U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency USVI Joint Field Office, DR-4335/4340-Vl 4500 Sunny Isle Shopping Center Unit 37, 38 Christiansted, YI 00820

FEMA

Marcho28, 2018

SeanoL. Krigger Acting Director/Deputy StateoHistoric Preservation Officer Department ofoPlanning and NaturaloResources VirginoIslands State HistoricoPreservationoOffice FortoChristian NationaloHistoric LandmarkoSite 5064oFortets Straedeo1 Charlotte Amalie,oVirginoIslandso00802

Section 106 Consultation: DRo4340oVI Project Number: PA-02-DR-4340-PW00121 andoPA-02-DR-4340-PW00155 Recipient/Subrecipient: Virgin IslandsoDepartmentoofoEducation Undertaking: TemporaryoSchooloFacilities,onine properties in St.oCroix and St.oThomas, USVI

Dear Mr. Krigger:

The Federal EmergencyoManagement Agencyo(FEMA) will be providing funds authorized under theoRobert T Stafford DisasteroReliefoandoEmergency Assistance Act,oP Lo93-288, asoamended, inoresponseotoothe major DisasteroDeclaration foroFEMA-4335-D R-VI datedoSeptembero05,o2017 andoFEMA-4340-D R-VI, dated Septembero20, 2017. FEMAoproposes tooprovide fundsothrough itsoPublic AssistanceoProgramotoothe VirginoIslandsoDepartment ofEducationo(VIDE;oSubrecipient) via theoVirgin IslandsoTerritorial Emergency Management Agencyo(VITEMA; Recipient).oFEMAoisoconductingoSectiono106oconsultationofor theoabove referencedoUndertaking inoaccordance with 36oCFRoPart 800oand StipulationoII.DoStandard ProjectoReview ofFEMA'soVirgin IslandsoProgrammaticoAgreement executedoonoJuly 14,o2016.o

Undertaking HurricaneoIrma resultedoin powerfulowinds andotorrentialorainothroughoutotheoUSoVirginoIslands duringotheoincident period from September 5 through September 7, 2017. As the territory began to conductoemergency response measures,oHurricaneoMariaomade landfall. Hurricane Maria sentoadditionalowind, heavyorains and flooding toothe VirginoIslandsofromoSeptembero19 through Septembero20, 2017. Theseostormsodamaged schools and facilities owned and maintained byothe VIDE on St. Thomas, St.oJohn and St.oCroix islands. While theo2017-20o18 schooloyearoisoongoing,omany schoolsoareoonodoubleosessions,ocausingoscheduling issues foro schoolo eventso ando a reducedo school scheduleo thato impactso studento curriculumo and busing/transportationoissues.

Inopreparationoforotheo2018-2019oschooloyear,oVIDEoisorequestingotemporaryomodularoclassroomsoand sprung units that will serve as temporary facilities until repairs can be completed to the permanent facilities. The details of the layout and associated siteodevelopmentoare in design and subject toochange, but a list ofopropertieso proposedofor placementoofotemporaryofacilitiesoisoattachedo(seeoTableo1). The Undertaking includes purchase and installation of temporary facilities as well as basic site prep andoutility connections. The modular facilities are proposed to be approximately 30 ft by 60 ft units welded to metaloplates set into poured concreteofoundations.oTheosprungounitsoareoassumedotoobeoof similaroinstallationoandowillohave a footprint ofoapproximately 64 ft by 54 ft.oSite prep may include clearing and grubbing,ominor scraping to

provideolevelosurfacesoforoinstallationoofoconcreteopads,owalkways,oparking andoaccessoroutes.oUtility services will be provided by hooking up to existing service and may be above ground,oor extend between twooand fourofeetobelowoground.oSite plans areoenclosedofor reference asopotentialolayouts but are nototo scaleoandomayobeoreconfigured.oOnceotheotemporaryofacilitiesoareono longeroneeded,oall structures,opads, utilities and etc. at each property will beoremoved and returned to pre-use conditions.

While the proposed facilities are temporary inonature and may be installed on previously cleared land, peroTier I Allowance A.2, not enough information isoknown this time regarding potentialoground disturbance andolocation ofotheounits on eachoproperty. Therefore, this consultation addresses each ofotheonine properties as a whole with anticipation ofominimal ground disturbance from staging, site prep, facility installation and utility connections.

Area of Potential Effects (A P E) Basedoon theoproposedoscopeoofowork,oFEMA hasodetermined that theoA P Eoforothisoundertaking includes theoproperty boundariesofor theonineoschools listed inoTableoI (seeoattached SiteoPlans). ThisoA P Eoincludes any potential temporaryovisualoimpactsoand ground disturbingoactivities.

Identification and Evaluation Architecture Determinations ofEligibility wereopreviouslyoconducted for all publicoschool facilities in St.oCroix, St.oJohn and St.oThomas, to whichoSHPO has provided concurrenceoand recommendationsoforoeligible properties. Whileomanyoof theopropertiesocontain buildingsoof 45oyearsooromoreoage,oonlyoUllaoMulleroElementary School wasonotedoasopotentially eligible by VISHPO.

Archaeology Initialo archaeological sensitivityo waso assessed foro eacho propertyo based ono nearbyo documented archaeologicalositesoandosurveys,oproximityotoowaterwaysooroguts,oterrainoandopreviousoandoexisting development. Initial sensitivity isonoted in Table 1.oAnalysis of currentoconditions,oadditional site data,oand consultationowithoarchaeologicalorecordsoindicate thatotheoproperties haveobeenopreviously disturbedoand there is low probability for intactoarchaeologicalodepositsoto be impacted by the Undertaking.

Determination of Effect The Undertakingoentailsominimaloground disturbingoactivitiesoforotemporaryofacilities,oandotheoproperties willobeoreturnedotootheiropreviousoconditionouponoremovaloof theofacilities.oThe facilitiesoareotemporaryoin natureoandohaveonoodirectoimpactsoto theoexistingobuildingsoonotheoschooloproperties.oAfteroa reviewoof available archaeologicalositeodata,otopographical maps,oandoaerialoimagery,o theoareasoproposedoforodevelopmentohaveobeenodocumentedoasobeingopreviouslyodisturbedoandothereforeodeterminedotoohaveolow probabilityoforointactodepositsoor archaeologicaloresources.

Based onotheoinformation presentedoabove,oFEMAohas determined that theoUndertaking will resultoinoNo Historic Properties Affected that areoeither listedoin,ooroeligibleoforoinclusionoin,otheoStateoor National Register ofHistoric Places.

FEMA is submitting this undertaking to you for review andocomment and requestsoconcurrenceowithothis determination within 15ocalendarodays. Should youoneedoadditional informationoplease contactoArchitecture Reviewer,o Xana Peltolao xana.peltola@fema.dhs.govo (202)o 372-5579 oro Archaeologyo Reviewer, ChristopheroP. Morris christopher.p.morris@fema.dhs.gov (202) 368-4378).

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Sincerely,

Mark Soeth EHP Advisor DR-4335-VI/DR-4340-VI

MS/sjh/cpm

Enclosures: Table 1

Site Plans

VISHPO CONCURRENCE

X As proposed, I concur the project will result in No Historic Properties Affected pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(d)(1). If no consulting parties object to this finding within the 15 day review period

(per Stipulation I.D.2.b of USVI Programmatic Agreement), the project may proceed, as proposed,

unless resources are discovered during project implementation, pursuant to 36 CFR 800.13.

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Lew Muckle Elementary School Modular Layout @

Lew Muckle Elementary School

John H Woodson Junior High School Post-Hurricanes Irma/Maria

Gladys AbrahaDl Ele111entary School Modular Layout @

Ulla Muller Elenientary School

Administrative Bldg.

4,935 Sq. Ft.

1 Sprung unit

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Ivanna Eudora Kean High School Modular Layout At

Ivanna Eudora Kean High School

Marine Bldg.

1,560 Sq. Ft.

"Destroyed"

1 Sprung

Placement

Aquaponics Bldg.

3,528 Sq. Ft.

"Destroyed"

1 Sprung Placement

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Wheatley Skill Center Proposed Sprung Layout At

41 Estate Thomas