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    Dam Safety & Public Water Work Permit
    (State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2018-12-27) State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    To construct, operate, and maintain the dam; to excavate and fill in Public Waters; to realign a portion of the Red River; and to construct the Red River Control Structure and the Wolverton Creek Structure; all associated with the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, as described in the permit application and support references and according to the Permit Conditions. The first phase of the dam is shown on plans titled “FMM Diversion Inlet Structure” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and signed by Michael Bart, P.E. in May of 2016. The maximum authorized height of the dam is elevation 928.5 feet (NAVD88).
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    Fargo-Moorhead Flood Risk Management Project Dam Safety and Public Waters Work Permit Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Order of Commissioner.
    (State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2018-12-27) State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    Pursuant to the requirements of Minn. Stat. § 103G.245, subd. 1 and Minn. R. Ch. 6115 the Cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) and the Flood Diversion Board Authority (“Diversion Authority”) (collectively referred to as “Permit Applicants”) applied for a Minnesota public waters work permit and a Minnesota dam safety permit (collectively referred to as the “Permit Application” or “2018 Application”) to construct a flood risk reduction project on the Red River of the North (“Red River”) to reduce flood risk associated with the long history of frequent flooding of the Red River and its associated tributaries in the Fargo-Moorhead (F-M) metropolitan area, to qualify portions of the F-M metropolitan area for a 1-percent chance flood protection accreditation under the National Flood Insurance Program and to reduce flood risk for floods exceeding the 100-year (1-percent chance) flood or greater in light of the importance of the F-M metropolitan are to the region.
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    Final Environmental Impact Statement
    (State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2016-05) State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    The Flood Diversion Board of Authority (Diversion Authority) is proposing to construct the FargoMoorhead Flood Risk Management Project (Project) with an estimated cost of $1.8 billion (October 2011 dollars). The Project is an approximately 30-mile long diversion channel on the North Dakota side of the Fargo-Moorhead (F-M) urban area (cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and surrounding high-population density cities), including a 6-mile long connecting channel, an overflow embankment, and tieback embankment with control structures on the Wild Rice River and Red River. The Project also consists of environmental mitigation projects, which would be located inside and outside the project area (ES Figure 1). When operated, the Project would divert a portion of the Red River flow upstream of the F-M urban area, intercept flow at the Wild Rice, Sheyenne, Maple, Lower Rush and Rush Rivers, and return it to the Red River downstream of the F-M urban area. Project operation would result in an approximately 32,000-acre upstream staging area. Because the Project includes the construction of a Class I dam (i.e., embankment system and control structures), an environmental impact statement (EIS) is required under Minnesota Rules, part 4410.4400, subpart 18.
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    Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
    (State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2018-12-26) State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    The DNR has determined the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), published November 13, 2018, is adequate. This means that the state's environmental review process is now complete. Our basis for that determination is contained in the Record of Decision. In making its determination, the DNR considered public comments on the adequacy of the Final SEIS and the three adequacy criteria contained in state law: Does the SEIS analyze the topics identified in scoping? Does the SEIS respond to comments received on the draft? Did the DNR follow the process established in state statute and rule for preparing an environmental impact statement?