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Code Enforcement Workshops
Sue Baker
Maine Floodplain Management Program
FLOODPLAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CODE SERIES
The State
Planning Office, Floodplain Management Program, is pleased to sponsor an
advanced workshop titled "Flood
Provisions of the International Code Series" for Municipal Code
Enforcement Officers during the month of October.
This workshop will present information needed to understand the flood provisions
of the International Code Series and ASCE 24, Flood Resistant Design and Construction, and the importance of
coordinating local floodplain management ordinances with building codes. The
2009, 2006, and 2003 editions of the International Codes contain flood
resistant provisions that FEMA has determined to be consistent with the
National Flood Insurance Program.
Participants will:
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Understand how the I-Code provisions are
consistent with the NFIP regulations
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Understand the relationship between the I-Codes
and ASCE 24
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Learn about distinctions between the I-Codes and
ASCE 24 and the NFIP regulations
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Learn the importance of coordinating the I-Codes
with local floodplain management ordinances
Instructors for
this session:
John Ingargiola John is a Civil Engineer in the Building
Sciences Branch of the Risk Reduction Division at FEMA's Mitigation Directorate
Headquarters in Washington,
DC. The Building Science Branch is responsible
for a broad range of mitigation activities that include; pre and post-disaster
building sciences, working with model building code and standards-producing
organizations; development of technical guidance documents related to hazard
mitigation and coordination with various mitigation partners in the public and
private sector.
Rebecca Quinn
Rebecca is president of R.C. Quinn Consulting, Inc.,
specializes in floodplain management and mitigation, with particular focus on
the National Flood Insurance Program and mitigation grant programs administered
by FEMA.
For 10 years Ms. Quinn was Maryland's
NFIP State Coordinator and the State Hazard Mitigation Officer. She has been a consultant to FEMA on matters
related to building codes and publications for improving disaster resistance of
schools, hospitals and critical facilities.
Note: It is recommended that you have some
familiarity with the Flood provisions in the 2006 I-Codes and the Highlights of
ASCE 24-05 in order to get the most out of this workshop.
CEOs who are
state certified in either Building Standards or Land Use will be awarded six
(6) continuing education credits in one of these two advanced categories.
There will be a registration fee of $15
per person. At all workshop sites, registration will
begin at 8:30 a.m. The workshop
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will
conclude around 4:00 p.m. Please complete the enclosed form
and return to the State Planning Office no
later than Wednesday, October 7th to ensure a place at the
workshop.
Please retain this announcement and mark
your calendar to remind you of the session for which you have registered. There will be no further confirmation of this
training. If you need directions to the
site that you have chosen, please visit the hotel web sites listed below.
Locations
and Dates:
South Portland Tuesday, October 13th Best
Western Merry Manor Inn 700 Main
Street www.merrymanorinn.com
OronoWednesday,
October 14th Black Bear Inn 4 Godfrey Drive www.blackbearinnorono.com
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Remember This?
Small towns get flooded too!!
We will publish the location in our next newsletter along with the names of anyone who can identify it.If you have any flooding pictures you would like to contribute to our archives please send them along either by e-mail or regular parcel post to:
Joseph Young
Maine State Planning Office
184 State St.
38 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0038.
We can scan the images and return your originals. |
Last Months Picture
Sue Inches from the State Planning Office got this one. (I don't think she was there though)
This was the bridge linking Dresden and Richmond during the 1936 flood
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Keeping Flood Insurance Rates Low!
It is important that
property owners buy flood insurance prior to the effective dates of the
new elevations. Properties insured prior to the effective date will be grandfathered resulting in a lower insurance premium. This lower
premium rate will continue as long as the policy is kept in force and
can be transferred to new owners if the property is sold. This can
result in significant savings to the owners of the property. Insurance
purchased after the effective date will be substantially higher than it
is now due to increased risk.
