Floodplain Statement of Finding

It is NPS policy to preserve floodplain functions and values and minimize potentially hazardous conditions associated with flooding, including threats to human health/life, risk to NPS capital investment, and impacts on natural and beneficial floodplain values. If a proposed action is found to be in an applicable regulatory floodplain with associated impacts and relocating the action to a non-floodplain site is considered not to be a practicable alternative, then a formal Floodplain Statement of Findings (FSOF) must be prepared. The FSOF must (a) quantify flood conditions and associated hazards as a basis for management decision making, (b) describe the rationale for selection of a floodplain site, (c) disclose the resources and amount of risk associated with the chosen site, and (d) explain flood mitigation plans.

This Floodplain Statement of Findings:
· Quantifies the flood hazard associated with the riverbank stabilization along Johnson Slough within the Sny Magill unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument
· Presents the rationale for the development of proposed facilities within the regulatory floodplain of the Mississippi River
· Documents the anticipated negative impacts of these improvements on human health/life, capital investment, and floodplain functions and values.
· Presents mitigations to these impacts.

The FSOF will be available for public review and comment.

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