Environmental Assessment for Town of Snowflake, Navajo County, AZ (April 2010)

From July 25 to August 4, 2006, severe storms and flooding caused at least $11 million in damage to Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Pima, and Pinal counties and tribal lands in these counties. Therefore, the purpose of the Federal action is to provide HMGP Federal financial assistance to the Town of Snowflake (Town) in Navajo County, Arizona, through ADEM, to protect critical community assets from recurring flood damage. The EA has been prepared according to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. §§ 4321–5327), the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) regulations implementing NEPA (40 C.F.R. Parts 1500–1508 [2009]), and FEMA’s implementing regulations (44 C.F.R. Part 10)