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Federal Emergency Management Agency entity, including State and local gov- ernm.ents and agencies. Upolicy" means the Standard Flood Insurance Policy. "Premium" means the total premi- um payable by the Insured for the cov- erage or coverages providEd under the polley. The calculation of the premi- um may be based upon either chargea- ble rates or risk premium rates, or a combination of both. uPrimary frontal dune" means a continuous or nearly continuous mound or ridge of sand with relatively steep seaward and landward slopes im- mediately landward and adjacent to the beach and subject to erosion and overtopping from high tides and waves during major coastal stonns. The Inland limit of the primary frontal drme occurs at the point where there is a distinct change from a relatively steep slope to a relatively mild slope. "Principally above ground" means , that at least 51 percent of the actual cash value of the structure, less land value, is above ground. "Program" means the National Flood Insurance Program. authorized by 42 D.S.C. 4001 through 4128. UPTogram deficiency" means a defect In a community's flood plain management regulations or admlnls. trative procedures that impairs effec- tive implementation of those flood plain management regulations or of the standards In ~~ 60.3, 60.4, 60.5, or 60060 "Project cost" means the total finan- cial cost of a flood protection system (including design, land acquisition, construction, fees, overhead, and prof- its), unless the Federal Insurance Ad- ministrator determines a given "cost" not to be a part of such project cost. "Recreational vehicle" means a vehi- cle which is: (a) built on a single chassis; (b) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; (c) designed to be self.propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and (d) designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as tempo- rary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. ~59.1 "Reference feature" is the receding edge of a bluff or eroding frontal dune. or if such a feature is not present, the normal high-water line or ,the seaward line of permanent vegeta- tion if a high-water line cannot be identified. "Regular Program" means the Pro- gram 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 substan- tial improvements started on or after the effective date of the FIRM, or after December 31, 1974, for FIRM's effective on or before that dateo All buildings, the construction of which started before the effective date of the FIRM, or before January I, 1975, for FIRMs effective before that date, are eligible for first layer coverage at either subsidized rates or risk premi- um rates. wh;.chever are lower. Re- gardless of date of construction, risk premium rates are always required for the second layer coverage and such 'coverage Is offered only after the Ad. mlnistrator has completed a risk study for the community. "Regulatory /loodway" means the channel of a river or other water- course and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to dis~ charge the base flood without cumula- tively increasing the water surface ele- vation more than a designated height. "Remedy a violation" means to bring the structure or other develop- ment into compliance with State or local flood plain management regula- tions, or,' If this is not possible, to reduce the impacts of its noncompli- ance. Ways that Impacts may be re, duced include protecting the structure or other affected development from flood damages, implementing the en- forcement provisions of the ordinance . or otherwise deterring future similar violations, or reducing Federal flnan. cial exposure with regard to the struc- ture or other development. uRisk premium rates" mean those rates established by the Administrator pursuant to Individual conununity studies and investigations which are undertaken to provide flood insurance in accordance with section 1307 of the Act and the accepted actuarial prlncl- 251