Group Discussion Summaries

Public Safety and Levees (.pdf) Moderator - Eric Halpin, USACE

Risk Communication (.pdf) Moderator - Paul Osman, ASFPM

Floods Maps and Levee Certification (.pdf) Moderator - Doug Bellomo, FEMA

Management Options for Flood Risk (.pdf) Moderator - Dusty Williams, NAFSMA

Post-Summit Follow-Up and Presentations

FINAL Levee Safety Summit Program Agenda (.pdf) Uploaded 3/5/08

Power Point Presentations - note: files may be quite large

National Levee Safety Act, Title IX, WRDA 2007Update - Eric Halpin, P.E., Special Assistant for Dam and Levee Safety, USACE

Levees in History: The Levee Challenge - Dr. Gerald E. Galloway, Jr., P.E., Ph.D., Water Policy Collaborative, University of Maryland, Visiting Scholar, USACE, IWR

Flood Risk Management - MG Don T. Riley, Director of Civil Works, USACE

Flood Map Modernization and FEMA Levee Policy - Doug Bellomo, Director, Risk Analysis Division, Mitigation Directorate, FEMA

Flood Risk Management Program - Ed Hecker, Chief, Office of Homeland Security, USACE

FloodSAFE: how one local agency works to keep its levees and public safe - Ann Draper, Assistant Operating Officer, Santa Clara Valley Water District

1997 Red River Valley Flood - Michael Brown, Mayor, Grand Forks, ND

Flood risk managers, levee owners, and colleagues are urged to participate in a critical "National Flood Risk Management -- Levee Safety Summit", February 26-27, 2008. This timely meeting will take place at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, hosted by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA). The objectives of this meeting are to solicit broad feedback from and provide updates to local, state, regional, and federal officials and the private sector on vital national flood risk management policies currently under consideration at the Federal level, particularly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Key issues that will be addressed include levee certification/decertification, levee operations and maintenance, vegetation management, flood insurance and mapping issues, and residual flood risk in levee-protected areas. Specialized sessions on levee issues and a technical field tour of local flood loss reduction projects will be offered on Monday and Thursday in addition to the two-day program.

Objectives

• Update national audience on the flood risk management policies related to levees that are under review and consideration by the federal agencies and their state, regional, and local government partners.
• Provide information and lessons learned on flood risk management, particularly in regard to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Federal Emergency Management Agency coordination on the in-ventory and conditions of levees.
• Solicit broad feedback on policies, including levee certification/decertification, levee operation and maintenance, residual flood risk behind levees, vegetation management, flood insurance and mapping issues associated with levees, and the National Levee Safety Program.
• Conduct specialized training classes, technical field tour, and trade exhibits for in-depth inspection of flood management projects.

Sponsors

Association of State Floodplain Managers	National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies