Compatible Use

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Compatible Use Sustainability

• A Draft Customizable Briefing for Addressing
  Encroachment Surrounding Military Facilities

Prepared by the ECOS and DoD SUSTAINABILITY
WORKGROUPLAST UPDATE 5 AUGUST 2005
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Compatible Use Sustainability An Introduction

• What are the issues? - What is encroachment? -
  Why is encroachment a challenge?
• - What is sustainability? - What does
  success look like? - Challenges to success
• What are successful options?
• What is the return on investment?
• How are we addressing the issue?
• What can I learn from our experience?
• What can I do about it?

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What are the issues?
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What is encroachment?

• Encroachment stems from the need to share
  scarce resources. It is the cumulative impact of
  pressures placed on military installations and
  ranges and the surrounding communities and
  environmental controls resulting from
• growing development and urbanization around
  military facilities
• a lack of joint land use planning
• increasing requirements/challenges
• competition for air, land, water, energy, radio
  frequency spectrum, and other resources

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Why is encroachment a challenge?

• A healthy, active base translates into jobs and
  revenues for local governments and their
  economies
• Military training operations can have a
  significant impact on the environment
  (groundwater, air quality, etc.)
• Mission viability DoDs ability to provide
  realistic combat training is threatened by
  encroachment

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What is sustainability?
Meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs. Sustainability from a
community perspective Ensuring the long-term
maintenance of a communitys quality of life and
economic viability. Sustainability from a state
perspective Acting as a responsible steward of
the environment to meet the needs of the present
without sacrificing resource availability and
quality for future generations. Sustainability
from a military perspective Simultaneously
meeting current as well as future mission
requirements worldwide, safeguarding human
health, improving quality of life, and enhancing
the natural environment.
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What does success look like?
Mission WIN
Military (Facility)
Compliance
State/Federal (Laws and Regs)
Natural Resources Environment WIN
Local Communities (Land Use)
Community Quality of Life WIN
Sustainability
A win/win/win situation balances the interests of
all three stakeholders
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Some Factors that Affect Installation and
Community Sustainability
Military Challenges Common Challenges Community Challenges
Wilderness designations Water quality/quantity Unexploded ordinance and constituents
Population expansion/shifts Quality of life Noise
Maritime issues Air quality Economic growth diversification
Airspace congestion and competition Financial resources Property rights
Endangered species Wildlife habitat Tax income
Mission requirements Residential commercial development Sufficient housing
Use of smoke/obscurants Open space preservation Public health, safety, welfare
Light Protection of cultural sites
Regulations Effective communication
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What is the return on investment?
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What is the return on investment to local
governments and community groups?
A healthy, viable installation provides myriad
economic benefits to its host community

• An installation that is able to perform its
  mission remains a viable installation for
  defense purposes
• A healthy, active base translates into jobs and
  revenues for local governments and their
  economies
• Local governments share a common interest with
  the Department of Defense in sustaining the
  environment

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What is the return on investment to states?
Partnership and coordination are integral to the
preservation of our environment

• States and localities share a common interest
  with the Department of Defense in
  sustaining the environment
• Military training operations can have a
  significant impact on the environment
  (groundwater, air quality, etc.)
• Shared air sheds, water sheds, aquifers,
  eco-systems, dictate the need for collaboration

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What is the return on investment to the military?
Primary Mission to defend the United States
its people, its land and its heritage

• Survivability and success on the battlefield are
  critically linked to realistic, live training
  on military installations. A nation at war
  requires its military installations to provide
  trained and tested Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and
  Marines
• Meeting mission requirements requires
  safeguarding natural systems on which we
  depend
• Mission viability is threatened by encroachment

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How are we addressing the issue?
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How are we addressing the issue?(State
Legislative Action)
In recent years, states have begun to pass
legislation that aims to minimize encroachment
and build compatible uses of air, land and water
resources around military installations. Most
commonly introduced and enacted approaches
include some variation on six specific themes.
1.) Creation of buffer zones areas around
military installations through third-party, state
or local property acquisitions or conservation
easements. 2.) Requirements that communities and
local / state governments consult with
installation commanders on land use activities
around military installations.
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How are we addressing the issue? (State
Legislative Action)
3.) Requirements that communities near military
installations consider land use planning and
commercial development / zoning
requirements that are compatible with the
operations and missions of neighboring
installations. 4.) Requirement that
implementation of zoning, land use, and noise and
nuisance regulations are consistent with
the operations and mission at the
neighboring military installation. 5.)
Requirements that local communities perform an
impact assessment of land use activities
and commercial and residential development or
growth on military installations and the
operations or mission at the military
installation before developing.
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How are we addressing the issue? (State
Legislative Action)
6.) Creation of military advisory boards,
commissions, committees, composed of state
and local officials, military liaisons, and other
stakeholders to facilitate discussion and
craft policy as regards abating
encroachment challenges around military
installations, including those bodies with
anti-BRAC responsibilities.
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What can I learn from our experience?
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Common threads that lead to success

• A sense of shared responsibility, participation
  and investment
• among county/state governments, communities and
  the military
• for the environment, the economy and the
  military.

