[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 44CFR60.2]



[Page 251-252]

 

              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

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

                                SECURITY

 

PART 60_CRITERIA FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart A_Requirements for Flood Plain Management Regulations

 

Sec.  60.2  Minimum compliance with flood plain management criteria.



    (a) A flood-prone community applying for flood insurance eligibility 

shall meet the standards of Sec.  60.3(a) in order to become eligible if 

a FHBM has not been issued for the community at the time of application. 

Thereafter, the community will be given a period of six months from the 

date the Administrator provides the data set forth in



[[Page 252]]



Sec.  60.3 (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f), in which to meet the requirements 

of the applicable paragraph. If a community has received a FHBM, but has 

not yet applied for Program eligibility, the community shall apply for 

eligibility directly under the standards set forth in Sec.  60.3(b). 

Thereafter, the community will be given a period of six months from the 

date the Administrator provides the data set forth in Sec.  60.3 (c), 

(d), (e) or (f) in which to meet the requirements of the applicable 

paragraph.

    (b) A mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone community applying for flood 

insurance eligibility shall meet the standards of Sec.  60.4(a) to 

become eligible. Thereafter, the community will be given a period of six 

months from the date the mudslide (i.e., mudflow) areas having special 

mudslide hazards are delineated in which to meet the requirements of 

Sec.  60.4(b).

    (c) A flood-related erosion-prone community applying for flood 

insurance eligibility shall meet the standards of Sec.  60.5(a) to 

become eligible. Thereafter, the community will be given a period of six 

months from the date the flood-related erosion areas having special 

erosion hazards are delineated in which to meet the requirements of 

Sec.  60.5(b).

    (d) Communities identified in part 65 of this subchapter as 

containing more than one type of hazard (e.g., any combination of 

special flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflow), and flood-related erosion 

hazard areas) shall adopt flood plain management regulations for each 

type of hazard consistent with the requirements of Sec.  Sec.  60.3, 60.4 

and 60.5.

    (e) Local flood plain management regulations may be submitted to the 

State Coordinating Agency designated pursuant to Sec.  60.25 for its 

advice and concurrence. The submission to the State shall clearly 

describe proposed enforcement procedures.

    (f) The community official responsible for submitting annual or 

biennial reports to the Administrator pursuant to Sec.  59.22(b)(2) of 

this subchapter shall also submit copies of each annual or biennial 

report to any State Coordinating Agency.

    (g) A community shall assure that its comprehensive plan is 

consistent with the flood plain management objectives of this part.

    (h) The community shall adopt and enforce flood plain management 

regulations based on data provided by the Administrator. Without prior 

approval of the Administrator, the community shall not adopt and enforce 

flood plain management regulations based upon modified data reflecting 

natural or man-made physical changes.



[41 FR 46975, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979, 

as amended at 48 FR 29318, June 24, 1983; 48 FR 44552, Sept. 29, 1983; 

49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 1984; 50 FR 36024, Sept. 4, 1985; 59 FR 53598, Oct. 

25, 1994; 62 FR 55716, Oct. 27, 1997]