Whitman County to split flood rules from Critical Areas code to meet Dec. 23 FEMA deadline
Facing a June 23 Letter of Final Determination from FEMA, Whitman County Planning Commission and Public Works staff will extract federally required floodplain provisions into a standalone Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and seek public hearing Oct. 7 ahead of an anticipated Board adoption Nov. 16 to avoid suspension from the NFIP.
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Whitman County planners and staff told the county Planning Commission on Sept. 2 that FEMA’s adoption of updated flood maps requires the county to adopt the flood insurance study and maps by Dec. 23, 2026. County Planner Grace Di Biase said Ecology offered to help the county extract floodplain language from the recently revised Critical Areas Ordinance and place it in a standalone Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance in Chapter 17.12.
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