No-rise certification for floodways

{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000162",
  "term": "No-rise certification for floodways",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "term_source": "No-Rise Certification for Floodways",
  "definition": "Any project in a floodway must be reviewed to determine if the project will increase flood heights. An engineering analysis must be conducted before a permit can be issued. The community's permit file must have a record of the results of this analysis, which can be in the form of a No-rise Certification. This No-rise Certification must be supported by technical data and signed by a registered professional engineer. The supporting technical data should be based on the standard step-backwater computer model used to develop the 100-year floodway shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM).\n\nNational Flood Insurance Program Requirements\n\n• 60.3 (d)(3) - Floodway Requirement",
  "subject": "National Flood Insurance Program",
  "references": [
    "FEMA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/no-rise-certification-for-floodways/"
}