November 1, 2016
HUD’s proposed FFRMS rule will protect humans and taxpayer dollars
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
I recently read a column by Ed Brady, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders, where he stated that HUD’s proposed rule to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard would impose new rules on taxpayer-funded housing in areas “…where the odds of flooding are extremely remote.” Extremely remote eh? Many who recently suffered…
June 30, 2016
ASFPM Chair Ceil Strauss testified before Senate Committee June 30, 2016
By News Editor
At 10 a.m. (EDT), ASFPM Chair Ceil Strauss testified on the NFIP at a hearing before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The hearing, titled “No More Hikes: Small Business Survival Amidst Unaffordable Flood Insurance Rate Increases,” gives ASFPM the opportunity to comment on the private flood insurance bill pending before the Senate…
April 14, 2015
ASFPM submits comments on potential revisions to 33 CFR Part 203 (PL 84-99)
By News Editor
ASFPM Comments on Potential Revisions to 33 CFR Part 203 (PL 84-99)CFR Document COE-2015-0004 General comments- Federal taxpayer costs for disasters are rising dramatically due to increased human development in flood hazard areas and increasing storm intensity and sea level rise. Taxpayer costs for flood disasters have risen to well over $10 billion/year, with two…
April 10, 2014
Call for National Flood Risk Management Strategy
By News Editor
Eight years ago in the wake of hurricane Katrina the American Society of Civil Engineers issued a call to action to the challenge of increasing flood losses. Over the past two years the ASCE Task Committee, which includes Dave Fowler, ASFPM’s Watershed POD facilitator, examined our national response to this call for action. This report…
January 8, 2010
Larson Appointed to FEMA’s National Advisory Committee
By News Editor
The Association of State Floodplain Manager’s Executive Director, Larry A. Larson, has been appointed to FEMA’s National Advisory Council and will be sworn it at its February meeting. Larson will join 34 other members who are appointed by the FEMA Administrator based on their expertise. They will serve three-year terms. The Council advises FEMA on…
