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I IK. <br />I <br />36. <br />38. <br />r^a <br />- 9 - <br />divialonSf and U) that new or replaceioent utility <br />systems be located and designed to preclude flood loss. <br />Q. <br />A. <br />Vhat kinds of additional regulations will be required? <br />When a community enters the Regular Program, the community <br />must require that all new construction in identified areas <br />of special flood hazard be elevated or floodproofed to <br />the level of the base flood. Additional standards are <br />required within any designated floodway or coastal hi£^ <br />hazard area. <br />37. Q. *Who establishes and who administers the program’s flood <br />plain management regulations? <br />A. <br />A. <br />lA. Q. <br />FIA has established the minimum standards required for <br />participation in the program, but it is the responsibility <br />of local communities to adopt and administer these <br />standards. <br />Q. Do the required flood plain management regulations apply <br />retroactively to existing structures in the flood plains? <br />A. No. <br />39. Q. Will the program's flood plain management regulations ever <br />affect existing structures in the Identified flood hazard <br />areas? <br />A. Onl?' when a structure is substantially ijuproved. <br />1^0. Q. Vhat is a substantial inqprovement? <br />It is any ixQ>rovement or repair of a structure, the cost <br />of which equ<»*'.s or exceeds SO percent of the market value <br />of the struc'' xe before the improvement is started or the <br />damage has occurred. <br />Do the program's flood plain management regulations apply <br />to new construction outside of the identified areas of <br />special flood hazard? <br />A. No. <br />1^2. Q. Can a community be selective in the administration of its <br />' flood plain management regulations? <br />- more - <br />II <br />•: <br />\l <br />I <br />I'j <br />i. <br />M <br />* • <br />J.i.s <br />t: