The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) has received the following application for Federal grant funding. Notice is hereby given of FEMAâs consideration to provide funding in the form of a Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal actions must be reviewed and evaluated for feasible alternatives and for social, economic, historic, environmental, legal, and safety considerations. Under Executive Order (EO) 11988 and EO 11990, FEMA is required to consider alternatives, and to provide a public notice of any proposed actions in or affecting floodplains or wetlands. EO 12898 also requires FEMA to provide the opportunity for public participation in the planning process and to consider potential impacts to minority and low-income populations. This notice may also fulfill requirements under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
Funding for the proposed project will be conditional upon compliance with all applicable federal, tribal, state, and local laws, regulations, floodplain standards, permit requirements and conditions.
Applicant: Wallace, NC
Project Title: Wallace Generator Project
Location of Proposed Work: this project consists of the installation of a generator at a government facility on Old Wilmington Rd, Wallace, North Carolina.
Proposed Work and Purpose: this will be a power redundancy project. Town of Wallace has applied for funds to purchase and install a generator to maintain function of a critical facility in the community.
Project Alternatives:
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Alternative #1: No action.
Alternative #2: Rent portable generators. This option is determined to be ineffectual for the facility and its purpose.
Comment Period: comments are solicited from the public; local, state or federal agencies, and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of the proposed project. The comments should be made in writing and addressed to:
FEMA Internal 11988 Reviewer FEMA Region 4
3005 Chamblee-Tucker Road
Atlanta, Georgia, 30341
Alternatively, comments may be emailed to: FEMA-R4EHP@fema.dhs.gov. Please send comments with the subject line [HMGP COMMENT].
 All comments are due by no later than 15 days of the original posting date of this notice.
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ORIGINAL POSTING 4-4-2022
SECONDARY POSTING 4-19-2022
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