Flood Risk Management Program

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Flood Risk Management Program
Ed Hecker, Chief, Office of Homeland Security
National Levee Summit February 2008 St Louis, MO
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Vision To lead collaborative, comprehensive
and sustainable national flood risk management to
improve public safety and reduce flood damages to
our country. Mission To integrate and
synchronize the ongoing, diverse flood risk
management projects, programs and authorities of
the US Army Corps of Engineers with counterpart
projects, programs and authorities of FEMA, other
Federal agencies, state organizations and
regional and local agencies.
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Strategic Goals

• Provide current accurate floodplain information
  to the public and decision makers.
• Identify and assess flood hazards posed by aging
  flood damage reduction infrastructure.
• Improve public awareness and comprehension of
  flood risk.
• Integrate flood damage and flood hazard reduction
  programs across local, state, and Federal
  agencies.
• Improve capabilities to collaboratively deliver
  and sustain flood damage reduction and flood
  hazard mitigation services to the nation.

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Intergovernmental Flood Risk Management
Committee

• Core Members USACE, FEMA, ASFPM, NAFSMA
  Leadership
• Meet quarterly to discuss integration of programs
  and policies
• Current Focus Areas
• Interagency Cooperation/Collaboration
• Risk Communication
• Levee Inventory and Assessments
• Mapping, Certification, and Accreditation
• Legislative Impacts

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• Flood Mapping Certifications

• Provisionally Accredited Levees and Maintenance
  Deficiency Correction Period

• Engineer Technical Letter

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Inventory and Assessments

• National Levee Inventory
• Living database and national resource.
• Include all federal and nonfederal levees
• Risk Assessments
• Identify failure modes and prioritize remedial
  actions.

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• Existing Infrastructure Inspections
  Review

single, consistent, and complete inspections
vegetation on levees
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Initiatives, Policy Legislation

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Initiatives, Policy Legislation

• Flood Risk Policy Summit, December 2006
• National Levee Inventory/National Levee Safety
  Program (WRDA 2007)
• Incentives/Disincentives
• Incorporating Public Safety Standards
• Identifying and Communicating Residual Risk
• Integrating Programs

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Initiatives, Policy Legislation
Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2007

• National Levee Safety Act of 2007
• Establishes a Committee on Levee Safety to
  develop and recommend a program to Secretary and
  Congress
• The program must address nine goals, including
  consideration of delegation to qualified states
• Establishes a levee database (all levees) to be
  maintained by the Secretary
• Levee inspections for the Act are to be
  cost-shared
• Authorizes 20 million annually for 2008-2013

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Universe of Levees
New Nexus from WRDA 2007
Area represents all levees throughout the US.
USACE Dec07 Not to scale
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Initiatives, Policy Legislation

• Studies
• Wise Use of Floodplains - 2008 appropriations
• Evaluation of national policies and programs and
  regional flood risk 2009 appropriations
• International Coordination
• Canada, UK, Japan
• Incorporating other focus areas
• Coastal
• R D
• Institutionalize the FRMP at HQ, MSC, and
  districts

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• Projects Pre-Flood Programs

Seamless Programs
Watershed Approach
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• Our Shared Future
• Safe and informed public thats empowered to take
  responsibility
• Clear national policy and standards
• Sustainable systems

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http//www.iwr.usace.army.mil/nfrmp/
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