The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter announcing a Tribal consultation to update its Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide. This Guide was last updated in 2017 and is also known as the Trial Mitigation Planning Policy. FEMA’s official mitigation policy regulations are found at 44 CFR Part 201 and outline the rules for creating and updating Tribal mitigation plans. This policy assists FEMA officials in reviewing Tribal mitigation plans as well as informs Tribal Nations what the plan must include to receive FEMA approval.

Details regarding this Tribal consultation are as follows—

• Date/Time: Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 3:00pm ET
• Click Here to Register

To view a Framing Paper for this consultation, please click here. For view FEMA’s Advisory for additional background information on this consultation, please click here. Comments are due by November 30, 2023 and can be sent to fema-tribal@fema.dhs.gov with the email subject title, “Tribal Mitigation Planning Guidance – Written Comments.” Questions should be directed to FEMA Tribal Affairs at (202) 646-3444, or by email to fema-tribal@fema.dhs.gov.

For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.