Report Shows Flood Insurance Unaffordable for California Farmers & New Guidelines are Needed Says Senator Feinstein, Congressman Garamendi, and…
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Report Shows Flood Insurance Unaffordable for California Farmers & New Guidelines are Needed Says Senator Feinstein, Congressman Garamendi, and Congressman LaMalfa
With Agriculture Threatened, Members of Congress Release GAO Report & Urge FEMA to Produce More Flexible Guidelines for
The three Members of
"These inflexible regulations are like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. My constituents in
Senator
Congressman
GAO Report Links and Pages of Interest:
* Full Report
* Summary of Report
* Chart on selected agriculture riverine communities shows
* Other agricultural areas in vast riverine floodplains with deep flood depths across the country include
* Selected communities and the number of farmers, rural residents, agricultural lenders and developers interviewed. (pg. 43)
* Additional information on selected agricultural and rural communities. (pg. 54)
Letter to
The Honorable
Administrator
Dear Administrator Fugate,
We write today to urge you to set a timeline to provide additional flexibilities for agricultural producers to comply with National Flood Insurance Program standards. We believe it is important that your agency provide this guidance within one year as the current program's lack of flexibility has forced some producers in our state to forego plans to construct important agricultural structures in floodplains currently used for producing crops or livestock.
Today, the
Given that agriculture is an effective use of deep floodplains and that agricultural structures serve very different purposes than residential structures, we hope your agency will quickly move to provide reasonable options for farmers to mitigate flood risk while building structures suitable for farming purposes. We also hope you will work with the
Thank you for your agency's work to ensure that our nation is prepared for natural disasters. We strongly believe that additional flexibility is required for agricultural producers and look forward to hearing when your agency plans to provide additional guidance for this industry. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, or direct your staff to contact
Sincerely,
Member of
Member of
Read this original document at: http://garamendi.house.gov/press-release/report-shows-flood-insurance-unaffordable-california-farmers-new-guidelines-are-needed
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