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Intent to Prepare a Feasibility Study and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Anacostia Levee Corridor Feasibility StudyPrince George's County, Maryland
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A U.S. House of Representatives resolution dated September 8, 1988, authorized a study on the Anacostia River and several of its tributaries. In accordance with that resolution and with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is initiating the Anacostia Levee Corridor Feasibility Study and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). This feasibility study is the third study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Anacostia watershed. The feasibility study will focus on the Prince George's County, Maryland, portion of the Anacostia River watershed. The study area is near the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Branches of the Anacostia River and involves the towns of Bladensburg, Brentwood, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Edmonston, Hyattsville, and Riverdale. An existing levee system, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950 (Pub. L. 516), was completed in the mid-1950s and is in place along portions of the Anacostia River and the Northeast and Northwest Branches. The existing levee project includes approximately 14,400 feet of flood control channels, 28,100 feet of levees, four pumping stations, and one pressure conduit. The Anacostia Levee Corridor Feasibility Study will have four components: flood damage reduction, fish and wildlife habitat restoration, aesthetics, and recreation. The flood damage reduction component will evaluate the existing levee system's capacity to provide adequate protection from the 100-year flood event. Based on that evaluation, the study team will identify and design modifications that will provide 100-year flood protection for the levee corridor. (The study will also evaluate alternative flood damage reduction options for high priority flood-prone areas and the residual flood hazard risk.) The fish and wildlife habitat restoration component of the study will evaluate the potential for re-establishing wetland, instream, and upland habitats within the levee corridor. Restoring habitat would benefit water quality and the biological communities both in the study area and downstream of the project. The study components concerned with improving aesthetics and recreational improvements in the levee area and in the surrounding urban environment. A DEIS will be integrated into the feasibility report to document existing conditions, project actions, and project effects and products. Prince George's County, Maryland, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission-- Prince George's County, and the Maryland Department of the Environment are the project sponsors.
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Intent to Prepare a Feasibility Study and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Anacostia Levee Corridor Feasibility StudyPrince George's County, Maryland; Federal Register Vol. 64, Issue
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Notice of Intent.
A U.S. House of Representatives resolution dated September 8, 1988, authorized a study on the Anacostia River and several of its tributaries. In accordance with that resolution and with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is initiating the Anacostia Levee Corridor Feasibility Study and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). This feasibility study is the third study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Anacostia watershed. The feasibility study will focus on the Prince George's County, Maryland, portion of the Anacostia River watershed. The study area is near the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Branches of the Anacostia River and involves the towns of Bladensburg, Brentwood, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Edmonston, Hyattsville, and Riverdale. An existing levee system, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950 (Pub. L. 516), was completed in the mid-1950s and is in place along portions of the Anacostia River and the Northeast and Northwest Branches. The existing levee project includes approximately 14,400 feet of flood control channels, 28,100 feet of levees, four pumping stations, and one pressure conduit. The Anacostia Levee Corridor Feasibility Study will have four components: flood damage reduction, fish and wildlife habitat restoration, aesthetics, and recreation. The flood damage reduction component will evaluate the existing levee system's capacity to provide adequate protection from the 100-year flood event. Based on that evaluation, the study team will identify and design modifications that will provide 100-year flood protection for the levee corridor. (The study will also evaluate alternative flood damage reduction options for high priority flood-prone areas and the residual flood hazard risk.) The fish and wildlife habitat restoration component of the study will evaluate the potential for re-establishing wetland, instream, and upland habitats within the levee corridor. Restoring habitat would benefit water quality and the biological communities both in the study area and downstream of the project. The study components concerned with improving aesthetics and recreational improvements in the levee area and in the surrounding urban environment. A DEIS will be integrated into the feasibility report to document existing conditions, project actions, and project effects and products. Prince George's County, Maryland, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission-- Prince George's County, and the Maryland Department of the Environment are the project sponsors.
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