ASFPM Submits Comments in Support of FFRMS Updates
ASFPM has responded to FEMA’s notice of proposed rulemaking on “Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations to Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.”
In our detailed letter submitted Dec. 3, ASFPM stated its strong support for the proposed rule as a way to help ensure federal taxpayer investments will be protected against the risk of flooding — today and in the future. This is especially important given the unprecedented funding made available for federal projects through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
In addition, ASFPM voiced agreement that a Climate Informed Science Approach (CISA) is the appropriate primary approach for agencies to use given the advancements in modeling, mapping, and the nearly complete collection of detailed topographic data for the nation. The letter also encouraged the protection of the natural functions or wetlands and floodplain areas, prohibition of the use of fill to achieve design elevations, employment of a wide variety of tools to achieve resilience, strengthening of equity and environmental justice efforts, and the incorporation of community perspective, standards, and data.
Read the ASFPM comment letter.
ASFPM also joined other organizations in sign-on letters from the Natural Infrastructure Working Group and the Flood Policy Alliance.
The proposed rule received a total of 48 comment letters. View them all on Regulations.gov.