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
1 Northwest Florida Greenway Partnership

• Involved Eglin AFB, Florida Department of
  Environmental Protection, The Nature
  Conservancy, and Okaloosa Economic Development
  Council
• Includes a swath of land and air between Eglin
  and Apalachicola National Forest
• Provides Eglin AFB with an encroachment buffer
  from incompatible development
• Protects lands that will sustain the high
  biodiversity of the region
• Links protected natural resource areas
• Promotes the sustainability of the military
  mission in Northwest Florida to meet national
  defense testing, operational and training
  requirements
• Preserves water resources and provides
  recreation
• Strengthens the regional economy
• More information www.dep.state.fl/us

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
2 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC

•  Involved Beaufort County, the Department of
  Defense/Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, and
  The Trust For Public Land
• Allowed the county to buy development rights to
  the property, with half the cost reimbursed by
  DoD
• Protects 69 acres next to Marine Corps Air
  Station Beaufort from being developed and
  encroaching on the air stations mission
• Ensures compatible land use with requirements
  for the land to be used for conservation--includi
  ng farming, passive recreational use, and grazing
  
• Strengthens the collaborative relationship
  between the county and the Air Station for the
  long term
• More information www.beaufortmec.com/

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
3 Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC

• Formed the Onslow Bight Conservation Forum to
  address regional conservation issues. A
  major goal sustain land use compatible with the
  military mission
• Forum includes Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune,
  The Nature Conservancy, North Carolina Department
  of Environment and Natural Resources, US Forest
  Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, North
  Carolina Coastal Federation, North Carolina
  Coastal Land Trust, Endangered Species Coalition
  and others
• Forum fostered partnerships between participants
  to acquire conservation parcels that meet shared
  objectives
• Acquired 2500 acres in 2003 next to Camp Lejeune.
  Many other acquisitions are planned in the
  vicinity of Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point
• More information www.fws.gov/southeast/grants/Ons
  lowbight.html

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
4 Sustainable Fort Lewis, WA

•  Involves Fort Lewis and surrounding regional
  stakeholders, including Puget Sound Clean Air
  Agency, The Nature Conservancy, Nisqually Indian
  Tribe, US Green Building Council, among others
• Provides Fort Lewis and the community with
  25-year goals to safeguard human health, improve
  the quality of life and enhance the natural
  environment
• Ensures long-term sustainability of the Fort
  Lewis mission and overall environmental health
  of the installation
• Reduces traffic-related air emissions, recovers
  listed and candidate species, reduces potable
  water consumption, and makes other gains
•  Educates military leaders on the concept of
  sustainability and how it applies to military
  installations
•  Encourages residents and the regional workforce
  to make sustainable choices, e.g. participating
  in vanpools to reduce traffic congestion, buying
  locally to reduce the amount of transportation
  required
• More information www.lewis.army.mil/publicworks/

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
5 Community Initiatives Team, Luke AFB

•  Involves members of the community with staff of
  the Luke Air Force Base, AZ, 56th Fighter Wing
  Commander
•  Addresses zoning and development issues that
  affect the 56th Fighter Wings mission, ensuring
  its long-term mission sustainability
•  Interacts with local governments, Arizona state
  legislature, Governors office, and Arizona
  congressional delegation
•  Works with communities to lower density of
  developments surrounding base noise contours
•  Fosters trust, openness and communication
  between Luke AFB and local governments
•  Promotes compatible land use in areas critical
  to Luke AFBs mission
• More information www.luke.af.mil/urbandevelopmen
  t/default.htm

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What can I learn from our experience?Case
Study 6 Fort Bragg/Pope AFB Regional Land Use
Advisory Council

• Regional Land Use Advisory Council including
  local, county and municipal representatives
  established in November 2000
• Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base Joint Land Use
  Study prepared in May 2003
• Fort Bragg/Pope developed a six-county GIS
  database to assist in land use decisions
• The Nature Conservancy purchased land development
  rights along Fort Bragg boundary
• Cumberland County adopted process to lease
  development rights from property owners
• Hoke County adopted a new land use plan that
  embraces the Joint Land Use Study pattern
• More information www.bragg.army.mil/sustainabilit
  y/Success.htm

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
7 Burlington County, NJ, Buffer Zone

