44 CFR § 60.26 - Local coordination.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s60.26"
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title: "44 CFR § 60.26 - Local coordination."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "60.26"
section_name: "Local coordination."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION"
part_number: "60"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 4001  Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127 of Mar. 31, 1979, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 46975, Oct. 26, 1976, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979."
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# 60.26 Local coordination.

(a) Local flood plain, mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and flood-related erosion area management, forecasting, emergency preparedness, and damage abatement programs should be coordinated with relevant Federal, State, and regional programs;

(b) A community adopting flood plain management regulations pursuant to these criteria should coordinate with the appropriate State agency to promote public acceptance and use of effective flood plain, mudslide, (i.e., mudflow) and flood-related erosion regulations;

(c) A community should notify adjacent communities prior to substantial commercial developments and large subdivisions to be undertaken in areas having special flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and/or flood-related erosion hazards.