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e e e Engineering Study Data Package (ESDP) Project-A project designed to maintain archival engineering data and other pertinent flood hazard data in hardcopy and electronic fonn and to distribute these data to interested parties. Engineering Study Data Package Facility (ESDPF) -The facility, maintained for FEMA by a contractor, where archival engineering data and other pertinent flood hazard data., are prepared in final form ready for distribution to interested parties. Exporting-The process of transferring digital data or software from one system to another system. Existing Data Study (XDS)- This term is used to describe the process by which FEMA uses previously published flood hazard information to prepare a Flood Insurance Study report and Flood Insurance Rate Map for a community that does not have a FIRM using previously published flood hazard information. This flood hazard information comes from reports prepared by Federal agencies for purposes other than the National Flood Insurance Program, such as Flood Hazard Analyses Reports and Floodplain Information reports; other engineering reports prepared by Federal, State, or local agencies; or Flood Insurance Study reports and maps issued by FEMA for adjacent communities (especially previously unincorporated areas ofa county). Existing Data Restudy (RXDS)-An Existing Data Study for a community that is already participating in the Regular Phase of the National Flood Insurance Program without a flood map. External Data Request (EDR)-A request from a State, community, or other non-FEMA source for the archived technical and administrative support data developed and maintained by FEMA for the National Flood Insurance Program. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Limits--Areas outside of a community's corporate limits where the community has authority to regulate zoning and issue building permits. Federal Contractors-- The five Federal agencies that conduct flood studies, under contract with FEMA, for the Limited Map Maintenance Program: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, U,S. Geological Survey, U.S. Soil Conversation Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Tennessee Valley Authority. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-The independent Federal agency that, among many otber responsibilities, oversees the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program. Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA)- The component of FEMA that has direct responsibility for administering the National Flood Insurance Program, TERMS-lO CTP Coopcratlllf] Tf'ChT1/(,,/1 P,utller<;