44 CFR § 68.1 - Purpose of part.

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title: "44 CFR § 68.1 - Purpose of part."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "68.1"
section_name: "Purpose of part."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION"
part_number: "68"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCEDURES"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 4001  Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978; E.O. 12127."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 23449, May 28, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 68.1 Purpose of part.

The purpose of this part is to establish procedures for appeals of the Federal Insurance Administrator's base flood elevation determinations, whether proposed pursuant to section 1363(e) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 4104) or modified because of changed conditions or newly acquired scientific and technical information.

[47 FR 23449, May 29, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 33879, Aug. 27, 1984]