PUBLIC NOTICE

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Draft Environmental Assessment
Town of Pe Ell
Construction of Permanent 1000 Road Realignment

Interested parties are hereby notified that FEMA plans to assist the Town of Pe Ell in funding the 
construction of a permanent road realignment to replace the original 1000 Road, which was 
significantly damaged during the flooding event of December 2007.  Federal financial assistance 
would be provided under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended (The Stafford Act).  

FEMA prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed project pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality’s and 
FEMA’s implementing regulations.  This draft EA evaluates the environmental impacts of the 
proposed action and its alternatives.  The EA alternatives evaluated in the EA include 1) No 
action, an alternative required by NEPA; 2) Making the emergency road permanent in the new 
alignment (proposed action); and 3) Repairing the original, flood-damaged road.  The draft EA 
will be finalized following receipt of public and agency comments at the end of a 30-day 
comment period.  If no significant issues are identified during the comment period, FEMA will 
finalize the EA, issue a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), and fund the project.

The Draft EA is available for viewing at the following locations: 

City Hall
111 South Main Street
Pe Ell, Washington  98572
Phone: (360) 291-3543

And electronically at the FEMA website at 
http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/envdocuments/index.shtm

Please submit your comments to FEMA’s Region X Environmental Officer Mark Eberlein by 5 
p.m. Wednesday, November 5.  Comments may be sent to Mr. Eberlein by:

 Mail:
Mark Eberlein
FEMA Region X
130 228th Street SW
Bothell, Washington 98021

Fax:  (425) 487-4622

Email: mark.eberlein@dhs.gov