Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 2.11.2001

Availability of the Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DPR/EIS), Marlinton Local Protection Project, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, WV

In accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District has prepared a Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to section 579 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (WRDA). This act authorizes the Corps to design and implement flood damage reduction measures for certain named communities in the Greenbrier River Valley. The report focuses on providing protection for the Town of Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia against flooding such as occurred in November 1985, January 1996 and May 1996. The purpose of the Corps action would be to implement a local protection measure that would reduce or eliminate the damages associated with flood-stage flows of the Greenbrier River and Knapp Creek near Marlinton to the elevation of the 1985 flood of record.