Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations to Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard

18 organizations filed 18 public comments on Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations to Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, at the FEMA. The comment window closed 970d ago.

Abstract

On October 2, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and supplementary policy that proposed to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) and update the agency’s 8-step decision-making process for floodplain reviews by changing how FEMA defines a floodplain with respect to certain actions and how FEMA uses natural systems, ecosystem processes, and nature-based approaches when developing alternatives to locating a proposed action in the floodplain. After a careful review of the public comments received, FEMA is now issuing a final rule that implements the proposed rule, with some minor amendments.

Commenters (18)

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officialstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Property Casualty Insurance Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Society of Civil Engineerstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Water Works Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Association of State Floodplain Managerstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Conservation Law Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Defenders of Wildlife

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Flood Policy Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• International Code Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association and Partners Joint Lettertrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Association of Home Builderstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Ground Water Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Wildlife Federationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• SmarterSafer Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Union of Concerned Scientistsunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Wisconsin Wetlands Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%