National Foreign Affairs Training Center 2017 Master Plan Update

Project Background

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) is updating the Master Plan for the 72-acre George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) located at the former Arlington Hall Station in Arlington Virginia. NFATC is the headquarters for the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). As part of the 2016 Master Plan Update, the GSA, on behalf of DOS, is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. GSA is the lead federal agency for the EA.

This Update will follow the vision established by the original 1989 Master Plan and the 2005 Update, and will advance previously identified projects and provide for additional infrastructure projects needed to support the current FSI mission.

The NFATC is comprised of two major parcels: a 65 +/- acre main academic campus, and the 7 +/- acre West Parcel, used by FSI for satellite parking and, by Memorandum of Agreement with Arlington County, as a public park. The area of the buildings on the NFATC campus now totals 623, 547 +/- GSF. With the implementation of this Update, the primary uses of the NFATC campus will remain unchanged.

Public Involvement Opportunity

Upcoming Opportunities: The public comment period has closed. Copies of the Final EA and Finding of No significant Impact (FONSI) are available for public review at the following locations:

Columbia Pike Branch Library
816 S Walter Reed Drive
Arlington, VA 22204

Central Library
1015 N Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201

Glencarlyn Branch Library
300 S Kensington Street
Arlington, VA 22204

Final Environmental Assessment for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC)
2017 Master Plan

Final EA, April 2017 [PDF - 6 MB]
Appendix A [PDF - 9 MB]
Appendix B [PDF - 9 MB]
Appendix C, Part1 [PDF - 11 MB]
Appendix C, Part 2 [PDF - 10 MB]
Appendix D [PDF - 8 MB]
Appendix E [PDF - 9 MB]