Transcript F3's Town Hall

Flood Risk Management
and the Role of Nonstructural Measures
Association of State
Flood Plain Managers
New Orleans, LA
Pete Rabbon
Director, National Flood Risk Management Program
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
18 November 2008
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The World Has Changed
2001
9/11
2004
Our Last
Civil Works
Strategic Plan
Population
Migration
Droughts
Global
Climate Change
Growing State
Water Resources
Capabilities
Declining
Discretionary
Funding
Water Conflicts
Between States
Aging
Infrastructure
Floods
Growing Backlog
CG, O&M
Rising Cost of Oil
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Sedimentation
a Bigger Issue
Disappearing
Wetlands
& Coasts
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USACE Campaign Plan – Goal 2
Deliver Enduring and Essential Water
Resources Solutions
Focus the talents and energy of the Corps of
Engineers on delivering enduring,
comprehensive, sustainable and integrated
solutions to the Nation’s water resources
and related challenges through collaboration
with stakeholders (regions, States, local
entities, other Federal Entities, etc.), playing
a leadership or support role as appropriate to
meet today’s and future challenges.
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New Thinking
Focus
From
• SUCCESS =
• CRITERIA
• Projects
• NED benefits 1st
• SCOPE
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•WORK
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•KNOWLEDGE
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•STYLE
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•MONEY
•LIFE CYCLE
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To
• Comprehensive Plans
• More balanced NED, RED,
EQ, OSE benefits
Single purpose/need • Sustainable systems &
healthy environment
Stay in your
• Seek horizontal & vertical
functional lane
integration
Knowledge is power • Share knowledge &
information
Follow SOPs as
• Think creatively, consider
recipes
risks, think systems
Save Federal $
• Leverage resources
• Plan, fund, monitor for full
Plan and build
project life cycle
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Flood Risk Management Program
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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Flood Risk = f(chance of flood, consequences)
Flood management =
Floodwater management + Floodplain management
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Shared Flood Risk Management
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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:
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Interagency Cooperation/Collaboration
Risk Communication
Levee Inventory and Assessments
Mapping, Certification, and Accreditation
Legislative Impacts
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Interagency Levee Task Force
•Identification of regional
partners
•A facilitated comprehensive
regional approach to flood
risk management and
recovery
•Establishment of
interagency partnerships
(federal / state)
•Explore non-structural
solutions and other flood risk
management opportunities
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ILTF/
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Silver Jackets Teaming Structure
• Initiating State-level teams
nationwide
• Each team will be different and
will evolve
• Focus is on State priorities
• Will not duplicate similar efforts
– Establish relationships where they
don’t exist
– Strengthen existing relationships
– Supplement successful teams
– Learn about programs and how to
combine them
SILVER JACKETS - OHIO
• Lead facilitators: USACE,
FEMA, State NFIP, and State
EMA
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Louisiana Coastal Protection &
Restoration (LaCPR)
• $20 million authorized and
funded by Energy & Water
Development Appropriations
Act, 2006.
• Category 5 equivalent
comprehensive hurricane
protection
• Congressional direction: develop and present full range of
flood, coastal and hurricane protection measures
exclusive of normal policy considerations.
• Traditional National Economic Development (NED) and
National Ecosystem Restoration (NER) analyses will not
be done.
• Risk-based tool development
• Decision framework to present risks, costs &
consequences
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Mississippi Coastal Improvements
Program (Ms CIP)
• $10 million authorized in Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations
• Over 180 problem areas identified; 15 near-term improvements
• 7 hurricane storm damage reduction projects
• 4 flood damage reduction projects
• 4 ecosystem restoration projects
• Comprehensive Plan
– Hurricane storm damage reduction involving multiple lines of
protection:
• Restoration barrier islands
• Improving beaches and dunes
– Balance of engineered and environmental measures
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Policy Studies
• Wise Use of Floodplains – Identify procedural
or legislative changes that may be warranted to
allow the Corps of Engineers to be more
effective in working with other Federal agencies,
states, local governments and stakeholders in
the management of flood risk.
• WRDA 2007, Section 2032 - The President is
to submit a report to Congress describing the
vulnerability of the U.S. to damage from flooding,
comparative risks faced by different regions of
the country, programs in the U.S. which may be
encouraging development and economic activity
in flood prone areas, and recommendations for
improving those programs and proposals for
implementing the recommendations.
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National Flood Risk Management Program
•Templates for Change
•EU’s Directive on Flood Risk Management
•Executive Order 11988
•Water Resources Planning Principles and Guidelines
•Unified National Program for Floodplain Management
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National Flood Risk Management Program
•EU Directive
•Requires inter jurisdictional coordination
•Acknowledges impacts of land use and water use decisions on flood
risk
•Emphasizes developing and updating flood risk assessments and
maps
•Addresses multiple flood risk reduction objectives
•Emphasizes educating and involving the public
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National Flood Risk Management Program
•Executive Order 11988
•“...take action to reduce the risk of flood loss, to minimize
the impact of floods on human safety, health and welfare,
and to restore and preserve the natural and beneficial
values served by the floodplain.”
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National Flood Risk Management Program
•Unified National
Program for
Floodplain
Management
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National Flood Risk Management Program
• Water Resources Planning
• Principles and Guidelines
• National Objectives:
• Public Safety
• Environmental Quality
• Economic Development
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A Picture of the Future ….?
• It is ours to create.
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