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

b. Establish a mechanism for a periodic (as
necessary) national conference/workshop of
Federal, State, local, and regional officials
for the purpose of fostering coordination of
floodplain management activities. (VII-16).

c. Provide evaluation of floodplain management
activities with periodic reporting to the
public and to the Congress on progress
toward implementation of "A Unified National
Program for Floodplain Management." (VII-23).

d. Establish mechanisms whereby State and local
officials can report periodically on the sta-
tus of floodplain management programs and
the use of Federal resources in their programs.
(VII-II, 13).

e. Provide overall assistance for State program
development and liaison with the responsi-
ble State floodplain management offices.
(VII-7).

f. Provide for coordination of and encourage
integrated Federal floodplain, wetland, and
coastal barrier island management activities
affecting the same geographic areas. (VII-3,
23; DA-2, 9, 13, 20).

g. Assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency
in carrying out the Office of Management and
Budget's directive to provide implementation
guidance for Executive Order 11988, FlOOdplain
Management. (VI-18; DA-3, 7).

h. Coordinate with and support the efforts of the
Federal Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team Task
Force to evaluate and improve the effectiveness
of Federal pre- and postflood disaster mitigation
planning. (VI-20; DA-16).

i. Coordinate with and support the efforts of the Fed-
eral Hydrology Committee to standardize the
techniques for collection and analysis of hydrologic
data, especially through regionalization of
streamflow characteristics, so that recorded data
may be applied at ungauged sites. (VII-I?, 23).

j. Develop and promote standards for the collection,
analysis, and reporting of experienced flood loss
data and projected flood loss data. (VII-16).

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