Mapping, Managing, and Regulating Floodplains in New Jersey
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Day One: Wednesday, August 18, 2021
12:00 – 3:45 pm EDT (including 30-mins. of breaks)
Day Two: Thursday, August 19, 2021
12:00 – 3:45 pm EDT (including 30-mins. of breaks)
Presented by
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM
Mapping, Managing, and Regulating Floodplains
in New Jersey Day One
Wednesday, August 18, 2021 | 12:00 – 3:45 pm EDT (including 30-mins. of breaks)
Floods, Floodplains and Introduction to Floodplain Management
Floodplain identification and terminology
Flood hazards and flood risks
Three basic types of flooding (and other “unique” types)
Floodplains, floodways and coastal conditions: impact on site development
Why floodplain management matters
Objectives and purpose of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Evolution of the NFIP and its components
Flood Maps and Flood Zones
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) contents and development
• Understanding flood zone designations
• Approaches to mapping floodplains
• Components of flood maps
• Digital mapping
• Map Modernization and Risk MAP
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports
Impacts of flood zone designations and mapping
Understanding, distinguishing between, and requesting Letters of Map Change (LOMC)
Mapping, Managing, and Regulating Floodplains
in New Jersey Day Two
Thursday, August 19, 2021 | 12:00 – 3:45 pm EDT (including 30-mins. of breaks)
Elevations in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
and Floodplain Regulation
Elevations in the NFIP
• The impact of elevations in the NFIP
• Sources of elevation
• The role of elevation certificates in the NFIP and related technical guidance
Federal, state, and local floodplain regulation
• Federal NFIP regulations: where, what and why
• Effects of regulations and legislation on building construction and improvement
• The role of lenders in the NFIP
• State and local roles in regulating floodplain development
• The role of advisory elevation and mapping data
Practical Floodplain Management
Technical guidance and advisory documents
Floodplain management approaches and techniques
Preparing for resiliency
Planning for future conditions
Webinar Instructions
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Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Professional Engineers &
Land Surveyors
6.5 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
LA CES (AIA credits only available for attending live Webinar)
6.5 HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Certified Planners/AICP
6.5 | CM
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and offers 6.5 CPC credits/PDHs to professional
engineers and land surveyors licensed in New Jersey.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New Jersey
engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
This course has been approved by the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers
and Land Surveyors for 6.5 CPC credits.
The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for
6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the LA CES.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this webinar for 6.5 CECs for
certified floodplain managers.
This course is approved by the American Planner Association AICP for CM | 6.5 for
Certified Planners (9214327).
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond
to all prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation
(multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS
President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLCMs. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.
