DATE: April 1999 NO: 99-RA-4
TO: ALL FEDERALLY INSURED CREDIT UNIONS
SUBJECT: New Communities Entering the National Flood
Insurance Program
The attached listing identifies communities that entered the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from January 1998 through January
1999. These new communities are now eligible for flood insurance
through the NFIP under the Emergency Program or the Regular Program.
The Emergency Program is for communities that first enter the
NFIP. It is an interim program that provides lower levels of
flood insurance for eligible structures at subsidized rates.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issues flood hazard
boundary maps with this program to permit lenders (and others)
to determine whether properties are located in a flood plain area.
Communities in the Emergency Program will be admitted to the
Regular Program upon completion of specific requirements.
The Regular Program may be entered once a detailed study has been
completed and a flood insurance rate map (FIRM) for the area has
been issued by FEMA. The Regular Program provides full insurance
coverage for eligible structures, and it requires additional flood-plain
management responsibilities for the community.
FEMA provides up-to-date information about the status of communities
participating in the NFIP on its Internet site at: www.FEMA.gov/fema/csb.htm.
Sincerely,
_________/S/___________
Norman E. D'Amours
Chairman
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