49 Cfr 1.66

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payable to the National Flood Insurance Program;
(2) A request for FEMA’s review of
the determination, signed by both the
borrower and the lender;
(3) A copy of the lender’s notification
to the borrower that the building or
manufactured home is in an SFHA and
that flood insurance is required (the request for review of the determination
must be postmarked within 45 days of
borrower notification);
(4) A completed Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form for the building or manufactured home, together
with a legible hard copy of all technical data used in making the determination; and
(5) A copy of the effective NFIP map
(Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)
or Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM))
panel for the community in which the
building or manufactured home is located, with the building or manufactured home location indicated. Portions of the map panel may be submitted but shall include the area of the
building or manufactured home in
question together with the map panel
title block, including effective date,
bar scale, and north arrow.
(c) Review and response by FEMA.
Within 45 days after receipt of a request to review a determination,
FEMA will notify the applicants in
writing of one of the following:
(1) Request submitted more than 45
days after borrower notification; no review will be performed and all materials are being returned;
(2) Insufficient information was received to review the determination;
therefore, the determination stands
until a complete submittal is received;
or
(3) The results of FEMA’s review of
the determination, which shall include
the following:
(i) The name of the NFIP community
in which the building or manufactured
home is located;
(ii) The property address or other
identification of the building or manufactured home to which the determination applies;
(iii) The NFIP map panel number and
effective date upon which the determination is based;

(iv) A statement indicating whether
the building or manufactured home is
within the Special Flood Hazard Area;
(v) The time frame during which the
determination is effective.
[60 FR 62218, Dec. 5, 1995]

PART 66—CONSULTATION WITH
LOCAL OFFICIALS
Sec.
66.1 Purpose of part.
66.2 Definitions.
66.3 Establishment of community case file
and flood elevation study docket.
66.4 Appointment of consultation coordination officer.
66.5 Responsibilities for consultation and
coordination.
AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978; E.O. 12127.

§ 66.1

Purpose of part.

(a) The purpose of this part is to
comply with section 206 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 4107) by establishing procedures
for flood elevation determinations of
Zones A1–30, AE, AH, AO and V1–30,
and VE within the community so that
adequate consultation with the community officials shall be assured.
(b) The procedures in this part shall
apply when base flood elevations are to
be determined or modified.
(c) The Federal Insurance Administrator or his delegate shall:
(1) Specifically request that the community submit pertinent data concerning flood hazards, flooding experience, plans to avoid potential hazards,
estimate of historical and prospective
economic impact on the community,
and such other appropriate data (particularly if such data will necessitate a
modification of a base flood elevation).
(2) Notify local officials of the
progress of surveys, studies, investigations, and of prospective findings,
along with data and methods employed
in reaching such conclusions; and
(3) Encourage local dissemination of
surveys, studies, and investigations so
that interested persons will have an opportunity to bring relevant data to the
attention of the community and to the
Federal Insurance Administrator.

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§ 66.5

(4) Carry out the responsibilities for
consultation and coordination set forth
in § 66.5 of this part.
[41 FR 46988, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44
FR 31177, May 31, 1979, as amended at 47 FR
771, Jan. 7, 1982; 48 FR 44553, Sept. 29, 1983; 49
FR 4751, Feb. 8, 1984; 50 FR 36028, Sept. 4,
1985]

§ 66.2

Definitions.

The definitions set forth in part 59 of
this subchapter are applicable to this
part.
[41 FR 46988, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44
FR 31177, May 31, 1979]

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§ 66.3 Establishment of community
case file and flood elevation study
docket.
(a) A file shall be established for each
community at the time initial consideration is given to studying that community in order to establish whether
or not it contains flood-prone areas.
Thereafter, the file shall include copies
of all correspondence with officials in
that community. As the community is
tentatively identified, provided with
base flood elevations, or suspended and
reinstated, documentation of such actions by the Federal Insurance Administrator shall be placed in the community file. Even if a map is administratively rescinded or withdrawn after notice under part 65 of this subchapter or
the community successfully rebuts its
flood-prone designation, the file will be
maintained indefinitely.
(b) A portion of the community file
shall be designated a flood elevation
study consultation docket and shall be
established for each community at the
time the contract is awarded for a
flood elevation study. The docket shall
include copies of (1) all correspondence
between the Federal Insurance Administrator and the community concerning
the study, reports of any meetings
among the Agency representatives,
property owners of the community, the
state coordinating agency, study contractors or other interested persons, (2)
relevant publications, (3) a copy of the
completed flood elevation study, and
(4) a copy of the Federal Insurance Administrator’s final determination.
(c) A flood elevation determination
docket shall be established and main-

tained in accordance with part 67 of
this subchapter.
[41 FR 46988, 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]

§ 66.4 Appointment of consultation coordination officer.
The Federal Insurance Administrator
may appoint an employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
or other designated Federal employee,
as the Consultation Coordination Officer, for each community when an analysis is undertaken to establish or to
modify flood elevations pursuant to a
new study or a restudy. When a CCO is
appointed by the Federal Insurance Administrator, the responsibilities for
consultation and coordination as set
forth in § 66.5 shall be carried out by
the CCO. The Federal Insurance Administrator shall advise the community and the state coordinating agency,
in writing, of this appointment.
[47 FR 771, Jan. 7, 1982, as amended at 49 FR
4751, Feb. 8, 1984]

§ 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 Federal Insurance
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

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