33 USC 701b-12 - Floodplain management requirements

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 701b–12.

Floodplain management requirements

(a)

Compliance with floodplain management and insurance programs

(b)

Floodplain management plans

(c)

Guidelines

(1)

In general

(2)

Required elements

The guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall—

(A)

address potential measures, practices, and policies to be undertaken by non-Federal interests to to 1

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reduce loss of life, injuries, damages to property and facilities, public expenditures, and other adverse impacts associated with flooding and to preserve and enhance natural floodplain values; and

(B)

address those measures to be undertaken by non-Federal interests to preserve the level of flood protection provided by a project to which subsection (a) applies.

(3)

Limitation on statutory construction

(d)

Technical support

(Pub. L. 99–662, title IV, § 402, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4133; Pub. L. 100–676, § 14, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4026; Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 202(c)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3674; Pub. L. 106–541, title II, § 209(a), (c), Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2591; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410.)

cite as: 33 USC 701b-12