Environmental Assessment (EA):
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI):
Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed Silvio J. Mollo Federal Building Modernization Project, New York, New York
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) gives notice that it is publishing the Final Environmental Assessment and the Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed modernization of the Silvio J. Mollo Federal Building located at 1 St Andrews’s Plaza in New York NY.
Pursuant to the provision of GSA Order ADM 1095.1f, implementing the regulations of the Council of Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508), this notice advises the public of GSA’s findings that the action described above will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
This notice is being issued in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact have been translated into Spanish, Standard Chinese, and Simplified Chinese and are available at the GSA website https://www.gsa.gov/mollo and at the New York City Public Library Chatham Square Branch, located at 33 East Broadway in New York, NY (10002) and at the New York City Public Library New Amsterdam Branch, located at 9 Murray Street in New York, NY (10007).
For further Information please contact Thomas.W.Burke@gsa.gov, GSA National Environmental Policy Act Program Manager, or Amanda.l.Foley@gsa.gov, Environmental Protection Specialist at One World Trade Center, 55th floor, room 55W09, New York, NY 10007.
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice - U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) Criminal Division of the Southern District of New York is currently housed at the Silvio J. Mollo Federal Building (Mollo building) located at 1 St. Andrew’s Plaza in New York, NY.
The U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) intends to design and construct a comprehensive building modernization project at the Mollo building. The current site of the Mollo building contains a 10-story building with one basement level. The building is connected by a secure pedestrian bridge, at approximately the third-floor level, to the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse (Marshall courthouse). The Marshall courthouse also is connected by a secure pedestrian bridge to the now closed Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) – an administrative security facility under the control and custody of the U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons situated northeast of the Mollo building. The Mollo building footprint occupies an area of approximately 19,100 square feet and nearly all of Manhattan Block 159, Lot 60.
The Mollo Modernization Project will involve a complete renovation of the existing building, including life safety, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) components. The project will address structural and façade issues and include the construction of a new public entry pavilion (to replace the current structure).
Based on the analyses documented in the Final Environmental Assessment (EA), the Proposed Action is not expected to significantly affect the quality of the natural or man-made environment. Several methods to mitigate any environmental impact of the proposed project were identified in the EA. GSA will implement all mitigation steps set forth in the EA and the Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI).
Finding of No Significant Impact
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 432 et seq. (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508), and the GSA PBS NEPA Desk Guide, the project described in the Environmental Assessment for the Modernization of the of the Silvio Mollo Federal Building, 1 St. Andrews Plaza, New York, New York, dated March 2025, is not a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Therefore, no Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared.