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What is the mission of the USACE? |
Manage the nation’s waterways and wetlands |
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What is USACE responsible for? |
- federal flood control projects - operating and maintaining flood control reservoirs and public reclamation facilities - maintaining commercial navigation - shipping channel maintenance - regulating wetlands (incl. dredge and fill permits) - authorizing establishment of new wetlands areas |
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Waters controlled by USACE include: |
- navigatable waters - interstate waters - waters impacting interstate commerce - territorial seas - impoundments (reservoirs) - wetlands assoc. with above |
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What federal Act does the USACE enforce? |
The Clean Water Act |
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What requires a permit from the USACE? |
Anything that cuts or fills in their waters |
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Wetlands mitigation must be permitted and may include: |
Creation of new, restoration of degraded, or enhancement of existing wetlands |
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Where are the 3 districts if the USACE in CA? |
SF, Sac, and LA |
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What are the two types of permits issued by the USACE? |
Individual and General |
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What do you need to prove to the USACE to get a permit for dredging and filling in wetlands? |
That you took steps to avoid affecting wetlands, minimized potential impacts and provided mitigation for unavoidable affects. |
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How do you determine if your projects falls under USACE’s control? |
Consult their district maps (online) and wetland delineation manual |
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What is the USFWS responsible for? |
Enforcing federal endangered species laws. If species are on your site, you will need a permit prior to development. |
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What does FEMA stand for? |
Federal emergency management agency |
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What does FEMA do? |
Develops contingency plans for emergency disasters and coordinates and assists over federal and state and local agencies responses to disasters. |
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What does FEMA do? |
Develops contingency plans for emergency disasters and coordinates and assists over federal and state and local agencies responses to disasters. |
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What does FEMA create? |
FIRMs: flood insurance rate maps, for the national flood insurance program |
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What does FEMA do? |
Develops contingency plans for emergency disasters and coordinates and assists over federal and state and local agencies responses to disasters. |
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What does FEMA create? |
FIRMs: flood insurance rate maps, for the national flood insurance program |
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How are FIRMs used? |
They are the primary tool for state and local governments to mitigate the effects of flooding |
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What does FEMA do? |
Develops contingency plans for emergency disasters and coordinates and assists over federal and state and local agencies responses to disasters. |
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What does FEMA create? |
FIRMs: flood insurance rate maps, for the national flood insurance program |
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How are FIRMs used? |
They are the primary tool for state and local governments to mitigate the effects of flooding |
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What do FIRMs show? |
They are hazard maps that show areas subject to flooding |
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What information is found on FIRMs? |
Physical features (common), special flood hazard zones, base flood elevation or depth, flood insurance risk zone, areas subject to 500 year flood |
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Information on FIRMs allows you to: |
Identify special flood hazard zones, location of specific property in relation to above, identify base flood elevation (100 year) at a site, identify the magnitude of flood hazard in a specific area, locate regulatory floodways, identify undeveloped coastal barriers, where flood insurance is not available |
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Information on FIRMs allows you to: |
Identify special flood hazard zones, location of specific property in relation to above, identify base flood elevation (100 year) at a site, identify the magnitude of flood hazard in a specific area, locate regulatory floodways, identify undeveloped coastal barriers, where flood insurance is not available |
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Elements found on FIRMs: |
Floodplain boundaries for 100 and 500 year storms, hazard area designation (dark means higher flood hazard), BFE, zone division line, flood insurance risk zone designations, stream lines (one line represents centreline, two represent bank locations), coastal barrier symbol, elevation reference marks, floodway boundaries, floodway designation (channel of watercourse plus adjacent floodplain areas that are reserved so that the 100 year flood discharge can be conveyed without increasing the elevation of the 100 year flood more than a specified amount |
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How does FEMA prepare the FIRMs? |
Conduct engineering studies known as flood insurance studies |
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How does FEMA prepare the FIRMs? |
Conduct engineering studies known as flood insurance studies |
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What is a special flood hazard area? |
Subject to inundation by a flood that has a 1% or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded during a given year |
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How does the national flood insurance program use the 100-year-flood? |
As the basis for insurance requirements nationwide |
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Do flood maps cover more than one jurisdiction? |
No. Unincorporated and incorporated areas on one map won’t both be shown, except on more recent county wide maps |
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What is zone A flood zone designation? |
100 year floodplain Area; mandatory flood insurance; no BFEs shown |
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What is the zone a99 flood zone designation? |
Areas of the 100 year flood that will be protected by a federal flood protection system where construction has reached specified milestones; mandatory flood insurance; no BFE |
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What are zone ae and a1-a30 flood zone designations? |
Applies to 100 year flood plains that are determined in the flood insurance study by detailed methods; BFEs shown at intervals within zone; mandatory flood insurance |
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What Is zone ah flood zone designation? |
Areas of the 100 year shallow flooding with a constant water-surface elevation where average depths are 1-3 ft; BFEs shown at intervals; mandatory flood insurance |
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What is the zone ao flood insurance designation? |
Area of 100 year shallow flooding (usually sheet flow on stoped terrain) where average depths are between 1-3 ft; average flood depths shown; alluvial fan flood hazards shown; mandatory flood insurance |
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What is some ar flood insurance designation? |
Results from the decertification of a previously accepted flood protection system that is being restored to provide protection from the 100 year or greater event |
