United States
Environmental Protection Agency
FISCAL YEAR 2023
Justification of Appropriation
Estimates for the Committee
on Appropriations
Tab 07: Buildings and Facilities
April 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2023 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
Table of Contents - Buildings and Facilities	
Program Projects in B&F	555
Homeland Security	556
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and Infrastructure	557
Operations and Administration	559
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations	560
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2023 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
APPROPRIATION: Building and Facilities
Resource Summary Table

(Dollars in Thousands)




FY 2023

FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
President's Budget
v.

Final
Annualized
President's
FY 2022

Actuals
CR
Budget
Annualized CR
Building and Facilities




Budget Authority
$43,076
$33,752
$80,570
$46,818
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, $80,570,000, to remain available
until expended.
Note.—A full- year 2022 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the Budget was prepared;
therefore, the Budget assumes this account is operating under the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 (Division A
of Public Law 117-43, as amended). The amounts included for 2022 reflect the annualized level provided by the
continuing resolution.
Program Projects in B&F

[Dollars in Thousands)
Program Pro ject
FY 2021
Final Actuals
FY 2022
Annualized
CR
FY 2023
President's
Budget
FY 2023 President's
Budget v.
FY 2022 Annualized
CR
Homeland Security




Homeland Security: Protection of EPA
Personnel and Infrastructure
$7,006
$6,676
$6,676
$0
Operations and Administration




Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
$36,071
$27,076
$73,894
$46,818
TOTAL B&F
$43,076
$33,752
$80,570
$46,818
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Homeland Security
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Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and Infrastructure
Program Area: Homeland Security
Goal: Safeguard and Revitalize Communities
Objective(s): Prepare for and Respond to Environmental Emergencies

(Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2021
Final Actuals
FY 2022
Annualized
CR
FY 2023
President's
Budget
FY 2023 President's
Budget v.
FY 2022 Annualized
CR
Environmental Programs & Management
$4,915
$4,959
$5,139
$180
Science & Technology
$500
$501
$501
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$845
$1,030
$1,530
$500
Total Budget Authority
$13,266
$13,166
$13,846
$680
Total Workyears
9.2
9.2
9.2
0.0
Total workyears in FY 2023 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
General Services Administration (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, for 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 2023 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports Goal 6/Objective 6.3, Prepare for and Respond to
Environmental Emergencies in the FY 2022 - 2026 EPA Strategic Plan.
In FY 2023, EPA will continue to partner with GSA on the Enterprise Physical Access Control
System (ePACS). ePACS supports the Agency's modernization of its security infrastructure in
compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12)1 and ensures that the
Agency is undertaking every effort to enhance safety, security, and efficiency by more effectively
controlling access into all EPA-controlled physical space and networks.
1 For additional information, please see: https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12
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In FY 2023, EPA will complete security projects to ensure the protection of occupants and
compliance with federal mandates for physical security, including:
•	Migration to ePACS at the Research Triangle Park, NC Laboratory, the Ann Arbor, MI
Laboratory, the Newport, OR Environmental Laboratory, and the EPA Headquarters
facilities in Washington, DC.
•	Upgrading closed-circuit television and physical security in response to vulnerabilities
identified from previously conducted physical security assessments.
The Agency will continue to utilize GSA's Managed Service Office program, USAccess, for
Personal Identity Verification card enrollment and issuance. USAccess is a GSA managed, shared
services solution that provides EPA the ability to produce and maintain secure and reliable forms
of identification, as required per HSPD-12, for all EPA employees and contractors.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2023 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2023 Change from FY 2022 Annualized Continuing Resolution (Dollars in Thousands):
•	There is no change in program funding.
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).
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Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Program Area: Operations and Administration
Cross-Agency Mission and Science Support

(Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2021
Final Actuals
FY 2022
Annualized
CR
FY 2023
President's
Budget
FY 2023 President's
Budget v.
FY 2022 Annualized
CR
Environmental Programs & Management
$257,524
$285,441
$288,293
$2,852
Science & Technology
$65,093
$67,500
$68,912
$1,412
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$932
$836
$724
-$112
Inland Oil Spill Programs
$628
$682
$641
-$41
Hazardous Substance Superfund
$81,976
$68,727
$71,219
$2,492
Total Budget Authority
$442,223
$450,262
$503,683
$53,421
Total Workyears
334.2
315.4
325.4
10.0
Total workyears in FY 2023 include 5.4 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. Since 2013, 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
Act of 2020; the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA); and regulatory mandates
associated with soil and water pesticides testing.
FY 2023 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program provides Cross-Agency Mission and Science Support and is allocated across
strategic goals and objectives in the FY 2022 - 2026 EPA Strategic Plan.
In accordance with the Memorandum on Implementation of Agency-wide Real Property Capital
Planning (M-20-03)2 and the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016,3 the Agency will
continue to review its space needs. EPA is implementing a long-term space consolidation plan that
aims to reduce the number of occupied facilities, consolidate, and optimize space within remaining
facilities, and reduce square footage wherever practical. B&F resources are essential to the
implementation of the long-term space consolidation plan. B&F resources also support facility-
related construction and the repair and improvement (R&I) of EPA's aging real estate inventory,
including the laboratory facilities necessary to support EPA's mission. Good stewardship practices
2	For additional information, please refer to: https://www.whitehouse.gOv/wp-content/uploads/2019/l 1/M~20~03.pdf
3	For additional information, please refer to: Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016,
https.V/www. congress.gov/114/plaws/publ287/F'LA W-l 14publ287.pdf.
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demand that 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.
In FY 2023, EPA proposes an administrative provision to raise the B&F per project threshold from
$150 thousand to $350 thousand. The B&F threshold was last increased from $85 thousand to
$150 thousand in FY 2013. Since 2013, costs for construction, material, and labor have increased
significantly. Additional information is found in the Proposed FY 2023 Administrative Provisions
section.
This program supports EPA's efforts to increase facility resiliency and sustainability to combat
the effects of climate change while adapting EPA space to a growing workforce. In FY 2023, EPA
will continue to conduct climate resiliency assessments at all EPA-owned facilities and prioritize
additional opportunities to reduce climate-related fiscal risks. Assessments will identify potential
projects the Agency can undertake to increase facility resiliency against the impacts of climate
change, such as roofing stability or seawall construction projects. EPA will initiate all high-priority
projects within 24 months of a climate assessment.
Through master planning and nationwide efforts to use space more efficiently, EPA identifies B&F
projects, which support the long-term conditions and efficiency of EPA facilities. Further, B&F
resources are necessary for EPA to comply with GSA leasing practices requiring agencies to fund
construction initiatives, including sustainable features4 as tenant improvements (TI) or up front
and ongoing project costs. These requirements significantly increase TI cost for new leases, pulling
critical funding from ongoing efforts to consolidate space and reduce the Agency's footprint in
accordance with the Federal Asset Sale and Transfer Act of 2016.
Space consolidation and reconfiguration enable EPA to reduce its footprint to create a more
efficient, collaborative, and technologically sophisticated workplace. However, even if
modifications are kept to a minimum, each move requires B&F funding. In FY 2023, the Agency
requests $12 million to reconfigure EPA's workplaces to ensure the space footprint can
accommodate a growing and increasingly hybrid workforce while keeping long-term rent costs
from increasing. When reconfiguring facilities, EPA will work to increase facility resiliency and
sustainability to combat the effects of climate change.
The FY 2023 request includes $27 million for ongoing projects that provide critical maintenance
for aging laboratory facilities and are key to ensuring that the Agency has access to preeminent
laboratory science. EPA must invest in structural infrastructure (e.g., architectural and design) and
mechanical systems (e.g., electrical, water/steam, HVAC). These projects also will maintain a safe
workplace, provide for high quality science, support agency priorities, and advance the Agency's
mission. 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.5 Delaying essential repairs results in the
deterioration of EPA's facilities, which increases long-term repair costs and presents safety risks.
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/synthesisreportoftheusepalaboratoryenteiprise.pdf.
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In FY 2023, EPA requests $34.8 million to prioritize climate sustainability and resiliency
investments in new construction and the rehabilitation of United States Government installations,
buildings, and facilities to ensure they are climate ready. Examples of shovel-ready investments
include:
•	National Vehicle and Fuel Emission Laboratory (NVFEL), Ann Arbor, Michigan.
NVFEL is an example of a building sustainability project, EPA will invest in the repair,
replacement and operations and maintenance (O&M) of NVFEL's extensive infrastructure
to meet energy environmental requirements leading to energy savings and sustainability to
meet the challenges of climate change.
•	Gulf Breeze, Narragansett, Edison, and Newport Laboratories. EPA will invest in
climate resiliency-infrastructure protection for these regional and programmatic
laboratories, including sea level and storm rise protection and power resiliency.
In FY 2023, the Agency will continue the following space optimization projects with the potential
for the greatest long-term cost and energy savings:
•	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. In FY 2023, EPA will begin Phase 2 and 3 of
construction.
•	Optimizing space at the Athens, Georgia laboratory. In FY 2023, EPA will continue
construction in the Main Lab Building (Office of Research and Development - Athens).
•	Co-Locating in the Corvallis, Oregon laboratory. The Agency is co-locating operations
for the Region 9 laboratory in Richmond, California with the EPA-owned laboratory in
Corvallis, Oregon. In FY 2023, the Agency will finalize construction of the Region 9
Facilities Support Services Center, which is designed for Region 9 laboratory support. In
FY 2023, there will be minor renovations to the Plant Ecology Building to accommodate
Region 9 laboratory storage space in Corvallis, Oregon.
Performance Measure Targets:
(PM CRP) Percentage of priority climate resiliency projects for EPA-owned
facilities initiated within 24 months of a completed facility climate
assessment and project prioritization.
FY 2022
Target
FY 2023
Target

100

(PM CAA) Number of EPA-owned facility climate adaptation assessments
completed.
FY 2022
Target
FY 2023
Target
2
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FY 2023 Change from FY 2022 Annualized Continuing Resolution (Dollars in Thousands):
•	(+$12,000.0) This program change is an increase to modernize and transform EPA
workplaces to support a hybrid workforce and to ensure an optimal footprint to support the
proposed FTE increase in the FY 2023 Budget request.
•	(+$34,818.0) This program change supports implementation of multiple executive order
requirements that will require EPA to increase facility resiliency against the impact of
climate change and to advance sustainability of EPA operations.
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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