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• Stuck in the Flood Zone ; Each Year, Hundreds of Mainers Reach Into Their Own Pockets to Fix Federal Flood Maps

Stuck in the flood zone Each year, hundreds of Mainers reach into their own pockets to fix federal flood maps

• Portland Press Herald
• July 10, 2012

• Fema Draws Up Revisions to Flood Maps

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Friday that it has adopted revisions to its flood maps that will remove about 1,600 Dubuque properties from flood zones proposed in 2009. The city intends to ask FEMA to remove another 200 North End properties from the flood maps once the Bee Branch Creek restoration project is complete in 2013.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 19, 2010

• St. Charles Officials Concerned As Fema Mulls Flood Maps

St. Charles officials are concerned about flooding, but in a different way. They are more concerned about what areas the federal government thinks will flood than they are about actual flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still deciding what areas its flood insurance rate maps will show risk of flooding. Preliminary maps show some areas at risk of flooding by Cole and Boschert creeks, including parts of such major employment centers as Elm Street Business Park and Fountain Lakes Commerce Center, located along Missouri Highway 370.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• April 22, 2011

• Germantown Board Approves Flood Maps

Several Germantown residents who might soon have to spend thousands of dollars for flood insurance, thanks to federally updated flood maps, asked the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to engineer them a way out of the new flood zone at Monday night's meeting. Four residents spoke up during a public hearing before the second reading on an amendment to flood district regulations as required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that would land them in a flood hazard area.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• January 15, 2013

• 44 CFR 64.3 - Flood Insurance Maps.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 44: Emergency Management and Assistance

• New Federal Flood Maps Could Raise Waves Along Coast

ROCKLAND, Maine -- The federal government has begun a study to update the maps that will project what sections of the midcoast are at risk of flooding, an action that could have a significant effect on development. Officials familiar with the study say it is almost certain that more land will be added to the coastal flood zones, with the only question being how much.

• Bangor Daily News
• April 08, 2012

• City Suggests Double Checking New Fema Flood Maps

AUBURN -- New federal flood plain maps will move some residents out of flood zones, saving them thousands of dollars in insurance payments, according to Auburn City Planner Eric Cousens. But the proposed changes will move other residents into the flood zones and Cousens recommended all residents check their property on the city's Website beginning next week to look for changes.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• June 05, 2012

• New County Flood Maps Take Effect Thursday

The number of properties under a high-risk flood designation in Shawnee County rises by more than 3,600 as a result of new, up-to- date flood maps taking effect Thursday, consequently requiring owners of most homes under mortgage on those properties to acquire flood insurance. County planning director Barry Beagle says the former maps, which became official in 1982, became out of date as water flow and drainage patterns changed because of land use, erosion and natural forces.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• September 28, 2011

• Governor Says New Flood Maps Will Be Revised

Governor Christie said Thursday that he expects the Federal Emergency Management Agency to update flood-elevation maps drafted after superstorm Sandy to make them less aggressive. Appearing at a town-hall-style event in Manasquan, Christie said he has been working with engineers at the state, county and municipal level to gather information to persuade FEMA to make adjustments. The maps, which established a higher and significantly expanded flood plain, will govern rebuilding and will be used by insurance companies to set premiums.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 22, 2013

• New Maps Complicate Flood Victims' Plans

Michael and Beth Meehan had scarcely moved back into their Moonachie home, half-rebuilt two months after superstorm Sandy, when another disaster appeared on the horizon: a rising tide of flood insurance. Governor Christie's decision last month to adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new flood advisory maps could have costly implications for thousands of New Jersey residents now painted into danger zones. Christie's move alarmed the Meehans, whose low-slung brick house, built in the early 1900s, now sits in a zone where FEMA says floodwaters could reach 8 feet.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• February 11, 2013