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559.1 . l00-yeaT flood see base flood. Participating c07lll7lUnity, &lso known as an eligible community, means a com- munity in which the Administrator has authorized the sale of flood insurance. Person includes any individual or group of individuals, corporation, part.- nership. association. or any other en- tity, including State and local govern- ments and agencies. Policy means the Standard Flood In- surance Policy. PTemium means the total premium payable by the insured for the coverage or coverages provided under the poliCY. The calculation of the premium may be based upon either chargeable rates or risk premium rates, or a combination of both. PTtmmy frontol dune means a continu- ous or nearly continuous mound or. ridge of sand with relatively steep sea- ward and landward slopes immediately landward and adjacent to the beach and subject to erosion and overtopping from high tides and waves during major coastal storms. The inland limit of the primary frontal dune occurs at the point where there is a distinct change from a relatively steep slope to a relatively mild slope. Pri7lcipally above gruund means that at least 51 percent of the actual cash value of the structure, less land value, is above ground. PTogram means the National Flood Insurance Program authorized by 42 U.S.C. 4001 through 4128. PTogram deficiency means a defect in a community's flood plain TnanA.g-ement regulations or .....Tn;n;strative proce- dures that impairs effective implemen- tation of those flood plain ",R.na.gement regulations or of the standards in 5560.3, 60.4, 60.5, or 60.6. PToject cost means the total financial cost of a flood protection system (in- cluding design. land acqnisition, con- struction, fees, overhead, and profits), unless the Federal Insurance Adm;n;,,- trator determines a given "cost" not to be a part of such project cost. RecTeatio1U1.1 vehicle means a vehicle which is: (a) Built on a Single chassis; (b) 400 square feet or less when meas- ured. at the largest horizontal projec- tion; ~ ~ I . 'c 44 CFR Ch. 1 (10-1-97 Edltion) (c) Designed to be self-propelled or perma.nently towable by a light duty truck; and Cd) Designed primarily not for use as a perma.nent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational. camp- ing, travel, or seasonal use. Reference feature is the receding edge of a bluff or eroding frontal dune, or if such a feature is not present, the nor- mal high-water line or the seaward line of permanent vegetation if a high- water line cannot be identified. RegulaT PTogram means the Program authorized by the Act under which risk premium rates are required for the first half of available coverage (also known as "first layer" coverage) for all new construction and substantial im- provements started on or after the ef- fective date of the FIRM. or after De- cember 31, 1974. for FIRM's effective on or before that date. All buildings, the construction of which started before the effective date of the FIRM. or be- fore January 1, 1975, for FIRMs effec- tive before that date, are eligible for first layer coverage at either subsidized rates or risk premium rates. whichever are lower. Regardless of date of con- struction, risk premium rates are al- ways required for the second layer cov- erage and such coverage is offered only after the Administrator has completed a risk study for the community. Regulatory floodway means the chan- nel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more ~ a designated height. Remedy a violation means to bring the structure or other development into compliance with State or local flood plain Tnana.gement regulations. or, if this is not possible, to reduce the im- pacts of its noncompliance. Ways that impacts may be reduced include pro- tecting the structure or other affected development from flood damages, im- plementing the enforcement provisions of the ordinance or otherwise deterring future similar violations, or reducing Federal financial exposure with regard to the structure or other development. Risk J1Temium Tates mean those rates established by the Adm;n;"trator pur- suant to individual community studies 226