DEACCREDITATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 

 

[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 effective 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. 

 

INSERT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS: 

• In a letter dated (Insert Date), FEMA provided you with a 90-day period to submit the entire 
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) application package required for the levee to be 
provisionally accredited as providing base flood protection. However, you were unable to submit 
all of the necessary data associated with the PAL application before the 90-day period elapsed. 
Therefore, the (Levee Name) will not be provisionally accredited as providing base flood 
protection on the DFIRM. 
• In a letter dated (Insert Date), FEMA provided you with a 24-month period to submit all 
necessary data and documentation to comply with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44, 
Section 65.10 (44 CFR 65.10), which is required for the levee to be accredited as providing base 
flood protection. However, you were unable to submit all of necessary data and documentation to 
comply with 44 CFR 65.10 before the 24-month period elapsed. Therefore, the (Levee Name) 
will not be accredited as providing base flood protection on the DFIRM. 
• In a letter dated (Insert Date), FEMA 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 accredited as providing base flood protection. However, you informed FEMA that you are 
unable to correct the levee maintenance deficiencies within the 1-year period. Therefore, the 
(Levee Name) will not be recognized as accredited as providing base flood protection on the 
DFIRM. 
• In a letter dated (Insert Date), FEMA 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 
accredited as providing base flood protection. Please note that the 1-year correction period 
expired on (Insert Date). Because all maintenance deficiencies were not resolved and/or 
necessary data and documentation were not submitted and approved before the end of the 1-year 
period, the (Levee Name) will not be accredited as providing base flood protection on the 
DFIRM. 



 

Please note that the (Levee Name) is no longer accredited as providing base flood protection. [CHOOSE 
APPROPRIATE SENTENCE : (FOR 1-YEAR CORRECTION PERIOD LEVEES:) FEMA will issue 
the Letter of Final Determination and effective DFIRM to show the area landward of the levee that 
is subject to inundation by the base flood as located in a Special Flood Hazard Area. OR (FOR PAL 
LEVEES:) FEMA will initiate a map revision to remove the provisional levee accreditation and 
show the areas landward of the levee that is subject to inundation by the base flood as located in a 
Special Flood Hazard Area. Therefore, the mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements of the 
NFIP will apply to these areas when the DFIRM becomes effective. 

 

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