Event Details
The Community Rating System is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages floodplain management practices that exceed the minimum requirements in the National Flood Insurance Program. The agency is evaluating the Community Rating System’s potential to provide ongoing support of state, local, tribal and territorial governments goals and needs around floodplain management.
FEMA published in the Federal Register this request for information is to gather public feedback on ways the agency can improve the Community Rating System program:
- to incentivize communities to take measurable actions and make sustained progress that reduce current and future flood risk;
- to embed equity as a foundation of the Community Rating System program;
- to incentivize communities to promote property owners to purchase flood insurance to reduce their financial exposure to flood risk and
- to deliver a community participant-centered and modernized program.
FEMA Offers Three Virtual Meetings to Provide Comments
FEMA will host three 90-minute public meetings to explain the proposed changes and how to provide information for public comment. Participants must register in advance and will be confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis. The maximum number of participants is 500.
Each session will have the same content and registration is required because a unique URL is assigned to each registration.
Anyone interested may register online and attend a public meeting on:
- 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 21
- 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 22
- 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 27: Tribal Nation focused
The public comment period is from July 11 - Sept. 9, 2024. In addition to attending a public virtual meeting, you may also submit a comment on the Federal Register or in writing.
Submit a comment to the Federal Register
Written comments must be submitted by Sept. 9 on the Federal eRulemaking Portal, Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0022. Please follow the instructions on the page for submitting comments and contact the Regulations.gov Help Desk if you have technical issues.
Event Resources
Community Rating System Fact Sheet