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Title:	Environmental Assessment : Segment B1 Levee and Floodwall Construction, Green Brook Flood Damage Reduction Project, Middlesex Borough, Middlesex County, NJ
Authors:	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New York District.
Keywords:	New Jersey Flood control Green Brook (N.J.) Environmental management Environmental protection
Publisher:	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New York District.
Abstract:	The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (District) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) are proposing to construct approximately 1,900 feet of floodwall and 1,000 feet of levee along the Green Brook, raise the Sebring’s Mills Bridge, flood proof ten business structures, and buy-out one residential structure. The project is being referred to as Segment B1 and is part of the overall Green Brook Flood Damage Reduction Project (GBFDRP). The levee, floodwall and structure buyout is located in Middlesex Borough in Middlesex County. The floodproofing component is located in the Green Brook Township, Somerset County. The bridge straddles the two municipalities. The purpose of this environmental assessment is to supplement the evaluation of potential environmental impacts that were previously addressed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), New York District, Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Proposed Plan for the Green Brook Flood Control in the Green Brook Sub-Basin, Somerset, Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, filed August, 1980 and the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Proposed Plan for the Green Brook Flood Control in the Green Brook Sub-Basin, Somerset, Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, filed in May 1997. Specifically, this Environmental Assessment is being prepared specifically to address the significance of potential impacts the construction of the levee and floodwall will have on Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), a federal and state endangered species, and the potential impacts the construction of all elements of Segment B1 will have on General Conformity of the Clean Air Act. At the time the 1980 FEIS and 1997 FSEIS were filed, Indiana bat was not identified as an endangered species within the GBFDR project area. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revised the General Conformity rules of the Clean Air Act in April 2010, requiring an updated General Conformity analysis for the project. The evaluation of impacts will determine if the proposed changed conditions warrants the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement to the FSEIS and FEIS.
Description:	Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
Rights:	Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/11681/37801
Size:	99 pages / 15.66 MB
Types of Materials:	PDF
Appears in Collections:	Environmental Documents