NFIP Regulations E-44
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]
§ 70.4 Review by the Director.
The Director, after reviewing the scientific or
technical information submitted under the provisions
of Sec. 70.3, shall notify the applicant in writing of
his/her determination within 60 days after we receive
the applicant's scientific or technical information that
we have compared either the ground elevations of an
entire legally defined parcel of land or the elevation
of the lowest adjacent grade to a structure with the
elevation of the base flood and that:
(a) The property is within a designated A, A0, A1-30,
AE, AH, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO,
AR/AH, AR/A, V0, V1-30, VE, or V Zone, and will
state the basis of such determination; or
(b) The property should not be within a designated
A, A0, A1-30, AE, AH, A99, AR, AR/A1-30,
AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A,V0, V1-30, VE, or
V Zone and that we will modify the FHBM or FIRM
accordingly; or
(c) The property is not within a designated A, A0,
A1-30, AE, AH, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE,
AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A,V0, V1-30, VE, or V Zone
as shown on the FHBM or FIRM and no modification
of the FHBM or FIRM is necessary; or(d) We need
an additional 60 days to make a determination.
[66 FR 33900, June 26, 2001]
§ 70.5 Letter of Map Amendment.
Upon determining from available scientific or
technical information that a FHBM or a FIRM
requires modification under the provisions of Sec.
70.4(b), the Administrator shall issue a Letter of Map
Amendment which shall state:
(a) The name of the Community to which the map to
be amended was issued;
(b) The number of the map;
(c) The identification of the property to be excluded
from 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, or V Zone.
[41 FR 46991, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR
31177, May 31, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 44553,
Sept. 29, 1983; 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 1984; 50 FR
36028, Sept. 4, 1985; 59 FR 53601, Oct. 25, 1994; 62
FR 55719, Oct. 27, 1997]
§ 70.6 Distribution of Letter of Map Amendment.
(a) A copy of the Letter of Map Amendment shall be
sent to the applicant who submitted scientific or
technical data to the Administrator.
(b) A copy of the Letter of Map Amendment shall be
sent to the local map repository with instructions that
it be attached to the map which the Letter of Map
Amendment is amending.
(c) A copy of the Letter of Map Amendment shall be
sent to the map repository in the state with
instructions that it be attached to the map which it is
amending.
(d) A copy of the Letter of Map Amendment will be
sent to any community or governmental unit that
requests such Letter of Map Amendment.
(e) [Reserved]
(f) A copy of the Letter of Map Amendment will be
maintained by the Agency in its community case file.
[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]
§ 70.7 Notice of Letter of Map Amendment.
(a) The Administrator, shall not publish a notice in
the Federal Register that the FIRM for a particular
community has been amended by letter determination
pursuant to this part unless such amendment includes
alteration or change of base flood elevations
established pursuant to part 67. Where no change of
base flood elevations has occurred, the Letter of Map
Amendment provided under Sec. 70.5 and 70.6
serves to inform the parties affected.
(b) [Reserved] Editorial Note: For a list of
communities issued under this section and not carried
in the CFR see the List of CFR Sections Affected,
which appears in the Finding Aids Section of the
printed volume and on GPO Access.