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"".- I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Federal Emergency Management Agency wa.tertlght with Wa.l18 that are imper- mea.ble to the passage of WAter without huma.n Intervention. Basement wa.lls sha.ll be built with the ca.pa.clty to re- sist hydro8tatlc a.nd hydrodyna.mlc lo&ds a.nd the effects of buoya.ncy re- sultlnr from flooding to the floodproofed design level, and sha.ll be designed 80 tha.t minima.l damage will occur from floods tha.t exceed tha.t level. The floodproofed design level sha.ll be an elevation one foot a.bove the level of the ba.se flood where the dif- ference between the base flood a.nd the 500-yea.r flood Is three feet or Jess a.nd two feet a.bove the level of the bue flood where the difference is grea.ter than three feet. (1i) Have the top of the floor of any basement a.rea no lower tha.n five feet below the eleva.tion of the ba.se flood; (11I) Have the a.rea. surrounding the structure on all sides filled to or a.bove the elevation of the ba.se flood. Fill must be compacted with slopes pro- tected by vegetati ve cover; (iv) Have a reglstered professiona.l engineer or a.rchltect develop or review the building's structual design, speci- fica.tions, and plans, including consid- era.tion of the depth, velocity, and du- ra.tion of flooding and type a.nd per- meability of soils at the building site, a.nd certify that the basement design and methods of construction proposed are In accordance with accepted stand- a.rds of practice for meeting the provi- sions of this pa.ragraph; (v) Be inspected by the building in- spector or other authorized representa- tive of the community to verify that the structure is built according to Its design and those provisions of this sec- tion which a.re verifiable. [41 FR 46975, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177. May 31. 1979. and amecded at 48 FR 44543 and 44552. Sept. 29, 1983; 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 19M; 50 FR 36025, Sept. 4, 19&; 51 Fit 30308, Aug. 25. 1986; 54 FR 33550, Aug. 15, 1989) 160.7 Revisions of criteria for flood plain management regulations. From time to time pa.rt 60 may be re- vised a.s experience Is acquired under the Program a.nd new Information be- comes a.va.lla.b)e. Communities will be glven six months from the effectJve da.te of a.ny new regula.tlon to revise - 560.12 their flood pla.ln ma.nagement regula.- tlons to comply with any such chAnges. t 60.8 Definition.. The deflnltlolll set forth In part 59 of this subcha.pter are a.ppllca.ble to this put. Subpart 8-Requlrements for State Flood Plain Management Regulations ~ 60.11 Purpose of this subpart. (a.) A State Is considered a. "commu- nity" pursuant to f59.1 of this sub- chapter; a.nd. accordingly, the Act pro- vides that flood Insurance shall not be sold or renewed under the Program un- less a. community ha.s adopted adequate flood pla.in ma.nagement regulations consistent with criteria. established by the Administrator. (b) This subpa.rt sets forth the flood pla.in mana.gement criteria required for State-owned properties located within specia.l ha.za.rd a.reas identified by the Administra.tor. A State shall satisfy such cri teria u a condi tion to the pur- chase of a Standa.rd Flood Insurance Policy for a State-owned structurf\ or its contents. or as a condition to the approva.l by the Administrator, pursu- a.nt to pa.rt 75 of this subchapter, of its pla.n of self-insura.nce. [41 FR 46975, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31. 1979, and amended at 48 FR 44552, Sept. 29, 1983; 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8. 1984) 160,12 Flood plain management cri. teria for State-owned properties in special hazard areas. (a) The State shall comply with the minimum flood plain management cri- teria set forth in "60.3, 60.4. a.nd 60.5. A State ei ther shall: (1) Comply with the flood pla.ln man- agement requirements of all local com- munities pa.rticipa.ting In the program In which State-owned properties a.re lo- cated; or (2) Establish and enforce flood pla.in ma.nagement regula.tions which, at a minimum, satisfy the criteria. set forth In "60.3, 60.4, a.nd 60.5. (b) The procedures by which a state government &doptB a.nd administers flood pla.ln ma.na.gement regula.t1ons sa.tlsfylng the criteria. set forth In 245