Federal Register - "Request for Information on the National Flood Insurance Program's Floodplain Management Standards for Land Management and Use, and an Assessment of the Program's Impact on Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Habitats"

Title: Request for Information on the National Flood Insurance Program's Floodplain Management Standards for Land Management and Use, and an Assessment of the Program's Impact on Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Habitats Source: Federal Register Data/Action: Homeland Security Department (Notice) Date: 10/12/2021 Text Preview: ...protect buildings in coastal areas from the impacts of waves, high velocity, and storm surge. These requirements have proved to be an effective way to reduce the... ...adjacent to the SFHA experience significant flooding and unacceptable levels of disaster suffering, yet the NFIP minimum floodplain management standards do not... ...climate change.\22\ Climate change may exacerbate the risk of flooding to homeowners. Should FEMA base any NFIP minimum floodplain management standard changes on future risk and specifically on projections of climate change and associated impacts, such as sea level rise? What equity considerations should be factored into such decisions if climate change disproportionately harms underserved and vulnerable areas? What other considerations should be factored into an analysis involving climate change?...