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NTHMP Coordination Committee

The NTHMP Coordination Committee (NTHMP CC) is authorized to conduct the program as specified in Section 5 of PL 109-424. To fulfill its specific responsibilities identified by law, the Coordination Committee shall:

  1. Recommend how funds appropriated for carrying out the program under [Section 5] will be allocated;
  2. Include representatives from Federal, State, local and tribal governments;
  3. Provide recommendations to the National Weather Service on how to improve the TsunamiReady program, particularly on ways to make communities more tsunami resilient through the use of inundation maps and other mitigation practices; and
  4. Ensure that all components of the program are integrated with ongoing hazard warning and risk management activities, emergency response plans, and mitigation programs in affected areas, including integrating information to assist in tsunami evacuation route planning.

Membership

Official NTHMP Coordinating Committee Members

Coordination Committee membership will be comprised of two representatives from:

  • NOAA (excluding Chair position)
  • FEMA
  • USGS

Also included in the Coordination Committee will be one Emergency Management and one Technical representative from:

  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawai'i
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Pacific territories/commonwealths
  • U.S. East Coast States
  • U.S. Gulf Coast States

Past NTHMP Coordinating Committee Meeting Minutes

 




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