National Flood Risk

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National Flood Risk Management Flood Risk
Management Summit Cambridge Maryland
MG Bo Temple Deputy Commanding General For Civil
and Emergency Operations U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
13 July 2009
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Major Corps Initiatives

• Flood Risk Management Program
• Levee Safety Program
• National Committee on Levee Safety
• International Efforts

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Interagency Levee Task Force

• Identification of regional partners
• 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

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States
National Water Resources Management
National Flood Risk Management
Building codes emergency services contingency
response regulatory general plans WRM
USACE NFRMP
Land use planning evacuations flood fighting
OM
NFIP Risk MAP Mitigation Disaster Response
IFRMC Silver Jackets
FPMS/PAS ILTF PL84-99 Dam
Levee Safety RD Critical
Infrastructure CERB IWR
Emergency Response Coastal CAP
Roundtable Collaboration PAO
International Planning FRM Business Line FRM
PCX Regulatory Environmental Federal Task
Force E011988 Unified National Plan.
OMB DOI EPA NOAA NRCS USBR HUD
USDS DHS NWS USGS
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Potential Future Direction

• Integrated Water Resources Management
• Sustainable Solutions to Americas Water Resource
  Needs
• Climate Change
• Committee on the Marine Transportation System
  (CMTS)
• Future Direction