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FEMA/FEDERAL PARTNERS
COURSES—ENVIRONMENTAL
& HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Prerequisites:
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
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
Advanced Methods of FEMA’s Historic
Preservation Program (E265)
This course provides in-depth training needed to
implement the regulations of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) and other related HP laws
required for FEMA’s programs/activities. Upon
completion of this course, participants should be
able to describe, interpret, and apply all HP laws
that apply to FEMA’s programs/activities; explain/
implement their roles/responsibilities in the HP
process; coordinate all affected parties in the HP
compliance process; and describe how the compliance
process fits into the broader FEMA mission.
Selection Criteria: This advanced course is targeted
to Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP)
Cadre Historic Preservation Specialists at the Fully
Qualified level and EHP Task Force/Crew Leaders
at the Expert level. FEMA Technical Assistance
Contractors who support the EHP Cadre and State/
Tribal representatives may attend with approval from
the Office of Environmental Planning and Historic
Preservation Headquarters or the FEMA Regional
Environmental Officer.
Prerequisites:
Required: L/IS-253, Coordinating Environmental and
Historic Preservation Compliance; knowledge and experience
with FEMA’s programs; working knowledge
of historic preservation laws and regulations.
After 2011, applicants for this course must take
ACHP Section 106 Essentials as a prerequisite.
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy 140
Course Length: 4½ days
CEUs: 2.8
Executive Order 11988—Floodplain
Management Training (E727)
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 provide
participants with the training needed to understand
the principles of EO 11988 and to apply the requirements
of 44 CFR Part 9 to FEMA programs and
activities. Compliance with EO 11988 is a requirement
for all FEMA-funded programs and activities.
Selection Criteria: This course targets EHP Floodplain
Management Specialists at the Fully Qualified level,
EHP Task Force/Crew Leaders at the Expert level, and
EHP Advisors at the Basically Qualified level. FEMA
Public Assistance Officers, coordinators and project
officers, Mitigation Project officers, managers and
floodplain management specialists, and Individual
Assistance (IA) Temporary Housing officers and
managers, State/Tribal and local representatives
may also attend with approval from the Office of
Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation
Headquarters or the FEMA Regional Environmental
Officer.
Prerequisites:
Required: L/IS-253, Coordinating Environmental
and Historic Preservation Compliance; working
knowledge of FEMA’s programs.
Course Length: 3 days
CEUs: 2.1