To All Interested Agencies, Groups and Persons:
This Notice is being published in accordance with Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, which requires that an opportunity for public review, and an explanation of the decision-making process, be provided when a federally-funded action is proposed to be located in a floodplain.
The Kanawha Falls Public Service District proposes to locate the following project in the floodplain: Water line extension to approximately 43 customers in the communities of Kanawha Falls & Boonesborough.
The Kanawha Falls Public Service District will identify and evaluate practicable alternatives to locating the above project in the base floodplain. If it is determined that the only practicable alternative is locating in the base floodplain, then the impacts of the project will be identified. All efforts will be made to minimize harm to life and property and preserve and restore the natural and beneficial values of the floodplain.
The facts and reasons for locating the above project in the floodplain are as follows: No feasible option for locating outside of the floodplain
Additional information respecting the project is on file at the address given below and is available for public examination and copying, upon request, at the Region 4 Planning and Development Council between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. and then again from 1:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.
All interested agencies, groups, and persons desiring to comment on the above-named project are invited to submit written comments for consideration by the Kanawha Falls PSD to the Region 4 Planning and Development Council, 885 Broad Street, Suite 100, Summersville, West Virginia 26651. Such written comments should be received at the above specified address within fifteen (15) days after the receipt or publication of this notice. No action will be taken on the above-named project until after that period of time.