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Operating Guidance Documents

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issues operating guidance to assist FEMA Regions, Cooperating Technical Partners and FEMA contractors in the effective implementation of various program elements associated with flood hazard mapping (and related National Flood Insurance Program products) and flood risk assessment. Operating guidance documents provide best practices for FEMA’s Risk MAP program. These guidance documents are intended to support current FEMA Guidelines and Standards, including procedure memorandums, and facilitate effective and efficient implementation of these standards. Although the use of best practices in operating guidance documents is recommended, they are not mandatory, except those program standards that are defined elsewhere and reiterated in the operating guidance documents. Alternate approaches that comply with program standards that effectively and efficiently support program objectives are also acceptable.

The operating guidance documents that FEMA has issued since 2011 are listed below. Links are provided for ready access by interested parties. The status of each Operating Guidance - whether it is archived or effective - also is provided below. Operating Guidance documents are archived when they no longer are applicable.

Operating Guidance Documents
OPERATING GUIDANCE NO.DATETITLESTATUSUPDATESOPERATING GUIDANCE SUMMARY
7-11October 14, 2011Application of TAW Runup Methodology to FEMA NeedsEffective--Available in the FEMA Library
6-11December 22, 2011User Guidance for Flood Risk Datasets and ProductsEffective--Available in the FEMA Library
4-11June 30, 2011Risk MAP Meetings GuidanceEffective--Available in the FEMA Library
3-11July 21, 2011Communicating Flood Risk with Risk MAP Datasets and ProductsEffective--Available in the FEMA Library
2-11October 18, 2011Operating Guidance for Creation of Risk MAP ProductsEffective--Available in the FEMA Library
1-11June 20, 2011Risk MAP Guidance for Incorporating Mitigation Planning Technical Assistance and Training into Flood Risk ProjectsEffective--Available in the FEMA Library

Last Modified: Tuesday, 17-Jan-2012 14:57:18 EST

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