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# FDA HQ Environmental Impact Statement
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-hq-environmental-impact-statement/
- Published: 2017-08-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:40:25.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5139356

The General Services Administration (GSA) says it will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed master plan to support a significant staff increase at FDA’s White Oak headquarters. An 8/11 *Federal Register* [notice](https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2017-16945.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com) says that a 1997 EIS analyzed the impacts from consolidation of 5,975 FDA employees at White Oak. A 2005 supplement raised the number of employees to 7,720, while a 2009 EIS analyzed the impacts of increasing the number of employees to 8,889.

“To accommodate future growth and further consolidate FDA operations, GSA is preparing an EIS to assess the impacts of an employee population increase of up to approximately 18,000 employees, over a period of 15 years,” the notice says. “The purpose of the proposed action is to provide a master plan for the FDA campus to accommodate the projected growth. The need for the proposed action is to continue to support FDA headquarters consolidation at White Oak, and provide the necessary office and laboratory space, in order to conduct the complex and comprehensive reviews mandated by Congress.”