Compliance, Training Evaluation 17 Jan 2025 business compliance, fema, emergency management, private sector, training evaluation

📊FEMA Seeks Comments on National Training Evaluation Collection Forms

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the consolidation of all previous instruments into two evaluation forms to be shared by three FEMA offices to evaluate training programs.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 compliance, business impact, flood insurance, fema, hazard determinations, nfip

🌊Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations and Business Implications

Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

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Regulatory Notice 16 Jan 2025 information collection, fema, disaster assistance, debt collection

📋FEMA Requests Comments on Debt Collection Information Collection

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of information related to disaster program accounts and debts owed to FEMA by individuals.

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Compliance Requirements, Risk Management 16 Jan 2025 compliance, risk management, flood insurance, real estate, fema, flood hazard mapping

🌊Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations Impacting Businesses

New or modified Base (1-percent annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or regulatory floodways (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on the indicated Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for each of the communities listed in the table below are finalized. Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, currently in effect for the listed communities.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, flood insurance, real estate, fema, hazard determination, community planning

🌊Final Flood Hazard Determinations by FEMA - 2025 Update

Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

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Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Impact 16 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, flood insurance, business implications, fema, nelson county

🌊Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Nelson County, KY

On July 15, 2024, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table to be used in lieu of the erroneous information. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Nelson County, Kentucky and Incorporated Areas.

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Financial Assistance, Compliance Requirements, Insurance 15 Jan 2025 compliance, financial assistance, flood insurance, fema, emergency management, private insurers

🌊FY 2026 Financial Assistance for National Flood Insurance

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announces the Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Assistance/Subsidy Arrangement for private property insurers interested in participating in the National Flood Insurance Program's Write Your Own Program.

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Compliance, Professional Events 13 Jan 2025 regulations, fema, national advisory council, animal wellness, emergency management

🐾NAC Meeting on Animal Wellness - FEMA Regulations Update February 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council (NAC) will meet on Feb. 12, 2025, to publicly consider, deliberate, and vote upon draft recommendations by the NAC's Planning for Animal Wellness (PAW) Subcommittee. The meeting will be open to the public through virtual means and, space permitting, to in-person attendance requests.

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Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management 8 Jan 2025 compliance, risk management, flood insurance, fema, hazard determination, community impact

🌊New FEMA Flood Hazard Changes Impacting Business Compliance

This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Federal Regulations. The currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

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Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management 8 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, flood insurance, fema, hazard determinations, nfip, floodplain management

🌊New Flood Hazard Determinations

New or modified Base (1-percent annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or regulatory floodways (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on the indicated Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for each of the communities listed in the table below are finalized. Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, currently in effect for the listed communities.

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