June 4, 2026
Cameron Parish Police Jury
P. O. Box 1280
148 Smith Circle Drive Cameron, Louisiana 70631
Phone #: 337-775-2608
These notices shall satisfy three separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the Cameron Parish Police Jury.
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS
On or about June 22, 2026, the Cameron Parish Police Jury will submit a request to the Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery (LOCD-DR) for the release of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR): Resilient Community Infrastructure Program (RCIP) funds through the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub.L.117-43, as amended); in Federal Docket No. FR-6303-N-01, to undertake a project known as the Watershed Rain Gauge and Flood Alert Project (12LDRC7704) for the purposed action of installing thirty-seven (37) rain gauge/flood alert monitoring devices throughout Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in the amount of one million three hundred thirty-six thousand five hundred fourteen dollars and sixty-four cents ($1,336,514.64). The project consists of installing twenty-one (21) monitoring devices on existing infrastructure and sixteen (16) monitoring devices into ground-surfaces via standpipes. The estimated total HUD funds are $1,336,514.64.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Cameron Parish Police Jury has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human or natural environment, inclusive of floodplains and wetlands. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR), Environmental Assessment (EA), inclusive of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standards (FFRMS) Impact Evaluation for floodplains and wetlands considered under ERR EA, Exhibit L, on file at the Cameron Parish Police Jury Office at 148 Smith Circle Drive, Cameron, Louisiana, and may be examined or copied weekdays from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. or at https://cameronpj.org.
PUBLIC REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN A FEDERAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARD (FFRMS) DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN
This is to give notice that pursuant to Title 24 CFR Part 58, it was determined that the proposed action under the LOCD-DR RCIP Watershed Rain Gauge and Flood Alert Project #12LDRC7704 is located in a FFRMS floodplain and Cameron Parish Police Jury evaluated practicable alternatives for potential impacts on the floodplain from the proposed action as required by Executive Order (EO) 11988, as amended by EO 13960 and/or EO 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 55.20 under Subpart C, Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands. The proposed project locations are throughout the Cameron Parish, Louisiana, area. The extent of the FFRMS floodplain was determined using a Climate Informed Science Approach (CISA), 0.2 percent flood approach, and freeboard value approach. The proposed action is not new construction but the installation of rain gauge/flood alert monitoring devices using HUD LOCD-DR RCIP allocated funding for action within floodplain/wetlands, inclusive of Limit of Moderate Wave Action (LiMWA) floodplain. Floodplains subject to this action were evaluated to consider the existing natural and beneficial functions with intrinsic value of developed floodplain areas and wetlands for floodwater storage and conveyance, erosion controls, and water quality maintenance of floodplain/wetland potentially adversely affected by this action. Total work footprint is estimated to excavate approximately 0.1 acres in total of soil from all 16 monitoring device mounts within floodplain and wetland areas from this action.
Cameron Parish Police Jury has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize adverse impacts and preserve the existing natural and beneficial functions and intrinsic values of the existing floodplain and wetlands: (i) This action must take place within the existing floodplain/wetlands because the entire parish consist of floodplains and wetlands and having no practicable actionable alternative outside of the existing floodplain/wetland areas to serve the public with an early flood alert system, (ii) an alternative action considered was to install all 37 monitoring devices into groundsurface within waterways/canals. This alternative was deemed to obstruct navigable waterways and had the potential for unnecessary adverse impacts on the environment. Therefore, this alternative was non-selected. (ii) an alternative action considered was no action but was a non-selection because it did not provide the public with an early floodalert system to subject communities for reduce potential avoidable flood impacts to life and property in a predictable future without action. (iii) Mitigation measures are stipulated under the Louisiana Coastal Use Permit #P2022007 and U.S. Army Corp of Engineer Programmatic General Permit #MVN-2020-00671. These mitigation measures are included and defined under the NEPA EA with permits included under NEPA EA Exhibits. Additional mitigation measures include restricting work to a 2-person workcrew per mount and restriction of foot-traffic to within a five (5) foot radius of postholes; disposal of excavated soils as waste disposal materials to an appropriate licensed landfill; reporting the presence of threatened and endangered wildlife sighting and stressed species during monitoring device installs to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists; monitoring posthole digging for inadvertent discoveries of cultural items or human remains and reporting inadvertent discoveries to appropriate authorities; and compliance with all local, State, and Federal laws applicable to this type of work, inclusive of State and local floodplain and wetland protection procedures.
Cameron Parish Police Jury has reevaluated alternatives to installing monitors within floodplain/wetlands and has determined that it has no practicable alternative to taking actions within floodplain/wetlands. Environmental files documenting compliance with Executive Order 11988, as amended by Executive Order 13690, and/or Executive Order 11990, are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the Finding of No Significant Impact and Public Comments paragraphs of this notice for receipt of comments.
There are three primary purposes for this FFRMS notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplain or wetlands and those who have an interest in protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Commentors are encouraged to offer alternative sites outside of the floodplains, alternative methods to serve the same project purpose, and methods to minimize and mitigate project impacts on the floodplain/wetland. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comment about floodplain and wetlands can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks and impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains or wetlands, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.
Written comment for this concern must be received by Cameron Parish Police Jury as defined under the Public Comment paragraph below.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR EA, EA exhibits and FFRMS evaluation to the Cameron Parish Police Jury for this matter via email at: adminasst@cameronpj.org. All comments received within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of posting (June 4, 2026) this notice will be considered by the Cameron Parish Police Jury prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing and subject matters of concern.
ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION
The Cameron Parish Police Jury certifies to the Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery (LOCD-DR) that Katie Armentor, in her capacity as Parish Administrator, consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. LOCD-DR’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the Cameron Parish Police Jury to use Program funds.
OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS
Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery will accept objections to its release of funds and the Cameron Parish Police Jury certification for a period of fifteen (15) days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the Cameron Parish Police Jury; (b) the Cameron Parish Police Jury has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulation at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by LOCD-DR; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 28, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery via email at Murilo.Martins@la.gov or mail to Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery, Attention: Gina Campo, 617 N. Third Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Potential objectors should contact Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery to verify the actual last day of the objection period.
Katie Armentor
Parish Administration, Cameron Parish Police Jury