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<br />Deliverables: <br />1. Technical Memorandum. <br />IV. GEOMORPHOLOGY CONSULTING <br />1. Provide senior engineer ongoing engineering consultation, preparation for workshop <br />with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and workshop participation. <br />V. MN EIS SCOPING DOCUMENT <br />1. Participate in meetings and perform requested work to expand upon the upstream <br />retention portion of the FM Diversion – Flood Frequency and Retention White Paper <br />in combination with levees to 42.5 feet. Assist the USACE with comments on the MN <br />EIS Combination of Measures without a Diversion alternative. <br />Deliverables: <br />1. Revised upstream retention white paper. <br />VI. MN EIS PREPARATION SUPPORT <br />The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing an EIS for the Fargo- <br />Moorhead Flood Risk Management Project and requires support from the Local Sponsors <br />to complete technical studies and reports for the EIS as listed below. <br />1. Socioeconomic Analysis: <br />The MN EIS will provide information on the social and economic effects of reducing flood <br />risk within the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan area and impacts in the staging area. This <br />information will satisfy the State’s procedural requirements to assess social and <br />economic factors as they relate to the Project and project alternatives (Minnesota Rules <br />part 4410.2300 H) and address public comments received regarding the socioeconomic <br />effects of the Project. <br />The socioeconomic impacts will quantitatively identify the costs of the Project (including <br />mitigation) as well as the flood damage reduction benefits arising from operation of the <br />Project (including mitigation). The EIS will also qualitatively disclose the social <br />implications of the Project. <br />The socioeconomic analysis will incorporate new and updated information in addition to <br />what was incorporated into models developed for the FFREIS. Therefore, the EIS model <br />outputs will not provide a side-by-side comparison of model outputs developed for the <br />FFREIS and will not be comparable to model outputs that were presented in the FFREIS or <br />model outputs that would result from applying the model platform used for the FFREIS. <br />Model outputs for inclusion in the EIS will be quantitative cost/benefits for five different <br />flood frequencies (10, 25, 50, 100, and 500-year) for all alternatives found to meet the <br />purpose and need of the Project and carried forward in analysis. Flood elevations from <br />the H&H flood frequencies will be used to populate a socioeconomic model to quantify <br />flood related costs and benefits. Local and regional benefits will be identified and <br />incorporated into the analysis. <br />Social impacts such as property buyouts will be described in monetary terms where <br />possible and qualitatively disclosed where the impact is not quantifiable. If possible, the <br />flood damages/fighting, development and qualitative social outputs will also be displayed <br />geographically indicating North Dakota versus Minnesota and metropolitan versus rural. <br />a. Software: Hazus-MH 2.1 (FEMA) with user supplied data for economic analysis <br />(IMPLAN default data not provided with this version). <br />HMG_TO08-A10_Long.docx 5 <br />DR <br />A <br />F <br />T