Floodplain Manager's Notebook Series
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook July 2023Date: July 2023
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Considering when computer-based floodway encroachment analyses might not be necessary if a project involves removing a lot of trees, installing utility poles, or constructing towers. Explaining why utility chases and elevator shafts don’t have to meet the NFIP requirements for enclosures below elevated buildings.
Keywords: Floodway, Floodway Encroachment, Utility pole, Enclosure, Utility chase, Elevator shaft
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook March 2016Date: March 2016
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Grab bag: new taller foundation doesn't trigger 50%; limitations on below-grade crawlspaces per TB 1; changes to the Floodproofing Certificate; shifting floodway boundaries.
Keywords: Building laws, Foundation, Substantial improvement, Below-grade crawlspace, Floodproofing Certificate, Floodway
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Date: March 2019
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: How do you estimate the value of a manufactured home not attached to a permanent foundation? Should the elevation of electric outlets be recorded on Elevation Certificates (and are they permitted below the BFE)? What’s required when a utility company installs poles in a floodplain or floodway?
Keywords: Manufactured home, Market Value, Elevation Certificate, Electric outlet, Utility pole, Floodway
Access publication here through ASFPM digital library - Floodplain Manager’s Notebook May 2011
Date: May 2011
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: A grab bag of short topics, including whether we regulate below the BFE or below the lowest floor; measuring flood openings with fixed louvers; below-grade crawlspaces; citing FEMA’s Technical Bulletins in regulations; and Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage in floodways.
Keywords: Building laws, Lowest floor, Flood opening, Technical Bulletins, Substantial improvement, Floodway
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook May 2016Date: May 2016
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Floodways: "no rise means NO Rise" and what that means when emergency sandbagging takes places in floodways.
Keywords: Floodway, No rise, Sandbags, Flood control--Law and legislation
Access publication here through ASFPM digital library- Floodplain Manager’s Notebook September 2023
Date: September 2023
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Rebuilding on the site of a demolished or destroyed building is new construction, and SI/SD determinations are not necessary. Rebuilding a demolished or destroyed historic structure does not allow the building to retain (or continue) its designation as a historic structure. Follow up to questions about clearing trees from floodways leads to considering what constitutes encroachment and what is a subtraction from a floodway.
Keywords: Wrecking, Substantial damage, Substantial improvement, Historic buildings, Floodway, Encroachment
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