Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Grand Forks, NDEast Grand Forks, MN, Flood Control

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Under the authority of the Flood Control Acts of June 30, 1948, May 17, 1950, and December 31, 1970, a General Reevaluation Report for Flood Control at East Grand Forks, Minnesota, is being prepared. In order to provide effective flood control, the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, has been included in the investigation. The cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, were extensively damaged by flooding of the Red River of the North and the Red Lake River in the spring of 1997. The cities form one urban area separated by the river. Because of the flat topography of the Red River of the North, any proposed flood protection must include both communities to be effective. Emergency flood protection and recovery efforts required significant expenditures. Long-term protection would require the construction of flood control measures sized to accommodate a flood equal to, or greater than, the flood of 1997.