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6. Is there an imminent threat to the habitat (i.e., projects planned and approved in the
immediate vicinity that will preclude or conflict with the maintenance of the habitat)?
7. What will happen to the existing habitat if this project does not occur? Will the habitat
improve, decline, or be entirely lost? And, over what time period?
B. Flood Management
1. Describe current hydrologic conditions. Include information on type of stream
(perennial, intermittent, ephemeral), channel configuration (natural, channelized,
culverted, etc.), and factors affecting stream function such as watershed development,
land use changes, dams or other artificial constrictions. (If not already answered in the
Habitat section above.)
2. Describe flooding/erosion problems at the site, including information on property
damage, bank failure, sedimentation, and safety hazards.
3. Describe methods used and project benefits, including:
• How will the project reduce these flooding/erosion problems and/or stabilize the
site? Quantify where possible, and provide a basis for the estimate, including any
modeling that has been completed.
• Does the project remove or improve any culverted, channelized, or other stream
impairment that affects flood flow, fish passage, or other environmental factors?
• Does the project include any innovative techniques to reduce flooding or control
erosion?
4. Is there a larger flood plan/program covering the site of the project? If so, provide an
overview and describe how the project relates to it.
5. Describe how the project is a supplement to or being planned in lieu of a local or
cooperative local/federal flood control project? If so, provide the following information:
• Describe the proposed plans for the project and stage of the planning process.
• Identify and discuss involvement of the appropriate federal, state or local flood
agency. Have they concurred that the project is compatible with flood protection
purposes?
6. Will the project implement more environmentally sensitive flood or erosion management
approaches than would otherwise be implemented? Describe.
7. Will the project fully treat problems at the site or will additional stream-related problems
exist?
• If additional problems will remain, briefly describe the scope and funding needs of
other similar projects or phases that would fully address these problems.
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