Environmental Assessment for Lemhi County Howarth Multihazard Mitigation Project (July 2011)

This draft Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the President’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500- 1508), and FEMA’s regulations implementing NEPA (44 CFR Part 10). FEMA is required to consider potential environmental impacts before funding or approving actions and projects. The purpose of this draft EA is to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Lemhi County Howarth Multihazard Mitigation Project. FEMA will use the findings in this draft EA to determine whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). Much of the information about the project in this EA comes from the FMA grant application package.