FLOOD09102

• County: Logan
• Community: Sterling
• Basin: South Patte
• Title: Sterling Flood Control Interceptor Channel Project
• Date: 4/1/2002
• Prepared For: Sterling
• Prepared By: URS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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SlmOISEVEN

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given to the public of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's)
intent to provide funding to the City of Sterling, Colorado, for a proposed project, which will
reduce future flood damage. Flooding due to severe storms during the week of July 28, 1997,
prompted the President to declare a major disaster for several Colorado counties. This action
allows FEMA to provide assistance in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended.

FEMA is required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to consider all
reasonable alternatives of possible solutions to damage caused by flooding. The purpose of this
action is to address flooding caused by Pawnee Creek. Three alternatives considered in a Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) are: I) a No Action Alternative which considered the
consequences of taking no action; 2) Sterling Flood Control Interceptor Channel (Proposed
Action); and 3) Improve Routing of Pawnee Creek Flood Flows.

The President of the United States has issued executive orders that require federal agencies,
when considering an action or funding, to focus attention on the environment and human health
with respect to Floodplain Management, Executive Order 11988; Protection of Wetlands,
Executive Order 11990; and Environmental Justice, Executive Order 12898. Compliance with
executive orders, other environmental laws, and NEP A has been documented in our Final EA.

FEMA or the applicant has coordinated with the following agencies: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Colorado
Department of Public Health and the Environment (Air Quality and Water Quality Divisions),
Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Historical Society, Colorado Department of
Transportation, and Colorado Water Conservancy Board.

Based upon agency comments, and the EA process, there does not appear to be any significant
environmental impact on the human environment associated with the proposed action if
documented mitigation measures and requirements stated in the EA are followed. Therefore, an
Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared. Ifno comments on the contrary are
received a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) will be signed fifteen (15) days from the
date of this notice, and the project will proceed.

Interested persons may submit comments, request additional information, or request a copy of
the FONSI by contacting FEMA's Region VIII Office located at the Denver Federal Center, P.
O. Box 25267, Denver, Colorado, 80225 or by calling [phone] between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. (MT) Monday through Friday. Comments or requests should be submitted in writing
to Donna Tucker, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Environmental Coordinator at the above
address or bye-mail at [e-mail].

The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) will be on repository at the office ofMr. Joe
Kiolbasa, Public Works, Director, City of Sterling, Sterling, Colorado 80751 between 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. (MT) Monday through Friday.

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