[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR59.23]



[Page 246-247]

 

              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

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 mud slide (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]