Homeland Security Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency
On July 11, 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a final rule implementing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS), updating 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. The rule contained two errors which this document corrects.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 9 [Docket ID FEMA-2023-0026] RIN 1660-AB12 AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment. SUMMARY: On July 11, 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a final rule implementing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS), updating 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. The rule contained two errors which this document corrects. DATES: This rule is effective October 10, 2024 and is applicable beginning September 9, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Portia Ross, Policy and Integration Division Director, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation, Resilience, DHS/FEMA, 400 C St. SW, Suite 313, Washington, DC 20472-3020. Phone: (202) 709-0677; Email: fema-regulations@fema.dhs.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 11, 2024, at 89 FR 56929 , FEMA published a final rule implementing the FFRMS. The rule contained two errors. The first error is typographical, capitalizing a word in a defined term in § 9.4 which should be lowercased. The second error is a procedural error in the instruction and text for the amen…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
FEMA Policy: Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS)
Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
FEMA Proposed Policy: Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS)
Citation: 89 FR 82182
