Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies

Provide technical and financial assistance to state and local governments to plan and implement civilian actions necessary to alleviate and /or prevent incompatible civilian development and other civilian activities that are likely to impair the cont

Per statute, enables state and local governments to plan and implement civilian actions necessary to alleviate and/or prevent incompatible civilian development and other civilian activities that are likely to impair the continued operational utility of a Department of War installation, range, special use air space, military operations area, and/or military training route.

Applicants for this assistance are to contact the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation and a Project Manager will be assigned to work with the applicant to determine eligibility for assistance under this program. States, counties, municipalities, other political subdivisions of a State, and special purpose units of a State or local government are eligible for this assistance if the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation determines that the encroachment of the civilian community is likely to impair the continued operational utility of the military installation.

States and communities, including local property owners, as well as the local military installation.

Potentially eligible activities may include, but are not limited to: "Compatible Use Plans" to comprehensively understand concerns and opportunities, and to develop a responsive strategy and action plan; preparation of land use ordinances; analysis and dissemination of information; timely consultation and cooperation among DoD, state and local governments, and other stakeholders; coordinated interagency and intergovernmental assistance; technical and financial studies; clearinghouse or websites to exchange information among federal, state, and local efforts; resolution of regulatory issues impeding the support of compatibility measures, drafting of state legislation; feasibility studies; integration of the Department's Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse procedures with local/state reviews; development of follow-on open space/easement opportunities for the Department's Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program; and, other innovative approaches. More specifically, assistance may be undertaken to respond to current, future, or potential areas or incidences of encroachment upon installations and ranges, including: incompatible development in aircraft runway clear and accident potential zones; light pollution; urban growth; noise; electromagnetic spectrum interference; protection from a threat of unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles; vertical obstructions; and incompatible use of land, air and water resources.

Length of assistance may extend across more than one period and will be determined on the basis of project need and requirements. Project periods may occur over a 12 to 24 month period.

Pre-application coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process of State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. When in receipt of a Military Department nomination, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will notify the relevant Installation Commander that a Project Manager will schedule a visit to understand local encroachment threats, provide a program overview and confirm the Installation Commander's support to engage the affected local governments and/or State, and confirm local civilian interest and support to undertake the study and carry out the study recommendations. Once support from the Installation Commander and affected local governments and/or State is confirmed, the Project Manager will work with the local governments and/or State to craft an effective and responsive program of assistance to ensure any encroachment is responded to and civilian growth and development are compatible with the continued operational utility of the military installation.

Upon validating a respondent's eligibility and the potential civilian development to impair the operational utility of an installation, consider each of the following equally-balanced factors as a basis to invite formal grant applications: an appropriate and clear project design to address the need, problem, or issue identified; evidence of an effective approach to ensure the project supports the continued operational utility of the local mission; the innovative quality of the proposed approach; and, a reasonable, allowable and allocable proposed budget with a non-Federal match commitment and schedule for completion of the work program specified.

All proposals will be reviewed on their individual merit by a panel of Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation staff, all of whom are Federal employees. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation may coordinate with the appropriate Military Department, and other Federal entities, as appropriate and in the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation's discretion, to develop a decision on the proposal.

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will notify the respondent, to the extent practical, within thirty (30) days after receipt of a proposal, whether their proposal was successful. The successful respondents will then be assigned a Project Manager and instructed to submit an application through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation's grants management system. Grant applications will be reviewed for their completeness and accuracy and a grant award will be issued, to the extent practical, within seven (7) business days from receipt of a complete application.

There is no appeal process. However, unsuccessful respondents will be notified that their proposal was not selected for further action and funding, and may request a debriefing on their submitted proposal. When applicable, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation may include information about other applicable Federal grant programs in this communication. Requests for debriefing must be submitted in writing within three (3) calendar days of notification of an unsuccessful proposal.