North Carolina Emergency Management Presentation by: Terry Foxx, CFM NFIP Planner Floodplain Management: From a Ground Level Perspective 2015 NCEMA Spring

North Carolina Emergency Management

Presentation by:Terry Foxx, CFM

NFIP Planner

Floodplain Management: From a Ground Level Perspective

2015 NCEMA Spring ConferenceCherokee, NC

March 24, 2015


Overview To provide participants with a better understanding

of floodplain management

To provide participants with the knowledge of tools available to them for floodplain management as well as disaster planning

To provide participants with a better perspective of the integration of Emergency Management and Floodplain Management


The Who, What, How & Why of Floodplain Administration

Important DefinitionsWho is your floodplain

administratorWhat is your permitting

processHow are your inspections

getting doneWhy do we not issue

variances


Important Definitions “Development” means any man-made

change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to,

– buildings or other structures, mining, – dredging, filling, grading, paving, – excavation or drilling operations, or – storage of equipment or materials.

Floodplain Administrator – is the individual appointed to administer and enforce the floodplain management regulations


Zone AE- BFE’s determined – An AE Flood Zone is a 1% Annual Chance of flooding in any given year often referred to as a “100 year flood zone”.

Zone AO - Flood depths of 1 to 3 feet (usually sheet flow on sloping terrain; average depths determined

Zone V - Coastal flood velocity hazard (wave action); no BFE’s determined.

Zone VE, V1-30 - Coastal flood velocity hazard (wave action); BFE’s determined.

Zone X – A Zone X flood zone is a 0.2% annual chance or “500-year flood area” and is not regulated

Special Flood Hazard Areas


Who is Responsible for Administering Your Program and Insuring Compliance?

The Floodplain Administrator


Know Your Local Ordinance!


Regulating Floodplains is

a Local Responsibility.


Are You in Compliance?• IS your permitting process adequate to

meet the requirements of your Ordinance?• DOES your process include failsafe

checklists?• HAVE your reviewed your process lately?• DO you provide Floodplain Administration

for another jurisdiction? What If?


What Should We Comply to?

44 CFR 59 – 65

Your Local Ordinance

Other Local, State or Federal Regulations


How To Comply Follow Your Ordinance Permit Document Inspect


What is a Permit? Document verifying approval of

community for development in floodplain, containing:

Application form Supporting documents Mandated elevation requirement Signatures – property owner, Flood plain Administrator (FPA)

PERMIT


What Does a Permit Do?

Communicates development requirements

Describes construction expectations Authorizes start of development States required actions at specific times

or phases during construction Serves as legal record of development


Permit Application Review Process

Is application package complete? Does package comply with

technical requirements? Based on 1 and 2, approve or deny.

Once approved, inspect the site/work.


Key Points for Permits Can be very simple Should state:

If structure will be in floodplain or floodway

What elevation requirements are

Post permit at construction site Info for inspectors Confirms valid permit


Inspections In-house Other Agency - via Interlocal Agreement Documentation is VITAL


If owner is problem…

Use penalty and police powers in ordinance. Issue stop-work order. Inform violator of violation, fines,

expected response, specific response

date.


If community goofed…

Own up to it. Notify owner of violation. Discuss remedial actions with owner. Consider filing “Errors & Omissions”

claim. Explore all practicable remedies. Use State NFIP Representatives & FEMA

as resources.


Compliance Checklist

Review all development proposals Use floodplain maps and studies Educate community Advise builders of requirements Assure that everyone obtains

permits Inspect for compliance Maintain records, including “as-

builts”


In ReviewDid you follow your ordinance?PermitsElevation CertificatesInspectionsCorrecting violationsAvoid FEMA’s Actions for Non-Compliance


Variances Grant of relief from requirements

of floodplain development ordinance

Permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be

prohibited Stays with property if sold Not relief from flood insurance! Granted by local governing body


Key to Valid Variance “Unnecessary hardships” Loss of all beneficial or productive use Deprivation of reasonable return on property Rendering property valueless Inability to develop property in compliance with the regulations Reasonable use cannot be made consistent with regulations


Insufficient Reasons for a Variance

Less than drastic depreciation of property

Convenience of property owner Circumstances of owner not the land To obtain better financial return Property similar to others in

neighborhood Hardship created by owner’s own

actions


ARE YOU MAINTAINING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS IN

PERPETUITY?


FRIS – Flood Risk Information System IRISK – Integrated Hazard Risk Management FEMA Technical Bulletins


FLOOD RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM

FRIS – How to Access the Data

http://fris.nc.gov/fris/Home.aspx?ST=NC



FRIS DFIRM Display


Integrated Hazard Risk Management

(iRisk)


IHRM Scope: Hazard Identification

Riverine floodingDam failure Levee failure Coastal flooding Storm surge from hurricanes Coastal erosionLandslidesEarthquakes

Identifies and displays all natural hazards at different magnitude levels / annual

frequency on the parcel, statewide, and national level for:

Coastal erosionLandslidesEarthquakes Wind (straight line/hurricane) TornadoesWildfireSnow/Ice, HailDrought Sea Level Rise


Hard Copy FIRMsRisk

AssessmentHazard

ProbabilityVulnerability / Consequences

MitigationTool

Digital Data Download

Robust Digital Flood Tools and

Print-on-Demand

• 15 Natural Hazards Identification

• Property Address Lookup• Map Print on Demand

functionality• Flood Insurance Study (FIS)

Download• Terrain Data Download• Base Map Download

• Enhanced Risk Communication• Consequence Communication

• Personal Mitigation Methods• Generation of Mitigation Plan

Template• Urban Vulnerability• Indirect Economic Impacts

• BCA Analysis• Enhanced Print on Demand

• All FIS and FIRM Components• Regulatory Equivalent• BFE Determinations• Additional Functionality

Functionalities

Integrated Risk Information System

STATEWIDE BASE DATA

Elevation Imagery

HydrographyTransportation

Boundaries

FMIS

Engineering & Inventory

Flood Mapping

HAZARD / VULNERABILITY

Hazard Probabilities15 Hazard Polygons

CI/KRBuilding Footprints

First Floor ElevationsParcels

RISK / MITIGATIONDirect Physical

DamageIndirect Economic

ImpactAnnual Loss Estimates

Enhanced Risk Rasters

Risk AssessmentsUrban Vulnerability

Mitigation BCA / ROIs

DIGITAL DISPLAY (D2E)

FIS – Digital Environment LOMC–Digital Environment

FIS – Digital DisplayFlood Map – Digital

DisplayMapping – Digital Specs

Enhanced Eng. & Inventory

iRISK Capabilities


IHRM Scope: Hazard Identification

Riverine floodingDam failure Levee failure Coastal flooding Storm surge from hurricanes Coastal erosionLandslidesEarthquakes

Identifies and displays all natural hazards at different magnitude levels / annual

frequency on the parcel, statewide, and national level for:

Coastal erosionLandslidesEarthquakes Wind (straight line/hurricane) TornadoesWildfireSnow/Ice, HailDrought Sea Level Rise


NFIP Technical BulletinsRevised TB-1, TB-2, TB-4, TB-5 and TB-9Each cites the I-CodesNotes insurance implications


Integrating Emergency Management & Floodplain Management


Property Protection Mitigation MethodsModify existing structures/ infrastructure to

protect from hazards or remove from hazard area

Examples:Acquisition/RelocationElevationRetrofitsFloodproofingStorm shutters


Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs

FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Program introduces five mitigation grant programs available to alleviate the risk to individuals and property from natural hazards while simultaneously reducing reliance on Federal disaster funds.


HMA Grant ProgramsHazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)HMGP is authorized by Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (the Stafford Act), Title 42, United States Code (U.S.C.) 5170c. The key purpose of HMGP is to ensure that the opportunity to take critical mitigation measures to reduce the risk of loss of life and property from future disasters is not lost during the reconstruction process following a disaster. HMGP is available, when authorized under a Presidential major disaster declaration, in the areas of the State requested by the Governor. The amount of HMGP funding available to the Applicant is based upon the estimated total Federal assistance to be provided by FEMA for disaster recovery under the Presidential major disaster declaration.

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant (PDM)The PDM program is authorized by Section 203 of the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5133. The PDM program is designed to assist States, Territories, Indian Tribal governments, and local communities to implement a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program to reduce overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding from future disasters.

Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant (FMA)The FMA program is authorized by Section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (NFIA), 42 U.S.C. 4104c, with the goal of reducing or eliminating claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).


Independent study of FEMA grants

$1 in mitigation -> $4 saved

220 lives and 4700 injuries over 50 yrs.

Report available at www.nibs.org/MMC/mmcactiv5.html

“Hazard Mitigation Saves”


In Summary Follow your ordinance and

your permitting process Inspect & Document Correct Violations Don’t issue variances Work Together Use your tools

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North Carolina Emergency Management Presentation by: Terry Foxx, CFM NFIP Planner Floodplain Management: From a Ground Level Perspective 2015 NCEMA Spring