Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard

The Federal Emergency Management Agency implemented the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and updated the agency’s eight-step decision-making process for floodplain reviews by changing how FEMA defines a floodplain with respect to certain actions and how FEMA uses natural systems, ecosystem processes, and nature-based approaches when developing alternatives to locating a proposed action in the floodplain

Action
Published Date
Code CFR
44 C.F.R. Part 9
Contact Information

Portia Ross, 202-709-0677

Department
Effective Date
More Information

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/11/2024-15169/updates-to-floodplain-management-and-protection-of-wetlands-regulations-to-implement-the-federal

Pages
56929-57046
Program Area
Volume Number
89