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National Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Management Summit Cambridge, Maryland. MG Bo Temple Deputy Commanding General For Civil and Emergency Operations U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 13 July 2009. Major Corps Initiatives. Flood Risk Management Program Levee Safety Program
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National Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Management Summit Cambridge, Maryland MG Bo Temple Deputy Commanding General For Civil and Emergency Operations U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 13 July 2009
Major Corps Initiatives • Flood Risk Management Program • Levee Safety Program • National Committee on Levee Safety • International Efforts
Interagency Levee Task Force • Identification of regional partners • Facilitated comprehensive regional approach to flood risk management and recovery • Establishment of interagency partnerships (Federal / State) • Explore non-structural solutions and other flood risk management opportunities
Locals FEMA Federal States National Water Resources Management National Flood Risk Management Building codes, emergency services, contingency response, regulatory, general plans, WRM USACE NFRMP * Land use planning, evacuations, flood fighting, O&M NFIP, Risk MAP, Mitigation, Disaster Response *IFRMC, Silver Jackets, FPMS/PAS, ILTF, PL84-99, Dam & Levee Safety, R&D, Critical Infrastructure, CERB, IWR, Emergency Response, Coastal, CAP Roundtable Collaboration, PAO, International, Planning, FRM Business Line, FRM PCX, Regulatory, Environmental, Federal Task Force, E011988, Unified National Plan. OMB, DOI, EPA, NOAA, NRCS, USBR, HUD, USDS, DHS, NWS, USGS
Potential Future Direction • Integrated Water Resources Management • Sustainable Solutions to America’s Water Resource Needs • Climate Change • Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) • Future Direction