National Flood Insurance Program; Insurance Coverage and Rates, Criteria for Land Management, Use, Identification, and Mapping of Flood Control Restoration Zones

Résumé

This interim final rule establishes a new flood insurance rate zone for areas designated as flood control restoration zones on National Flood Insurance Program maps. It also establishes minimum floodplain management requirements and provides regulatory guidance for implementing statutory requirements, including procedures to identify and map areas as flood control restoration zones. The intent of the interim final rule is to permit communities to regulate development through minimum floodplain management requirements and to use flood insurance rates appropriate to the temporary nature of flood hazards during the period when a flood protection system no longer provides 100-year flood protection until it is restored.