Environmental Assessment including FONSI signed 6/4/2019 for City of Sharonville Flood Mitigation Project, Ohio, FMA-PJ-05-OH-2017-015, 2019

Location Region 5, Ohio
Completion Year of Most Recent Document 2019
Level of NEPA Review EA - Environmental Assessment
FEMA Programs FMA - Flood Mitigation Assistance
Signed FONSI/ROD Date

This NEPA collection covers the following topics: Buildings; Floodplain Management; Utilities and Wastewater Plants. It is categorized under these NEPA types: Disaster Grant; Hazard Mitigation; Permanent.

Sharonville Flood Mitigation Project Final EA and FONSI

Sharonville Flood Mitigation Project Final EA and FONSI











The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) proposes to provide funding to the City of Sharonville, Ohio (subrecipient) to construct flood mitigation along an unnamed tributary to Sharon Creek. The City of Sharonville applied for funding from FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program to underwrite the proposed project. The FMA Program is authorized under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 4101. The goal of the FMA Program is to reduce or eliminate claims under the National Flood Insurance Program. FMA is a pre-disaster grant program.

The proposed project is located within the city limits of the City of Sharonville, Ohio, in the northeast portion of Hamilton County. The purpose of the Sharonville project is to reduce flood hazards and flood damage in the center of Sharonville associated with an unnamed tributary to Sharon Creek that runs through the city. The project is needed because residential and commercial properties in the downtown area of Sharonville are at risk of flooding during a 100-year storm event, including two repetitive loss properties. The Proposed Action would reduce flood hazards to 58 residential and commercial properties in the 100-year floodplain by constructing the following features.

Draft Environmental Assessment - City of Sharonville Flood Mitigation Project

The City of Sharonville, Ohio (subrecipient), proposes to construct modifications to the Sharonville Detention Reservoir and twin box culvert under Main Street to reduce flood hazards. The subrecipient has applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Ohio Emergency Management Agency (OEMA) for a grant of $1,927,027 under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant Program (application number FMA-PJ-05-OH-2017-015). The FMA Grant Program is authorized by Section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, with the goal of reducing or eliminating claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The overall FMA goal is to fund cost-effective measures that reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other NFIP-insurable structures.

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