PAL AGREEMENT, SCENARIO A2: 

LEVEE NOT IN FEDERAL SYSTEM (NON-LEVEE OWNER COMMUNITY) 

 

 

Letter of Agreement to Comply With the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44, Section 65.10 
(44 CFR 65.10) and Request for Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) Designation 

 

We, the undersigned, have received the letter from FEMA dated (Month of Scenario A Letter) (Day of 
Scenario A Letter), (Year of Scenario A Letter), and the enclosed document entitled “Requirements of 
44 CFR 65.10”. We understand that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in the 
process of providing an updated flood map, termed a Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM), for 
(County or Community Name) and that the area behind the levee known as (Name of Levee) will be 
remapped to reflect that the levee has been designated as a PAL. 

 

We understand that all the necessary data and documentation to show that the levee known as (Name of 
Levee) complies with 44 CFR 65.10 will be required before ((Month of Second Anniversary Following 
Date of the Last Day of Correction Period) (Day of Second Anniversary of the Last Day of 
Correction Period), (Year of Second Anniversary of the Last Day of Correction Period). In 
addition, we understand that it is the responsibility of the levee owner to submit the data and 
documentation required by 44 CFR 65.10 before FEMA can accredit the levee as providing protection 
from the base (1-percent-annual-chance) flood. This information will allow FEMA to move forward with 
the DFIRM for (County or Community Name). We fully acknowledge that if complete data and 
documentation to comply with 44 CFR 65.10 are not provided within the designated timeframe of 
24 months, FEMA will initiate a revision to the DFIRM to redesignate certain areas on the landward side 
of the levee as Special Flood Hazard Area, the area subject to inundation by the base flood. 

 

 

Non-levee Owner Community CEO ____________________________ (signature) 

 

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Date: ___________________ 

 

Other (if applicable) ____________________________ (signature) 

 

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Date: ___________________