Jacksonville Port Authority: Fire and Rescue Marine Fire Station No. 40, Jacksonville, Florida. Draft Tiered Site-Specific Environmental Assessment

摘要

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JPA) has applied for fiscal year 2008 funding assistance from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) on behalf of the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department (JFRD). The Florida Division of Emergency Management administers the PSGP for FEMA. The Investment Justification (IJ) supplied as part of the funding request proposes to fund construction of a dock and boathouse as part of a new marine fire rescue facility, the IJ provides additional details. The JFRD received fiscal year 2006 PSGP funding to purchase a 70 foot emergency response vessel that will use the facility. Additionally, in 2010 the JFRD was awarded FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding (1679 DR FL 16R) to elevate and harden the land operation fire station that will be built as part of the new marine fire rescue facility. In accordance with Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the regulations promulgated by the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500-1508; and 44 CFR Part 10, FEMA's NEPA implementing procedures; a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Grant Programs Directorate projects, which includes the PSGP, was prepared and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued in July 2010. This Tiered Site-Specific Environmental Assessment (SEA) is being prepared for the dock/boathouse elements in accordance with and to augment the July 2010 PEA. The focus of this Tiered SEA is on environmental or historic preservation resources requiring additional discussion or analysis because they are not adequately addressed in the PEA which is not site-specific. Furthermore, the FEMA environmental review that was completed for the HMGP-funded land operation fire station did not include the boathouse or dock.