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~~. , " , I I I , f) EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT INTERAGENCY FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 June 30, 1994 TO: The Administration Floodplain Management Task Force T. J, Glauthier, Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget Kathleen McGinty, Director, White House Office of Environmental Policy James R. Lyons, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources SUBJECT: Finai Report Forwarded herewith for your consideration is, Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management into the 21" Century, the finai report of the Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee. In January 1994 you assigned the Review Committee the mission to delineate the major causes and consequences of the 1993 Midwest flooding; to evaluate the performance of existing floodplain management and related watershed management programs. The review Committee also was to make recommendations to the Task Force on changes in current policies, programs, and activities of the federal government that most effectively would achieve risk reduction, economic efficiency, and environmental enhancement in the floodplain and related watersheds. The report provides the Review Committee's findings and recommendations for action, The thesis of the report is straightforward. Floods will continue to occur. The goals for floodplain management are clear. The means to carry out effective floodplain management exist today but need improvement and refocusing. It is now time to organize a national effort to conduct effective and efficient floodplain management, It is time to share responsibility and accountability for accomplishing floodplain management among all levels of government and with the citizens or-the nation. I would emphasize that the report represents the views of the Review Committee and is based on its research and interactions with federal, state and local officials, businesses, interest groups, and individuals in and outside the upper Mississippi River Basin. It does not necessarily represent the views of the agencies represented on the Review Committee or the views of the Administration. It is now up to the Administration to determine which of the recommendations and actions should be implemented On what schedule, The Review Committee appreciates the support and guidance that you provided over the past six months as well as the opportunity to participate in such an interesting and important endeavor. lilerald E, Ga ay Brigadier Gene ai, U,S. Army Executive Director