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Chief Patron: Stolle
Flood Control Studies for Hampton Roads and Northern Neck Regions

Item 384 #1h

Item 384 #1h

 First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security FY2017 $1,500,000 FY2018 $1,500,000 GF

Language
Page 327, line 25, strike "$567,489" and insert "$2,067,489".
 Page 327, line 25, strike "$567,489" and insert "$2,067,489".

Page 327, after line 35, insert:

"Included within the general fund appropriation for this item are $1,500,000 each year for the Commonwealth's nonfederal cost match requirement to accomplish the United States Army Corps of Engineers Regional Reconnaissance Flood Control Study for both the Hampton Roads and Northern Neck regions as authorized by the United State Congress."

Explanation

(This amendment provides $1.5 million from the general fund each year for the 50% nonfederal match to complete the studies of flood control in the Hampton Roads and Northern Neck regions authorized by the U.S. Congress to be conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Both studies will evaluate each region's recurrent flooding patterns and hydrology; identify and score several high impact regional flood control projects; identify costs and benefits of mitigating high impact regional flood control projects; and, make recommendations for comprehensive and coordinated regional flood mitigation to obtain federal funding for future mitigation projects.)

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