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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§4107 Consultation with local officials; scope

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - COORDINATION OF FLOOD INSURANCE WITH LAND-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS › § 4107

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must set up rules to make sure they talk with the elected leaders of local governments when doing flood mapping, land-use work, or other studies about flood-prone areas. That includes local governments that were once suspended from the program. Before any flood elevation study starts, the Administrator must fully explain the study’s purpose, the areas covered, how it will be done, the basic methods to be used, and how the data will be used. The Administrator must also urge local leaders to share the study information widely so people can bring relevant facts and technical data during the study.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §4107

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In carrying out his responsibilities under the provisions of this title 11 See References in Text note below. and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 [42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.] which relate to notification to and identification of flood-prone areas and the application of criteria for land management and use, including criteria derived from data reflecting new developments that may indicate the desirability of modifying elevations based on previous flood studies, the Administrator shall establish procedures assuring adequate consultation with the appropriate elected officials of general purpose local governments, including but not limited to those local governments whose prior eligibility under the program has been suspended. Such consultation shall include, but not be limited to, fully informing local officials at the commencement of any flood elevation study or investigation undertaken by any agency on behalf of the Administrator concerning the nature and purpose of the study, the areas involved, the manner in which the study is to be undertaken, the general principles to be applied, and the use to be made of the data obtained. The Administrator shall encourage local officials to disseminate information concerning such study widely within the community, so that interested persons will have an opportunity to bring all relevant facts and technical data concerning the local flood hazard to the attention of the agency during the course of the study.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in text, means title II of Pub. L. 93–234, Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 975, which enacted sections 4105 to 4107 and 4128 of this title and amended section 4101 of this title and section 24 and 1709–1 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1973 Amendment note set out under section 4001 of this title and Tables. The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, referred to in text, is title XIII of Pub. L. 90–448, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 572, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 4001 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4001 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and not as part of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2012—Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing. 1983—Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 4107

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73