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I •«» « <br />r <br />r <br />0% <br />37. <br />3B. <br />la. <br />o <br />- 9 - <br />divii»ionat and U) that new or replacement utility <br />systems be located and designed to preclude flood loss. <br />36. Q. What kinds of additional regulations will be required? <br />A.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 axiy designated floodway or coastal hi£^ <br />hazard area. <br />Q. *Who establishes and who administers the program's flood <br />plain management regulations? <br />A. <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 pladn management regulations apply <br />retroactively to existing struct\u:es in the flood plains? <br />A. No. <br />39. Q. Will the program's flood plain management regulations ever <br />affect Sexisting structures in the identified flood hazard <br />areas? <br />A. Only vdien a structure is substantially Improved. <br />k0» Q. What is a substantial improvement? <br />It is any inqprovement or repair of a structure, the cost <br />of which equals or exceeds $0 percent of the market value <br />of the structure before the improvement is started or the <br />damage has occurred. <br />Q. 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 />U2. Q. Can a community be selective in the administration of its <br />' flood plain management regulations? <br />- more - <br />. j: