisturbed.
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E. Ecological Systems
It is believed that the effect on ecological systems
would be minor in that a large percentage of the area
would be retained in its natural undisturbed state.
This will continue to provide a buffer zone with the
remaining developed area enhanced by landscaping. The
original site has been fenced for more than 12 years.
The recently acquired property from Federal Highway
Administration excess land is now fenced. There is little
wildlife in the area other than birds; and, to this end,
it is a sanctuary resulting in the preservation of the
biota.
Storm drainage follows natural drainage systems
into the Potomac River. Ground cover is well established
in the area; thus, siltation is kept to a minimum. Storm
drainage from the area, therefore, should have little or
no abnormal effect on marine life in the Potomac River.
If deemed necessary, storm drainage could be impounded
on the site, as proposed by the Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments Water and Sewerage Plan and
Program 1971-1972.
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F. Housing
It is a well-publicized fact that there is an
inadequate supply of housing for low and moderate income
groups in the Metropolitan Washington Area. The
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments."Housing
Policies and Programs 1971" states that their objective
is to present a concerted effort in overcoming area
housing problems. It is believed that by the time this
preliminary master plan is implemented, Agency employees
who are presently in this low and moderate income group
will have taken advantage of housing opportunities
available to them. The Agency is concerned in meeting
and sustaining its commitments to equal employment
opportunities. To this end, 2.5 percent of those to be
relocated are in the low income status of which less
than 4 percent are in a minority group. Thirty-two
percent of the personnel to be relocated are in the
moderate income status of which 10 percent are in a
minority group. Of the personnel currently in the low
income status, 30 percent reside in the District of
Columbia (NW), 63 percent reside in Virginia, with the
remaining 7 percent in Maryland. Those in the moderate
income status have the following places of residence:
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13 percent in the District of Columbia (1/2 NW, 1/4 NE,
and 1/4 SE), 76 percent in Virginia, and 11 percent in
Maryland. In view of the current distribution of employees
by place of residence, the Agency will be in compliance
with regulatory procedures on housing of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development and the General Services
-Administration as announced in the Federal Register,
(dated June 7, 1972) Volume 37, No. 110, pages 11367-
11374, respectively.
IV. Probable Adverse Environmental Effects
A probable adverse environmental effect which cannot
be avoided will be the increase in developed acreage;
however, this will be offset through landscaping. No
other adverse environmental effects are foreseen as
implementation of the plan does not impose any additional
requirements upon the region.
V. Alternatives Considered
Maintain our existing space occupancy. This would
involve retention of our Headquarters Building and GSA
leased and assigned Federal space now occupied. Some of
this Federal property is planned for other long-range
usage by other Government agencies.
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Consolidate all external facilities on a new site
other than the Headquarters compound. This action
would not necessarily result in any increase in day-to-day
operating efficiency.
Monolithic structure versus a multibuilding campus
approach. A monolithic structure would be aesthetically
incompatible in terms of mass and relative appearance with
the Headquarters Building. The multibuilding approach,
stressing low structural profiles, could be more success-
fully integrated into the topography and the natural
physical attributes of the site.
Complete surface'parking versus parking structures.
In view of the amount of surface development required for
parking, a combination of parking structures and surface
parking was utilized. This approach reduces the amount
of surface development and maximizes the preservation of
natural growth.
VI. Relationship Between Short-Term Uses and Long-Term
Productivity
The short-term uses of this site environment will
involve the implementation of facilities indicated on
the preliminary master plan. The planned utilization
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of existing natural growth, cleared areas, and landscaping
will enhance the character of the area relative to an
acceptable balance between natural and man-made entities.
In essence, the appearance of the site will continue to
be a large natural wooded area. Periodic planting of
additional trees, proper upkeep of landscaping, and a
limitation of surface facilities development, will protect
and preserve ecological systems and ensure optional land
resource utilization for future generations.
VII. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources
The irreversible or irretrievable commitment of
resources under this preliminary master plan is expressed
in the commitment of monetary resources for the construc-
tion necessary for its implementation. However, anticipated
monetary savings and increased efficiency would amortize
the costs of the preliminary master plan implementation
within acceptable accounting procedures.
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APPENDIX I
SUMMARY SHEET
Draft Environmental Description
Central Intelligence Agency
Director of Logistics
Washington, D.C. 20505
Preliminary Master Plan
The preliminary master plan presents the ultimately desired
consolidation of the Central Intelligence Agency on assigned
Federal property at Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia.
The environmental impact and adverse environmental effects
of the preliminary master plan have been determined to be
minor.
Alternatives considered were:
Maintain existing space occupancy.
Consolidate all external facilities on a new site
other than the Headquarters compound.
Monolithic structure versus multibuilding campus
approach.
Complete surface parking versus parking structures.
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