[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: 44CFR70.3]



[Page 363-364]

 

              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

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

                                SECURITY

 

PART 70_PROCEDURE FOR MAP CORRECTION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 70.3  Right to submit technical information.



    (a) Any owner or lessee of property (applicant) who believes his 

property has been inadvertently included in a designated A, AO, A1-30, 

AE, AH, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, VO, V1-30, VE, and 

V Zones on a FHBM or a FIRM, may submit scientific or technical 

information to the Administrator for the Administrator's review.

    (b) Scientific and technical information for the purpose of this 

part may include, but is not limited to the following:

    (1) An actual copy of the recorded plat map bearing the seal of the 

appropriate recordation official (e.g. County Clerk, or Recorder of 

Deeds) indicating the official recordation and proper citation (Deed or 

Plat Book Volume and Page Numbers), or an equivalent identification 

where annotation of the deed or plat book is not the practice.

    (2) A topographical map showing (i) ground elevation contours in 

relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NVGD) of 1929, (ii) 

the total area of the property in question, (iii) the location of the 

structure or structures located on the property in question, (iv) the 

elevation of the lowest



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adjacent grade to a structure or structures and (v) an indication of the 

curvilinear line which represents the area subject to inundation by a 

base flood. The curvilinear line should be based upon information 

provided by any appropriate authoritative source, such as a Federal 

Agency, the appropriate state agency (e.g. Department of Water 

Resources), a County Water Control District, a County or City Engineer, 

a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study, or a 

determination by a Registered Professional Engineer;

    (3) A copy of the FHBM or FIRM indicating the location of the 

property in question;

    (4) A certification by a Registered Professional Engineer or 

Licensed Land Surveyor that the lowest grade adjacent to the structure 

is above the base flood elevation.



[41 FR 46991, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979, 

as amended at 48 FR 44544 and 44553, Sept. 29, 1983; 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 

1984; 50 FR 36028, Sept. 4, 1985; 51 FR 30317, Aug. 25, 1986; 53 FR 

16280, May 6, 1988; 59 FR 53601, Oct. 25, 1994; 62 FR 55719, Oct. 27, 

1997]