Env 202514- Renovate Softball fields 2025-v8.pdf

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REQUEST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS

INSTRUCTIONS: Section I to be completed by Proponent; Sections II and III to be completed by Environmental Planning Function. Continue on separate sheets as necessary. Reference appropriate item number(s).

SECTION I - PROPONENT INFORMATION

1. TO (Environmental Planning Function) 2. FROM (Proponent organization and functional address symbol) 2a. TELEPHONE NO.

3. TITLE OF PROPOSED ACTION

4. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION (Identify decision to be made and need date)

5. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES (DOPAA) (Provide sufficient details for evaluation of the total action.)

6. PROPONENT APPROVAL (Name and Grade) 6a. SIGNATURE 6b. DATE

SECTION II - PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY. (Check appropriate box and describe potential environmental effects + 0 U - Including cumulative effects.) (+ = positive effect; 0 = no effect; - = adverse effect; U= unknown effect)

7. AIR INSTALLATION COMPATIBLE USE ZONE/LAND USE (Noise, accident potential, encroachment, etc.)

8. AIR QUALITY (Emissions, attainment status, state implementation plan, etc.)

9. WATER RESOURCES (Quality, quantity, source, etc.)

10. SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (Asbestos/radiation/chemical exposure, explosives safety quantity-distance, bird/wildlife aircraft hazard, etc.)

11. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/WASTE (Use/storage/generation, solid waste, etc.)

12. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES (Wetlands/floodplains, threatened or endangered species, etc.)

13. CULTURAL RESOURCES (Native American burial sites, archaeological, historical, etc.)

14. GEOLOGY AND SOILS (Topography, minerals, geothermal, Installation Restoration Program, seismicity, etc.)

15. SOCIOECONOMIC (Employment/population projections, school and local fiscal impacts, etc.)

16. OTHER (Potential impacts not addressed above.)

SECTION III - ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS DETERMINATION

17. PROPOSED ACTION QUALIFIES FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION (CATEX) # ; OR

PROPOSED ACTION DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A CATEX; FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED.

18. REMARKS

19. ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FUNCTION CERTIFICATION 19a. SIGNATURE 19b. DATE (Name and Grade)

THIS FORM CONSOLIDATES AF FORMS 813 AND 814.

PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF BOTH FORMS ARE OBSOLETE.

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NEPA Coordination Record

RCS #: 202514

Title of Proposed Action: Refurbish Softball Fields

Proponent: Tanya McCormick

Reviewer: Comment

1 Tanya McCormick Proponent

2 60 CES/CEIE- Hazardous Waste/Hazardous Materials Dave Steffens- 707-424-2533

Report any spills to 60 CES/CEIE within 24 hours

3 60 CES/CEIE -Tanks/SPCC Elliott Sung 707-424-1813

Ensure that all vehicles and equipment are refueled within areas with appropriate levels of secondary containment or off base.

4 60 CES/CEIE -Air Quality Xuyen Lieu -707-424-5103

Contractor’s In-Use Off-Road Diesel equipment:

1. Contractor's special purpose construction diesel equipment and/or in-use off-road diesel vehicles rated equal or greater than 25 brake horsepower (bhp) shall be registered with CARB prior to operating on base.

2. Contractors shall comply with the CARB renewable diesel fuel, R99 or R100, requirements.

3. Contractors shall maintain a current CARB vehicles fleet compliance certificate and make them readily available upon request.

4. Contractors shall control fugitive emissions. There shall be no visible emissions.

5 60 CES/CEIE -Asbestos & Lead Xuyen Lieu-707-424-5103 No comment.

6 60 CES/CEIE -Water Resources/Storm Water Margaret Heinz 707-424-

Protect water resources in and around area including storm drains and sanitary sewers.

60 CES/CEIE

Cultural Resources Manager-

Angus Raff-Tierney 707-424-3739

The Cultural Resources Manager has determined the action generally qualifies as an undertaking in accordance with 36CFR 800.16(y) because it includes earthmoving activities. However, the risk is low given the general absence of prehistoric archaeology identified on the base, the high level of prior disturbance and development of the area, as well as a low surface and subsurface sensitivity for cultural sites per TAFB geoarchaeological model.

