10-21-2025 Notice of Finding - No Significant Impact - Designaged Floodplaint

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NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS AND FINAL NOTICE AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF A PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN A FEDERAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARD DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN AND UNITED STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY DESIGNATED WETLAND Date of Notice: 10.22.2025 City of Paris, 135 1st St SE, Paris, TX 75460, (903) 784-9202 These notices shall satisfy three separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by City of Paris. REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about 11/11/2025 the City of Paris will submit a request to the Texas Department of Agriculture -Office of Rural Affairs (TDA -ORA) for the release of Texas Community Development Block Grant funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383), as amended, to undertake a project known as the City of Paris CDV23-0206 TxCDBG Sewer System Improvements project, for the purpose of Administrative and Engineering Fees and Services and to replace approximately one thousand eight hundred sixty linear feet (1,860 LF) of ten -inch (10 in.) sewer line, including site clearing, boring, manhole replacement, related pavement repairs, and all associated appurtenances. The proposed project occurs from a point approximately 130 feet east of the Graham Street and 31 st Street NW intersection, to a point approximately 715 feet north, to a point approximately 1,170 feet northeast located approximately 140 feet south of the 28th Street NW and Shiloh Street intersection. The proposed project will take place within the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas. For a map of the proposed project, please contact the County at the address or email below. The City of Paris has been awarded $500,000.00 in grant funds and shall contribute $75,000.00 in match funds. Total project cost is $575,000.00. FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The City of Paris has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the Paris City Hall, 135 SE 1st Street, Paris, Texas 75461 and may be examined or copied weekdays from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. A digital copy of the ERR may be obtained by contacting Rose Beverly, the City Manager via email rbeverly@paristexas.org or by phone at (903) 784-9202. FINAL NOTICE AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF A PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN A FEDERAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARD DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN AND UNITED STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY DESIGNATED WETLAND This is to give notice that the city has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988 and Executive Order 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection. The activity is funded under the Community Development Block Grant Program and administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) ERR #(CDV23-0206). The extent of the FFRMS floodplain was determined using 0.2 percent flood approach. According to the Federal Flood Standard Support Tool (FFSST) CISA data is not available for the project area. However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has defined the 0.2 -percent -annual -chance floodplain for the project area. According to FEMA, Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Panel No. 48277CO315C effective date 8/16/2011, approximately 0.04 acres of proposed project is located within the 1 %-annual-chance floodplain and 0.003 acres is located within the regulatory floodway. Therefore, approximately 0.043 acres of the proposed project is located within the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) floodplain.