The Environmental Baseline Assessment Report consists of four sections. Section 1.0 is the Introduction. A description of the methodology employed in the EBA, including the records search, the geophysical survey, the soils and groundwater investigations, the identification of potential contaminants of concern, and recommendations criteria for disposition of the NOAA site are presented in Section 2.0. Section 3.0 presents and discusses the findings of the EBA, including the NOAA site history and current use. the NOAA site environmental setting, and the investigation results for Areas 1, 2. 3, 4, and 5 of the NOAA site. References cited in the report are listed in Section 4. 0. Environmental baseline assessment, NOAA, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.

This book reviews the adequacy of information available for predicting and managing the environmental and human effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It examines how the Alaskan OCS and adjacent onshore natural and human environments differ from those in more temperate waters and to what degree the information characterizes those differences. (It also recommends alternatives to further studies in some cases where more information would be helpful for decisionmaking.)

This Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) has been prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and NOAA Administrative Order 216-6, Environmental Review Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. It addresses the potential effects, beneficial or adverse, associated with continuing existing NESDIS operations, expanding operations, and improving facilities at the Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS), as outlined in a 2015 Facility Master Plan (FMP). This PEA provides analysis for the proposed projects outlined in the 2015 FCDAS FMP as they are currently scoped. Additional site-specific project review, would be conducted before project onset to ensure that future scope is in accordance with this PEA. If the project scope or environmental baseline changes, then this document lays the foundation for subsequent analyses and decision-making of individual tiered projects. It is intended to eliminate repetitive discussions of the same issues and focus on the key issues at each level of project review"--Summary (iii).