Public comment sought for Museum roof replacement project
Comments due by May 30, 2020
by Heritage Museum
April 20, 2020
Public Notice of Proposed Heritage Museum Roof Replacement Project
Soliciting Public Review and Comment by May 30, 2020
Background and project: The Heritage Museum's 46-year old Rustic Architecture style log building has a 36-year old sheet metal roof that is leaking. The roof’s interior 2x4 lath wood framework is wet and rotting due to condensation forming in the winter when interior heat rises into the empty airspace gap between the bottom under-lament and the top cold roofing. The 15,620+ square foot roof consists of 12 pie-shaped sections 50-feet in length (lower roof) and 12 pie-shaped sections 15-feet in length (tower roof). The roof must be removed and replaced down to the original tongue and groove interior ceiling boards which rest on the roof whole log rafters.
Proposed solution: The roof framing will be removed and replaced down to the original tongue and groove boards which rest on the whole log roof rafters. The replacement roof will consist of: 30-year titanium underlayment, 2x4 wood framing, 5/8 OSB (particle board), 2 pound for 5 inch foam-in insulation (into the previous gap where condensation formed), another layer of titanium, 1x wood laid flat, and topped with new brown sheet metal sheeting in Standard Classic Style.
The Heritage Museum Board of Directors met on February 17, 2020, to discuss the proposed roof replacement project and believes it is exempt from the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) because: 1) it will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment; 2) a significant public controversy does not exist over the project’s potential effect on the quality of the human environment; 3) and the project will not affect sensitive environmental or cultural areas or endangered or threatened species and their critical habitats. Therefore, the Heritage Museum Board of Directors believes that an Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Statement are not necessary.
Public Comment: Members of the public are invited to comment on the proposed project. Please send comments in writing to: The Heritage Museum, P.O. Box 628, Libby, MT 59923. Comments must be postmarked by May 30, 2020.
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