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This web site supports implementation of the Guidelines for Identifying Provisionally Accredited Levees (PALs) as follows:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued Procedure Memorandum No. 34 (PM 34) on 2005-08-22, to provide interim guidance for processing studies/mapping projects for communities with levees and to define the roles of all FEMA contractors and mapping partners in meeting the regulatory requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as cited at Title 44, Chapter 1, Section 65.10, of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 65.10 (44 CFR Section 65.10).

PM 34 reiterates that the community or other parties seeking recognition of a levee or levee system are responsible for providing information to demonstrate that the levee provides protection from the base (1-percent-annual-chance) flood. Therefore, when a study/mapping project is initiated under the Flood Map Modernization (Map Mod) program, FEMA will request that the community, levee owner, and/or local project sponsor to provide the data described in 44 CFR Section 65.10.