February 22, 2016
USGS opens comment period for Bulletin 17C, “Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency.”
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USGS opens comment period for Bulletin 17C, “Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency.” ASFPM’s Mapping and Engineering Standards Committee requesting comments. This is a brief update on the status of Bulletin 17C, “Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency.” The USGS has released a version of Bulletin 17C that is ready for public comment. This revision
February 19, 2016
Application period for Fiscal Year 2016 Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Flood Mitigation Assistance grant programs is March 15 – June 15, 2016.
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FEMA Announced Application Period for Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants States will set their own timelines to meet the FEMA announced timelines, and they should contact their state mitigation office or their state floodplain management office. FEMA announced the application period for Fiscal Year 2016 Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Flood Mitigation Assistance grant programs
February 17, 2016
FEMA has issued an Advanced Notice of Rule Making on a proposal for a disaster deductible concept
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FEMA has issued an Advanced Notice of Rule Making on a proposal for a disaster deductible concept: https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FEMA_FRDOC_0001-4874 ASFPM will be submitting comments by the due date, so we are asking our leadership (board, committee co-chairs and others) to provide comments to Larry Larson and the executive office at ASFPM@floods.org by March 14. If committee
February 8, 2016
ASFPM and APA awarded $1.05 million grant
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NOAA Grant Will Bring Resiliency Efforts into Capital Improvement Planning The Association of State Floodplain Managers and American Planning Association will work together to develop new national planning guidelines for coastal resiliency, thanks to a $1,054,543 Regional Coastal Resilience Grant Award from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management. Trillions of dollars of
February 2, 2016
EPA’s Green Infrastructure Technical Assistance Summary Offers Tools, Strategies and Lessons Learned
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The EPA’s Green Infrastructure program is excited to release a new report that summarizes tools, strategies and lessons learned from green infrastructure projects across the country. The report, Tools, Strategies and Lessons Learned from EPA Green Infrastructure Technical Assistance Projects, summarizes results from EPA’s green infrastructure technical assistance program for communities looking for solutions to
January 25, 2016
Attention all coastal floodplain managers
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Attention all coastal floodplain managers (and really anyone trying to make their community resilient to flooding) ASFPM would like your help in completing a short survey on community resilience. The association, along with the American Planning Association, National Association of Counties and AECOM, partnered with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and National
January 15, 2016
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 Released
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Just released – World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2016 The Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center announced Jan. 14 the release of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016. The report, undertaken in conjunction with the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania, reports opinions of 750
January 15, 2016
Pennsylvania Assc. of FPM just released a white paper, “Flooding/Stormwater Related Programs in Pennsylvania
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Flooding/Stormwater Related Programs in Pennsylvania: Data, Models, Products, Applicability This white paper, released Jan. 15, 2016, was created by the Stormwater SubCommittee of the Floodplain Mapping and Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Floodplain Managers. “Flooding and stormwater, in the past, had been thought of as two separate regulatory programs. This is evidenced by
January 11, 2016
Guidebook Update Highlights Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making
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Guidebook Update Highlights Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making Following release of new policy guidance directing federal agencies to begin incorporating ecosystem services in federal planning and decision making, the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) introduces updates to its online resource the Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook. The guidebook
January 8, 2016
FEMA provides information about the spring RiskMAP update
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Risk MAP Guidelines and Standards 2016 Spring Maintenance Cycle The Federal Emergency Management Agency maintains guidelines and standards to support the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) Program. These guidelines and standards define the specific implementation of the statutory and regulatory requirements for the National Flood Insurance Program. These also outline the performance of