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I I I Ii I , I , I I I '0. I I I I I I, I I I I . Produc.. study cost. sharing .gr....nt with the sponaor to sh.r. f.a.ibility-phas. costs, including. .cop. of study .nd the study cost .stillat.. SCOPI or STUll! This .tudy is of reconnais.anc. .cop. detail. Th. l.val of .tudy 18 based on infol1lUltion fro. .x18ting .ourc.., s.ner.l dt. inapectiona, .nd jUdgm.nt b...d on st.ndard .ngine.ring pr.ct1c.. and d.il.r .tueli... Field .urveys, topographic mapping, .ngine.ring, .nd .cono.ic data ob- tained w.r. sufficient for ..timate. .nd pr.liminary dedp co_.nsur.t. with the obj.ct1ve. of this .tudy. PRIOR STUllIES A .tudy .t Kalt. w.. .uthoriz.d in August 1965 for . DPll under Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948, .. ...nded. Th. north.rn part of the city of !lalta w.. thre.t.ned by flooding fro. the Millt Riv.r during the .pring .no....lt .nd r.inatorll ....on. R.connai..anc. .tueli.. indicat.d th.t the .r.a could be .dequat.ly prot.ct.d by . l.v.. proj.ct approx1l1at.ly 2.5 .ile. in length. Vith. co.t of $180,000 .t Octob.r 1968 price levels, the B/C ratio was 1.6. The co.t of the proj.ct at current February 1989 price levels vould be $690,700. Th. Malta City Council had difficulty sathering support for the project and va. unable to meet the local cooperation require.ents. Active vork on the .tudy va. di.continued in October 1968 pending further indication of local .upport for the project. A flood insuranc. study was completed in May 1987 by the Fecleral Emersency Management Agency (FEIIA) under the authority of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The study investigated the existence and severity of flood hazards in Malta. Flood risk data for various areas of the cOllllllUllity vere developed, 3