Floodplain Statement of Findings for the Replacement of Four Bridges on the Savannah River Site

Résumé

This Floodplain Statement of Findings is prepared in compliance with 10 CFR Part 1022. It is designed to evaluate the impact to the floodplain of the Savannah River Site (SRS) resulting from work that is needed to replace selected bridges on SRS Roads 8-1 and 2-1. The scope of this project is intended to immediately replace three bridges because of deteriorated, decayed, or rotten timber piles. A fourth bridge would be scheduled for a later replacement. The proposed work would involve working in and close to the 100-year floodplain of Upper Three Runs and Tinker Creek. The creeks associated with these projects have average annual flows which are greater than 5 cubic feet per second and a Federal permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act is not expected to be required for the proposed work. These impacted areas would include: