Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Best Practices

The Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation’s (OEHP) provides sound guidance, environmental planning, and historic preservation assistance throughout the life cycle of a disaster. We focus on providing expert guidance to applicants to ensure that their projects comply with environmental and historic preservation laws, regulations, and executive orders by encouraging thoughtful approaches to response, recovery, and resilience that minimizes future risks.

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FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff worked with state and tribal historic preservation officers and Richmond County officials to repair canal damage sustained from severe weather in 2015. Along with canal repairs, FEMA will fund an additional project through a Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities (BRIC) grant to build a new water supply intake.
FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff worked with state and local officials and tribal historic officers for repairs to the Manitou Springs Incline Trail in Colorado following severe flooding events in September 2013. The floods impacted 17 counties across the state.
FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff worked with city officials and support staff to combat localized flooding from damaging impacts from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and severe weather events. By implementing nature-based solutions, properties will be protected from flooding, residents will maintain their homes, and investments and the city’s infrastructure remain intact and stronger than the condition prior to the hurricanes.
FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) partnered with federal agencies, local officials, and tribal representatives in North Carolina to relocate fire and police stations, public service buildings, and educational facilities to a higher-elevated property following severe weather and damage sustained from Hurricane Matthew. EHP continues to provide support and sound guidance for the redevelopment project stretching across 53 acres.
FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) worked with internal agency program leads and partner with local officials and the public to restore damage to a cemetery in the Central-Western Puerto Rico Highlands following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. Through sound guidance, EHP helped to protect the vulnerable population and environments. In collaboration with health officials, FEMA minimized risks to the public by ensuring environmental regulations were met prior to recovery efforts.
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