Project location has also been subject to previous cultural resource survey with negative results.

7 60 CES/CEIE

Natural Resources Manager- Emily Rosa 707-424-2532

60 CES/CEIE

Natural Resources Specialist- Alex Bajakian 707-424-0876

Site survey conducted and found an effect determination of no effect for California Tiger Salamanders. With the implementation of conservation measures. The project must stay within the existing footprint of the existing fields.

9 60 CES/CEIE

Integrated Solid Waste Manager No comments

10 60 CES/CENPL-Community Planner

N/A

WHEN APPLICABLE

AFCEC/CZO- Environmental Restoration Program – Chet Storrs 707- 424-3062 Alternate: Angel Santiago 424-4518

N/A

60 AMDS/SGPB

Bio-Environmental

N/A

60 AMW/SEG- Occupational Safety Manager

N/A

CES/CEIE has reviewed the AF form 813 to determine environmental concerns related to the proposed action of refurbishing the base softball fields.

Please read ALL comments in red on comment matrix. This will be required for this project. Please ensure on working on this location know the safety concerns. No other environmental impacts were identified. According to the Interdisciplinary team there are no issues and/or concerns as long as the coordination page requirements are being met. Thus, this action qualifies for CATEX A2.3.10.

Routine facility maintenance and repair that does not involve disturbing significant quantities of hazardous materials such as asbestos and lead-based paint.

Travis AFB is in attainment; therefore, a conformity statement is not required. Thus this action is approved.

‘The DAF is aware of the November 12, 2024 decision in Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration, No. 23-1067 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 12, 2024). To the extent that a court may conclude that the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA are not judicially enforceable or binding on this agency action, the DAF has nonetheless elected to follow those regulations at 40 C.F.R. Parts 1500– 1508, in addition to the DAF’s procedures/regulations implementing NEPA at 32 CFR 989, to meet the agency’s obligations under NEPA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq.’

TrUSt TRAVIS … THERE ARE NO BOUNDS

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS 60TH AIR MOBILITY WING (AMC)

20 August 2025

MEMORANDUM FOR 60 CES/CEIE

FROM: 60 AMW/JA

SUBJECT: Legal Review of the Environmental Impact Analysis for the Refurbishment of Facility # 1183 Johnson Softball Field and Facility # 1907 National Softball Field, Located at Travis Air Force Base, California (TAFB)

1. Ms. Tanya McCormick, 60 FSS/FSVS, has requested an Environmental Impact Analysis (AF Form 813) for the refurbishment of two TAFB softball fields, the Johnson Softball Field (Facility # 1183), and the National Softball Field (Facility # 1907), and the installation of gopher barriers in order to make the fields safer for recreational softball and flag football games for both adult and youth participants. The proposed project would rototill the two existing softball fields, press and roll out underground gopher tunnels, rebuild the subbase of rock, sand, and topsoil, and would install sprinklers and gopher barriers.

2. Since the proposed refurbishment project would not affect nearby environmentally sensitive wetland areas, the NEPA Program Manager has determined that this project can qualify for a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Categorical Exclusion (CATEX), under Section A2.3.10 of Appendix B to 32 CFR 989. CATEX A2.3.10 would apply to the Proposed Action because this project would involve rototilling and trench digging and would not involve disturbing significant quantities of hazardous materials such as asbestos and lead-based paint.

This Proposed Action would be eligible for this particular CATEX since these refurbishment activities would take place inside the two already existing softball field areas without a significant threat that asbestos or lead-based paint would be disturbed.

4. I have reviewed the Environmental Impact Analysis Request for this project and I find that a CATEX determination under CATEX A2.3.10 would be legally sufficient. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at 424-3156, or email me at kurt.grunawalt@us.af.mil.

Kurt E. Grunawalt

KURT E. GRUNAWALT

Attorney Advisor