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Lackawanna County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2014 Update Lackawanna County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2014 Update Prepared for: Prepared by: Lackawanna County Planning Commission Vision Planning and Consulting, LLC 135 Jefferson Avenue 7572 Morris Street Scranton, PA 18501 Fulton, MD 20759 October 2014 2014 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 SCOPE ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAN ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.5 AUTHORITY AND REFERENCE ............................................................................................................................ 2 CHAPTER 2 – COMMUNITY PROFILE ......................................................................................... 3 2.1 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 COMMUNITY PROFILE/FACTS ............................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRY PROFILE ................................................................................................................. 6 2.5 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................... 6 2.6 DATA SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 3 – PLANNING PROCESS .......................................................................................... 9 3.1 UPDATE PROCESS AND PARTICIPATION SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 9 3.2 THE PLANNING TEAM .................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 MEETINGS AND DOCUMENTATION ..................................................................................................................... 11 3.4 PUBLIC & STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................................ 12 3.5 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PLANNING .................................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 4 – RISK ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................... 14 4.1 UPDATE PROCESS SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 14 4.2 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION ................................................................................................................................ 15 4.2.1 Presidential and Gubernatorial Disaster Declarations ................................................................................................. 15 4.2.2 Summary of Hazards ................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 HAZARD PROFILES ....................................................................................................................................... 18 4.3.1 Flooding ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.3.2 Winter Weather ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 4.3.3 Wind Events ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 4.4.4 Hazardous Material Releases ...................................................................................................................................... 24 4.4.5 Wildfires ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 4.4.6 Drought and Crop Failure ............................................................................................................................................ 27 4.4.7 Nuclear Release .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 4.4.8 Earthquakes ................................................................................................................................................................. 30 4.4.9 Land Subsidence/Mine Related Issues ........................................................................................................................ 32 4.4.10 Dam Failure ............................................................................................................................................................... 33 4.4.11 Landslides .................................................................................................................................................................. 34 4.4.12 Radon ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36 4.4 HAZARD VULNERABILITY SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 37 4.4.1 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................ 37 4.4.2 Ranking Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 4.4.3 Potential Loss Estimates .............................................................................................................................................. 38 4.4.4 Future Development and Vulnerability ......................................................................................................................... 38 CHAPTER 5 - CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT ................................................................................ 39 5.1 UPDATE PROCESS SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 39 5.2 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FINDINGS .................................................................................................................. 40 5.2.1 Planning and Regulatory Capability ............................................................................................................................. 40 5.2.2 Administrative and Technical Capability ...................................................................................................................... 41 2014 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 5.3 PLAN INTEGRATION ...................................................................................................................................... 42 5.3.1 Document Review ........................................................................................................................................................ 42 5.3.1.a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Document Review ......................................................................... 42 5.3.1.b Lackawanna County Document Review .......................................................................................... 45 5.3.1.c Regional Plans Document Review ................................................................................................. 47 5.3.1.d Municipal Plans and Ordinances .................................................................................................... 49 5.3.2 Municipal Capability Assessment ................................................................................................................................. 51 CHAPTER 6 – MITIGATION STRATEGY .................................................................................... 58 6.1 UPDATE PROCESS SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 58 6.2 MITIGATION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................. 58 6.3 IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF MITIGATION TECHNIQUES ....................................................................................
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