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Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
The Federal Emergency Management Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 11, 2024. It took effect on September 9, 2024.
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What the agency says
On October 2, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and supplementary policy that proposed to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) and update the agency's 8-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. After a careful review of the public comments received, FEMA is now issuing a final rule that implements the proposed rule, with some minor amendments.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-15169
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Published
- July 11, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 9, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective September 9, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket ID FEMA-2023-0026
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1660-AB12
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 44 CFR 9
- Topics
- Flood plains; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 118
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