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<br />Th~'y~;~wo phases of a community's p~l~ipation-the Emergency Ptogr~\~d the Regular (i'
<br />Progrl$., The Emergency Program-the i9i'ial phase of a community's participliltion in the
<br />NFIP-T'~~signed to provi~lifl1irmiJlSUrance at federally subsidjz~d rates priotJ~ the effective
<br />d~~the$l,itial FI~or1liecommunity. A comm\lllitypartlClpating in the Em~~ency
<br />/l'.fbgram of~~NI:;J~~s' given an FHBM'.vvhifh .shows flood-hazard areas determine~,by G,""e1S",,".7!::::
<br />/~>/ approx.imate ~~ds, and is re~ui~>~~$012~jj:~~.!l1~as~es aimed a~ ~ont~ol_~~t!ieJu~~~:::" i,/- .,
<br />/;;/ use of Its floodp~~'Z.i1' As fl()oq~il::dlSasters occur,~~ot partl,Clfla~_the\~FIP are \ \
<br />Iv eager to do so. Thli\ ~ergel!-.c~Pfogram allows them to get mto tlje) program qUickly. ~tughly\, ~
<br />1,000 communities ih,'$yl~inergency Program are converting to tl\eiRegular Program. i'Yhen a //,}OfE
<br />, community enters!bt:'J~eliular Program, it is given a FIRM. For s~J!11e areas where dev~l~el!-t<;,/,\~"
<br />" potential is cOjlsillefed I(h~>,the flood-hazard data shown on the F'/3M are converted to t1te.~>/ (E\~~
<br />\". FIRM. Fpf')5ilier areas, deta,lled flood-hazard information is provl<!ed. Because of the greater ../ \ \ I
<br />',\ ce~~y6fthe detailed flooil,'Nzard data, the FIRM triggers adop~ion of more restrictive , /j
<br />'<I, )l9odplain-management requir~~nts and makes available gr>~amounts of insurance than are "...-/
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<br />Funds foytfood~tldies, floodplain rIl~~gement, and administration came from tax
<br />dollars beforej.9S5; from'exjsting insurance p~'n:).iums from 1985 to 1990; and from a federal
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<br />policy fee0currently $30) ad4~d to the cost of eaclNlood insurance policy, as mandated by the
<br />Omnibus I(i\conciliation Act ci'fl?90. Fees also are~sessed through the Revision Fee Charge
<br />System for v,m:ious NFIP action~,\~ch as reviewing an,a,processing NFIP map revisions to reflect
<br />complet~d pr6i~ts, evalu~ting proR~sed ~r~jects f~r c~ianc~ wit~ the mi~mum NFIP
<br />floodplam manal\~ent cntena, and R).-Qvldmg COple8))f~e,engmeenng studies and maps used
<br />as the bases for N~ maps. Fees coll~t~d for !he,S"e"activiiit(\are returned to the National Flood
<br />Insurance Fund. The)t;,afe not directly ~~~.a-for mapping ~q~i~ities, although they are used to
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