Section 207. Regulations to prohibit development which has been determined as dangerous to human life.
The regulations promulgated by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency shall prohibit the construction or substantial improvement of structures in an area which has been determined by the Environmental Quality Board as a flood hazard area on a flood insurance rate map promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development which may endanger human life.
(207 amended July 11, 2022, P.L.738, No.65)
Compiler's Note: See section 5 of Act 65 of 2022 in the appendix to this act for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
Compiler's Note: Section 502(c) of Act 18 of 1995, which created the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection, provided that the Environmental Quality Board shall have the powers and duties currently vested in it, except as vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by Act 18 of 1995, which powers and duties include those set forth in section 207.