Notice2024-30272
Notice of Availability for Safe Room Construction, Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
December 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has prepared a Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (SPEA) to reevaluate the analysis provided in the 2011 Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Safe Room Construction and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The SPEA includes a reevaluation of the environmental analysis and underlying assumptions of the 2011 PEA. The proposed action includes the nationwide construction, retrofit, or renovation of safe rooms eligible for FEMA grant funding. FEMA has made a preliminary determination in the SPEA that the FONSI determination is valid after incorporating the updated analysis and revisions contained in the SPEA.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103849-103850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30272]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0026]
Notice of Availability for Safe Room Construction, Supplemental
Programmatic Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has prepared a
Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (SPEA) to reevaluate
the analysis provided in the 2011 Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) for Safe Room Construction and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI). The SPEA includes a reevaluation of the
environmental analysis and underlying assumptions of the 2011 PEA. The
proposed action includes the nationwide construction, retrofit, or
renovation of safe rooms eligible for FEMA grant funding. FEMA has made
a preliminary determination in the SPEA that the FONSI determination is
valid after incorporating the updated analysis and revisions contained
in the SPEA.
DATES: Substantive comments must be submitted on or before January 21,
2025 to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments responsive to this
notice electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. All submissions received must include the Agency
name and Docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting
comments or material, all submissions will be posted, without change,
to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and
will include any personal information you provide.
[[Page 103850]]
Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to
read the Privacy and Security Notice that is available via a link on
the homepage of <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FEMA will address comments received on the draft SPEA in a final
SPEA. The final SPEA and FONSI will be posted to the FEMA NEPA
Repository website using the same weblink as the 2011 PEA and FONSI at:
<a href="https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/environmental-historic/nepa/programmatic-environmental-34">https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/environmental-historic/nepa/programmatic-environmental-34</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Portia Ross, FEMA Environmental
Officer, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation,
Resilience, 202-212-5929, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#581e1d151975171d100875083734313b21751a2a39363b30183e3d3539763c302b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f797a727e12707a776f126f5053565c46127d4d5e515c577f595a525e115b574c11585049">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA is seeking public comment regarding its
preliminary determination that no significant environmental impacts are
anticipated from the proposed action, based on FEMA's reevaluation of
the 2011 PEA for Safe Room Construction. FEMA invites the public to
submit comments through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> during the 30-day
comment period following the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. The 2011 PEA and 2024 SPEA are available in docket ID FEMA-
2024-0026. For access to the docket, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
and search for the docket ID.
The supplemental reevaluation process, which is documented by the
SPEA, indicates that no potential significant adverse environmental
impacts are anticipated from the proposed action. Based on the
supplemental environmental impact analysis in the SPEA, FEMA has
determined that no significant environmental impacts are anticipated
from the construction, retrofit, or renovation of eligible safe room
projects and the proposed action does not constitute a major Federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment,
making the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
unnecessary. Therefore, FEMA will issue a final SPEA and FONSI.
Authorities: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq. and 40 CFR 1500.1 et seq.
Donna DeFrancesco,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic
Preservation, Resilience, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-30272 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-23-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on December 19, 2024.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.