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Progress Report Norfolk, Virginia, Federal Flood Risk Management Study, Jian Shen, Rico Wang, Mac Sisson
Progress Report Norfolk, Virginia, Federal Flood Risk Management Study, Jian Shen, Rico Wang, Mac Sisson
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The City of Norfolk and Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), are partnering to conduct a Flood Risk Management Study (FRMS) to determine the Federal interest and feasibility of alternatives to mitigate coastal flooding risk in the City. The FRMS is in the Feasibility Study (FS) phase in which alternatives are proposed and developed to conceptual/preliminary design level, benefit/cost analyses are conducted, and environmental studies are completed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The magnitude of the feasibility study will require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
A component of the FS/EIS is the analysis of …