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

5. Establish a hazard mitigation team mechanism for
State agencies similar to the Federal hazard
mitigation team for the purpose of improving the
effectiveness of pre- and postflood disaster
mitigation planning. (VI-20; DA-16).

6. Establish a mechanism to identify and monitor
unsafe dams and levees and to provide hazard
information to communities subject to potential
flooding from failure of unsafe dams and levees.
(VI-14; DA-IO, 11, 16, 17).

7. Support regional, substate, and local entities
in implementing their floodplain management
activities. (VII-20, 21).

a. Provide information, technical assistance,
and financial support for improving management
activities. (VII-IO, 20, 21).

b. Develop review procedure, to evaluate and
support the overall implementation and assure
the effectiveness of local floodplain manage-
ment regulations and ordinances. (VII-IO,
13).

D. Local Level Recommendations

Local governments have a primary role in floodplain
management because they oversee decisions affecting
floodplain use and they act to initiate local,
floodplain management programs using State and Federal
guidelines and policies. Recommendations to strengthen
local government programs follow.

1. Designate a single point of contact with lead
responsibility to coordinate floodplain management
activities and provide liaison with State and
Federal floodplain managment programs. (VII-II).

2. Adopt and enforce floodplain management measures
including zoning subdivision and building codes
that at a minimum meet standards recommended by
national and State code organizations. (VII-II, 12;
DA-18; DC-8).

3. Coordinate with adjacent communities to assure
that floodplain management practices do not shift
the flood hazard to adjacent communities. (VII-
7, 11; DA-18).

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