44 CFR § 70.5 - Letter of Map Amendment.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s70.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 70.5 - Letter of Map Amendment."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "70.5"
section_name: "Letter of Map Amendment."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "PROCEDURE FOR MAP CORRECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "70"
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# 70.5 Letter of Map Amendment.
Upon determining from available scientific or technical information that a FHBM or a FIRM requires modification under the provisions of § 70.4(b), the Administrator shall issue a Letter of Map Amendment which shall state:
(a) The name of the Community to which the map to be amended was issued;
(b) The number of the map;
(c) The identification of the property to be excluded from a designated A, AO, A1-30, AE, AH, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, VO, V1-30, VE, or V Zone.
[41 FR 46991, Oct. 26, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 44553, Sept. 29, 1983; 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 1984; 50 FR 36028, Sept. 4, 1985; 59 FR 53601, Oct. 25, 1994; 62 FR 55719, Oct. 27, 1997]