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<br />Guide For Approximate Zone A Areas <br /> <br />NFIP Background <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />issued to the community in the form of a Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map (FIRM), such as the one shown in Figure 2, "Flood <br />Insurance Rate Map," and, in most cases, a Flood Boundary and <br />Floodway Map and a Flood Insurance study report. Once more <br />detailed risk data were provided, the community could enter <br />the Regular Program whereby more comprehensive floodplain <br />management requirements were imposed and higher amounts of <br />insurance could be purchased by owners of structures. <br /> <br /> <br />@ <br /> <br />-.. <br />-~-=- <br />-"~'II":I.- <br />--f2i!!!lIIll <br />I -- <br />-............ <br />Slil=-~ <br />I ""'1!sm <br />0......_ <br />-. ....,...-. <br />'i'T"'" <br />DETk:~~~~~UDY 1= ~ <br />- ........- <br />~-_.. <br />... ..'lir.t1li..... <br />I~~.-~ <br />,~ <br />I~-- <br />....~ <br />~&~~ <br />=::=;-.. <br /> <br />_';1:".=_ <br /> <br />,-....-.- <br /> <br />ZONE A <br /> <br />I <br />-~ <br />LIMITS <br /> <br />.....-- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />-.1"'"'-_ <br /> <br />FIlII <br />.u._MII_ <br /> <br /> <br />lE::::... <br /> <br />_lII'I <br />MIl <br /> <br />Figure 2 - Flood Insurance Rate Map <br /> <br />As early as 1976, FEMA recognized that some communities did <br />not require a detailed Flood Insurance study because there <br />were few existing buildings in the floodplain and minimal <br />development pressure. Shortly thereafter, FEMA began <br />utilizing a special conversion process whereby communities <br /> <br />II-3 <br /> <br />t <br />