United States
Environmental Protection Agency
FISCAL YEAR 2021
Justification of Appropriation
Estimates for the Committee
on Appropriations
Tab 06: Buildings and Facilities
February 2020
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
Table of Contents - Buildings and Facilities	
Program Projects in B&F	429
Homeland Security	430
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and Infrastructure	431
Operations and Administration	433
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations	434
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
APPROPRIATION: Buildings and Facilities
Resource Summary Table

(Dollars in Thousands)




FY 2021 Pres


Estimated

Budget v.

FY 2019
FY 2020
FY 2021
Estimated FY 2020

Actuals
Enacted
Pres Budget
Enacted
Buildings and Facilities




Budget Authority
$27,276.9
$33,598.0
$39,553.0
$5,955.0
Total Workyears
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Bill Language: Buildings and Facilities
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase offixed equipment or
facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $39,553,000, to remain available
until expended.
Program Projects in B&F

(Dollars in Thousands)
Program Project
FY 2019
Actuals
Estimated
FY 2020
Enacted
FY 2021 Pres
Budget
FY 2021 Pres
Budget v.
Estimated FY 2020
Enacted
Homeland Security




Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel
and Infrastructure
$4,259.1
$6,676.0
$6,176.0
-$500.0
Operations and Administration




Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
$23,017.8
$26,922.0
$33,377.0
$6,455.0
TOTAL B&F
$27,276.9
$33,598.0
$39,553.0
$5,955.0
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Homeland Security
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Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and Infrastructure
Program Area: Homeland Security
Goal: Greater Certainty, Compliance, and Effectiveness
Objective(s): Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness

[Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2019
Actuals
Estimated
FY 2020
Enacted
FY 2021 Pres
Budget
FY 2021 Pres
Budget v.
Estimated FY 2020
Enacted
Environmental Programs & Management
$5,755.6
$5,355.0
$4,986.0
-$369.0
Science & Technology
$410.0
$443.0
$500.0
$57.0
Building and Facilities
$4,259.1
$6,676.0
$6,176.0
-$500.0
Hazardous Substance Superfund
$979.3
$1,017.0
$915.0
-$102.0
Total Budget Authority
$11,404.0
$13,491.0
$12,577.0
-$914.0
Total Workyears
8.8
9.2
9.2
0.0
Total workyears in FY 2021 include 9.2 FTE to support Homeland Security working capital fund (WCF) services.
Program Project Description:
EPA's Buildings and Facilities resources in the Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel
and Infrastructure program support the protection of federal employees, contractors, grantees, and
private citizens (occupants) who work within or visit EPA facilities nationwide. EPA's buildings
are a combination of headquarters and regional administrative offices, program and research
laboratories, and support facilities/warehouses. These facilities are either EPA owned/leased or
GSA owned/leased. This funding ensures federal mandates are met as they relate to physical
security and local emergency preparedness for all agency locations. These funds support the
physical security protection equipment and mechanisms required to protect occupants during
facility relocation (e.g., moves, new leases, consolidations, etc.), physical equipment
upgrades/modernization, or corrective actions required to address security vulnerabilities
identified during security assessments.
FY 2021 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports Goal 3/Objective 3.5, Improve Efficiency and
Effectiveness in the FY 2018 - 2022 EPA Strategic Plan. In FY 2021, EPA will continue to partner
with GSA for utilization of the Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS), which
enables the Agency to modernize its security infrastructure in compliance with Homeland Security
Presidential Directive-12.1 ePACS allows the Agency to control access in EPA space, including
restricted and secure space. EPA also will ensure the following security projects protect occupants
and comply with federal mandates for physical security: 1) relocation of Criminal Investigation
Division offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 2) consolidation of the Houston, Texas and
Richmond, California labs; 3) fund the second phase of the design of the new entrance for Athens,
Georgia; and 4) various closed circuit television and physical security upgrades in response to
1 For additional information, please refer to: https://www.dhs.gov/liomeland-securitv-presidential-directive-12
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vulnerabilities identified by previously conducted physical security assessments. In addition, the
Agency will continue to utilize GSA's Managed Service Office, USAccess, for PIV card
enrollment and issuance. USAccess is a shared services solution which is in line with OMB's
Federal IT Shared Services Strategy and the President's Management Agenda.2
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2021 Change from Estimated FY 2020 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
• (-$500.0) This program change is a reduction which will extend the schedule for
nationwide transition of facility Physical Access Control Systems to the ePACS solution.
Statutory Authority:
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004; Homeland Security Act of 2002;
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 84 Stat. 2086, as amended by Pub. L. 98-80, 97 Stat. 485
(codified at Title 5, App.) (EPA's organic statute).
2 For additional information, please refer to: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Presidents-Management-
Agenda.pdf.
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Operations and Administration
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Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Program Area: Operations and Administration
Goal: Greater Certainty, Compliance, and Effectiveness
Objective(s): Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness

[Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2019
Actuals
Estimated
FY 2020
Enacted
FY 2021 Pres
Budget
FY 2021 Pres
Budget v.
Estimated FY 2020
Enacted
Environmental Programs & Management
$321,500.4
$287,595.0
$317,345.0
$29,750.0
Science & Technology
$67,856.9
$65,372.0
$67,908.0
$2,536.0
Building and Facilities
$23,017.8
$26,922.0
$33,377.0
$6,455.0
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
$847.2
$868.0
$796.0
-$72.0
Inland Oil Spill Programs
$577.3
$665.0
$682.0
$17.0
Hazardous Substance Superfund
$82,243.2
$76,473.0
$76,831.0
$358.0
Total Budget Authority
$496,042.8
$457,895.0
$496,939.0
$39,044.0
Total Workyears
329.9
3154
307.6
-7.8
Total workyears in FY 2021 include 2.1 FTE to support Facilities Infrastructure and Operations working capital fund
(WCF) services.
Program Project Description:
EPA's Buildings and Facilities (B&F) appropriation supports the design, construction, repair, and
improvement of EPA's federally owned and leased land and structures in accordance with
applicable codes and standards. Construction renovation and alteration projects costing more than
$150 thousand must use B&F funding. B&F resources ensure that the Agency complies with
various mandates and goals including: the Energy Policy Act of 2005; the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (EISA); and regulatory mandates associated with soil and water
pesticides testing.
FY 2021 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports Goal 3/Objective 3.5, Improve Efficiency and
Effectiveness in the FY 2018 - 2022 EPA Strategic Plan. In accordance with the National Strategy
for the Efficient Use of Real Property 2015-2020 and HR 4465,3 the Federal Assets Sale and
Transfer Act of 2016, the Agency will continue to review its space needs. EPA is implementing a
long-term space consolidation plan that will reduce the number of occupied facilities, consolidate
space within remaining facilities, and reduce square footage wherever practical. B&F resources
support facility-related construction and the repair and improvement (R&I) of EPA's aging real
estate inventory. Good stewardship practices demand the physical conditions, functionality, safety
and health, security, and research capabilities of the Agency's facilities are adequately maintained
to ensure successful completion of EPA's mission requirements and goals.
3 For additional information, please refer to: https://www.congress.gOv/bill/l 14th-congress/house-bill/4465. Federal Assets Sale
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Through master planning and nationwide efforts to use space more efficiently, EPA identifies B&F
projects to be conducted each fiscal year. These projects support the long-term conditions and
efficiency of EPA facilities. Further, the need for B&F resources will continue to increase to
comply with GSA leasing practices requiring agencies to pay for B&F projects including
sustainable features4 as tenant improvements (TI) or up front and ongoing project costs. This
requirement significantly increases TI cost for new leases while resources are needed to
consolidate space and move into new locations to reduce the Agency's footprint in accordance
with the Federal Asset Sale and Transfer Act of 2016.
EPA is working toward the long-term performance goal in the FY2018 - 2022 EPA Strategic Plan
to reduce unused office and warehouse space by 850,641 square feet nationwide by September 30,
2022. In FY 2019, EPA released 128,150 square feet of unused office and warehouse space. In FY
2021, the Agency will continue to explore opportunities to reconfigure EPA's workplaces with the
goal of reducing long-term rent costs. Space consolidation and reconfiguration enables EPA to
reduce its footprint to create a more efficient, collaborative, and technologically sophisticated
workplace. Planned consolidations will allow EPA to continue to release an expected 319,693
square feet of space in FY 2021. However, even if modifications are kept to a minimum, each
move requires B&F funding.
The FY 2021 request also includes resources for ongoing projects that will provide critical
maintenance for aging laboratory facilities and are key to ensuring that the Agency has access to
preeminent laboratory science. These projects maintain a safe workplace, provide for high quality
science, support agency priorities, and advance the Agency's mission. Delaying essential repairs
results in the deterioration of EPA's facilities, which increases long-term repair costs and presents
safety risks. EPA will focus on critical facility repairs and infrastructure upgrades to maintain an
acceptable Facility Condition Index (FCI), which measures the current state of EPA owned
facilities and informs B&F investment decisions in line with the Laboratory Study completed in
2014.5
In FY 2021, the Agency proposes to continue or initiate space optimization projects with the
potential for the greatest long-term cost and energy savings, including but not limited to the
following:
• Co-Locating in the Ada, Oklahoma laboratory. EPA will continue its work to
consolidate employees currently in leased laboratory space into owned space. The Agency
is co-locating operations for the regional laboratory in Houston, Texas with the EPA-
owned laboratory in Ada, Oklahoma. As a result of this co-location, EPA expects to save
$1.8 million annually in lease and facility expenses and reduce agency lab space by
approximately 41,000 square feet.
4	Many of these features are required by EISA or executive orders.
5	For additional information on the Synthesis Report of the U.S. EPA Laboratory Enterprise Evaluation, please refer to:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-03/documents/svntliesisreportoftlieusepalaboratorventerprise.pdf.
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•	Consolidating Operations in Federal Triangle. EPA is in the process of consolidating
office space in Washington, D.C. to accommodate employees relocated from the Potomac
Yard facility. The release of the Potomac Yard facility will reduce the space footprint by
264,935 square feet and avoid over $11 million in annual lease costs.
•	Optimizing space at the Athens, Georgia laboratory. EPA has begun to invest in the
design for the optimized layout for the Athens lab prior to reducing its space footprint.
Construction will cost an estimated $3 million in FY 2020 and another $7 million in FY
2021.
In FY 2021, EPA will continue its phased approach to accomplish major B&F projects across the
country including those that involve the replacement of mechanical systems nearing the end of
their useful life that also will ultimately result in energy savings. Using this phased approach, the
Agency completed the first phase of the Athens, Georgia consolidation project in FY 2019.
Completion of phase one created space for staff to relocate out of the EPA-owned lab in
preparation for renovation of the entire lab facility.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations Program under the EPM appropriation.
FY 2021 Change from Estimated FY 2020 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
•	(+$6,455.0) This program change increases funding for the Agency's planned progress in
regional space optimization and laboratory upgrade projects in Ada, OK and Athens, GA,
as well as space consolidations at Washington, D.C. headquarters facilities.
Statutory Authority:
Federal Property and Administration Services Act; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 84 Stat.
2086, as amended by Pub. L. 98-80, 97 Stat. 485 (codified at Title 5, App.) (EPA's organic
statute).
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