[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: 44CFR66.5]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

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

                                SECURITY

 

PART 66_CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  66.5  Responsibilities for consultation and coordination.



    (a) Contact shall be made with appropriate officials of a community 

in which a proposed investigation is undertaken, and with the state 

coordinating agency.

    (b) Local dissemination of the intent and nature of the 

investigation shall be encouraged so that interested parties will have 

an opportunity to bring relevant data to the attention of the community 

and to the Administrator.

    (c) Submission of information from the community concerning the 

study shall be encouraged.

    (d) Appropriate officials of the community shall be fully informed 

of (1) The responsibilities placed on them by the Program, (2) the 

administrative procedures followed by the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, (3) the community's role in establishing elevations, and (4) the 

responsibilities of the community if it participates or continues to 

participate in the Program.

    (e) Before the commencement of an initial Flood Insurance Study, the 

CCO or other FEMA representative, together with a representative of the 

organization undertaking the study, shall meet with officials of the 

community. The state coordinating agency shall be notified of this 

meeting and may attend. At this meeting, the local officials shall be 

informed of (1) The date when the study will commence, (2) the nature 

and purpose of the study, (3) areas involved, (4) the manner in which 

the study shall be undertaken, (5) the general principles to be applied, 

and (6) the intended use of the data obtained. The community shall be 

informed in writing if any of the six preceding items are or will be 

changed after this initial meeting and during the course of the ongoing 

study.

    (f) The community shall be informed in writing of any intended 

modification to the community's final flood elevation determinations or 

the development of new elevations in additional areas of the community 

as a result of a new study or restudy. Such information to the community 

will include the data set forth in paragraph (e) of this section. At the 

discretion of the Chief of the Natural and Technological Hazards 

Division in each FEMA Regional Office, a meeting may be held to 

accomplish this requirement.



[47 FR 771, Jan. 7, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 1984]



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