Federal role: - Federal role:
- Identify flood-hazard areas and calculate risk
- Set flood insurance premium rates
- Establish criteria for construction in floodplains
- State role: Authorize and assist locals
- Local role: Adopt regulations that meet NFIP standards to make insurance available
- Private: Market and service flood insurance policies
Require local permit for construction in SFHA- Require local permit for construction in SFHA
- Floodplain building materials and methods
- Residential to or above Base Flood Elevation
- Non-residential floodproof
- Watertight
- Withstand hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, impact forces
Require local permit for construction in SFHA- Require local permit for construction in SFHA
- Floodplain building materials and methods
- Residential to or above Base Flood Elevation
- Non-residential floodproof
- Watertight
- Withstand hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, impact forces
- Prohibit encroachments resulting in >1 ft increase in base flood elevation
Require local permit for construction in SFHA- Require local permit for construction in SFHA
- Floodplain building materials and methods
- Residential to or above Base Flood Elevation
- Non-residential floodproof
- Watertight
- Withstand hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, impact forces
- Prohibit encroachments resulting in >1 ft increase in base flood elevation
- Allows map amendments -- fill to above BFE