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What is the zone d flood insurance designation? |
Areas where there are possible but undetermined flood hazards; no analysis of flood hazards has been conducted; no mandatory flood insurance but coverage available; rates commensurate with uncertainty |
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What is the zone v flood insurance designation? |
100-year floodplain bear the coast that has additional hazards due to storm waves; no BFEs; mandatory flood insurance |
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What is the zone ve flood insurance designation? |
Same as zone v except there are BFEs shown as a result of detailed hydraulic analyses |
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What are the zone b, c and x flood insurance designations? |
Areas outside the 100-year floodplain, areas of 100- year sheet flow flooding where average depths are less than 1 ft, areas of 100-year stream flooding where the contributing drainage area is less than 1 square mile, or areas protected from the 100-year flood by levees; no BFEs or depths |
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Why is FEMA important for landscape architects? |
Most authoritative and comprehensive flood hazard maps that are used during site inventory; determine the 100-year floodplain; determine if your site is in a floodplain |
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Why do LAs need to know the 100-year floodplain elevation? |
Most municipalities require building elevations be above |
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What are the programs administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife? |
California endangered species act (CESA) permitting, California environmental quality act (CEQA) review, lake and stream bed alteration program, timberland conservation program, invasive species program, native plant program |
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What are the programs administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife? |
California endangered species act (CESA) permitting, California environmental quality act (CEQA) review, lake and stream bed alteration program, timberland conservation program, invasive species program, native plant program |
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What does the California endangered species act do? |
Protects rare, threatened and endangered species found in he state; species given “special status”; subject to population and habitat declines; highest level of protection given to species formally listed or proposed for listing as endangered or threatened under the federal endangered species act and/or the California endangered species act |
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What are the programs administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife? |
California endangered species act (CESA) permitting, California environmental quality act (CEQA) review, lake and stream bed alteration program, timberland conservation program, invasive species program, native plant program |
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What does the California endangered species act do? |
Protects rare, threatened and endangered species found in he state; species given “special status”; subject to population and habitat declines; highest level of protection given to species formally listed or proposed for listing as endangered or threatened under the federal endangered species act and/or the California endangered species act |
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Look for protected plant, animals and fish species in the following locations: |
CDFW website; USFWS website; California native plant society website; noaa fisheries |
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What is a program that the California department of fish and wildlife administer to protect fish and water quality? |
The lake and stream bed alteration program |
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What is involved with the lake and stream bed alteration program administered by the California department of fish and wildlife? |
Code requires notification if any proposed activity will substantially modify a river, lake or stream; includes ephemeral streams, desert washes, and watercourses with a subsurface flow; may also apply to work undertaken within the flood plain of a body of water |
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How should LAs navigate the lake and stream bed alteration program? |
Identify if any streams that fall under the jurisdiction of the California department of fish and wildlife exist on your site during site inventory |
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What is the timberland conservation program responsible for? |
Protecting state AND private forest lands; if your site grows harvestable timber and your client intends to harvest it, your site will fall under the jurisdiction of the California forestry and fire protection agency |
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What is the timberland conservation program responsible for? |
Protecting state AND private forest lands; if your site grows harvestable timber and your client intends to harvest it, your site will fall under the jurisdiction of the California forestry and fire protection agency |
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Before you can harvest timber on a site, what do you need? |
An approved timber harvest plan, submitted and approved by the timberland conservation program |
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According to the California department of fish and wildlife, how many species, subspecies, and varieties of native plants are designated as rare, threatened, or endangered by state law? |
220 |
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What are the laws pertaining to the protection of native plants in CA? |
California endangered species act, native plant protection act, California environmental quality act, natural community conservation planning act, California desert native plants act, California penal code section 384a |
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What does the California coastal commission regulate? |
Development activity along the shore |
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Who does the ccc partner with? |
Local governments |
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What does the ccc enforce? |
The California coastal management program |
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What is the ccc’s role with regards to wetlands? |
Regulating coastal development affecting wetlands in the coastal zone |
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What is the California coastal zone? |
3 miles seaward and approx. 1000 yards inland; in important or sensitive areas, usually undeveloped areas, it extends to a maximum of 5 miles inland from the mean high tide line; in developed urban areas it is less than 1000 yards; it does not extend into or around San Francisco Bay, where development is regulated by the San Francisco Bay conservation and development commission |
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What kind of authority does the ccc have over wetlands? |
Permitting authority over many activities proposed in wetlands in the coastal zone; active involvement in select projects for restoration, enhancement or mitigation; procedural or technical assistance; jurisdiction depends on whether an activity is considered “development” |
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How does the ccc define “development”? |
On land or under water, placement of solid material or structure, discharge or disposal of dredged material; change in density or intensity of use of land; change in intensity of use of water or access; construction, reconstruction, demolition or alteration of size of any structure |
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How can the ccc regulate federal actions or federally funded projects occurring outside the coastal zone? |
Under the coastal zone management act, the projects just need to affect resources within the zone |
