FLOOD04694

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: The Region VIII Cape Study - A Guide for Staff Performing Community Assistance and Performance Evaluation Visits
• Date: 9/1/1984
• Prepared For: Region VIII
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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nature and extent of FEMA involvement, (b) who should
attend community meetings and who should decide on
participation, (c) arrangements and preparation for the
visit, (d) documents used during the visit, (el what
takes place during the visit, (f) follow-up actions, and
(g) insurance and tender involvement. Several States
used FEMA Regional Office procedures with little or no
modification. (These procedures vary from region to
region). Many other States developed their own. Thus,
we found wide variations in the details of the
procedures.

9. State and Federal coordination of State CAPEs is
currently performed on an ad-hoc basis. Neither FEMA
nor more than a few States have prepared procedures that
address all of the following: (1) selecting communities
to be visited, (2) scheduling and reporting on visits,
(3) State access to FEMA docket files, and (4)
evaluating State performance of CAPEs.

RECOMMENDATIONS: FEMA and the States should adopt:

1. "Guidelines for CAPE Reviewers" and the "CAPE Review
Form" compiled from all available CAPE methodologies
developed to date by FEMA and the States to ensure