[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR70.3]

[Page 349]
 
              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 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]