New Jersey is set to enact what state officials and climate change mitigation advocates claim are nation-leading requirements to set higher elevation standards for most new or renovated projects in inland flood zones that are based on “predictive precipitation modeling” of flood impacts, not historic trends.
The Inland Flood Protection Rule had been proposed in June 2022 as an emergency standard by the state Dept. of Environmental Protection to take effect immediately, in the wake of major inland flood damage in the state from Hurricane Ida in 2021.The storm also caused 48 deaths in New Jersey and nearby states.