APPENDIX D FLOODPLAIN NOTICES AND 8-STEP PROCESS City of New York Office of Management and Budget (OMB) New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT – DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM Early Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain To: All interested Agencies, Groups, and Individuals This is to give notice that the City of New York is proposing to undertake activities within the 100-year floodplain relating to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. President Obama signed the “Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013” (Public Law 113-2) into law on January 29, 2013. Among other appropriations, the Act included $16 billion in CDBG-DR funds for “necessary expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, and economic revitalization in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from Hurricane Sandy. Pursuant to 24 CFR Part 58, the City, as the subrecipient of the grant funds, has identified its Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Responsible Entity for maintaining the CDBG-DR Environmental Review Record. This notice is required by Section 2(a)(4) of Executive Order (EO) 11988 for Floodplain Management, and by Section 2(b) of EO 11990 for the Protection of Wetlands, and is implemented by HUD Regulations found at 24 CFR 55.20(b) for the HUD action that is within and/or affects a floodplain or wetland. Under the CDBG-DR program, the City will undertake the reconstruction of the Rockaways boardwalk in Queens, New York within the 100-year floodplain. In the Rockaways, Hurricane Sandy damaged approximately 4.7 miles of boardwalk. Targeted repairs were made to portions of this boardwalk in time to allow its limited use during the summer of 2013. The City now proposes to make permanent repairs that would increase the resiliency of the boardwalk from Beach 20th Street to Beach 126th Street. It is the intention of the project to reconstruct the boardwalk on the original concrete foundations (also referred to as “bents”) and to rebuild all boardwalk areas generally to the typical boardwalk width of 40 feet. Further, the project proposes to raise the new boardwalk to an elevation above the 100-year FEMA storm surge levels that vary along the site from +13 feet to +17 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The typical boardwalk surface would be designed to be 3.0 feet above the 100-year storm surge elevation, raising the new boardwalk sections from approximately 1.4 feet at the eastern portion of the site to approximately 8.0 feet to the west. There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information about floodplains can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk. All interested persons, groups, and agencies are invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed use of federal funds to support the reconstruction of the Rockaways boardwalk in a floodplain. Written comments should be sent to OMB at 255 Greenwich Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10007, Attention: Calvin Johnson, Assistant Director CDBG-DR or via email at CDBGDR- [email protected]. The minimum 15 calendar day comment period will begin the day after publication and end on the 16th day after publication. Such comments should be received by OMB on or before October 6, 2013. City of New York, Office of Management and Budget, Mark Page, Director Date: September 20, 2013 +0*) G<8!6=GL!E86BE7 9E=74L&!F8CG8@58E!+)&!+)*, G>>A;A8D!>M=D!HJA;=!K;@=<MD=!FG)!2,1+ @eeh\Zmbhg! ?8KGDAF= MZmbhgZe!R^im^f[^k!00!L^fhkbZe!&!Lnl^nf 0!Kb[^kmr!OeZsZ+!1/ma!Eehhk ;GFLJ8;L AL=E >M=D*GAD N=F<GJ ;@8F?=!!!!!!HJA;= M^p!Xhkd+!MX!0///5! 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