COMPLIANCE
WITH THE
DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000
List
of FEMA-Approved Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plans
Pursuant to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
New York State's Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan
View Map Created by DRBC Staff Depicting Status of County-Wide Multi-Hazard
Mitigation Plans in the Delaware River Basin -- Current as of 8/8/06
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Multi-Jurisdictional Flood Mitigation Plan for the Non-Tidal New Jersey Section of the Delaware River Basin
Consequences of Not Having a FEMA-Approved Plan
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The federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 demonstrated the desire and expectation of the U.S. Congress that states and communities become more proactive in reducing the long-term impacts of disasters.
Compliance with the Act's requirements for the development of FEMA-approved state and local hazard mitigation plans forms the basis for communities to receive cost-shared federal funds aimed at flood mitigation. Both structural and non-structural measures may comprise such plans. The plans require vulnerability assessments and modeling tools are available to support this work. An example of the July 2006 mitigation plan developed for Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania can be viewed on the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission's web site.
Rules issued by FEMA established November 1, 2004 as a key deadline for state and local mitigation planning as they relate to eligibility for pre- and post-disaster funding. For a discussion of the implications of this deadline with respect to the Stafford Act, the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program, and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), please see the following brief report, presented courtesy of the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM).
Mitigation
Planning and Implications of November 1, 2004 Deadline
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Adobe reader required to view)
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