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Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners

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 The status of each Procedure Memorandum - whether it is superseded or effective - also is provided below. Procedure Memorandums are superseded when the updates in these memorandums are incorporated into the Guidelines and the Document Control Procedures Manual.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.

Procedure Memorandums

Memo No.	Date	Title	Status	Updates
66	Dec. 8, 2011	Flood Insurance Study Report Alignment to Digital Vision	Effective2	A summary is available in the FEMA Library
65	Apr. 21, 2011	Guidance for Additional Enhanced Dataset Definitions and Flood Risk Database Standards	Effective2	A summary is available in the FEMA Library
64	Aug. 18, 2010	Compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for Letters of Map Change	Effective2
63	Sep. 2, 2010	Guidance for Reviewing Levee Accreditation Submittals	Effective2
62	May 25, 2011	Technical Support Data Notebook (TSDN) Submittal and Flood Elevation Determination Docket (FEDD) File Review Protocol for Mapping Projects	Effective2
61	Sep. 27, 2010	Standards for Lidar and Other High Quality Digital Topography	Effective2
60	Oct. 31, 2011	Revision to Figure D.2.8-3, Wave Runup Guidance for Vertical Wall, From Shore Protection Manual, (USACE, 1984)  (USACE, 1984)	Effective2	A summary is available in the FEMA Library
59	Jul. 13, 2010	Guidance for Implementation of Watershed-Based Studies	Effective2
58	Nov 1, 2010	Implementing the Scientific Resolution Panel Process	Effective2
57	Nov 30, 2011	Expanded Appeals Process	Effective2	A summary is available in the FEMA Library
56	June 17, 2011	Guidelines for Implementation of Coordinated Needs Management Strategy	Effective2	Supersedes version issued on Dec. 21, 2010
54	Apr. 27, 2010	Revised Requirements for the MSC Deliverables Package	Effective2
53	Apr. 24, 2009	Guidance for Notification and Mapping of Expiring Provisionally Accredited Levee Designations	Effective2
52	Apr. 24, 2009	Guidance for Mapping Processes Associated with Levee Systems	Effective2
51	Feb. 27, 2009	Guidance for Mapping of Non-Levee Embankments Previously Identified as Accredited	Effective2
50	Dec. 3, 2008	Mapping Areas Subject to Wave Heights Greater than 1.5 feet	Effective2
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	Guidance for the Determination of the 0.2-Percent-Annual-Chance Wave Envelope along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Coasts	Effective2
46	June 17, 2008	Partial-Countywide Mapping Evaluation	Effective
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
43	Mar. 16, 2007	Guidelines for Identifying Provisionally Accredited Levees(revised)	Effective2	Supersedes version issued on Sept. 25, 2006
42	Dec. 1, 2008	Quality Control Requirements in the DFIRM Process	Effective2	Partially supersedes version issued on June 20, 2007
41	Mar. 3, 2006	North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) Policy	Effective2
39	Aug. 17, 2007	Requirements for Mapping and Review of Coastal Barrier Resources System Boundaries on Flood Insurance Rate Maps	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
36	Jul. 7, 2005	Profile Baselines on Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) with Orthophoto Bases	Effective2
35	Jul. 7, 2005	Additional Requirements for Inclusion in FY05 Study Contracts	Effective2
34	Aug. 22, 2005	Interim Guidance for Studies Including Levees	Effective2
33	Jul. 16, 2004	Processing of Letters of Map Change Involving Below-Grade Crawlspaces Constructed Within Identified Special Flood Hazard Areas	Effective3
32	Jun. 4, 2003	Levee Review Protocol	Effective2
31	Mar. 28, 2003	Insert Letters Regarding Retention of Flood Insurance Policies for MT-1 & MT-2 As-Built LOMCs	Effective1
30	Dec. 23, 2002	FEMA Levee Inventory System	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
28	July 24, 2002	Preliminary Flood Insurance Study Report Cover Stamp	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 1 and Appendix J
27	Jun. 28, 2002	Procedures for Preparing Compendium of Flood Map Changes	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines
26	May 16, 2002	Changes to LOMC Subscription Service	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines
25	Feb. 26, 2002	Distribution of Preliminary DFIRMs with DOQ Base	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 1 of Guidelines
24	August 24, 2001	Unique Identifiers for MCC Products	Effective1
23	Jun. 12, 2001	Procedures for Making Changes to FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual	Effective
22	Jun. 1, 2001	Revised Processing for Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs) and Letters of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-Fs) by Final Rule	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 2 of Guidelines
21	Mar. 20, 2001	Mapping of Multi-County Communities on Countywide FIRMs	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 1 of Guidelines
20	Feb. 21, 2001	Advance Proof Copies of FIRMs	Effective 1
19	Dec. 27, 2000	MSC Product Naming Conventions	Effective 1
18	Dec. 12, 2000	Countywide News Releases	Effective 1
17	Dec. 11, 2000	Direct Deposit Refunds for LOMCs	Effective 1
16	Oct. 19, 2000	Use of HEC-RAS Version 2.2	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	Use Policy for Coastal BFEs	Superseded	Guidance included in Guidelines
13	Dec. 13, 2006	Document Control Procedures Manual (Revised)	Effective	Supersedes version issued on June 11, 2001
12	Jun. 29, 2000	Compendium of Map Changes	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 3 of Guidelines
11	Jun. 29, 2000	Railroad Naming Conventions	Superseded	Guidance included in Appendix K
10	Feb. 17, 2000	Guidance on the New Fee Charge Structure	Effective
9	Dec. 14, 1999	Processing of Controlled Correspondence (Revised)	Effective
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	Streamlined Letter Review Process (Revised)	Superseded	Guidance included in FEMA Document Control Procedures Manual
6	Jul. 9, 1999	As-Built and Topographic Certification	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	Notice to Map Users	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	Revalidation of Letters of Map Change (LOMCs)	Superseded	Guidance included in Volume 1 of Guidelines
1	Jan. 19, 1999	Use of Bulletin 1-98	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

For more information or additional assistance:

• Please e-mail a Map Specialist.
• Please call a Map Specialist in the FEMA Map Information eXchange; toll free, at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).
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Last Modified: Tuesday, 20-Dec-2011 19:40:14 EST

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