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as financial protection against flood losses that do occur. The 90-day appeal period is the statutory period, beginning on the date of second publication of the proposed BFEs in the local newspaper, during which community officials and individual residents may appeal the proposed BFEs by submitting data to show that the BFEs are scientifically or technically incorrect. A physical map revision is the revision and republication of an NFIP map. Proposed BFEs are those BFEs published in the Federal Reqister and local newspaper at the start of the 90-day appeal period. A Protest is an objection to any information, other than BFEs, shown on an NFIP map that is submitted by a community or individual resident during the 90-day appeal period. A Revision is a change to an effective NFIP map, which is accomplished by a LOMR or by a physical map revision. Scientifically incorrect BFEs are BFEs determined through analyses in which the methodologies used and/or assumptions made are inappropriate for the physical processes bei ng eval uated or are otherwise erroneous. The 6-month compliance period is the period, beginning with the date of the final BFE determination and ending with the effective date of the FIRM, during which the community must enact and adopt the ordinances required for continued participation in the NFIP. Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) are the areas delineated on an NFIP map as being subject to inundation by the base (100-year) flood. SFHAs may be designated Zone A, AO, AH, A1-A30, AE, V, Vl-V30, orVE. Technically incorrect BFEs are BFEs determined through analyses in which the methodologies used have not been properly applied, are based on insufficient or poor quality data, or do not account for the effects of physical changes that have occurred in the floodplain. B-3