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Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)

Program Overview

June 22, 2015

Kristin Thomasgard-SpenceOASD (EI&E)

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REPI Program Overview Agenda

Agenda

I. Overview of the REPI Program

II. Stakeholder Engagements

III. Landscape Partnerships

IV. Buffer Partnerships

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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

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REPI

Buffer Partnerships

StakeholderEngagements

LandscapePartnerships

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.

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REPI Program Funding

FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY160

20,000,000

40,000,000

60,000,000

80,000,000

100,000,000

120,000,000

140,000,000

160,000,000

180,000,000

Total Service Fund-ing Request

Presidential Budget Request

REPI Appropria-tions

Stakeholder Engagement

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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:

www.repi.mil

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• Regional and landscape-level partnerships among DoD, states and other federal agencies

Large Landscape Partnerships

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Buffer Partnerships

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Buffer Partnerships

REPIBuffer

Partnerships

Legal Statue

Source of

Funding

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

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What is the REPI authority?

Legal Requirement Purpose

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-share Best use of taxpayer dollars

Willing seller NOT eminent domain

Demand clause Services must be able to enforce the terms of partner agreements

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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

– 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

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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