FLOOD00015

• County: Statewide
• Title: A Unified National Program for Floodplain Management
• Date: 3/1/1986
• Prepared For: US
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

Working with the States:

a. Provide local governments with incentives for
enactment and enforcement of floodplain management
regulations and other flood loss reduction measures.
(VII-12; DA-IB; DB-I; DC-I).

b. Encourage and assist local governments in es-
tablishing and carrying out comprehensive
floodplain management programs. (VII-12;
DA-8; 19).

c. Provide basic information, technical and plan-
ning assistance and guidance commensurate with
agency expertise and the particular needs of
local government. (VII-12, 13; DA-15, 19;
DC-B, 10).

5. Accelerate floOdplain and hazard studies and im-
prove dissemination of information to States and
local users through:

a. Completion of the flood insurance studies ini-
tial study program and establishment of a
system for periodic updating and maintenance
of the data base. RESPONSIBILITY - Federal
Insurance Administration. (VII-14, 15).

b. Provision of updated floodplain and hazard
information studies, especially for the
hydrologic and hydraulic conditions
associated with the major sources of flooding,
the impact of development on flooding levels,
and more effective, simpler methodologies for
delineating flood hazard areas. RESPONSIBILITY
- Corps of Engineers, Federal Insurance
Administration, Soil Conservation Service,
Tennessee Valley Authority, and Geological
Survey. (VII-17; DA-5; DC-4, 6, 7, 9).

c. Provision of floodplain management and technical
assistance programs. RESPONSIBILITY - Corps of
Engineers, Federal Insurance Administration,
Soil Conservation Service, Tennessee Valley
Authority, and Geological Survey. (VlI-l4\.

d. Provision and interpretation of detailed soil
survey data to assist in tentative identifica-
tion of flood prone areas and in planning
appropriate uses of floodplains, especially

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