DR-4433-GU Public Notice 001

INITIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: GFD Hardening of 6 Fire Stations and Rescue Base 2, Agat Marina, Guam │ HMGP-4433-02-03

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to provide federal financial assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to the Guam Fire Department in Guam to install typhoon shutters at six suppression/emergency medical services (EMS) fire stations and a rescue response station. The proposed action would mitigate impacts from future damaging wind-driven rain and winds and ensure that all hazard response stations continue to serve the people of Guam. Pursuant to Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management), Executive Order 11990 (Wetlands Management), and FEMA’s implementing regulations at Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 9, FEMA hereby provides interested parties with a notice of its intent to carry out an action affecting a floodplain and wetland.

The purpose of the proposed action is to reduce damage from high wind hazards. The proposed action consists of installing typhoon shutters at six suppression/EMS fire stations (Tamuning, Barrigada, Piti, Umata, Yona, Astumbo), and one rescue response station (Rescue Base 2, Agat Marina). Additionally, roll-up apparatus bay doors would be installed at one suppression/EMS fire station (Tamuning).

One of the project sites, Rescue Base 2 in Agat Marina, is in the 100-year floodplain as depicted on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Number 6600010133D, dated September 28, 2007. The FIRM shows that the project site lies within Zone VE, an area that has a 1-percent probability of flooding every year, with additional hazards due to storm-induced velocity wave action, and where predicted floodwater elevations have been established. The remaining project sites are located in areas of minimal flood hazard.

Additional information about FEMA’s proposed action, including maps showing the potential impacts on floodplains and wetlands, may be obtained by writing the FEMA Region IX Environmental Officer at FEMA, 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200, Oakland, California 94607, or fema-rix-ehp-documents@fema.dhs.gov, or calling (510) 627-7027. All requests should be received within 15 days after publication of this notice.