Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program Overview June 22, 2015 Kristin Thomasgard-Spence OASD (EI&E) 1

REPI Program Overview Agenda Agenda I.Overview of the REPI Program II.Stakeholder Engagements III.Landscape Partnerships IV.Buffer Partnerships 2

3 The Problem: Encroachment

Realistic training requires realistic training environments Readiness is perishable: skills must be maintained Encroachment constrains training and testing activities and ultimately affects military readiness We must train as we fight because we will fight as we train The Impact: Military Capability at Risk 4

REPI Buffer Partnerships Stakeholder Engagements Stakeholder Engagements Landscape Partnerships Landscape Partnerships What is the REPI Program? Mission: to protect the military’s ability to accomplish its training, testing, and operational missions by helping remove or avoid land-use conflicts near installations and addressing regulatory restrictions that inhibit military activities. 5

REPI Program Funding 6

Stakeholder Engagement 7 Outreach materials for internal and external audiences Program fact sheets, project fact sheets and *state fact sheets Webinar recordings from 2010 – present Partner and project lists for reference REPI and encroachment partnering in the news from 2005 – present Primers, 12 available for download: 7

Regional and landscape-level partnerships among DoD, states and other federal agencies Large Landscape Partnerships 8

Buffer Partnerships 9

REPI Buffer Partnerships Legal Statue Source of Funding 10 The REPI program supports partnerships per 10 U.S.C. § 2684a, which authorizes partnerships among the Military Services, private conservation groups, and state and local governments to acquire real property interests OSD manages REPI buffer partnerships as an internal- DoD program, issuing guidance and providing funding to the Services for buffer projects. Services implement projects, including projects that are only funded with Service O&M funds, and do not receive REPI program funds National Defense Authorization Act line item to fund implementation of the partnerships authorized by 10 U.S.C. § 2684a

What is the REPI authority? 11 Legal RequirementPurpose Partnership with eligibly entity State or local government Conservation organization Partners own land or hold easements, partners must have interest and responsibility in managing land and abiding by terms of agreement. REPI never increases DoD acreage. Encroachment justification Incompatible development Habitat preservation Validates the use of the authority, alleviation of encroachment threat, benefit to the military mission Cost-shareBest use of taxpayer dollars Willing sellerNOT eminent domain Demand clauseServices must be able to enforce the terms of partner agreements

The Proposal Process: Explained from the Bottom Up REPI Program Evaluation and Funding Decision Annually (Oct - Dec) Service Headquarters to OSD Annually (Sep - Oct) Installation to Service Headquarters Annually (Apr – Sep) Local-Level Planning and Analysis Ongoing 12 –Installation submits project description, including long-term project goals, and annual funding requirements to Service HQ –Service HQ reviews/approves proposals and determines priorities and funding strategy –Service submits proposals to OSD for review –OSD and Services review proposals using criteria set in the Buffer Partnership Guide –Installation analyzes encroachment problems and plans solutions, identifies partner(s) –Installation and partner(s) identify areas of interest, develop partnering agreement, and relationship with landowners –OSD evaluates proposals, determines annual funding distributions to Services, and allocates funding for Service implementation –OSD revises the Guide in coordination with the REPI Inter- Service Working Group

13  Accomplishments through FY14: 362,501 acres protected in 80 locations in 28 states Army: 33 projects Navy: 25 projects USMC: 9 projects Air Force: 13 projects Accomplishments through FY2014