The electronic version of the Final EIS may be downloaded for review by clicking on the links below.

Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex Volume 1 (full document)

• Overview of this EIS
• Noise and Health Reader’s Guide
• Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Executive Summary and Front Matter
• Chapter 1: Purpose of and Need for the Proposed Action
• Chapter 2: Proposed Action and Alternatives
• Chapter 3: Affected Environment
• Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences
• Chapter 5: Cumulative Impacts
• Chapter 6: Other Considerations Required by NEPA
• Chapter 7: References
• Chapter 8: List of Preparers
• Chapter 9: Distribution List

Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex Volume 2 (full document)

• Appendix A: Aircraft Noise Study (full document)
  • Appendix A: Aircraft Noise Study - Main Body of Report
  • Appendix A1: Discussion of Noise and Its Effects on the Environment (Includes updated Literature Review)
  • Appendix A2: Annual Flight Operations for School Cases (Average Year) and High‐ Tempo FCLP Year Cases
  • Appendix A3: EA‐18G Runway Utilization Percentage
  • Appendix A4: Modeled Flight Tracks and Growler Track Utilization Percentages
  • Appendix A5: Representative Flight Profiles for EA‐18G, P‐3C, P‐8A, and Transient Large Jet Aircraft
  • Appendix A6: Point of Interest (POI) Event Data
  • Appendix A7: Other Modeling Output for High‐Tempo FCLP Year Scenarios
  • Appendix A8: Literature Review Process (Includes 260 articles/studies requested during DEIS Public comment period)
• Appendix B: Air Emissions Calculations

Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex Volume 3 (full document)

• Appendix C: Federal and State Agency Coordination

Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex Volume 4 (full document)

• Appendix D: Transportation Trip Generation Data
• Appendix E: Land Use Data, High-tempo FCLP Year
• Appendix F: Environmental Justice Data, High-tempo FCLP Year
• Appendix G: Civilian Airfield Analysis
• Appendix H: Noise Mitigation
• Appendix I: Community Health and Learning Review
• Appendix J: 2013 Scoping Information
• Appendix K: 2014 Scoping Information
• Appendix L: 2016 Draft EIS Public Information Meetings
• Appendix M: Draft EIS Public Comment and Response Key (full document)
  • Appendix M, Table of Contents
  • Appendix M, Chapter M1: Introduction
  • Appendix M, Chapter M2: Comment Response Key
  • Appendix M, Chapter M3: Comment Index
  • Appendix M, Chapter M4: Response to Comment
    • For full length comments and responses files, see links below
  • Appendix M, Chapter M5, References

Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex Full Length Comments and Response (Appendix M, Chapter M4) (full document)

• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 1 of 9 Official Comments
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 2 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes A_C
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 3 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes D_H
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 4 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes I_K
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 5 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes L_O
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 6 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes P_R
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 7 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes S
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 8 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes T_W
• Full length public comments on Draft EIS 9 of 9 Alphanumeric Codes X_Z

Copies of the Final EIS and full-length public comments and their corresponding responses also are available for review at the following 22 area libraries: