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2027 Aleutians East Borough Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update- Public Comments on Draft Risk Assessment

The Draft Risk Assessment is available for public review and we want your comments!
The Draft Risk Assessment identifies the natural hazards (earthquake, flooding, tsunami, etc.) that impact the Aleutians East Borough as well as each jurisdictions' assets/critical facilities that may be at risk from these hazards.

The document is separated into two sections: Volume 1- Base Plan that provides regional hazard information for the AEB and Volume 2- Jurisdictional Annexes that contains 14 annexes (one for each participating jurisdiction) that outlines local hazard information (past events, impacts, photos) and jurisdictional critical facilities and vulnerability.

Mitigation projects are not included in this document.
If you are a resident of the AEB, please take our public survey to provide information on hazards that impact your community, identify critical facilities you rely on, and provide ideas for mitigation projects!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027AEBHMP
The Aleutians East Borough (AEB), in conjunction with 5 municipal jurisdictions and 8 Tribal jurisdictions, is updating their Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP). This Plan will be an update of AEB's 2021 HMP, an update and incorporation of the City of Cold Bay's 2022 HMP, and a first-edition plan for 7 Tribes.

The jurisdictions participating in the project include the Aleutians East Borough, Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove, City of Akutan, City of Cold Bay, City of False Pass, City of King Cove, City of Sand Point, Native Village of Akutan, Native Village of Belkofski, Native Village of False Pass, Native Village of Nelson Lagoon, Native Village of Unga, Pauloff Harbor Tribe, and the Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point.

The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) has contracted Fairweather Science, LLC to facilitate and guide the Planning Team through the HMP update process.

Once completed, each jurisdiction will adopt the HMP and it will be submitted to the State of Alaska Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (DHS&EM) and then to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for final review and approval. Once the adopted plan is approved by FEMA, the jurisdictions will be eligible to apply for grant funding to protect the jurisdiction's assets and residents from natural hazards.

For more information about mitigation planning, please see FEMA guidance here: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/risk-management/hazard-mitigation-planning/regulations-guidance

If you have any questions or comments, please contact our contractor, Laura Young at laura.young@fairweather.com.
1.What is your name and email for comment tracking or any follow-up that we may need?(Required.)
2.Where do you live?(Required.)
3.Are you an enrolled member in any of the following Tribes?(Required.)
4.If you have any comments on the Draft Risk Assessment, please provide them here along with the document page number.
If you have multiple comments, please email them to our contractor at laura.young@fairweather.com(Required.)
This Hazard Mitigation Plan was prepared by Fairweather Science, LLC under contract to the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA), subaward to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) using Federal funds under award NA24NOSX473C0101 from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.