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Stormwater, Floodplain, and Environmental Federal and State Agency Links
Links to state and federal agencies concerned with stormwater management, floodplains, and permitting
Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District - Local district of a federal agency that permits impacts to resources including, but are not limited to, tidal marshes, seasonally saturated forested and non-forested wetlands, swamps, rivers, bays, and streams.
Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual pdf - Manual used by Army Corps of Engineers to determine the presence and extent of wetlands.
Hampton Roads Planning District Commision (HRPDC) - A regional association of 16 Hampton Roads localities with the purpose of encouraging and facilitating local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance.
HRSTORM - A coalition of local government staff who work together to share ideas and pool resources for a targeted stormwater management education program.
Federal Emergency Managment Agency (FEMA) - The federal agency charged with building and supporting the nation's emergency management system.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) - National federally backed flood insurance program available to homeowners, renters, and business owners in communities who adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances.
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) - Virginia agency that manages soil, water, plant, animal, ecosystem, and land conservation; state parks; and Chesapeake Bay impacts.
Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook - DCR published the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook in 1992 to provide guidance for all state erosion and sediment control programs.
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Virginia authority that manages pollution control (air, ground, water, wetlands, etc.), environmental impacts, recycling, etc.
Virginia Marine Resources Commission - Virginia agency that manages impacts and encroachments upon fisheries and habitat in state owned submerged lands.
US Environmental Protection Agency - Federal agency that works for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
