ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment, or Supplemental EA, for the Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management project online for public comment today.
The Supplemental EA focuses on the proposed modifications to the project since the completion of a Supplemental EA dated September 2013. It can be viewed at http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Home/Public-Notices/, as well as found at the local public libraries in Breckenridge, Climax, Fargo, Kindred, Moorhead and West Fargo.
Public comments may be submitted through Sept. 27, 2018 by e-mail to CEMVP-Fargo-SEA@usace.army.mil or mailed to Terry Williams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 180 E. 5th St., Ste. 700, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678.
All comments received will be made available to the public to include the possibility of being posted on a publicly accessible website. Individuals are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as home addresses or home phone numbers, in their comments, unless they do not object to such information being made available to the public.
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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