Federal Emergency Management Agency
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment
for the Franklin Branch Streambank Stabilization Project

Environmental Assessment for the Franklin Branch Streambank Stabilization Project, 
Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.  FEMA-DR-1346-MI.

Interested persons are hereby notified that the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) is proposing to assist in the stabilization of failing streambank slopes along 
Franklin Branch in Bloomfield Township.  In accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the implementing regulations of FEMA, 
an Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared to assess the potential impacts of 
the proposed action on the human and natural environment.  This also provides public 
notice to invite public comments on the proposed project in accordance with Executive 
Order 11988, Floodplain Management, and Executive Order 11990, Protection of 
Wetlands. In addition, this notice and the draft EA provide information to the public on 
potential impacts to historic and cultural resources from the proposed undertaking, as 
outlined in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

The EA evaluates alternatives that provide for compliance with applicable environmental 
laws. The alternatives to be evaluated include (1) No Action; (2) The Proposed Action, 
streambank stabilization along Franklin Branch utilizing channel and upper slope 
stabilization, bank armoring, and floodplain terracing technique; and (3) streambank 
stabilization along Franklin Branch utilizing steel sheeting and channel stabilization 
techniques. 

The draft Environmental Assessment is available for review between May 26 and June 
24, 2003, at the Bloomfield Township Library located at 1099 Lone Pine Road, 
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the Oakland County Research Library located at 1200 
North Telegraph, Department 453, Building 14 East, Pontiac, Michigan, during normal 
business hours.  The draft Environmental Assessment is also available for review online 
at the FEMA website http://www.fema.gov/ehp/docs.shtm.

Written comments regarding this environmental action should be received no later than 5 
p.m. on June 24, 2003, to Jeanne Millin, Regional Environmental Officer, 536 South 
Clark, 6th Floor, Chicago IL 60605-1521, or at Jeanne.Millin@dhs.gov.

If no comments are received by the above deadline, the draft EA will be considered final 
and a Finding of No Significant Impact will be published by FEMA.

The public may request a copy of the final environmental documents from Jeanne Millin, 
Regional Environmental Officer, 536 South Clark, 6th Floor, Chicago IL 60605-1521, or 
at Jeanne.Millin@dhs.gov.