2025 Long Range Development Plan
BERKELEY LAB PLANS FOR NEXT 20 YEARS
The Laboratory has prepared a new Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) to succeed the current 2006 LRDP. This proposed 2025 LRDP will guide the Lab in its continued development of safe, efficient, cost effective and operationally flexible infrastructure capable of long-term support of evolving scientific missions. Science and research needs drive the Lab’s development.
University of California (UC) LRDPs establish a framework of land-use principles and policies to guide future campus growth and change for periods of 10-20 years. Berkeley Lab's proposed 2025 LRDP includes projections for campus population, building space, parking, and land use through 2045. To assess the potential environmental impacts associated with LRDP development, Berkeley Lab has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR, State Clearinghouse Number 2024050545) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The decision to certify the 2025 LRDP Final EIR and adopt the 2025 LRDP will be made by the UC Regents and is expected to be in late 2025.
The proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR is available for public and agency review and comment from April 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025. This 61- day public review period exceeds the CEQA 45-day public review requirement for Draft EIRs. Also available for reference is the proposed 2025 LRDP. The Laboratory encourages any interested individuals or groups to access the proposed 2025 LRDP and Draft EIR at the links and/or location below and to provide any comments per the listed instructions on or before May 31, 2025. In addition, a web-based public hearing pertinent to the proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR will be held at 5:00 PM on May 13, 2025. Oral public comments will be recorded at this meeting by a court reporter and documented in a written transcript to be published with the forthcoming Final EIR.
All public and agency comments – received by email, regular mail, or orally at the public hearing – pertinent to the proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR and collected during this public review period will be included and responded to in the Final EIR and considered by the UC Regents in their decision to certify the Final EIR and adopt the 2025 LRDP.
Please find below a process schedule summary, links to the proposed 2025 LRDP and Draft EIR documents, instructions for public commenting and for public hearing participation, public announcements, contact information, and links for general reference to Berkeley Lab's current 2006 LRDP and LRDP EIR. This webpage will be continually updated.
TIMELINE
Schedule and Milestones for LBNL LRDP EIR 2025
May 6, 2024 - June 6, 2024: LRDP EIR Notice of Preparation (NOP) 30-day public scoping period
May 22, 2024 at 5:30 pm PT: LRDP EIR Public Scoping Meeting (Zoom)
April 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025: Draft LRDP EIR 61-day public review period.
May 13, 2025 at 5:00 pm: Draft EIR Public Hearing (Zoom)
Fall 2025*: Final LRDP EIR
Late Fall or Winter 2025*: UC Regents decision to adopt LRDP and certify Final EIR
*Exact dates will be posted once confirmed
2025 LRDP
Download: 2025 Draft LRDP *
Download: 2025 Draft LRDP: two-page spread format
Final LRDP (will be posted when available)
*A hard copy of the Draft LRDP and Draft LRDP EIR is available for viewing at:
Berkeley Public Library - Main Branch
2090 Kittredge Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
2025 LRDP EIR
Download: Draft EIR Notice of Availability *
Download: Draft EIR
Final EIR (will be posted when available)
*A hard copy of the Draft LRDP and Draft LRDP EIR is available for viewing at:
Berkeley Public Library - Main Branch
2090 Kittredge Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
PUBLIC HEARING
A web-based public hearing pertinent to the proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR will be held at 5:00 PM on May 13, 2025. Oral public comment will be recorded at this meeting by a court reporter and documented in a written transcript to be published with the forthcoming Final EIR.
Registration is required to participate in the public hearing.
COMMENTING
The University invites agencies and interested members of the public to review and comment on the proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR. To be addressed in the Final EIR and considered by the UC Regents in their decision to adopt the LRDP and certify that Final EIR, all comments must be received by Berkeley Lab by May 31, 2025. Comments may be sent to Berkeley Lab via the following:
By email to: planning@lbl.gov
By letters addressed to:
Jeff Philliber
Senior Site & Environmental Planner
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, M/S 50 A- 4112
Berkeley, CA 94720
By oral comments made at the May 13, 2025 public hearing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2025 LRDP Draft EIR Notice of Availability and Public Review Period
A Draft EIR Notice and Availability provides public notification that Berkeley Lab's proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR has been issued for public and agency review and comment. This public review period extends from April 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 and includes a web-based Draft EIR public hearing on May 13, 2025.
Register for the public hearing.
OTHER DOCUMENTS
Notice of Preparation for the 2025 LRDP EIR
A Notice of Preparation (NOP) soliciting public comments pertinent to the proposed 2025 LRDP Draft EIR scope was issued on May 6, 2024, and a web-based public scoping meeting was held on May 22, 2024. The NOP scoping period lasted from May 6 through June 6, 2024.
Read the Notice of Preparation for the 2025 LRDP EIR.
The 2006 Long Range Development Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report
The current LRDP (2006 LRDP) and its accompanying EIR (State Clearinghouse Number 2000102046) are proposed to be replaced by the 2025 LRDP and EIR.
Read the 2006 Long Range Development Plan Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report