Cameron Parish Library and Genealogy Museum Change of Location/Consolidation. Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Draft Environmental Assessment.

摘要

Hurricane Rita made landfall on September 24, 2005, between Sabine Pass Texas and Johnson Bayou Louisiana, as a Category 3 storm. Maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated at 120 miles per hour and were accompanied by strong and damaging storm surge well above normal high tide. President G.W. Bush declared a major disaster for the State of Louisiana and signed a disaster declaration (FEMA-1607-DR-LA) on September 24, 2005, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide federal assistance in designated areas of Louisiana. Cameron Parish requested through the State of Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) that FEMA provide disaster assistance through the provision of federal grant funding pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), PL 93-288, as amended (Police Jury Parish of Cameron, 2007 and 2012). Section 406 of the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) Program to fund projects to repair, restore and replace facilities damaged as a result of the declared event. Cameron Parish was deemed eligible by FEMA for federal disaster public assistance as an eligible applicant serving the needs of the general public. The Main Cameron Library (Cameron Library) and the Cameron Genealogy Museum/Library (Cameron Genealogy Museum) provided library and other community services such as internet access, meeting spaces, interlibrary loans, and public notices. These facilities and their contents were destroyed as a result of the declared event and FEMA has deemed them eligible for replacement.