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Dewberry Will Handle 3DEP LiDAR Data Collection for Nevada and Nebraska.

The professional services firm will survey 19,000 square miles of data.

October 31, 2020

Approximately 19,000 square miles of data will be collected across Nevada, and Nebraska, to support USGS, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and other state/local agencies.

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FEMA Adds New Elevation Certificate

March 9, 2020

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It is used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances; to determine the proper insurance premium rate; and or support a request for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) to remove a building from the Special Flood Hazard Area.

National Elevation Mapping Efforts Gains New Partners

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Department of Agriculture come onboard

August 19, 2015

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New partners will help existing groups with maintaining the inventory of publicly-accessible data.

Stantec, Atkins Team Up on National Flood Mapping Program

Will update and maintain FEMA’s massive programs to manage flooding and hazards across the nation

December 19, 2014

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A joint venture of Atkins and Stantec has been selected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide services for the agency’s extensive flood risk mapping and hazard mitigation programs. This multi-pronged effort helps communities identify and understand the risks that natural and manmade disasters pose to infrastructure and buildings.

publicly available LiDAR data are scattered throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands.

3DEP Program Offers Boatload of Benefits

Linda Duffy

January 21, 2014

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Back in 2005, staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) realized that it was difficult to locate LiDAR coastal datasets because of the lack of a comprehensive list of available data, so a group started searching among state, county and local government agencies for existing datasets. The result was the first operational inventory of elevation data along United States coastlines.

LOMA for FEMA

September 5, 2012

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Posted by: UT VeyorWas wondering if somebody could help me out with this. I'm preparing section B (LOMA) for a client that wants to out of paying Flood Insurance. Client

arkansasnews.com: Pryor seeks to restrict FEMA on flood maps

June 23, 2010

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A proposal by U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., would require an independent analysis of the scientific basis for any new flood map proposed by FEMA and would establish a five-member arbitration panel to resolve disputes between the federal government and communities over flood maps. To read the entire article, click here.

FEMA True or False question

Dave RPLS MS,TN

March 16, 2010

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Posted By Dave RPLS MS,TN on 3/15/2010 at 9:52 PMGiven: You are tasked to perform an Elevation Certificate. You find that the actual structure (to be insured) on the project is in Zone

East Dundee residents question FEMA's flood line

November 5, 2009

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A group of Illinois residents that united to take on the Federal Emergency Management Agency over redrawn floodplain maps might prove the agency's updated charts are incorrect.

FEMA meets with local officials, residents

September 14, 2009

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Vbbeacon.com: FEMA official suggests that landowners contesting FEMA's newly issued flood plain maps--based on outdated 1981 data--consider hiring a surveyor as a group and divide the cost amongst themselves.