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
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
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
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
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
April 21, 2015
FEMA launched an enhanced Coordinated Needs Management Strategy tool
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FEMA launched its Coordinated Needs Management Strategy Tool FEMA launched an enhanced Coordinated Needs Management Strategy (CNMS) tool. Enhancements allow for approved account users to submit and track mapping need requests through the CNMS Viewer. Visitors of the CNMS tool will have access to view validation status of flood studies and geographic locations of user-submitted
April 16, 2015
Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters: Strategies, Opportunities, and Planning for Recovery
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Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters: Strategies, Opportunities, and Planning for Recovery Read the full report, released this month, here. Read a summary of the report below. In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure,
April 13, 2015
ASFPM shares its analysis of EO 13690 and FFRMS
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Federal Flood Risk Management Standard & EO 13690—Analysis Introduction On Jan. 30, President issued a new Executive Order establishing a new flood risk management standard for federal investments and programs. The new standard amends the previous floodplain management Executive Order (EO 11988) issued by President Carter in 1977. DRAFT guidelines for implementation of the EO