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

in rural areas. RESPONSIBILITY - Soil
Conservation Service. (VII-14).

e. Support of increased social research on flood-
plain occupancy, hazard perception, and
response as recommended in House Document 465.
RESPONSIBILITY - All Federal agencies.
(VI-3; VII-15; DA-19; DC-6, 7).

6. Support cost sharing policies and project evalua-
tion procedures that facilitate achievement of a
desirable mix of structural and nonstructural
approaches to flood hazard adjustment. RESPONSI-
BILITY - All Federal agencies. (VII-19, 20;
DA-12, 15; DB-2).

7. Require appropriate non-Federal segments of flood-
plain management programs, including regulations
or control measures and local stormwater management
plans as a prerequisite to Federal expenditures
for the modification of flooding or of the impacts
of flooding. RESPONSIBILITY - All Federal agencies.
(VII-12; DA-l, 6; DB-l; DC-l).

8. Continue to evaluate the nature, size and trend
of the Federal subsidy to the National Flood
Insurance Program and develop policies and procedures
to decrease or eliminate the subsidy in high
hazard areas after repetitive losses have been
experienced. RESPONSIBILITY - Federal Insurance
Administration. (DC-2, 5).

9. Improve flood and flash flood forecasting and warn-
ing systems to include -- but not be limited to --
real -- time data collection, forecast preparation and
dissemination, and public education in the use of
system outputs. RESPONSIBILITY - The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. (VII-14;
DA-ll, 17; DC-3).

10. Utilize the Federal Interagency Floodplain
Management Task Force under the auspices of the
Federal Insurance Administration to:

a. Facilitate communication and encourage con-
sistency among Federal programs including
the Delaware and Susquehanna River Basin
Commissions. (VII-6).

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