FLOOD07634

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Community Rating System Credit for Mmanagement of Areas Subject to Mudflows: Discussion and Recommendations
• Date: 3/23/1990
• Prepared For: FEMA
• Prepared By: Leslie A. Bond Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

Mi<n:h 23, 1990 Draft flepc<rt -- FOR REVIEW ONLY

COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM CREDIT
FOR MANAGEMENT OF
AREAS SUBJECT TO MUDFLO.IS:

DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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The CDmmU(j'j ty Hating Sy~,tem (CRS) fns- the NatiDnal FloDd Insnr.:3.ilce Program
(NFlF') gi vc:'~; credi. t to communi ty fl oor!p lain manag2ment progr 13ff1S y~hj ch c:':cp.'~ed
the minimum management C'ri teri~1 required f!:q- NFIF' p?rticipati!:ln~ Thi~.::,. co;?di t
w:d 1. r-c;dl\r.l~' insto-anr.:e pn~mi.t.Hll r?_t:~s for property m..\mers irl ~uch cOffiffillni't1cs"
Credit will be given for a '..,dde range of activities t.'~hich reduce [.looe! damages
Dr prpmote the sale of flood inSIJr-anrc.

Then::~ .;.lre R number of flclod hazards which are inadequat.ely .::'!ddr25sed in the
j\lFIF'~, both fl-om a regulatory standpc)int and fn::cm an in9lJranr~' ='tar~dpc:dntn
These are: al1l1viBl fan floDd hazards; flooding adjacent to clDs0d basi'l lakes;
~.ce jam fJot1dtng; flooding adjacent: tCI l1)(i\{eable bed !:,:,tr'eam'::?; mudfJON ha?f.lrds;
r:el.t.,~in CCldSt:i31 hazar-tis; and floc)oing 2gqravated by land sl.1bsidencen

Crc'di t fer t:hf.~S'l~ n:'9ic<nal flood ha~;Bi'ljs is limit€~d lil thf?~ ell) l E;nt \!ET'sion of
r.he eRS Scilednle (FE?b~.uary 1990 edition) becallse there has not neE?n eilouqh
l't:'sei:w-ch to determine ~~ppr'opriat.e mi?ppin~~ and maorlagcment s:t3nd2rr'd~:.:." If d
cDfIlffil.lnity iE. applying sper::L:d m,.=rnageme'nt tE"~hniquE!'s in an area affected b1' on€.\
of .tttCSD hRzards, it is given a small credit based upon ttle extent o'f tIle ar'oa
so ffk'(laqcdq If it prc1hibits or- restricts the dens.it'y' of l'1E'1<'J developmf?i1t~ it
lcceives sjgrlificant credit"

Thl~;. i~- OIlE~ of a serie!2, of reports ~,~t'lit:h examinl?!::. each cd:' these h-e1?.8rds and the
ffil:ipping and ml:illa~lfjmE'ni; technique~~ elll j"E'iTtly used Dr pr(!po~2d" Rtx:onHn€;lndaf;jons
fen- mOf'e appropl""ia-ce eRS credit: .sre made. If they are accepted bi" thf.~
Cor,~m!.lnjty R~,ting Ta5k FOi-ce, they .\oi.iJ 1. be for~..1arljed tC".l thl::.' FedE.Il"i::l,J InS!ll BnCe
{.~dmin-1st.rator for inclusion in the eRS, pr(rb~~bly in the 1991 ed'i,tj,Ofl of the ~B~3.
2E.t}f:lfl.HJ,E~ .

This is a p"(elimin.;n-y n2pOl-t beirvJ (~irculated for )-e\r'iew.
enc:oui""agE~d n They should be- sent to;:

Comments are

L.eslie A. Bond
l.eslie A" Bond Associates
P.O. 8m.: 39'7
Ar)vaca~ A2 85601

!ntrc<gucti D!J1.

l..andslirJf~:5 c8use at If?3st
t.hE!H:~ J OE-EE'S ~?n7: i ncn:.'asi n9
potential exists in all

$1 t.D ~H billion in 8cDnomlc los~DS each ye3r, ':2Hld
as C\ result of Dngoing d€-~'/t.~Jopm(2nt, j.~nd:51]dt:
50 statesR Lands1'ide damages:o can bE< (E;:-dllr.:ed, aF:::.

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