Data · collection · 2008
Floodplains (Executive Order No. 149: FEMA and Flood Plain Use)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
Authority: Executive Order No. 149: FEMA and Flood Plain Use.
Description
Jurisdiction: Floodplains in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Applicability: Construction by state agencies must avoid floodplains.
State-administered grant and loan programs must avoid supporting construction in flood plains, to the extent possible. Regulatory Designates the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR, formerly the Department of Environmental Management) as the state coordinating agency to implement the National Flood Insurance Program. Requires all state agencies, to the extent possible, to avoid construction, provision of loans or grants, conveying, or permitting projects in floodplains.
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Provides for Massachusetts participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. Review Process: Contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine if a proposed project is in a floodplain. Projects proposed in floodplains are reviewed in conjunction with Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (15), Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (17), and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (22) reviews.
Technical assistance is also available from the DCR Flood Hazard Management Program. Forms: No additional forms for floodplain review. Fees No additional fees for floodplain review.
Website: FEMA at store.msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1 DCR Flood Hazard Management Program at mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/mitigate/.
Links
Get the data
- GET DATA mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-office-of-coastal-zone-management ↗
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- mass.gov /eea/agencies/czm/program-areas/mapping-and-data-management/mor… ↗
View Original Metadata document from the CZM website.
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214591643-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214591643-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Land Management · Not provided
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214591643-SCIOPS | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-governance-management/land-management | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |