Should the Senate ease flood rules for ecosystem restoration projects in designated floodways?
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act (S. 1564)
Communities could permit ecosystem restoration projects in designated floodways even if they raise base flood elevations, when set safety conditions are met.
- Requires a professional engineer to find the cumulative increase is not more than 1 foot
- Requires that no insurable structure or critical infrastructure is in an impacted area
- Requires the community to send the Federal Emergency Management Agency an analysis of the project's effects after it is complete