• Involved Burlington County, Fort Dix, McGuire
  Air Force Base, and the Federal Farmland
  Protection Program
• 200,000 grant under the Federal Farmland
  Protection Program helped the County acquire
  farmland preservation easements from farm owners
• Benefited residents and enhanced military
  installations readiness and training capability
  by reducing incompatible development that would
  conflict with military air traffic and other
  activities
• Served as a tool for the Countys goal to
  preserve more than 40,000 acres of farmland
• Preserved about 12,000 acres of farmland,
  forests and parkland in six NJ municipalities
• Combined grant funds with County and State funds
  to acquire easements on properties that would
  otherwise not be preserved because of lack of
  funding
• More information www.dix.army.mil/

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
8 Virginia Regional Environmental Management
System (VREMS)

• Involves DoD facilities, other federal agencies,
  cities and counties, private companies, and
  Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Growing from a pilot project at the Defense
  Supply Center in Richmond, sponsored by DoD and
  the White House Council on Environmental Quality,
  and initiated through a cooperative agreement
  with the Global Environment and Technology
  Foundation, into a state-wide forum
• Recognizes that environmental impacts extend
  beyond property fence lines and that meaningful
  actions to address the impacts need to do the
  same
• Uses Environmental Management Systems as a
  common language to identify stakeholders and
  collaborate on reducing environmental impacts,
  strengthening mission readiness of all
  participants, and facilitating awareness
• Focusing now on voluntary air emission reduction
  strategies with actions ranging from quantifying
  footprints and measuring improvements to working
  on State Implementation Plan writing groups
• More information Jimmy.Parrish_at_dla.mil

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
9 NJ Municipal Land Use Legislation

•  Legislation signed by the Governor and effective
  March 2005
• Requires developers to provide notice to
  military facility commanders if their proposed
  development is within 3,000 feet of a military
  facility in NJ
• Requires notice to a military facility affected
  by a change in a NJ zoning district
• Establishes a communication procedure for each
  State department, agency or commission to notify
  the military facility prior to finalizing any
  plan that would impact land within 3,000 feet of
  the facility
• Affords better communication between State and
  local entities and military facility commanders
• Senate Bill 2207 and companion Assembly Bill
  3706 passed unanimously in both houses in
  February 2005
• More information www.njleg.state.nj.us

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
10 North Carolina South Carolina Legislation

• NC SB 1161 requires county commissioners and
  city councils to notify installation commanders
  in changes to zoning maps or permitted land uses
  located 5 miles or less from the boundary of a
  military base. Bill received unanimous support
  in both chambers of the NC General Assembly
• SB 1161 signed by Governor in July 2004. More
  information www.ncleg.net/
• SC HB 4482 ensures that development in areas
  near federal military installations is conducted
  in a coordinated manner that takes into account
  and provides a voice for federal military
  interests in planning and zoning decisions by
  local governments. The installation commander is
  to be notified at least 30 days prior to any
  public hearing with respect to each proposed
  land use or zoning decision involving land that
  is located within a federal military overlay
  zone, within 3000 feet of any federal military
  installation, or within the 3000 foot Clear Zone
  Accident Potential Zones defined by
  Installation Compatible Use Zones
• HB 4482 signed by Governor in October 2004. More
  information www.scstatehouse.net/

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What can I learn from our experience?Case Study
11 Virginia Land Use Legislation

•  Virginia HB 714 signed by the Governor and
  effective April 2004
• Requires planning commissions in the
  commonwealth to give 10-days advance notice to
  military installation commanders before any
  hearings on proposed changes in use to parcels
  of land within 3,000 feet of installations
• Also requires planning commissions to invite
  comments or recommendations from military
  commanders on proposed changes
• Requires that comprehensive plans and
  accompanying maps include the location of
  military bases, military airports and their
  adjacent safety areas
• More information http//legis.state.va.us/

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What can I do about it?
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What can I do about it?

• Learn more about compatible use and
  sustainability issues in your community
• Contact local planning/zoning boards and
  participate in community decisions
• Spread the word/expand the circle
• Contact your Military Component Regional
  Environmental Office for assistance in
  identifying and enacting model solutions in your
  state/community surrounding your military
  facility
• Initiate or participate in a facility-specific
  sustainability forum

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What can I do about it?
Contact Your Regional Environmental Office
REGION DOD REC (Point of Contact)
Region 1 Mr. Andy Stackpole - [phone]
Region 2 Mr. Tom Sims - [phone]
Region 3 Ms. Christine Porter - [phone]
Region 4 Ms. Susan Gibson - [phone], ext. 277
Region 5 Dr. James Hartman - [phone]
Region 6 Mr. Robert Gill - [phone]
Region 7 Mr. Bart Ives - [phone]
Region 8 Mr. Jerry Owens - [phone]
Region 9 Capt. Anthony Gonzales - [phone]
Region 10 Ms. Clare Mendelsohn - [phone]