Senator Joe Kyrillos

June 24, 2008

Contact: Bill Murray / 609-292-5199
Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-13)

Measure Urges Congress To Override Unfair FEMA Flood Insurance Regulations

Legislation sponsored by Senator Joseph Kyrillos that urges the United State’s Congress to enact legislation that would override FEMA regulations requiring the purchase of flood insurance in certain areas in proximity to the Raritan Bay passed the Senate unanimously today.

“Requiring Bayshore residents to purchase federal flood insurance based on the determinations of bureaucrats in Washington D.C. is irresponsible and unfair,” Kyrillos stated. “Federal flood insurance is expensive and in many of the areas being designated unnecessary.”

The resolution, SR-74, urges the United States Congress to enact legislation that would prohibit the Federal Emergency Management Agency from requiring the purchase of flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA is currently revising the maps for the Bayshore area in Monmouth County and has made a determination that the existing beach and dune system located along the Raritan Bay in Keansburg does not comply with its existing regulations. As a result, several thousand residents of the state in Hazlet, Keansburg, Middletown and Union Beach will be required to purchase the federal flood insurance.

“The rationale of FEMA for requiring Flood insurance for thousands of Bayshore residents is that the existing beach and dune system located along the Raritan Bay does not comply with its existing regulations,” Kyrillos continued. “This is why I am dismayed that the Senate toady voted to divert $9 million from the beach replenishment program. It defies common-sense to divert this dedicated appropriation that could rebuild the beaches and dunes and save taxpayers thousands.”

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