Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Notice of Availability.
VA announces the availability of the draft PEIS for the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center Campus (WLA) draft Master Plan for public comment. The draft PEIS identifies, analyzes, and documents the potential environmental, cultural, socioeconomic, and cumulative impacts of the proposed improvements and alternatives for redevelopment as set forth in the WLA draft Master Plan.
Interested parties are invited to submit comments in writing on the WLA draft PEIS by January 29, 2019.
Written comments may be submitted through
• Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 473–3231.
• Donald Bruce Kaufman: Brentwood Branch Library, 11820 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049, (310) 575–8273.
• West Los Angeles Regional Library, 11360 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025, (310) 575–8323.
• Westwood Branch Library, 1246 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024, (310) 474–1739.
• VA GLAHS WLA Medical Center: 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073, Building 500/Room 6429K.
WLA draft PEIS team, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, at the address above, or by email to
The draft PEIS was developed pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 4321,
WLA is one of the largest medical center campuses in the VA system, providing a full range of medical services to eligible Veterans, including state-of-the-art hospital and outpatient care, rehabilitation, residential care, reintegration services, and long-term care. The draft Master Plan released on January 28, 2016, evaluates potential ways to reconfigure and redevelop the existing WLA Campus and provide additional housing to homeless Veterans to better serve the health care needs and distribution of Veterans in the GLAHS service area over the next 20 to 30 years. VA has prepared this draft PEIS to identify, analyze, and document the potential environmental, cultural, socioeconomic, and cumulative impacts of the proposed improvements and alternatives for redevelopment of the WLA Campus as set forth in the draft Master Plan. The proposed improvements and redevelopment constitute the proposed action.
The purpose of VA's proposed action is to revitalize the WLA Campus to provide a safe and vibrant Veteran-centric community where Veterans in the Greater Los Angeles area can access improved and expanded services. The proposed action is needed because the existing campus infrastructure is not sufficient to serve the current and future needs of the regional Veteran population, including health care, homeless housing, and supportive services. It would involve multiple concurrent and/or subsequent revitalization projects. The projects would provide modernized facilities that are compliant with applicable seismic, accessibility, and life safety requirements; facilitate access to care by consolidating services and functions; and respond to the housing and support needs of vulnerable Veterans populations, including Veterans who are homeless, aging, female, or have significant medical needs. Following a public scoping process from May 19, 2017, to June 30, 2017, VA refined its originally proposed alternatives to be analyzed in the PEIS to the following:
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Environmental topics that have been addressed in the draft PEIS include the following: Aesthetics; air quality; cultural resources including historic properties; geology and soils; hydrology and water quality; wildlife and habitat; noise and vibration; land use; floodplains, wetlands, and coastal zone; socioeconomics; community services; solid waste and hazardous materials;
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this document on December 7, 2018, for publication.