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<br />Attachment #27 <br />(cont.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8'IV I-IDEN'I1J:r' AND KVAWATE <br />PRACI1CABL&.ALTKIlI'fATIVES TO <br />LOCATING IN 'TIlE 8ASB FLOOD- <br />PLAIN <br /> <br />Having delermJned that a proposed <br />action Is located In the b..... nood, <br />plain, the acency Is required by the <br />Order to Identity and evaluate practi, <br />cable alternatives to locating In the <br />base fioodplaln. Alternatives to be <br />evaluated Include: (11 c:arry\ne out the <br />proposed a.ction at a location outside <br />the base !loodpJaln (alternative sites)' <br />(2) other me&DI whJch _lfsh the <br />same purpooe u the pn>posed action <br />(alternative actions); &DCl (S) no action. <br /> <br />LL .uer-u.. SIleo <br /> <br />Alternative sites must 'be ldentllted <br />and the prrtiMo hnlty of such' sites <br />evaluated. Us a ~h'" site exists <br />outalcle the _ fioodplaln. the ~ <br />posed action mUllt not be located In <br />the _ flnNlpl.'n .Whenever a fiood- <br />pJaln site Is the on17 pnctIcable alter- <br />native, the apncy ana1yals JeadInc to <br />thIa concl_ ahould be tuIJ:y docu- <br />mented. In determining the practlca- <br />bIIlty ot a non-fioodpJaln site. the cen- <br />eral concepta ot site teaslbility apply, <br />At a minimum. site practicability shaJJ <br />be addrsIed In the lIeht ot the tollow- <br />Inc: <br /> <br />. natural (topocraphy, babltat, haz- <br />ard.s, etc.>; <br /> <br />. aocl&l (aesthetics, hJatorlc and cul- <br />tural values, IancI OR patterns. etc.): <br /> <br />. economic (cost at space. construc- <br />tion, services, relocation>; and <br /> <br />. lecaJ (deeds. I_etc.)_ <br /> <br />U AJtenaa.d.,e ActIon8 <br /> <br />Alternative actIona mUllt be conald- <br />ered betore a decfslon Is made to carry <br />ou. an action In the hue floodplain. <br />Theoe are actions wblch au_tute tor <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />the proposed action In tbat they com- <br />prise new solutions or approaches <br />wb..lch serve tile same function or pur- <br />pose aa that proposed. but which bave <br />less potalUaJ tor harm. ~r, esample, <br />where an acenc:y baa proposed the <br />cimstluc:tIon ot a docwnent storage fa, <br />cIllty within the fiood-pJaln to handle <br />expuldInc record Ir.eepln&' needs, the <br />alternative ot mlcrotllmlntl the docu- <br />menta cou1d allay the need for a new <br />atrueture. 8lmIIarly, rather than pro- <br />vIdInc expu>ded waste treatment ca, <br />padty tor an area by conatructInC a <br />new or 1arpr tacll1ty In the fioodpJaln, <br />the alternative ot uaInC surplUS capac- <br />Ity In a ne\a11bor\nc locale could serve <br />the need lor .. new '}f expanded faclli- <br />ty, <br /> <br />S.C No Action <br /> <br />t:.."'" ~~=:==;::;~ <br />, a1&emat1ft.ot no. action probably <br />e&Il.~ be tuIJ:y evaluated 'until a de, <br />~""+<-_:b,,:...nnade~1n Step 4 <br />i6t'_"bam-W-.-.n"_ the..fiood, <br />!i1&lir.'resu1tlni''' trolli',', t1ie"proposed <br />~actIon. <br />