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About NAFSMA

National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies June 28, 2011 Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Mid-Year Meeting. About NAFSMA. Established in 1978 Membership 13 Member Public Agency Board – Based on Federal Regions Three Mission-Focused Committees. NAFSMA Leadership.

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About NAFSMA

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  1. National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management AgenciesJune 28, 2011Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Mid-Year Meeting

  2. About NAFSMA • Established in 1978 • Membership • 13 Member Public Agency Board – Based on Federal Regions • Three Mission-Focused Committees

  3. NAFSMA Leadership

  4. Flood Management

  5. Floodplain Management

  6. Stormwater Management

  7. Current Issues To Watch Working with FEMA • NFIP Reform • FEMA Proposal(s) about a month – Review & Comment • House Committee Approved Bill • Homeland Security Appropriations One Year Continuation – Sept. 30, 2012 • FY2012 Funding • Principles & Guidelines • Levee Modeling • Commitment to Hill • FEMA Team Working on Proposals • Affected DFIRMS Put on Hold • Will go through Scientific Review

  8. Assessing Feasibility of New Levee Procedures • Cost Effectiveness • Local Impact • Repeatability • Technical Credibility • Public Safety • Stakeholder Credibility • Local Engagement • Alignment with Program Requirements & Other Federal Programs • Impacts to FEMA’s Existing Levee Accreditation & Mapping

  9. FEMA’s Risk MAP Vision Through collaboration with State, Local, and Tribal entities, Risk MAP will deliverquality datathat increasespublic awarenessand leads toaction that reduces riskto life and property.

  10. http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/rm_stories.shtm

  11. Risk MAP: Getting to Resilience • Increasing Value Through Ownership • Breaking Stovepipes to Refocus on Action • Holistic Delivery That Drives Sustainability

  12. Current Issues to Watch with Corps • P&G (P&S) • Vegetation ERDC Report and Variance to be Issued This Summer Environmental Groups Have Sued Corps for California Issues Project Funding – New Approach in No-Earmark World • Joint EPA/USACE Wetlands Guidance Issued May 2, 2011 Comments Due Thursday, August 1, 2011

  13. NAFSMA Concerns with Wetlands Guidance • Process • Doesn’t Clarify the Issues • Issues Specific to Flood Risk and Stormwater Management – basins, swales and ditches • New Ecological Biological Connection Will Expand jurisdiction over “adjacent” wetlands. • Operations and Maintenance of Flood Control Facilities – Does nothing to address this issue or provide clarity on this critical public safety issue. • Clarification of the examption for flood conrtol facilities • O&M – Need longer permits (10 years)

  14. Other Upcoming Levee Safety Initiatives Corps Levee Safety Program NCLS Recommendations – Stakeholder Meetings National Levee Database – Outreach to States and Levee Owners & Operators

  15. NAFSMA 2011 Annual MeetingOctober 31 – November 3, 2011

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