Fact check/Did President Trump's executive order include 'a clause making it a crime to help an undocumented immigrant'?.Federal policy on infrastructure, 2017-2020.The claim is false, because the standard was never finalized as a regulation. Trump's order states that 'nefficiencies in current infrastructure project decisions, including management of environmental reviews and permit decisions or authorizations, have delayed infrastructure investments, increased project costs, and blocked the American people from enjoying improved infrastructure that would benefit our economy, society, and environment.' ConclusionĪ video by media company ATTN: asserts that the United States 'can learn a lot from how the Netherlands prevents floods.' Text in the video claims that, in America, 'Regulations for flood-proof buildings have actually been cut.' President Trump on August 15, 2017, revoked his predecessor’s proposed guidelines and floodplain standard, leaving the pre-existing standard in effect. Consequently, no agency implemented the new standard. The comment period expired in May 2017, but the draft guidelines were never finalized by the Water Resources Council (as directed by President Obama’s executive order). The Obama order also directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to propose for public comment a set of guidelines for agencies to follow in implementing the new standard. The proposed standard would have applied to projects funded or permitted by the federal government, not those funded privately or by states. It also allowed agencies to choose among several methods for delineating the floodplain area. The new standard expanded the area considered a floodplain and raised the elevation level for federal projects in floodplains. Įxecutive Order 13690 established a new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. President Barack Obama amended Carter’s order in 2015 by issuing Executive Order 13690. If there is no alternative to impacting a floodplain, the project had to be constructed above base flood level, defined as the anticipated level of a flood with a one percent or greater chance of occurring in a year. President Jimmy Carter in 1977 issued Executive Order 11988, which required federal agencies to evaluate flood hazards related to federal projects and avoid to the extent possible any actions that would adversely affect floodplains, such as development. The federal government and states administer a variety of flood-related regulations in an effort to mitigate damages from natural disasters. Īccording to a report by the Government Accountability Office, the federal government obligated at least $277.6 billion in disaster assistance (both emergency relief and mitigation) from 2005 through 2014 across 17 departments and agencies. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has not completed its damage assessments, but various estimates peg insured losses at tens of billions of dollars. īetween the middle of August and the end of September, hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria made landfall in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. The video then states that, in America, 'We've got out-of-control flooding,' and, “Regulations for flood-proof buildings have actually been cut.” The video has received more than 14 million views on Facebook. Flood Prevention in the Netherlands,' first features various methods used by the Dutch to prevent flooding, such as floating houses and floodgates. Its video, 'Flood Prevention in America vs. BackgroundĪTTN: produces issue-oriented video content for social media. Neither the guidelines nor the standards were issued as regulations by any government agency. President Donald Trump in August revoked proposed guidelines and standards for construction of federal projects near floodplains. Is that accurate? Have regulations for flood-proof buildings in the U.S. Following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, a video by media company ATTN: claimed that the United States 'can learn a lot from how the Netherlands prevents floods.' According to text in the video, 'Regulations for flood-proof buildings have actually been cut.'

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