[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR59.23]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 59--GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Eligibility Requirements
 
Sec. 59.23  Priorities for the sale of flood insurance under the regular program.

    Flood-prone, mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and flood-related erosion 
prone communities are placed on a register of areas eligible for 
ratemaking studies

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and then selected from this register for ratemaking studies on the basis 
of the following considerations--
    (a) Recommendations of State officials;
    (b) Location of community and urgency of need for flood insurance;
    (c) Population of community and intensity of existing or proposed 
development of the flood plain, the mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and the 
flood-related erosion area;
    (d) Availability of information on the community with respect to its 
flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and flood-related erosion 
characteristics and previous losses;
    (e) Extent of State and local progress in flood plain, mudslide 
(i.e., mudflow) area and flood-related erosion area management, 
including adoption of flood plain management regulations consistent with 
related ongoing programs in the area.

[41 FR 46968, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979]