Procedure Memorandums
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issues Procedure Memorandums in the following situations:
- To implement updates to the Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners (Guidelines) and the Document Control Procedures Manual;
- To provide additional clarification of procedures to be followed by FEMA, contractors, and mapping partners that are not documented in published guidance documents; and
- To establish procedures and policies for FEMA, contractors, and mapping partners.
The Procedure Memorandums that FEMA has issued since January 1999 are listed below. Links are provided for ready access by interested parties. The status of each Procedure Memorandum - whether it is superseded or effective - also is provided below. Procedure Memorandums are superseded when the updates in these memorandums are incorporated into the Guidelines and the Document Control Procedures Manual.
The resources below and an array of other useful FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program, and Flood Map Modernization resources are located in the FEMA Library.
| Memo No. | Date | Title | Status | Updates |
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66 | Dec. 8, 2011 | Effective2 | ||
65 | Apr. 21, 2011 | Guidance for Additional Enhanced Dataset Definitions and Flood Risk Database Standards | Effective2 | |
64 | Aug. 18, 2010 | Compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for Letters of Map Change | Effective2 |
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63 | Sep. 2, 2010 | Effective2 | ||
62 | May 25, 2011 | Effective2 | ||
61 | Sep. 27, 2010 | Standards for Lidar and Other High Quality Digital Topography | Effective2 |
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60 | Oct. 31, 2011 | Revision to Figure D.2.8-3, Wave Runup Guidance for Vertical Wall, From Shore Protection Manual, (USACE, 1984) | Effective2 | |
59 | Jul. 13, 2010 | Effective2 |
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58 | Nov 1, 2010 | Effective2 | ||
57 | Nov 30, 2011 | Effective2 | ||
56 | June 17, 2011 | Guidelines for Implementation of Coordinated Needs Management Strategy | Effective2 | Supersedes version issued on Dec. 21, 2010 |
54 | Apr. 27, 2010 | Effective2 |
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53 | Apr. 24, 2009 | Guidance for Notification and Mapping of Expiring Provisionally Accredited Levee Designations | Effective2 |
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52 | Apr. 24, 2009 | Guidance for Mapping Processes Associated with Levee Systems | Effective2 |
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51 | Feb. 27, 2009 | Guidance for Mapping of Non-Levee Embankments Previously Identified as Accredited | Effective2 | |
50 | Dec. 3, 2008 | Effective2 |
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49 | May 13, 2008 | Revisions to Appendix K of Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix K |
48 | March 31, 2009 | Protocol for Contractors Who Use and / or Order Paper Flood Insurance Maps and Map Products | Effective2 | |
47 | Sept. 6, 2007 | Effective2 |
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46 | June 17, 2008 | Effective |
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45 | May 12, 2008 | Revisions to Accredited Levee and Provisionally Accredited Levee Notation | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix K |
44 | Mar. 5, 2007 | Protocol for Publishing Base Flood Elevation (BFE) Notices on the Web | Effective2 |
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43 | Mar. 16, 2007 | Guidelines for Identifying Provisionally Accredited Levees(revised) | Effective2 | Supersedes version issued on Sept. 25, 2006 |
42 | Dec. 1, 2008 | Effective2 | Partially supersedes version issued on June 20, 2007 | |
41 | Mar. 3, 2006 | Effective2 |
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39 | Aug. 17, 2007 | Effective2 | Partially superseded by Procedure Memo No. 66 | |
38 | Oct. 17, 2007 | Implementation of Floodplain Boundary Standards (Section 7 of MHIP V1.0) | Effective2 | Supersedes version issued on Sept. 2, 2005 |
37 | Aug. 1, 2005 | Protocol for Atlantic and Gulf Coast Coastal Flood Insurance Studies in FY05 | Effective2 |
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36 | Jul. 7, 2005 | Profile Baselines on Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) with Orthophoto Bases | Effective2 |
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35 | Jul. 7, 2005 | Additional Requirements for Inclusion in FY05 Study Contracts | Effective2 |
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34 | Aug. 22, 2005 | Effective2 |
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33 | Jul. 16, 2004 | Effective3 |
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32 | Jun. 4, 2003 | Effective2 |
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31 | Mar. 28, 2003 | Insert Letters Regarding Retention of Flood Insurance Policies for MT-1 & MT-2 As-Built LOMCs | Effective1 |
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30 | Dec. 23, 2002 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines | |
29 | Dec. 10, 2002 | Maintenance and Control of the Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners | Effective |
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28 | July 24, 2002 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 1 and Appendix J | |
27 | Jun. 28, 2002 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines | |
26 | May 16, 2002 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines | |
25 | Feb. 26, 2002 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 1 of Guidelines | |
24 | August 24, 2001 | Effective1 |
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23 | Jun. 12, 2001 | Procedures for Making Changes to FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual | Effective |
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22 | Jun. 1, 2001 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 2 of Guidelines | |
21 | Mar. 20, 2001 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 1 of Guidelines | |
20 | Feb. 21, 2001 | Effective 1 |
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19 | Dec. 27, 2000 | Effective 1 |
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18 | Dec. 12, 2000 | Effective 1 |
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17 | Dec. 11, 2000 | Effective 1 |
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16 | Oct. 19, 2000 | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix C | |
15 | Apr. 11, 2001 | Revised Countywide FIRM Index Specifications and Distribution Protocol | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix K |
14 | Aug. 21, 2000 | Superseded | Guidance included in Guidelines | |
13 | Dec. 13, 2006 | Effective | Supersedes version issued on June 11, 2001 | |
12 | Jun. 29, 2000 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines | |
11 | Jun. 29, 2000 | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix K | |
10 | Feb. 17, 2000 | Effective |
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9 | Dec. 14, 1999 | Effective |
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8 | Dec. 14, 1999 | Expansion of Fee Exemptions for Requests for Technical and Administrative Support Data | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 3 |
7 | Dec. 14, 2000 | Superseded | Guidance included in FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual | |
6 | Jul. 9, 1999 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 2 of Guidelines | |
5 | Jun. 18, 1999 | Acceptable Use of Interpolated Cross Sections in HEC-RAS Hydraulic Models for NFIP Map Products | Superseded | Guidance included in Guidelines |
4 | Jun. 18, 1999 | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix K of Guidelines and in FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual | |
3 | Oct. 4, 1999 | Additions/Deletions to Standard Language in NFIP Map Products (Revised) | Superseded | Guidance included in Appendix J |
2 | Jan. 19, 1999 | Superseded | Guidance included in Volume 1 of Guidelines | |
1 | Jan. 19, 1999 | Superseded | Guidance included in FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual |
1 Guidance will be included in next update to FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual
2 Guidance will be included in next update to Guidelines
3 Guidance will be included in next update to Guidelines and FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual
For More Information
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