[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: 44CFR65.4]



[Page 340-341]

 

              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

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

                                SECURITY

 

PART 65_IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF SPECIAL HAZARD AREAS--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec. 65.4  Right to submit new technical data.



    (a) A community has a right to request changes to any of the 

information shown on an effective map that does not impact flood plain 

or floodway delineations or base flood elevations, such as community 

boundary changes, labeling, or planimetric details. Such a submission 

shall include appropriate



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supporting documentation in accordance with this part and may be 

submitted at any time.

    (b) All requests for changes to effective maps, other than those 

initiatedby FEMA, must be made in writing by the Chief Executive Officer 

of the community (CEO) or an official designated by the CEO. Should the 

CEO refuse to submit such a request on behalf of another party, FEMA 

will agree to review it only if written evidence is provided indicating 

the CEO or designee has been requested to do so.

    (c) Requests for changes to effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps 

(FIRMs) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps (FBFMs) are subject to the 

cost recovery procedures described in 44 CFR part 72. As indicated in 

part 72, revisions requested to correct mapping errors or errors in the 

Flood Insurance Study analysis are not to be subject to the cost-

recovery procedures.



[51 FR 30313, Aug. 25, 1986, as amended at 57 FR 29038, June 30, 1992; 

61 FR 46331, Aug. 30, 1996; 62 FR 5736, Feb. 6, 1997]



    Editorial Note: For references to FR pages showing lists of eligible 

communities, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 

Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.