Electrical Distribution to the Kettle Falls District Floodplain Statement of Findings

Executive Order (EO) 11988, Floodplain Management, requires the NPS and other federal agencies to evaluate the likely impacts of actions in floodplains. The objective of EO 11988 is to avoid, to the extent possible, the long-term and short-term adverse impacts associated with occupancy, modification, or destruction of floodplains and to avoid indirect support of development and new construction in such areas wherever there is a practicable alternative. The NPS administers floodplain policy through Directors Order 77-2: Floodplain Management (DO 77-2) and Procedural Manual 77-2 Floodplain Management (PM 77-2). The National Park Service also complies with departmental guidance outlined in 520 DM 1, Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection Policy and Responsibilities, and 520 DM 2, Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection Program Requirements.

It is NPS policy to preserve floodplain functions and values and minimize potentially hazardous conditions associated with flooding, including threats to human health and safety, risk to NPS capital investment, and impacts on natural and beneficial floodplain values. If a proposed action is found to be in, or possibly affecting a floodplain, and relocating the action to a non-floodplain site is considered not to be a viable alternative, then a formal Floodplain Statement of Findings (FSOF) must be prepared unless the action is considered excepted. This FSOF explains the NPS's proposed action to elevate and move the electrical components of the system out of the floodplain where possible. The FSOF will be available for public review for 15 days from February 23 to March 10, 2026.

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