Environmental
Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG), with our consultants Dewberry Engineers, Inc., are currently updating 15 of our 17 communities’ Natural Hazard Mitigation Plans. They are a requirement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for municipalities to apply for FEMA hazard mitigation grants and must be updated every five years to stay eligible for grant funding. The plans provide an important opportunity for communities to come together and assess their ability to withstand and recover from a natural disaster and prioritize actions to mitigate damage caused by future natural disasters.
Regional Climate Action Plan
RiverCOG in partnership with Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) developed a regional climate action plan for the Hartford-East Hartford – Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). This project, led by CRCOC, was supported by the EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG), a five-billion-dollar program created to help state and regional governments reduce greenhouse gas emissions.