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<br />PAGE 4-4 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />4. Conform with the Flood Mitigation Plan. <br /> <br />The type of project being proposed must be identified in the <br />plan. The Flood Mitigation Plan should identify the types of <br />projects that would be appropriate under certain conditions or <br />in specific geographic areas. For example, a community may <br />determine in its plan that acquisition of structures would be <br />the preferred alternative for floodway areas, while elevation <br />may be the more appropriate solution in other less threatened <br />areas of the floodplain. <br /> <br />5. Be located physically in a participating NFIP community <br />that is not on probation, or benefit such a community <br />directly by reducing future flood damages. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />For more information on these requirements, contact the FEMA <br />Regional Office. Other sources for more information include the <br />NEPA Desk Reference and FEMA's benefit/cost analysis <br />software. <br /> <br /> <br />Policy Regarding Post-FIRM Structures <br /> <br />FMA project grant funds should not be used to elevate, <br />floodproof, acquire, or relocate a post-Flood Insurance Rate Map <br />(FIRM) building if the building's construction was not in <br />compliance with the State or community laws or ordinances and <br />there was no increase in the base flood elevation (BFE) since the <br />time the post-FIRM building was constructed. <br /> <br />FMA project grant funds can be used to elevate, floodproof, <br />acquire, or relocate a post-FIRM building that was not built in <br />compliance with the BFE at the time of construction onlv if there <br />has been an increase in the BFE. In this case, any FMA project <br />grant should be limited to the cost of elevating or floodproofing <br />the building from the BFE at the time of construction to the <br />current effective BFE. For acquisition and relocation, FMA <br />project grants should only be awarded if there was an increase in <br />the BFE since the building was constructed. <br /> <br />FMA project grant funds may be used to elevate, floodproof, <br />acquire, or relocate post-FIRM buildings that were built before <br />BFEs were established, provided that a variance was granted by <br />the community. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />FEMA 299/AUGUST 1997 FLOOD MITIGATION AsSIS1ANCE (FMA) GUID-'NCE <br />