[Watersheds] How can your community benefit from including stormwater management and green infrastructure into the local Hazard Mitigation Plan?

[Panciera, Ernie (DEM)]

How can your community benefit from including stormwater management and green infrastructure into the local Hazard Mitigation Plan?
Some benefits:
*Leverage State, local, and tribal hazard mitigation planning and implementation to achieve water quality goals.
*Improved stormwater drainage and reduced small storm nuisance flooding.
* Potentially reduced flood insurance costs for communities participating in the Community Rating System. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fema.gov_national-2Dflood-2Dinsurance-2Dprogram-2Dcommunity-2Drating-2Dsystem&d=DwIFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=kAhdWqNjDg9S0GmtACTG_jHIeQZqJOGw3sMOIlYTrTk&s=f8ILc-53PMq_JnHrquzgQ6W33thUwiIIoNfQL0iKLdI&e= [fema.gov]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fema.gov_national-2Dflood-2Dinsurance-2Dprogram-2Dcommunity-2Drating-2Dsystem&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=hMgWeIiqaW7epFfvoQNp5OWsMIE9cvEypzcIrYZEQ3Y&m=F0FR3HfG3NbVbuX-qvJ5ij_Q57DgbEtdOH41qQfPi08&s=-HeFTDZ61GgHnvPv59ico9cDOs7hkpjhyQQ2NmPSB1s&e=>
State, tribal, and local governments develop a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) as a condition for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster assistance, including funding for recovery and mitigation. The hazard mitigation planning process helps communities identify risks and vulnerabilities associated with natural disasters, and develop long-term strategies to reduce risk for future events. The mitigation strategies and actions identified in the plan can act as a catalyst for mitigation investments. In fact, applications submitted to FEMA for pre- and post-disaster funding must align with the HMP. Local jurisdictions will often develop a single or multijurisdictional plan to be eligible as a sub-applicant to the state when applying for FEMA grants.
Why now? In 2015, FEMA updated the State Mitigation Plan Review Guide including a requirement that states take a holistic approach to resilience: land use and development, infrastructure, natural and cultural resources, and other considerations. This means that stormwater projects are potentially eligible for FEMA grants, including green infrastructure projects.
In addition to revising the Plan guidance, FEMA's grants programs are now emphasizing stormwater green infrastructure/low impact development (GI/LID), ecosystem services, and floodplain and stream restoration.  Therefore, if GI/LID and/or ecosystem services projects are in these plans as a way to mitigate hazards, they have a chance to be funded. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fema.gov_media-2Dlibrary-2Ddata_1487161212568-2D3b313a4502545a8cf6846f36d53e1367_GI-5FFact-5FSheet-5FFeb2017-5FCOMPLIANT.pdf&d=DwIFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=kAhdWqNjDg9S0GmtACTG_jHIeQZqJOGw3sMOIlYTrTk&s=lUxiVIO3Ocp7jIhgDBG6S8b6voCOZV4SCaHKXZ015oA&e= [fema.gov]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fema.gov_media-2Dlibrary-2Ddata_1487161212568-2D3b313a4502545a8cf6846f36d53e1367_GI-5FFact-5FSheet-5FFeb2017-5FCOMPLIANT.pdf&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=hMgWeIiqaW7epFfvoQNp5OWsMIE9cvEypzcIrYZEQ3Y&m=F0FR3HfG3NbVbuX-qvJ5ij_Q57DgbEtdOH41qQfPi08&s=DnROQVHWbVHkIx7klpofiMMD16tH6GSj9p3tipGNPLE&e=>
Is your jurisdiction integrating water quality and nature-based approaches into hazard mitigation? How is it going?


Laura Bachle, AICP
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Desk: (202) 566.2468
bachle.laura at epa.gov<mailto:bachle.laura at epa.gov>



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