March 7, 2022
Upcoming Webinars for Navigating Risk Rating 2.0: Phase II – Renewals
By News Editor
Beginning April 1, 2022, all NFIP policies will be priced under Risk Rating 2.0 at their next renewal. Attend one of these upcoming webinars from FEMA to learn how to transition existing policies.
March 4, 2022
ASFPM Submits Letter for the Record on Nature-Based Infrastructure Hearing
By News Editor
The hearing, “From Gray to Green: Advancing the Science of Nature-Based Infrastructure,” focused on the current state of the science related to nature-based infrastructure as well as the research gaps in the federal coordination, investment, and engagement needed to support the implementation of nature-based infrastructure.
February 28, 2022
ASFPM Provides Written Testimony on FEMA Priorities for 2022
By News Editor
The testimony provided focused on several subjects we see as essential priorities for FEMA to address this year,
February 24, 2022
U.S. Flood Damage Risk Is Underestimated
By News Editor
Researchers found a high probability of flood damage for more than one million square miles across the United States, while the mapped area in FEMA’s 100-year flood plain is about 221,000 square miles
February 14, 2022
New Infrastructure Funding Guidebook Available at BUILD.gov
By News Editor
The guidebook will help state, local, tribal, and territorial governments unlock the funding available from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure package.
February 8, 2022
ASFPM Weighs in on WOTUS Definition
By News Editor
ASFPM filed comments yesterday on a proposed rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act
February 7, 2022
FEMA Receives Record-breaking Amount in Requested Funding for BRIC, FMA
By News Editor
With $1.16 billion available in funding for FY 2021 across both BRIC and FMA programs, FEMA received requests for roughly $4.69 billion.
February 4, 2022
Celebrating New CFMs
By News Editor
The CFM exam includes questions on floodplain management, mapping, NFIP regulations, flood insurance, mitigation, natural and beneficial functions, and the overall context of floodplain management.
February 1, 2022
Input on Levee Safety Needed
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
USACE and FEMA are working together to develop a National Levee Safety Program. Each agency has a role in levee safety and this program should improve coordination.
February 1, 2022
RFI…And We Are Off!!
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
If the NFIP minimum standards were revised to include just these two standards, we would have an entirely new approach to land development and its relationship with flood hazard areas and avoid billions of dollars of future flood losses.