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The
Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) administers the
NFIP in New Hampshire and receives a grant from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for this
work. Through FEMA’s Community Assistance Program,
OEP provides technical assistance to communities and
the public on floodplain management and helps to promote
sound land use planning techniques that will reduce
flood losses. OEP conducts Community Assistance Visits
to ensure that communities participating in the NFIP
are meeting program goals. OEP staff is available
to help you and your community understand the NFIP.
The New Hampshire Floodplain Management Program provides information about flooding and the NFIP to local community officials, homeowners, businesses, lenders, realtors, surveyors and engineers, and other interested parties. The following is a sample of the information OEP provides through the Program. For more information about the following, please click on the link associated with the item below.
The following is a list of some additional services that OEP offers through this Program.
- Conducts several Community Assistance Visits and Contacts each year to ensure that communities participating in the NFIP are meeting program goals.
- Offers workshops on various topics and issues related to the NFIP and floodplain management. An NFIP-related workshop is conducted each spring at OEP’s annual Spring Planning and Zoning Conference.
- Reviews local floodplain regulations for compliance with the NFIP standards. This review is normally done during a Community Assistance Visit or through the Map Modernization Program’s compliance review but can be done anytime through a community’s request.
- Provides information on how communities can adopt and enforce more stringent floodplain regulations and/or conduct additional floodplain management activities to reduce flood damage within the community.
- Coordinates with other state agencies on issues relevant to the NFIP and floodplain management.
NFIP services are also available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regional Office in Boston, and from the regional planning commissions across the state. |