For more information contact Brigitte Ndikum-Nyada 207-287-8932
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Reducing Flood Losses through the International Code Series (2006 I-Codes with 2007 Supplement)
The 3rd edition of this guide is intended to help community officials
decide how to integrate the 2006 edition (and 2007 Supplement) of the
International Codes (I-Codes) into their current floodplain development
and regulatory processes in order to meet the requirements to
participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Careful
attention is required to ensure that all requirements of the NFIP are
addressed by communities through both building codes and other
ordinances or regulations. Adoption of one or more of the I-Codes, by
themselves, does not necessarily meet those requirements.
This guide is not intended as an endorsement of any specific approach
for achieving effective management of flood hazards, nor does it
explain the NFIP requirements and how to administer them. The 2nd
edition of this guide refers to the 2003 editions of the I-Codes. This
publication is available in hard copy for a modest fee (www.iccsafe.org).. An electronic version can be downloaded from the FEMA website. Or a hard copy can be ordered from FEMA:
P.O. Box 430
Buckeystown, MD 21717
1 (800) 480-2520
(240) 699-0525 (fax)
(M-F: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time)
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Floodplain Mapping Updates
Joe Young
Mapping Coordinator
Cumberland County:FEMA published new notices of it's intent to establish new BFE's in the Federal Register on July 2nd.These new BFE's will affect properties on the Atlantic Ocean, Casco Bay, Crescent Lake, Fore River, Jackson Brook, Presumpscot River and Saco Bay. In some areas the flood elevations have increased substantially. Property owners should check in with their local code enforcement officer to determine if their property is affected. Portland and South Portland have joined forces to obtain new floodplain modeling data that they believe will support lower BFE's in the commercial waterfront areas. This will delay the adoption process in Cumberland county. So far the official 90 day appeal period has not started. York County:
FEMA has issued its notice to communities that it will be publishing BFE's in local papers between 9/16 and 9/23. Notices will appear in the following papers; York Weekly, Portland Press Hearld, Journal Tribune, Sanford News, Fosters Daily Democrat, Biddeford-Saco Courier and the York County Coast Star. For a list of proposed modifications you can visit the FEMA Web Site.Comments and appeals must be submitted by the communities by December 23, 2009 to: Timothy S. Hillier, P.E., CFM 50 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139
Kennebec County:
The appeal period for Kennebec County ended on September 10th. FEMA will complete the review of all comments received and proceed with quality control and quality assurance checks of the maps. No appeals have been filed so we expect that letters of final determination will be issued to communities just after the first of January in 2010.
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Disaster declared in eight Counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal
disaster aid has been made available for Maine to supplement state and local
recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and landslides
during the period of June 18 to July 8, 2009.
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said federal funding is available to state
and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by the severe storms, flooding, and landslides in the
counties of Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo, and
Washington.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard
mitigation measures for all counties and tribes within the state.
Fugate named James N. Russo the federal coordinating officer for federal
recovery operations in the affected area. Russo said additional designations
may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the
results of further damage assessments.
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders and to ensure
that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability
to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all
hazards.
More Information on Maine Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides
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Maine
has two new Certified Floodplain Managers
By Sue Baker, CFM
State Floodplain Coordinator I am pleased to announce that Maine now has its first Professional
Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor that have become nationally Certified
Floodplain Managers (CFMs). Steve Blais
of Blais Civil Engineers in South Portland and
Jim Nadeau of Nadeau Land Surveyors in Portland
travelled to Rhode Island
in late April to take the exam which was offered by the Rhode Island Flood
Mitigation Association.
Blais Civil Engineers provides design and construction
management services, regulatory permitting services and of course, floodplain
management assistance. Steve lives in South Portland with his
wife, Michelle and children, Gabrielle and Michael.
Nadeau Land Surveyors offers a wide range of land surveying
services, including boundary and topographic surveys, subdivisions, mortgage inspections, elevation certificates and
Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) submittals.
Jim lives in Portland
with his wife, Karen and children, Ben and Cooper.
Please join me in congratulating Steve and Jim, the newest
CFMs in Maine!
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Quote of the Day
"Sustainable
community begins with a cultivated sense of community responsibility, high
levels of participation, and an ecological mode of thinking."
Rasmussen
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Newsletter Funding
This newsletter is funded with a grant provided by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
EMB-2007-CA-0874
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