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<br />Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a FFRMS Floodplain and Wetland <br />To: All interested Agencies, Groups and Individuals on 7/1/2025 : This is to give notice that the city has <br />conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988 and Executive Order 11990, in accordance with <br />HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management <br />and Wetlands Protection. The activity is funded under the Community Development Block Grant Program and <br />administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) ERR #(CDV23-0206). The City proposes to Replace <br />approximately one thousand eight hundred sixty linear feet (1,860 LF) of ten-inch (10 in.) sewer line, including <br />site clearing, boring, manhole replacement, related pavement repairs, and all associated appurtenances. The <br />project will traverse one thousand eight hundred sixty linear feet (1,860 l.f.) cross country moving north beginning <br />at Graham Street at approximately 120 LF east of 31st Street SW, and end approximately 220 LF south of Shiloh <br />Street on 28th Street NW, Paris, Lamar County, Texas. The purpose of the project is to replace deteriorated <br />sewer lines. The extent of the FFRMS floodplain was determined using 0.2 percent flood approach. According <br />to the Federal Flood Standard Support Tool (FFSST) CISA data is not available for the project area. However, <br />the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has defined the 0.2-percent-annual-chance floodplain for <br />the project area. According to FEMA, Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Panel No. 48277C0315C effective date <br />8/16/2011, approximately 0.04 acres of proposed project is located within the 1%-annual-chance floodplain and <br />0.003 acres is located within the regulatory floodway. Therefore, approximately 0.043 acres of the proposed <br />project is located within the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) floodplain. As the proposed <br />project does not involve an activity for which even a slight chance of flooding might be too great because such <br />flooding might result in a loss of life, injury to persons, or damage to property, it is therefore not a critical action. <br />According to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), the <br />proposed project is located within approximately 0.03 acres of designated wetland code R4SBC wetland. The <br />natural and beneficial functions and values of the floodplain and wetland potentially affected by the proposed <br />activity include floodwater storage and conveyance, groundwater recharge, erosion control, surface water quality <br />maintenance, biological productivity, fish and wildlife habitats, harvest for wild & cultivated products, recreational, <br />educational, scientific, historic, and cultural opportunities. The City of Paris has considered the following <br />alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and <br />beneficial functions and intrinsic values of the existing floodplain and wetlands: locations outside and not <br />affecting the FFRMS floodplain or wetlands, alternative methods to serve the identical project objective, and a <br />determination not to approve any action proposing the occupancy or modification of a floodplain or wetland. The <br />practicability of alternatives considered the natural, social, and economic values of each alternative. The <br />alternatives considered were not chosen because they would fail to address the most deteriorated sewer lines <br />in need of repair, would be economically prohibitive, and would allow health, safety, and environmental violations <br />to persist. The City of Paris has reevaluated the alternatives and has determined that there is no practicable <br />alternative to locating the proposed project in the FFRMS floodplain and wetlands. The proposed project must <br />be located within the floodplain and wetland due to the necessity of aligning with existing infrastructure and to <br />meet critical service requirements for the surrounding community. The best action is to proceed with the project <br />as planned utilizing the following mitigation measures to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve <br />natural and beneficial functions and values of the FFRMS floodplain: <br /> Sewer systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and <br />discharges from the systems <br /> The project shall not lead to any significant increases in impermeable cover and shall have no negative <br />impacts on the floodplain, as all lines will be subsurface, and the project area will be restored to pre- <br />project conditions upon completion. <br /> The project shall meet any applicable, additional local floodplain requirements set forth by the <br />communityÓs Floodplain Administrator prior to construction. <br /> All state, local, and NFIP floodplain protection procedures will be followed. Including manhole <br />elevation/floodproofing as necessary. <br /> The consulting engineer shall take into consideration additional specifications to minimize damage to <br />and/or restore the native plant species <br /> The project shall be implemented using best management practices designed to protect improvements <br />from flood damage. <br /> The proposed improvements that intersect the floodway will be installed underneath the floodway using <br />directional drilling <br /> The implementation of erosion and sediment control measures will be used wherever possible, such as <br />the installation of silt fences, sediment barriers, or erosion control blankets, using sediment basins to <br /> <br />