Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, as amended (NEPA) (42 US.C. 4321, et seq.) and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Smithsonian Institution, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration, has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the National Air and Space Museum Dulles Collections Center at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Fairfax County, Virginia.    

The Draft EA is being made available to the public and federal and local government agencies for review and comment.  The record will be open for comment from July 13, 2016 until 5:00 p.m. August 11, 2016.  Please send all written comments and inquiries to Ms. Jane Passman, Senior Facilities Master Planner, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 511, Washington, DC 20013-7012 or by email at [email protected].

A copy of the Draft EA is available for public review at the following locations: Chantilly Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly, VA  20151; Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. Germain Drive, Centreville, VA  20121; and Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise Street, Sterling, VA 20164.

Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment – including your personal identifying information – may be made publicly available at any time.  While you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.