June 2, 2015
The Applicability of Executive Order (E.O.) 11988/13690 to FEMA Programs – Fact Sheet
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Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management , and Executive Order 13690, Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input
May 29, 2015
FEMA Announces Funding Opportunity for Fiscal 2015 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
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Intergovernmental Affairs Advisory May 29, 2015 FEMA Announces Funding Opportunity for Fiscal (FY) 2015 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Dear Intergovernmental Colleagues: Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is announcing $180 million in funding available through two Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs: Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM). These two grant programs
May 27, 2015
Clean Water Rule protects streams and wetlands critical to public health, communities and economy
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Clean Water Rule Protects Streams and Wetlands Critical to Public Health, Communities, and Economy Release Date: 05/27/2015 Contact Information: Robert Daguillard, (202) 564-6618, (202) 360-0476, daguillard.robert@epa.gov Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions Washington DC– In a historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental
May 8, 2015
Upper Mississippi River Economic Profile report should be completed by this summer
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Upper Mississippi River Economic Profile The economic benefits from the entire main-stem of the Mississippi River, from the headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, will be available when a current project beingled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is completed this summer, according to America’s Watershed Initiative. The USFWS will release an
May 7, 2015
ASFPM submits second set of comments on FFRMS implementing guidelines
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ASFPM submitted its second set of comments on the draft implementation guidelines for the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. You can read the full document, or skip to pg. 5 to read the comments submitted May 6. View document here. The consolidated comments document represents an earlier set of comments submitted April 7 that were
May 5, 2015
EPA recently released an integrated green stormwater infrastructure guide
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EPA releases Integrated Green Stormwater Infrastructure Guide On April 22 EPA Region 3 released a publication titled, “Community Based Public-Private Partnerships (CBP3) and Alternative Market-Based Tools for Integrated Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A Guide for Local Governments.” This guide comes out of a multi-year effort by EPA Region 3 and its partners to identify tools to
May 4, 2015
Unique opportunity for our upcoming newsletter
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ASFPM will be interviewing Randall Behm (PE, CFM, with USACE-Omaha, and Chair of the National Nonstructural Flood Proofing Committee) for our May “Insider” newsletter. We’ll be asking him questions about some of the Corps’ flood risk management projects and programs. And since nonstructural is his area of expertise, we’ll strongly focus on that. But we’d
May 4, 2015
Deadline to comment on FFRMS is May 6
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ASFPM is asking our members to do two things regarding the proposed standard: 1.Provide comments to us here in the EO so we can compile and submit ASFPM comments 2.Formally weigh in on the proposed Federal Flood Risk Management Standard guidelines with your own comments as soon as possible. The link to provide comments is
May 4, 2015
ASFPM Comments to the Senate Appropriations Committee
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Outside Witness Testimony Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security April 24, 2015 Comments on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Submitted by: Association of State Floodplain Managers Chad Berginnis, Executive Director The Association of State Floodplain Managers appreciates this opportunity to comment on aspects of the Fiscal Year
April 30, 2015
“Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study” just released by NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board
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The National Research Council’s Water Science and Technology Board recently released the “Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study.” The report reviews an 11-year regional study carried out by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District to assess the regional effects of large-scale aquifer storage and