31 Tex. Admin. Code § 362.4 - State Flood Plan Guidelines
(a) The EA shall
prepare, develop, and formulate the state flood plan and the Board shall adopt
a state flood plan pursuant to the schedule in Texas Water Code §
16.061.
(b) The EA shall incorporate into the state
flood plan presented to the Board those RFPs approved by the Board pursuant to
Texas Water Code §
16.062 and Chapter 361 of
this title (relating to Regional Flood Planning). The Board shall, not less
than 30 days before adoption or amendment of the state flood plan, publish
notice of its intent to adopt a state flood plan and shall mail notice to each
RFPG. The Board shall hold a public meeting during which it may adopt a state
flood plan or amendments thereto.
(c) The state flood plan shall incorporate
information from Board-approved RFPs, and shall address, at a minimum, the
following:
(1) basis for state flood planning,
including sections on Texas water statutes, rules, regulations, and Texas'
flood management and mitigation institutions;
(2) summary of the condition and adequacy of
major flood control infrastructure on a regional basis;
(3) summary of existing flood risk associated
with 1% annual chance and 0.2% annual chance flood events;
(4) description of methods used to develop
the regional and state flood plans;
(5) a statewide, ranked list of recommended
FMEs and FMPs that have associated one-time capital costs or other
non-recurring costs, and FMSs with non-recurring non-capital costs derived from
the Board-approved RFPs;
(6) an
analysis of completed, ongoing, and proposed FMEs, FMPs, and FMSs included in
previous state flood plans including projects funded by the TWDB;
(7) a discussion of how the recommended FMEs,
FMPs, and FMSs will reduce flood risk and mitigate flood hazards; and
(8) legislative recommendations the Board
considers necessary to facilitate flood mitigation planning and FME, FMP, and
FMS implementation.
Notes
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