El Paso Service Processing Center Draft Environmental Assessment Appendices APPENDIX A: PUBLIC SCOPING CORRESPONDENCE Office of Asset and Facilities Management U.S. Department of Homeland Security Example Scoping Letter 500 12th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20536 January 26, 2021 Adam Zerrenner, Field Supervisor Austin Ecological Services Field Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 10711 Burnet Road, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78758 RE: Preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for New Dormitory Construction at the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement El Paso Service Processing Center in El Paso, Texas Sent via email only to
[email protected] Dear Adam Zerrenner, In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S. Code §§ 4321-4347), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed action. ICE is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the Federal Government. Created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigrations and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000 employees in over 400 offices in all 50 states and 46 foreign countries. ICE’s primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. ICE Service Processing Centers (SPCs) must have sufficient detention services, armed transportation services, on-call guard services, administrative and office space services, and parking spaces to effectively and efficiently conduct ICE’s mission.