Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in Douglas, Arizona
EPA is considering the award of a Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF) grant for proposed water and wastewater system improvements in Douglas, Arizona. The proposed project involves rehabilitation and expansion of wastewater and potable water pipelines within the City of Douglas as well as extension of wastewater and/or potable water services to the adjacent unincorporated colonias of Pirtleville, Bay Acres, and Fairview.
EPA's involvement in the Douglas, Arizona project is part of a national
commitment to improve environmental conditions along the U.S.-Mexico
border. EPA participates in the development and implementation of water
supply and wastewater infrastructure projects in coordination with the Border Environment Cooperation
Commission
(BECC) and the North American Development
Bank
(NADBank). BECC is responsible for certifying projects so that they
comply with sound technical, environmental, financial, and public participation
principles. NADBank administers the BEIF grants for projects that have
been certified by BECC and approved by EPA. For general information,
please go to the BECC
Web site
or the NADBank
Web site
for project information.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), EPA has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) that analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project. Based on a review of the EA, EPA determined that the project will not have significant environmental impacts and has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI). To view the EA and FNSI, please click on the links below.
Documents
- Douglas Environmental Assessment (PDF) (53 pp, 410K About PDF)
- Finding of No Significant Impact (PDF) (2 pp, 40K About PDF)
- Figure 1 from Environmental
Assessment (PDF): Map of Proposed Water and Wastewater Improvements (1 pg, 6.9M About PDF)
Note: This PDF file is large and may load very slowly. - Figure 2 from Environmental Assessment (PDF): Wind Speed and Direction Plot (1 pg, 284K About PDF)
Please direct questions or comments to:
Evelyn Wachtel (wachtel.evelyn@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 9 (WTR-4)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3410
(415) 947-3537 (fax)
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