Draft EA for Hangar 3 Building Demolition Project

Draft EA for Hangar 3 Building Demolition Project

This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to evaluate potential effects that arise as a result of the work proposed by Planetary Ventures, LLC (PV or Lessee) to address existing hazardous structural conditions at Hangar 3. Hangar 3 is located adjacent to the Moffett Federal Airfield (MFA), which is part of NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC). NASA entered into an Adaptive Reuse Lease (Lease) with PV in October 2014 for PV’s use and occupancy of MFA. The MFA Lease includes Hangar 3 as well as other facilities. The Lessee has proposed demolition of Hangar 3 to remedy its unsafe condition and eliminate the unacceptable structural hazard it poses. The preparation of this EA is consistent with regulations issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1216.3, Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 8580.1A, Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and Executive Order 12114. Preparation of this EA commenced prior to September 14, 2020. This EA has been prepared in accordance with the CEQ regulations implementing the provisions of NEPA as were codified in 1978.

Mountain View, Sunnyvale

Santa Clara

San Francisco Bay Area

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Other (Demolition)

Planned Unit Development

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wildfire