Final Environmental Assessment: City of Bayou La Batre Redevelopment, Mobile County, Alabama

摘要

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's storm surge severely damaged the City of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. When the storm had passed, nearly 1,000 residents of the City's 2,300 citizens were homeless. Approximately 65% of all occupied housing units in the City were damaged or destroyed. In addition, the existing municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) suffered severe damage from the storm surge and now runs at a reduced capacity. There is a need for FEMA to identify, develop, and evaluate new, non-temporary options for housing disaster victims in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane season and for the City to establish permanent housing for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. There is also a need to protect from future storms and storm surges the Citys increased wastewater treatment capacity that will be provided to accommodate new permanent housing and commercial uses.