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COURSES—ENVIRONMENTAL
& HISTORIC PRESERVATION
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Environmental and Historic
Preservation Curriculum
Executive Orders (EO) 11988 and 11990
Floodplain Management and Protection of
Wetlands Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E247)
Executive Order (EO) 11988 on Floodplain
Management requires Federal agencies to avoid
actions in or adversely affecting floodplains and
wetlands unless there is no practicable alternative.
EO 11988 establishes an eight-step process that
agencies should carry out as part of their decisionmaking
on projects that have the potential to impact
floodplains. This course is designed to prepare
Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff
for the field delivery of E727, Executive Order 11988—
Floodplain Management Training, to the EHP Cadre, and
focuses on effective training strategies.
Selection Criteria: This course is only open to EHP
Cadre members who have approval from the Office
of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation
Headquarters and/or FEMA Regional Environmental
Officers.
Prerequisites:
Required: IS-253, Coordinating Environmental and Historic
Preservation Compliance.
Recommended: L253, Coordinating Environmental and
Historic Preservation Compliance; working knowledge
of FEMA’s programs; working knowledge
of environmental and historic preservation laws,
regulations, and Executive Orders.
Course Length: 3 days
CEUs: 2.1
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy 138
Environmental and Historic Preservation
Management Information System (EMIS)
Training (E/L248)
FEMA is standardizing the electronic data collection
and storage of all Environmental and Historic
Preservation (EHP) reviews. The EMIS is an Internetbased
system that facilitates the process of evaluating
FEMA-funded projects for potential impacts to
natural and cultural resources and for documenting
project compliance with EHP laws, Executive Orders,
and other requirements. This course prepares the
EHP staff to complete the project reviews within
EMIS.
Selection Criteria: This course is only open to EHP
Cadre members who have approval from the Office
of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation
Headquarters and/or FEMA Regional Environmental
Officers.
Prerequisites:
Required: IS-253, Coordinating Environmental and Historic
Preservation Compliance.
Recommended: L253, Coordinating Environmental and
Historic Preservation Compliance; working knowledge
of FEMA’s programs; working knowledge
of environmental and historic preservation laws,
regulations, and Executive Orders.
Course Length: 2 days
CEUs: 1.4
Environmental and Historic Preservation
(EHP) Cadre Training (E252)
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
requires all Federal agencies to consider the effects
of their actions on the environment and to comply
with all applicable Federal Environmental and
Historic Preservation (EHP) laws, regulations, and
Executive Orders. This course provides the EHP
Cadre with training on specialized issues related to
the implementation of environmental and historic
preservation laws and management of cadre staff
that cannot be addressed in detail in other EHP