Floodplain Mapping, Regulation, and Insurance
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Agenda
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Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
11:00 am – 2:15 pm CDT (incl. a 15 min. break)
Friday, July 16, 2021
11:00 am – 2:15 pm CDT (incl. a 15 min. break)
Presented by
Wendy Lathrop PLS, CFM
Day One: Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Insurance Studies,
and Letters of Map Change
History and types of flood maps
• Levels of detail
• Flood zones
• Flood mapping planning and needs
Reading and interpreting flood maps
• Map panel and index information
• Map features
Flood insurance studies
• Purpose and contents
• Floodway data table
• Stream profiles
Obtaining and using flood maps
Map determinations
Letters of Map Change
• Introduction to and purpose of LOMCs
• Letters of Map Amendment
• Letters of Map Revision based on fill
• Letters of Map Revision
Day Two: National Flood Insurance Program and International Building Codes:
Development Standards for Floodplains
Types of floods and floodplains
Introduction to FEMA’s Floodplain
Regulatory Staircase: 44CFR60.3
Introduction to the International Building Code and relationship to FEMA regulations
Key terms and concepts
• Flood zones
• Lowest floor
• Basement
• Utilities
• Areas below the lowest floor
Ways to elevate Floodways
Base flood elevations, design flood elevations, and freeboard
Flood zones that do not have flood elevations
Substantial improvement and substantial damage
Floodproofing
Manufactured homes
Recreational vehicles
Historic structures
Variances Summary
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Credits
Professional Engineers:
6.0 PDHs (excluding New York)
Landscape Architects:
6.0 HSW CE Hours
Architects:
6.0 HSW CE Hours
AIA: (AIA credits only available for attending live Webinar)
6.0 LU|HSW
LA CES: (LA CES credits only available for attending live Webinar)
6.0 HSW PDHs
Land Surveyors:
6.0 PDHs (states not requiring preapproval)
Florida Land Surveyors:
6.0 CE Credits (Course No. 10138)
Missouri Land Surveyors:
6.0 PDUs
Tennessee Land Surveyors:
Pending
No credit offered to DE or NJ land surveyors
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), and North Carolina (S-0130).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, North Carolina (S-0130). These courses are not eligible for New York professional engineers or land surveyors.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete these events, respond to 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 titled 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.