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ASFPM Offers 2nd Annual Collegiate Student Paper Competition in San Antonio! Abstract Submittal Deadline is March 10, 2012 Every spring the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) conducts an annual technical conference that attracts over 1,000 people for a week-long event that showcases the state-of-the-art in techniques, programs, resources, materials, equipment, accessories, and services to…

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LEVEE ASSESSMENT MAPPING PROCESS (LAMP) ASFPM COMMENTS—FINAL GENERAL COMMENTS ON FLOOD MAPPING RESIDUAL RISK AREAS BEHIND LEVEES As a matter of national policy, the NFIP must view levees and dams as temporary features that have temporary effects on the nation’s floodplains. A levee which is designed to contain a given flood, such as the 100-year…

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The Village of Gays Mills was struck by back-to-back floods in August 2007 and June 2008. Both flood events were greater than 500-year flood events, which resulted in substantial losses to residences and businesses within the Village. With these devastating floods occurring so close together, the Village began earnestly considering the possibility of relocating the…

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Natural Hazards DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0072-6 Flood risk perception in lands “protected” by 100-year levees Jessica Ludy and G. Matt Kondolf Under the US National Flood Insurance Program, lands behind levees certified as protecting against the 100-year flood are considered to be out of the officially recognized “floodplain.” However, such lands are still vulnerable to flooding that…

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Battle Escalates Over Building in Puget Sound Flood Plains 12/22/2011 By Craig Welch, The Seattle Times Dec. 22–More than a decade after government biologists first warned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that allowing development in flood plains is helping kill salmon and orcas, environmental groups on Wednesday turned to their most potent — and…

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See the attached document containing the responses to the questions posed by Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe as follow on to the Senate hearing on the Floods of 2011 held by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Oct 18, 2011.

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Click here for the final News & Views of 2011! Inside This Issue: Year of Disasters: 2011 Floods in Review Top Ten ASFPM Highlights of 2011 Become a member in 2012: A Message from your Associate Director ASFPM Foundation From the Chair Director’s Desk National Award Nominations Engaging the Public Conference Update NFFA Science Services:…

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S. 1958 extending the NFIP to May 31 passed the Senate yesterday under Unanimous Consent. The bill was introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). This is the date favored by Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Ranking Member Shelby (R-AL). The measure now goes to the House. Text is below. S.1958 — To extend…

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Extreme Weather and Climate Events for 2011 A Year for the Record Books From extreme drought, heat waves and floods to unprecedented tornado outbreaks, hurricanes, wildfires and winter storms, a record 12 weather and climate disasters in 2011 each caused $1 billion or more in damages – and most regrettably, loss of human lives and…

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A significant milestone has been achieved in developing the process to transition levees into compliance with federal standards. Please see the signed copy of the System-Wide Improvement Framework policy, dated 29 November, 2011. This policy provides committed levee sponsors a process to transition their levees, over time, to Corps standards while remaining eligible for federal…

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