life-cycle flood risk management
DESCRIPTION
Life-Cycle Risk Management USACE role/missions Support DOD – example of BG Berwick joining JTF-Katrina and BG Schroedel joining JTF-Rita Conduct Corps Missions as well - Example of initial flood fighting/levee repair - Project Conditions and assessment at other critical infrastructure projects 3. Execute ESF#3 in support of FEMA All in concert with other Federal agencies, States and local governments, contractors, and effected industries working as ONE TEAM.TRANSCRIPT
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Life-Cycle Flood Risk Management
Getting Comfortable with Multiple Protection Mechanisms
Alex C. DornstauderDeputy DirectorOffice of Homeland SecurityU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
December 9, 2010
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Life-Cycle Risk Management
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Shared Flood Risk Management“ Buying Down the Risk “
Residual Risk
Outreach Federal / State / Local
Natural Storage Federal / State / Local
Structural Federal / State / Local
Non – Structural Federal / State / Local
Contingency Plans Federal / State / Local / Individual
Building Codes State / Local
Zoning Local
Insurance Individual / NFIP
Initial Risk
All Stakeholders contribute to reducing risk !
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National Flood Risk Management
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Inter-Agency Flood Risk ManagementSilver Jackets
State-Led State sets priorities for Interagency Federal support
Collaborative Leverage resources: talent, data, funding Facilitate integrated Post-Disaster solutions
Continuous, not project-specific
Life-Cycle Risk Reduction
Watershed Perspective State teams facilitate regional, state-to-state flood risk management
Active Inter-Governmental Flood Risk Management Team
Fully Signed Charter
Ongoing Effort to Develop Team
As of: 6 DEC 2010
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Objectives and Actions
Synchronize Internal Programs and Activities
With external partners, align, coordinate, and leverage FRM activities at a national scale
Strengthen State and Regional Partnerships
Risk-Based Inspection and Assessment
Enable Risk-Reducing Mitigation by Managing and Aligning Existing Programs
Update Flood Emergency, Flood Fighting, and Rehabilitation to Account for Life-Cycle
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience ( CIPR )
Collaborate Risk Management with International Partners
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Case Study : Indiana Inundation Study
• Joint development of flood inundation model using: • NWS flood predictions• USGS gage data• USACE depth damage curves • FEMA’s HAZUS data
• Create real-time model views of flood inundation areas and depths of flooding
• This model is being used by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to manage and mitigate flood impacted areas and emergency response planning for NWS flood forecasts
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Case Study: Louisa #11, Iowa
• Non-structural alternative to proposed structural repair • Required cooperation of levees public sponsor, county and
state mitigation agencies, USACE, and NRCS• Combined over 300 acres of NRCS flood plain easements with
significantly reduced structural repairs• 1200 acres of formerly protected area returned to floodway • RESULT:
• Improved environmental habit • Increase flood storage capacity • Continued protection of important state road
HOWEVER, similar efforts in other areas of IA and IL could not be completed, as post-event time was not sufficient - need support for pre-planning through Silver Jackets
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Revising Executive Order 11988on Floodplain Management
Draft Revised EO 11988 submitted to Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) summer 2009
Draft revision does not represent the Administration’s position
Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force ( FIFM-TF ) re-established in early 2010
FIFM-TF developing a 5-year work plan which will consider the need and sequencing for revising EO 11988
Work plan will be based on existing federal government floodplain management activities, programs, executive task forces and orders, and input from listening sessions
Discussions ongoing to decide if EO 11988 will be revised
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