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Township page on stormwater with
resource links (scroll to the bottom of it for
the links)
Many resources are not on the township page and we have been trying
to get the information organized
and more complete is that
is where residents are likely to look first. If you have experienced flooding you
should have a step by
step guide to help you through the muddle there.
Tax Abatements (click)
--- July 27, 2012, Pennsylvania passes
Public Law 650 No. 71 authorizing abatement of real estate taxes
because of destruction or damage of property by Hurricane Irene
or Tropical Storm Lee. This law is retroactive to August
1, 2011.
Abington Township Public Works
Department 267-536-1033
http://abingtonpa.gov/publicworks/index.htm
Abington Township Ordinance No.
1910, Section 103, item F (Stormwater Management Ordinance)
http://www.abingtonpa.gov/info/stormwater/Abington%20Twp.%20Stormwater%20Management%20Ordinance.pdf
Abington Zoning Codebook
http://www.e-codes.generalcode.com/codes/0569_A/Zoning.pdf#xml=http://www.e-codes.generalcode.com/searchresults.asp?cmd=pdfhits&index=0569_A&filename=zoning.pdf&fn=C:/siteinfo/ecodes/codebooks/0569_A/Zoning.pdf
Abington Codebook on Drainage
http://www.abingtonpa.gov/info/codebook_part2_ch70.htm
PA
Flood Plain Management Act Act 166 0f 1978
http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-52107/3930-BK-DEP0447%20Act%20166%20of%201978.pdf
Public Liability for
Flood Hazard Mitigation
http://www.floods.org/PDF/Mitigation/ASFPM_Comparative_look_at_pub_liability_for_flood_haz_mitigation_09.pdf
Abington Township Stormwater Info
And Resource links
http://www.abingtonpa.gov/stormwater/stormwater%20page.htm
Abington Township Ordinance No.
1910, Section 103, item F (Stormwater Mgement )
http://www.abingtonpa.gov/info/stormwater/Abington%20Twp.%20Stormwater%20Management%20Ordinance.pdf
DEP (Dept Envirommental Protection)
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dep_home/5968
Barry Newman /
PA Department of Environmental
Protection - Bureau of Waterways Engineering
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/waterways_engineering/10499
400 Market Street 3rd
Floor Rachel Carson State Office Building Harrisburg, PA
17101
Jake Kernoschak, Chief Engineer 717-783-7723 717-787-3411 or
(717- 783-0155?) jkernoscha@state.pa.us
/
Patricia McSparran
pmcsparran@state.pa.us / Doug Hill
US EPA Stormwater regs
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=6
US EPA NPDES MS4 guide
Pennypack Watershed - Watershed Management Guidelines
( # ? )
FEMA
Maps ( on Township site )
http://abingtonpa.gov/FEMA%20Flood%20Maps/Panel%20293.pdf
FEMA National FEMA Insurance
Program Guidelines
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/floodplain/nfip_sg_unit_5.pdf
FEMA Apply for assistance
http://www.fema.gov/assistance/index.shtm
FEMA guidelines for rebuilding in a Flood Plain
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/floodplain/nfip_sg_unit_5.pdf
FEMA guidelines for changing floodplain districts
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/floodplain/nfip_sg_unit_4.pdf
See p 4-20
Governors
Office on Flood Plain Management
http://www.newpa.com/webfm_send/1510
Clean Water Act
http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html
(summary)
The Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/oilgas/cslawuc.htm
Find what watershed your
street is in
- and all about local watersheds
http://phillyriverinfo.org/
or google your watershed and find a more interactive map
ie:
http://ttfwatershed.org/images/TTF-Watershed-Map.html
or see
http://www.phillywatersheds.org/your_watershed/find_your_watershed
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POSTED from a
6-22 document - may be newer info than what is above
Flood
Risk Projects
The Risk MAP Project Lifecycle for Flood Risk
Projects:
https://www.fema.gov/risk-map-flood-risk-projectlifecycle PMRs and
LOMRs
Flood Map Revision Processes:
https://www.fema.gov/flood-map-revision-processes
Application Information:
https://www.fema.gov/mt-2-application-forms-and-instructions LOMAs
and LOMR-Fs
Letter of Map Amendment and Letter of Map
Revision Based on Fill Processes:
https://www.fema.gov/lettermap-amendment-letter-map-revision-based-fill-process
Factsheet: How to Request a LOMA or LOMR-F:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/19871
Application information:
https://www.fema.gov/mt-1-application-forms-instructions
Revalidation Letters for Letters of Map Change:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1840-
25045-1194/understanding_soma_revalidation_letter.pdf
Online LOMC:
https://www.fema.gov/change-flood-zone-designation-online-letter-map-change
FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX)
Contact a Map Specialist
(877) FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627)
Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. through 6:30
p.m. eastern standard time (EST)
Email:
FEMAMapSpecialist@riskmapcds.com
Please feel free to
contact us
with your own
information on these topics and please be sure
to
contact us about any information you believe to be
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