MEMORANDUM FOR: Doug Bellomo, Project Officer 

Eastern Studies Team 

 

Mike Grimm, Project Officer 

Western Studies Team 

 

[Original Signed] 

 

FROM: Matthew B. Miller, Chief 

 Hazards Study Branch 

 

SUBJECT: Procedure Memorandum No. 4 – Notice to Map Users 

 

Background: As a long-standing policy, FEMA maintains map feature information, such as street 
names and locations, only in and near SFHAs or other designated flood hazard areas shown on 
FIRMs. 

 

Issue: Unaware of FEMA’s policy, community officials and other map users, during the course of 
the map review and production process, frequently ask FEMA to add or revise map feature 
information outside SFHAs and other designated flood hazard areas. 

 

Final Procedure: Effective immediately, the approved standard language clarifying FEMA’s 
policy must be added to the Preliminary FIRM Index and/or FIRM panels and as a standard 
paragraph in the transmittal letters to the communities. On Preliminary FIRM panels, the note 
should appear in capital letters and in 10-point Univers Medium type, as shown below, or in a 
comparable type size and style. The note should not appear on the final camera-ready FIRM that is 
delivered to GPO for printing. 

 

 

NOTICE TO MAP USERS 

 

FEMA MAINTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT MAP FEATURES, SUCH AS STREET 
LOCATIONS AND NAMES, IN OR NEAR DESIGNATED FLOOD HAZARD AREAS. 
REQUESTS TO REVISE INFORMATION IN OR NEAR DESIGNATED FLOOD HAZARD 
AREAS MAY BE PROVIDED TO FEMA DURING THE COMMUNITY REVIEW PERIOD, 
AT THE FINAL CONSULTATION COORDINATION OFFICER MEETING, OR DURING 
THE STATUTORY 90-DAY APPEAL PERIOD. APPROVED REQUESTS FOR CHANGES 
WILL BE SHOWN ON THE FINAL PRINTED FIRM. 

 

 

 

 


MEMORANDUM FOR: Doug Bellomo, Project Officer 

Eastern Studies Team 

 

Mike Grimm, Project Officer 

Western Studies Team 

 

FROM: Matt Miller, Chief 

 Hazards Study Branch 

 

SUBJECT: Procedure Memorandum No. 4 – Notice to Map Users 

 

Background: As a long-standing policy, FEMA maintains map feature information, such as street 
names and locations, only in and near SFHAs or other designated flood hazard areas shown on 
FIRMs. 

 

Issue: Unaware of FEMA’s policy, community officials and other map users, during the course of 
the map review and production process, frequently ask FEMA to add or revise map feature 
information outside SFHAs and other designated flood hazard areas. 

 

Final Procedure: Effective immediately, the approved standard language clarifying FEMA’s 
policy must be added to the Preliminary FIRM Index and/or FIRM panels and as a standard 
paragraph in the transmittal letters to the communities. On Preliminary FIRM panels, the note 
should appear in capital letters and in 10-point Univers Medium type, as shown below, or in a 
comparable type size and style. The note should not appear on the final camera-ready FIRM that is 
delivered to GPO for printing. 

 

 

NOTICE TO MAP USERS 

 

FEMA MAINTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT MAP FEATURES, SUCH AS STREET 
LOCATIONS AND NAMES, IN OR NEAR DESIGNATED FLOOD HAZARD AREAS. 
REQUESTS TO REVISE INFORMATION IN OR NEAR DESIGNATED FLOOD HAZARD 
AREAS MAY BE PROVIDED TO FEMA DURING THE COMMUNITY REVIEW PERIOD, 
AT THE FINAL CONSULTATION COORDINATION OFFICER MEETING, OR DURING 
THE STATUTORY 90-DAY APPEAL PERIOD. APPROVED REQUESTS FOR CHANGES 
WILL BE SHOWN ON THE FINAL PRINTED FIRM. 

 

 

bcc: Buckley File MT-TS 

MT-TS-HS Chron MT-TS-HS 

 MBJ Case File 

 

Concurrences: MT-TS-HS MT-TS-HS 

 

 

 

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