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Umatilla County chooses permit‑by‑permit approach in face of FEMA NFIP changes, commissioners say mapping of impacts will follow
Summary
County staff recommended and the board authorized notifying FEMA that Umatilla County will evaluate floodplain development via permit‑specific habitat assessments and mitigation (a permit‑by‑permit, no‑net‑loss approach) to remain in the National Flood Insurance Program while staff maps likely property impacts.
Umatilla County commissioners on Nov. 26 authorized staff to notify the Federal Emergency Management Agency that the county will select a permit‑by‑permit option to meet pre‑implementation requirements tied to recent National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) changes.
Bob Walder, the county’s community development director, told the board that FEMA’s biological opinion and associated NFIP changes require participating jurisdictions to select a pre‑implementation compliance approach by Dec. 1. Staff presented three options: (1) prohibit all development in special flood hazard areas; (2) adopt a 2024 model ordinance…
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