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| FEMA Must Consider Fish for Flood Maps |
| 2010-07-19 |
| Building near Oregon's rivers could get much tougher under a federal court settlement that forces the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider the damage its flood insurance ends up doing to wild salmon and steelhead. The Audubon Society of Portland, Northwest Environmental Defense Center and other environmental groups sued FEMA last year over its issuance of flood insurance in Oregon. The suit said the agency encourages floodplain development by providing coverage without considering the effect on fish listed under the Endangered Species Act. In Washington, where the changes along Puget Sound are nearly final, builders worry that they will add more uncertainty and stymie economic development, said Mike Pattison, government affairs manager for the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. "Tell us where we can build, not just where we can't," Pattison said. "That's something regulatory agencies lose site of." |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 As per usual these days, tw; "Things are ABSOLUTELY absurd" today. I've broad shoulders. So, blame it all on me. It's your little impotent show. What a waste. |
| Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation 2010-07-19 21:26 |
| #3 ION CHINA'S THREE GORDES DAM > its FLOOD CONTROLS are repor about to get a REAL-TIME TEST of oper ability + function, etc. thanks to the recent bad weather + regional glacial melts. As per various MSM-Net criticisms of its preliminary + curr engineering design + construx, BEIJING IS CROSSING ITS FINGERS IN HOPES THAT EVERYTHING GOES AS INTENDED. * ALso, NORTH KOREA > is planning to release excess flood water into South Korea. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-19 18:38 |
| #2 Oregon and Federal EPA will not let land owners do anything to assist flood control within fifty feet of a creek. That means no thinning of trees, cleaning of channels, ect. The stream is holy to them and must not be influenced by man. During the floods this Spring (Eastern Oregon) the region of Richland, Halfway, Hells Canyon had extremely heavy flooding. Of course stream channels, ditches, roads and bridges were destroyed. It doesn't help when channels have filled in over the years and cannot hold the waters. Then those huge trees on stream banks (that were not thinned) plug drainage and bridges, blocks the flood waters in the "established" drainage. NOTE: The NEW channels are well outside the old established channels. So much for pristine waters. Now the locals are repairing destroyed property and doing the channel maintenance that should have been done 10-15 years ago. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-07-19 14:09 |
| #1 ...said Mike Pattison, government affairs manager for the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. "Tell us where we can build, not just where we can't," Pattison said. "That's something regulatory agencies lose site of." I don't think they do lose site of that, Mr. Pattison. The unspoken answer, in the minds of the Fundamentalist Enviromentalist is "Nowhere." |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-07-19 10:32 |