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Tidal Basin Development Concept Plan
Environmental Assessment
Project: #MP314Closing Date: March 5, 2026
Agency Seeking Comment/Posting Notice: National Park Service
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This EA will be on formal public and agency review for 30 days from the release date. If you wish to comment, please provide comments on the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/tidalbasinDCP or by mailing to the name and address below. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware 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 your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Superintendent National Mall and Memorial Parks RE: Tidal Basin Development Concept Plan/EA 1100 Ohio Drive SW Washington, DC 20242
Description of Project:
The National Park Service (NPS) is undertaking a planning project to create a Development Concept Plan (the plan) for the Tidal Basin area of the National Mall and Memorial Parks. The purpose of this planning effort is to provide direction for the long-term management and rehabilitation of the Tidal Basin area based on the vision of the 2010 National Mall Plan and other planning documents. This project is part of the stipulations agreed upon by the NPS, the DC Historic Preservation Office, and the National Capital Planning Commission in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to resolve the adverse effects resulting from a separate project for the Rehabilitation of Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park Seawalls (seawalls project).
This environmental assessment (EA) evaluates two alternatives: the no action alternative and the proposed action (the plan). Under the no action alternative, the Tidal Basin area would continue to operate in its current condition, with improvements made as funding allows. Under the proposed action, future development of the Tidal Basin area would be guided by the plan, with different options available for implementation.
This EA analyzes the potential impacts these alternatives would have on the natural, historic, and human environment. This EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 United States Code [USC] 4332[2] [C])1; the 2025 Department of the Interior NEPA regulations (43 CFR Part 46); and NPS Director’s Order #12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis and Decision-Making (NPS 2011) and the accompanying NEPA Handbook (NPS 2015).
Commission Action Requested: Approval of Draft Master Plan
Expected Date of NCPC Action: March 2026
Historic Preservation (section 106) Consultation Process:
NPS has developed a draft Programmatic Agreement and requested comments from consulting parties.
Description of Project:
The National Park Service (NPS) is undertaking a planning project to create a Development Concept Plan (the plan) for the Tidal Basin area of the National Mall and Memorial Parks. The purpose of this planning effort is to provide direction for the long-term management and rehabilitation of the Tidal Basin area based on the vision of the 2010 National Mall Plan and other planning documents. This project is part of the stipulations agreed upon by the NPS, the DC Historic Preservation Office, and the National Capital Planning Commission in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to resolve the adverse effects resulting from a separate project for the Rehabilitation of Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park Seawalls (seawalls project).
This environmental assessment (EA) evaluates two alternatives: the no action alternative and the proposed action (the plan). Under the no action alternative, the Tidal Basin area would continue to operate in its current condition, with improvements made as funding allows. Under the proposed action, future development of the Tidal Basin area would be guided by the plan, with different options available for implementation.
This EA analyzes the potential impacts these alternatives would have on the natural, historic, and human environment. This EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 United States Code [USC] 4332[2] [C])1; the 2025 Department of the Interior NEPA regulations (43 CFR Part 46); and NPS Director’s Order #12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis and Decision-Making (NPS 2011) and the accompanying NEPA Handbook (NPS 2015).
Commission Action Requested: Approval of Draft Master Plan
Expected Date of NCPC Action: March 2026
Historic Preservation (section 106) Consultation Process:
NPS has developed a draft Programmatic Agreement and requested comments from consulting parties.
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