FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Franklin Branch Stream Bank Stabilization
Bloomfield Township,
Oakland County, Michigan
FEMA-DR-1346-MI, NEMIS ID #A1346.13

Bloomfield Township in Oakland County, Michigan, has applied for funding from the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for assistance with the construction of stream bank 
stabilization measures along the Franklin Branch of the Rouge River to protect homes and 
utilities along severely eroded areas of Franklin Branch and to protect downstream areas from the 
effects of sedimentation. Franklin Branch is located in the southern portion of Oakland County, in 
Bloomfield Township north of 14 Mile Road.  The Proposed Action would provide streambank 
stabilization along Franklin Branch utilizing channel and upper slope stabilization, bank 
armoring, and floodplain terracing techniques. FEMA is proposing to provide assistance for this 
project through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) under Presidential Disaster 
Declaration FEMA-DR-1346-MI. 
In accordance with 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for FEMA, Subpart B – Agency 
Implementing Procedures, Part 10.9, an Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared pursuant 
to Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as implemented by the 
regulations promulgated by the President’s Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR Parts 
1500-1508).  The purpose of the EA was to analyze the potential environmental impacts for the 
stream bank stabilization for Franklin Branch and to determine whether to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
Based upon the conditions and information contained in the EA for the Franklin Stream Bank 
Stabilization (May 2003) and in accordance with FEMA’s regulations in 44 CFR Part 10 
(Environmental Considerations) and Executive Orders 11988 (Floodplain Management), 11990 
(Protection of Wetlands), and 12898 (Environmental Justice), FEMA the following is concluded:
A Finding of No Significant Impact. The proposed project, as described in the EA, will not result 
in any significant adverse impacts to existing land use, water resources (surface water, 
groundwater, wetlands, waters of the United States, and floodplains), air quality, noise, biological 
resources (vegetation, fish and wildlife, state-and federally listed threatened or endangered 
species and critical habitats), safety issues, hazardous materials and waste, and cultural resources, 
or result in disproportionately high or adverse effects on minority or low-income populations.  
Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared.

APPROVAL 



___________________________________	 Date:	__________________________
Ms. Jeanne Millin
Regional Environmental Officer
FEMA, Region V




Finding of No Significant Impact
Franklin Branch Stream Bank Stabilization, Oakland County, Michigan