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Corps to host public meeting on Souris River Feasibility Study

Published Nov. 9, 2017

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resources Board, or SRJB, are holding a public meeting to discuss the draft Souris River Basin Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment Nov. 16.

The meeting will be held at the Minot Municipal Auditorium, Room 201, 420 3rd Ave., Minot, ND. An open house will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a formal presentation and public comments/input from 7-9 p.m.

The purpose of the feasibility study is to assess the interconnected system of reservoirs, levees and channels within this basin and recommend modifications to existing infrastructure and potential new measures to reduce the risk of flooding.
The Corps’ feasibility study is the first step toward a federal flood risk reduction project, and its purpose is to provide Congress with the information it needs to authorize a project for implementation. 

The proposed project consists of the construction of what is currently referred to as the ‘Maple Diversion’ or high-flow bypass along with a short tieback levee east of the U.S. 83 Bypass within the city of Minot. The Maple Diversion is a feature of the SRJB’s larger Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project.

The public review period will end Nov. 30.
Official comments concerning the proposed project can be submitted to David Potter, Corps biologist, by calling (651) 290-5713, via email at david.f.potter@usace.army.mil, or by mail at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attention: Regional Planning and Environment Division North, 180 Fifth St. E., Suite 700, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678. Written comments will become part of the study’s public record and used in the study’s environmental review document. Therefore commenters should exercise care before submitting personal information with their comments.

The nearly 600 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2016 $78 million budget, nearly 1,250 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $120 million to the national economy. For more information, see
www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

 

 


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