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Integration of NEPA Analysis in Army Strategic Planning
Continuous improvement is an Army standard practice and is the underlying theme of
ISO 14001. The Installation Management Command (IMCOM ), supporting the United States
Army’s warfighting mission, has a well-defined evaluation and prioritization process
for determining how to provide effective and efficient services, facilities, and infrastructure
to Soldiers, Civilians, and Family Members. Within this process, economic and environmental
components are merged together to form a strategic plan that is consistently scrutinized
as it is applied. This paper provides an in-depth view of how Army Installations,
in particular Fort Stewart / Hunter Army Airfield (FS/HAAF) in Georgia, develop, evaluate,
prioritize and decide to execute a proposed action. This strategic planning process
at FS/HAAF is intertwined with the spirit of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and provides an accurate and constant venue for environmental involvement.
Within this procedural configuration, NEPA analysis becomes a part of the decision-making
process. Discussion within this paper will also focus on steps beyond the decision-making
process: monitoring mitigation commitments as a result of those decisions and discovering
adaptive management techniques.
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