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Levee Certification Status in FEMA Region VI

Levee Certification Status in FEMA Region VI. USACE Red River Levee Meeting Texarkana, Arkansas SW Arkansas Electric CO-OP January 30, 2009 Guy Lowes, P.E., FEMA Region VI. Outline – Levee Accreditation FEMA Region 6. Presentation Outline. Federal Accreditation Regulations

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Levee Certification Status in FEMA Region VI

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  1. Levee Certification Status in FEMA Region VI USACE Red River Levee Meeting Texarkana, Arkansas SW Arkansas Electric CO-OP January 30, 2009 Guy Lowes, P.E., FEMA Region VI

  2. Outline – Levee Accreditation FEMA Region 6 Presentation Outline • Federal Accreditation Regulations • Responsibilities • Mapping & Certification Status in FEMA Region VI • FEMA Region 6/ USACE Vicksburg District Study Details • Questions

  3. Regulations – Levee Accreditation • Levee Accreditation Regulations • Interim Levee Policy (February 10, 1981) • 44CFR65.10 (August 25, 1986) • Integrating Levee Certification into the Map Modernization Program is new. • Procedure Memorandum 34 (August 22, 2005) • Interim Guidance for Studies Including Levees • Procedure Memorandum 43 (September 25, 2006) • Revised Procedure Memorandum 43 (March 16, 2007) • Guidelines for Identifying Provisionally Accredited Levees

  4. FEMA Responsibilities FEMA is responsible for the following: • Establishing/reflecting appropriate risk zone determinations on flood maps • Accredit levees that meet the criteria of 44CFR65.10 as providing protection from the 1% annual chance flood based on the certification provided by levee owner • Not accredit levees as providing protection that are not or cannot be shown to meet criteria of 44CFR65.10 • Establishing mapping standards

  5. Responsibilities of Others FEMA is not responsible for any of the following: • CERTIFYING LEVEES • Designing, constructing, operating, or maintaining levee systems • Examining levees • Determining how a structure or system will perform in a flood event

  6. Mapping Schedule by FY Start

  7. FEMA MOD Study Starts

  8. FEMA Levee Studies With Certification Issues

  9. FEMA Study Status

  10. FEMA Hempstead Levee Map

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