IN THIS ISSUE …
1. Lobby Day Webinar
2. FEMA News
3. Mapping Legislation Introduced
4. Recent Fundraisers
Lobby Day Webinar. We had a great Lobby Day webinar recently. As you may remember, we will not have a Lobby Day on Capitol Hill this year. Instead, we are asking ACSM members to visit their Representatives and Senators during the summer recess, from August 9 to September 9. During our webinar (which we will broadcast again on August 3rd at 4 PM EDT) we discussed not only useful tips for securing and attending meetings with Members of Congress, but we also went over the three issues that we will discuss during the recess --- Preservation of Railroad Monumentation, Repeal of the 3% Withholding Tax on Government Contracts, Federal Funding for Trig-Star. The PowerPoint for the webinar and the Lobby Day handout documents are available on the ACSM website. Watch your e-mail for details on how to register for the repeat of the webinar on August 3.
FEMA News. 2010 Guidance for Great Lakes Coasts of the United States now available for Public Review and Comment
Comment Period Extended until November 1, 2010
The Great Lakes Coastal Guidelines Update, dated January 2010, will supersede Section D.3, Wave Elevation Determination and V Zone Mapping of the April 2003 version of Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners (Guidelines) - Appendix D: Guidance for Coastal Flooding Analyses and Mapping. These new guidelines incorporate a response based run up methodology and provisions for a response based erosion analysis. Also new is a statistically based methodology to account for the uncertainty associated with long term lake level fluctuations. The update also contains enhanced discussions relating to the calculation of wave setup, evaluating coastal structures, guidance for mapping coastal flood hazard zones, and requirements for intermediate data submittals for FEMA-contracted studies. The review and comment period extends from June 28, 2010 until November 1, 2010. During this period FEMA encourages your review and requests that comments be submitted to Jonathan E. Westcott, PE, Program Specialist, via email at jonathan.westcott@dhs.gov. http://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/pdf/fhm/great_lakes_guidelines.pdf
Mapping Legislation Introduced. Legislation was recently introduced that would require the Secretary of Defense to identify areas on military installations and certain other properties as acceptable, unacceptable, or unassessed regarding their suitability for placement of geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaic, or solar thermal trough systems, and for other purposes. While the legislation specifically calls for the mapping of military installations, it does not mention the method through which it is to be acquired, nor any surveying work that may be required. The full legislation is below. We will continue to monitor the bill as it moves through Congress.
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