CFR > Title 44 - Emergency Management and Assistance > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER B—INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION (parts 50 to 81) > PART 72—PROCEDURES AND FEES FOR PROCESSING MAP CHANGES > 72.5—Exemptions.

72.5—Exemptions.

Requesters are exempt from submitting review and processing fees for:
(a) Requests for map changes based on mapping or study analysis errors;
(b) Requests for map changes based on the effects of natural changes within SFHAs;
(c) Requests for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA);
(d) Requests for map changes based on federally sponsored flood-control projects where 50 percent or more of the project's costs are federally funded;
(e) Requests for map changes based on detailed hydrologic and hydraulic studies conducted by Federal, State, or local agencies to replace approximate studies conducted by FEMA and shown on the effective FIRM; and
(f) Requests for map changes based on flood hazard information meant to improve upon that shown on the flood map or within the flood study will be exempt from review and processing fees. Improvements to flood maps or studies that partially or wholly incorporate man-made modifications within the special flood hazard area will not be exempt from review and processing fees.

Code of Federal Regulations

[64 FR 51462, Sept. 23, 1999]