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GO c .. ~ -6- WORK ELEMENT #7: S T J C S FS c' The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State floodplain management coordinators will work closely with the affected counties and cities to as- sure compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program, placing special emphasis on the following requirements: a) repairing substantially damaged structures b) replacing structures c) use of best available information Progress: In order to determine which buildings have been substantially damaged or des- troyed, SBA will provide the Hazard Mitigation Officer with a list of loan applicants with verified losses greater than $20,000. These files will be researched further to determine which structures are substantially damaged or destroyed and subject to the requirements of new construction/substantial improvement of the NFIP. The Hazard Mitigation Officer will provide this in- formation to the NFIP Coordinator for use in monitoring the communities com- pliance with the NFIP. During the Section 406 community meetings, compliance with the NFIP was dis- cussed with all the affected counties and cities. Special attention was paid to the requirements of the NFIP that are seldom implemented. In particular, the regulation requiring the use of the "best available infor- mation" was explained. The BuRec has written a series of reports entitled Flood Plain Information (FPI) Colorado River. These reports identify a flood- way" floodway fringe, and water surface elevations and should be used as the best available information. The BuRec provided the FPI Reports to the appro- priate cities and counties as they were completed (from March, 1969 to October, 1974) and the Hazard Mitigation Officer has informed each community of the availability of these reports. There are two levels of floodplain maps provided by FEMA as part of the NFIP along the Colorado River. In areas where there is much development or where new development is occurring, detailed maps with base flood elevations (100- year flood) and floodways have been provided. In other areas where there is little existing or proposed development, approximate mapping without base flood elevations and floodways have been completed. Some areas along the Colorado River have not been mapped by FEMA. Riverside County does not have any FEMA published maps along the river and San Bernardino County has only the area immediately surrounding the City of Needles identified as flood prone. The Counties' floodplain management ordinances apply only to those portions of the Colorado River mapped by FEMA, even though additional information is available in the BuRec reports, The States have been directed to require each county to prepare a plan to amend their floodplain management ordinances to include: