The Southern Environmental Law Center submits the attached comments in support of this proposed rule on behalf of Alabama Rivers Alliance, American Rivers, American Society of Adaptation Professionals, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Back Bay Restoration Foundation, Center for Biological Diversity, Charleston Waterkeeper, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Clinch Coalition, Coastal Conservation League, Congaree Riverkeeper, Enterprise Community Partners, Environmental Defense Fund, GreenLatinos, Harpeth Conservancy, National Association of Wetland Managers, National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, NC Coastal Federation, NC Conservation Network, NC League of Conservation Voters, One Hundred Miles, River Network, Savannah Riverkeeper, SERCAP, Union of Concerned Scientists, Virginia Conservation Network, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Wetlands Watch, and Winyah Rivers Alliance.
Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations to Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
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Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed 1 comment on this docket between Dec 1, 2023 and Dec 1, 2023. 17 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 970d ago.
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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.
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See everyone who commented →- Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)THIS ORG1 filing · confidence 97%
- 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 Wildlife1 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%
- Union of Concerned Scientistsunverified attribution1 filing · confidence 70%
- Wisconsin Wetlands Associationtrade assoc.1 filing · confidence 85%