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

exist or is inadequate for the purpose. (VII-IO;
DA-l).

2. Establish or designate a single State agency (or
another effective mechanism of coordination) to
assure responsibility for floodplain management
and to issue State standards as floodplain manage-
ment guides for State agencies and local entities.
(VII-7, 10; DA-8).

a.

Maintain liaison
ordinating body.
B-IO-e. (VII-7).

with a designated Federal co-
See Federal Recommendation

b. Establish a program that would annually assess
coordination and the establishment of State
priorities and budgets related to floodplain
management. See Federal Recommendation
B-IO-d. (VII-IO, 11; DA-8).

c. Maintain an assessment of the status of local
floodplain management efforts. See Federal
Recommendation B-IO-l. (VII-9, 13; DC-7).

d. Monitor and encourage effective coordination
among the offices in each State responsible
for coastal zone management, emergency prepar-
edness, wetlands management and floodplain
management. (VII-7, 10).

3. Develop an information program to supplement Fed-
eral efforts to inform the public and local
decisionmakers about flood hazards and floodplain
management. (DC-4, 6, 7, 9, 10).

a. Establish a centralized floodplain data source.
See Federal Recommendation B-3. (VII-16).

b. Publish a floodplain management document to
supplement the Floodplain Management Handbook
published by the Water Resources Council by
describing in detail State programs and
regulations for use by local officials in
implementing "A Unified National Program for
Floodplain Management." (VII-16).

4. Improve management tools by applying the concepts
of Federal Executive Order 11988, FlOOdplain
Management to all State agencies and programs.
(VII-IO; DA-4).

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