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v ~ ~ t <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br /> o A~ <br /> Jv <br /> ~ ai AUG 2 0 1990 <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS <br /> <br /> Attention: Floodplain Admi 'stratorsj- <br /> ~ ~ <br /> <br /> FROM: C. M. "Bud" Schaue~inistrator <br /> ~ <br /> Federal Insurance nistration <br /> 4. <br /> SUBJECT: Elevation Certificate and Non-Residential <br /> Floodproofinq Certificate <br /> The purpose of this correspondence is to describe recent changes <br /> that have been made to two forms that are used to certify <br /> construction work related to the National Flood Insurance Program <br /> (NFIP). The two forms are the Elevation Certificate, which can <br /> be used to certify the elevation of a building's lowest floor, <br /> and the Floodproofing Certificate for Non-Residential Structures, <br /> which must be used to certify that a floodproofed non-residential <br /> building has been constructed in accordance with the_NFIP <br /> requirements. <br /> The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), after <br /> consultation with surveyors, engineers, State and local <br /> government officials and other users, has completed a series of <br /> revisions to both the Elevation and Floodproofing Certificates in <br /> order to meet two objectives: first, to clarify and simplify the <br /> Certificates (and in so doing reduce the increasing cost of <br /> completing the Certificates); and second, to create Certificates <br /> that meet the needs of both floodplain management and flood <br /> insurance. Following are descriptions of the two revised <br /> Certificates and their uses. <br /> ELEVATION CERTIFICATE <br /> One of the requirements of the NFIP is that a floodplain <br /> management ordinance be adopted and enforced by a community in <br /> order to participate in the program. This ordinance requires <br /> that a community "obtain the elevation of the lowest floor <br /> (including basement) of all new and substantially improved <br /> structures, and maintain a record of all such information." Use <br /> of the Elevation Certificate provided by FEMA is one way for a <br /> community to comply with this requirement. <br /> Some of the more significant changes to the Elevation Certificate <br /> are to: <br /> 1) revise and incorporate the reference level diagrams <br /> directly into the Certificate instructions so that it can <br />