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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Map Amendment-A change to an effective National Flood Insurance Program map that <br />results in the exclusion from the Special Flood Hazard Area of an individual structure or <br />legally defined parcel ofland that has been inadvertently included in the Special Flood Hazard <br />Area (i.e., no alterations of topography have occurred since the date of the first National <br />Flood Insurance Program map that showed the structure or parcel to be within the Special <br />Flood Hazard Area. <br /> <br />Map Assistance Center-A FEMA customer service center staffed by Map Specialists that <br />are specially trained to answer specific questions about the status of active and completed <br />studies, restudies, conditional and final map revision requests, and conditional and final map <br />amendment requests; answer questions about technical and administrative support data <br />available from the FEMA archives; link callers with other FEMA service and fax numbers and <br />the FEMA website; and provide information regarding, or copies of; FEMA products, <br />brochures, and publications. <br /> <br />Map Needs Update Support System (MNUSS)- The computerized database system that is <br />used by FEMA and its Flood Hazard Mapping Partners to compile information on mapping needs <br />nationwide collected using the Mapping Needs Assessment Process. <br /> <br />Mapping Activity Statement (MAS)-An agreement signed by FEMA and a participant <br />(community, regional agency, or State agency) in the CTP initiative under which the <br />participant will complete specific mapping activities. <br /> <br />Mapping Needs Assessment Process (MNAP)-The process by which FEMA identifies <br />mapping needs nationwide by contacting States, regional agencies, and mapped participating <br />communities for information; verifies the validity of the identified needs; and compiles <br />information on those needs into a computerized database. <br /> <br />Map Revision-A change to an effective National Flood Insurance Program map that is <br />accomplished by a LOMR or a Physical Map Revision. <br /> <br />Memorandum of Agreement-See Partnership Agreement. <br /> <br />Minimally Floodprone Community-A community that FEMA has determined to be <br />subject to inundation by the l-percent-annual-chance (IOO-year) flood, but for which existing <br />conditions indicate that the area is unlikely to be developed in the foreseeable future. The <br />criteria used by FEMA to evaluate a community's development potential are as follows: (1) <br />Floodplains are publicly owned and designed for open space or preservation; (2) Zoning laws, <br />sanitary codes, subdivision regu1ations, shore land regulations, or community regulations <br />effectively prohibit floodplain development; (3) Surrounding land use or topography <br />effectively limits the development potential; (4) Population is decreasing or stable, and there is <br />no foreseeable pressure for floodplain development; and (5) Floodplains are remote and <br />uninhabited, and future development is unlikely. <br /> <br />Mitigation-A sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and <br />property from flood hazards and their effects. Mitigation distinguishes actions that have a <br /> <br /> <br />TERMS-IS <br /> <br />CTP Coopef,ltmg <br />Tedltrledl <br />Partners <br />