NEPA PROGRAM SUPPORT, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI

SUMMARY OF WORK: The non-federal entity will perform the required program support to: (1) provide technical assistance and support related to the successful completion of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Environmental Condition of Property (ECP) documentation for integrated and interdisciplinary environmental planning; (2) support the installation in the proper disclosure technical environmental information to the public; and (3) enhance government environmental planning and decision making during the NEPA process by supporting the collection and analysis of technical environmental information related to scoping, alternative analysis, and direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts. BACKGROUND: Fort Leonard Wood currently consists of 61,410 acres and is designated as an active Installation Management Command (IMCOM) installation. Fort Leonard Wood is located just south of Waynesville and St. Robert, in Pulaski County, Missouri located in the northern Ozark Highland region of south-central Missouri. The installation encompasses 61,000 acres of primarily upland oak-hickory forest, 19/25 miles of permanent/intermittent streams, and 240 acres of impoundments that support an abundance of terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna, including sensitive species. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: All responsible, non-federal entities submitting funding requests that meet the requirements in the scope of work will be considered for this funding opportunity. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Title 16 U.S.C. Section 670c-1 provides, in part, that “[t]he Secretary of a military department may enter into cooperative agreements…with nongovernmental organizations” for the purposes of “[t]he maintenance and improvement of natural resources on, or to benefit natural and historic research on, military installations and State-owned National Guard installations.”