FLOOD05681

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of North Carolina
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Alternatives to Demolition and Options for Land Use: A Guide for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Acquisition Projects
• Date: 4/1/2000
• Prepared By: North Carolina Department of Crime Control & Public Safety Emergency Management
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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OPTIONS FOR OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT & FEDERAL AND STATE ASSISTANCE

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Options Proaram Name Aaencv Obiectives
Environmental Watershed Protection and Rural Utilities Service, Department of To provide loans to local organizations for works of improvement in
Protection Flood Prevention Loans Agriculture authorized watersheds.
(wetland restoration, hllp://www. usda.gov/rus/
habitat improvemenll
conservation, water Soil and Water Natural Resources Conservation To plan and carry out a national natural resource conservation program, and
quality protection) Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture to provide leadership in conservation, development and productive use of the
hllp:l/www .nrcs.usda.gov/ nation's soli, water and related resources.
Watershed Protection and Natural Resources Conservation To provide technical and financial assistance in planning and carry out works
Flood Prevention Service, Department of Agriculture of improvement to protect, develop and use the land and water resources in
hllp:/Iwww .nrcs.usda.gov/ small watersheds.
River Basin Surveys and Natural Resources Conservation To provide planning assistance to federal, state and local agencies for
Investigations Service, Department of Agriculture developing coordinated wafer and related land resources programs. Special
hllp:I/www .nrcs.usda.gov/ priority is given to the objectives of selling priorities in helping to solve
problems of upstream rural community flooding, water quality improvement
coming from agricultural non point sources, wetland preservation and drought
management for agriculture and rural communities.
Watershed Surveys and Natural Resources Conservation To provide for cooperation with other federal, state and local agencies in
Planning Service, Department of Agriculture making investigations and surveys of river basins as a basis for developing
hltp :J/www .nrcs.usda.gov/ coordinated water resources programs. Also provides for watershed planning
activities that are needed to conserve, distribute, develop, protect, restore,
use water, and provide the technical information to enable communities to
adopt floodplain management regulations to meet the requirements of the
National Flood Insurance Prooram.
Water Pollution Control- Office of Water, Environmental To provide financial assistance to states and certain Indian tribes for
Lake Restoration Protection Agency assessing the water quality of publicly owned lakes; diagnosing the causes of
Cooperative Agreements hltp:/Iwww.epa.gov/OW/ degradation in publicly owned lakes; developing lake restoration and
protection plans; implementing these plans to restore and preserve the lake;
and post-restoration monitoring to determine the longevity and effectiveness
of restoration.
Environmental Protection Office of Administration, The consolidated program support grant is an alternative assistance delivery
Consolidated Grants- Environmental Protection Agency mechanism which allows a state or local agency responsible for continuing
Program Support http://www.epa.gov/cpahomc/OAR pOllution control programs to develop an integrated approach to pollution
M.html control. An agency eligible for assistance for two or more pollution control
programs may consolidate its assistance requests into a single application
and receive a single consolidated award in an effort to reduce administrative
and application costs.
Pollution Prevention Grants Environmental Protection Agency To support state and local level pollution programs that address the reduction
Program hltp:J/www.epa.gov/p2J of pollutants across all environmental media: air, land and water.