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;~*~{~ FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM ,. The Corps of Engineers through its Rood Plain Management Services Program uses its technical exper1ise in flood plain management 10 help lhose outside the Corps to deal with floods and flood plain related matters. Sec1ion 206 of 1be Flood Control Act of 1960, as amended, provides the authority for this program. Upon request andwilhout charge, the Corps of Engineers will furnish to Slates, Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, counties, and cities the flood piain inforlllation and technical assistance that they need to plan for prudent use ofland subject to flooding from streams, lakes, and oceans. Assistance is given within the limits . of available appropriations, which have averaged around $8 million annually over the last five years. Assistance is also available to Federal agencies and private persons on a fully reimbursable basis. PROGRAM OBJECI'IVES: The objective of the Flood Plain Management Services (FPMS) Program is to support comprehensive flood plain management planning with technical services and planning guidance ;It. . all appropriate Tribal, Slate, regional, and local governmentalleve1s; and thereby, to encourage and to guide them toward prudent use of the Nation's flood plains for the benefit of the national economy and welfare. Adjustment of land use based on proper planning and employment of a variety of techniques for reducing flood damage potential constitutes a rational means by which the locational advanlages and natural resources of flood plains can be balanced with the inevilable hazards which floods pose. , ~j~~!Ji TYPES OF ACI'IVlTIES: Upon request, the FPMS Program provides a full range of technical services and . . . planiling guidance on floods and flood plain issues within the broad umbrella of flood plain management. Involvement of requestors is encouraged. They may furnish field survey dala, maps, historical flood infonnation and the like.' Such participation by requestors can help to reduce costs to the general public, to . set work priorities, and to assure continued comli1unity interest. Activities under the Corps FPMS Program are described in the following paragraphs. GENERAL TECHNICAL SERVICES: Flood and flood plain related .dala are oblained .or developed and . interpreted. Topics include: flood fonnation and timing, flood depth orslage, flood water velpcity, extent offlooding, duration of flooding, flood frequency, obstruction to flood flows, "regulatory floodways," natural and cultural resoUrce values of note, and flood losS potentials before and after. employment of flood piain management measures. . GENERAL PLANNING GUIDANCE: Planning assistance lind guidance is provided for implementing or meeting requirements of: flood plain regulations; flood warning and flood emergency preparedness; hurricane evacuation planning; flood proofing measures (e.g., elevation, closures and seals, and anchorage); permanent. evacuation and relocation; and the National Flood Insurance Program. The Corps assists in all aspects of flood plain management planning. This can range from helping a community identify the future of the flood plain and related problems (present or future), to a broad assessment of remedial measures (of both the flood modifying and occnpance modifying varieties) that may be appropriate. Included are the possible impacts of off-flood plain land use changes on physical, socilHlconomic and environmenlal conditions of the flood plain. GUIDANCE, PAMPHLETS AND SUPPORTING STUDffiS: The Program includes studies to improve methods and procedures for mitigating flood damages and the preparation of guides and pamphlets on topics such as flood proofing, flood plain regulations, flood plain occupance, economics of flood plain regulations, and important natural flood plain resources. Guides and pamphlets are prepared for use by tribal, state and 19 l-' r