Contributed by: Mark Nystrom, AOC Energy, Environment & Land Use Policy Manager
Date: June 16, 2016
A list of dates and locations for outreach meetings on the NFIP Biological Opinion, Reasonable and Prudent Alternative and FEMA’s development of an implementation plan are posted on the DLCD NFIP BiOp web page.
The focus of the meetings is the interim measures recommended in Element 2 of the RPA. These meetings are targeted at local government staff, local elected officials, and professionals familiar with floodplain development permitting procedures.
FEMA announced this week that the notices to NFIP communities, specified in Element 1 of the RPA, were sent out on Monday, June 13. Please be on the lookout for this announcement.