FLOOD09627

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: National Flood Insurance Program
• Date: 10/1/1990
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

Federal Emergency Management Agency ~ ,59.1
SUBCHAPTER B-INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION

PARTS 50-54 [RESERVED]

NATIONAL INSURANCE
,DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

PARTS 55-58 [RESERVED]

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM

PART 59-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subpart A-General

Sec.
59.1 Definitions.
59.2 Description of program.
59.3' Emergency program.
59.4 References.

Subpart I-Eliglblllty Requirements
5t:1.:U Purpose of subpart.
59.22 Prerequisites for the sale of flood in-
surance.
59.23 Priorities for the sale of flood insUr-
ance lUlder the regular program.
59.24 Suspension of community eligibility,
AUTHORlTY: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorga.-
nization Plan NO.3 of 1978; E.O. 12127.

Subpart A-General
~ 59.1 Definitions.
As used In this subchapter-
"Act" means the statutes authoriz-
ing the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram that are incorporated in 42 '"'
U.S.C.4001-4128.
"Actuarial rates"-sce "risk premi~
urn rates,"
4'Admini8trator" means the Federal
Insurance Administrator.
"Agency" means the Federal,Emer-
gency Management Agency, Washing-
ton DC.
'~lluvial fan flooding" means flood-
ing occurring, on the surface of an allu-
vial fan or simUar landform which
originates at the apex and is charac~
terlzedby hlgh.velocity flows; active
processes of erosion, sediment trans-
port, and deposition; and, unpredict-
able flow paths.
'~pex" means a point on an alluvial
fan or slmllar landform below which
the flow path of the major stream

that. formed the fan becomes unpre-
dictable and alluvial fan flooding can
occur.
"Applicant" me~ a community
which indicates a desire to participate
in the Programo
"Appurtenant structure" means a
structure which is on the same pa.rcel
of property as the principal structure
to be Insured and the use of which is
incidental to the use of the principal
structure.
"Area of shallow !loading" means a
designated AO, AH, or va zone on a
community's Flood Insurance 'Rate
Map (FIRM) with a one percent or
greater annual- 'chance of flOOding to
an average depth of one to three feet
where a clearly defined channel does
not exist, where the path of flooding is
unpredictable and where '-velocity flow
may be evident. Such floodiilg is char-
acterized by ponding or sheet flow.
'~rea of special /lood-related erosion
hazard" is the land within' a communi-
ty which is most Ilkely to be subject to
severe flood-related erosion losses. The
area may be' designated. as Zone E on
the Flood Hazard Boundary Map
(FHBMl. After the detalled evaluation
of the special flood-related erosion
hazard area in preparation for publica-
tion of the FIRM. Zone E may be fur-
ther refined.
"Area of speCi(Ll flood hazard" is the
nlandln the flood plain within a com-
munity subject to a one percent or
greater chance of flooding in any
given year. The area may be designat-
ed as Zone A on the FHBM. After de-
tailed rat.emaklng has been completed
in preparation for publication of the
FIRM" Zone A usually is refined into
Zones A, AO, AH. Al-30, AE, A99, VO,
or Vl-30, VE, or V.
~~rea of special mudslide (i.e., mud-
!low) hazard': is the land within a
community most likely to be subject to
severe mudslides (i.e., mudflows). The
area may be designated as Zone M on
the FHBM. After the detailed evalua-
tion of the special mudslide (i.e., mud.
flow) hazard area in preparation for
publlcatlon of the FIRM, Zone M may be further reflned.

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