CORRECTION PERIOD FOLLOWUP LETTER, SCENARIO C2 

 

[Mr./Ms.] (Full Name of Levee Owner) 

(Title of Levee Owner) 

(Levee Owner Address) 

(City, State Abbreviation, and Zip Code)

 

Dear [Mr./Ms.] (Last Name of Levee Owner): 

 

This is in regard to the (Name of Levee) shown on the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and 
in the effective Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for (County or Community Name). As you may 
know, the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), [is in 
the process of/will be] producing a countywide FIS report and Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map 
(DFIRM) for (County or Community Name). This effort [is being/will be] undertaken as part of the 
FEMA Flood Map Modernization program. 

 

As part of the FEMA effort to produce the DFIRM, it was determined that the flood hazard information 
presented on the effective FIRM and in the FIS report is based, in some areas, on flood protection 
provided by the (Levee Name). Based on the information available and on the mapping standards of the 
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) at the time that the FIS was performed, FEMA accredited the 
levee with providing protection from the flood that has a 1-percent-chance of being equaled or exceeded 
in any given year. The 1-percent-annual-chance flood also is referred to as the base flood. 

 

In a letter dated (Insert Date), USACE provided you with a 1-year correction period to remedy all levee 
maintenance deficiencies and submit the data and documentation required for the levee to be recognized 
as accredited/provisionally accredited. FEMA, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
have assessed the submitted data and documentation submitted and determined that (all of the 
requirements for the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44, Section 65.10 (44 CFR 65.10) are/the 
entire Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) application is) adequate for (Levee Name) to be 
recognized as (accredited/provisionally accredited). Therefore, FEMA will remove the Special Flood 
Hazard Area, the area subject to inundation by the base flood, landward of the levee on the newly 
effective DFIRM to show the (Levee Name) as (accredited/provisionally accredited). 

 

In an agreement dated (Insert Date), you agreed to submit necessary data and documentation to comply 
with 44 CFR 65.10 before (Month, Day, and Year of the Second Anniversary of the end of the 1-year 
Period). If you are unable to submit necessary data and documentation to comply with 44 CFR 65.10 
before (Month, Day, and Year of the Second Anniversary of the end of the 1-year Period), FEMA 
will initiate a map revision to redesignate certain areas on the landward side of the levee as SFHA. Please 
note that affected communities that do not own and/or maintain the levee(s) in question are not 
responsible for submitting data necessary for 44 CFR 65.10 compliance. 

 

(Optional Paragraph for PALs: Levees will be labeled as PALs during the 24-month period to 
convey to map users that levee certification verification is underway. FEMA recommends that you, 
the levee owner, and the impacted communities implement outreach efforts to inform affected 
property owners that an assessment of the levee is underway. FEMA also encourages the purchase 
of flood insurance for structures in the area landward of the levee, even though coverage is not 
federally required. 

 

If you need additional information or assistance, please contact (Regional Engineering Contact Name) 
of my staff, either by telephone at (Regional Engineering Contact’s Telephone Number: 
(###) ###-####) or by facsimile at (Regional Engineering Contact’s Fax Number: (###) ###-####). 


 

Sincerely, 

 

 

 

 

(Regional Mitigation Division Director’s Name) 

[Director/Acting Director], Mitigation Division 

FEMA Region (Region Numeral) 

 

[Enclosure] 

 

cc: (Community CEO) 

 (Community Floodplain Administrator) 

 (State NFIP Coordinator) 

 (USACE Point of Contact) 

 Senator (Senator’s Last Name)’s Washington, DC, Office 

 Senator (Senator’s Last Name)’s Washington, DC, Office 

 Representative (Representative’s Last Name)’s, Washington, DC, Office