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~.~L.~__.,,,~/ FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMEN ;ENCY f ....... -,~, -~,,? "~ ' OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATOR .~ ,,~ WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0410 I; RET~N RECEIPT R QU STED ~e ~o~o~able ~old Cox ," Dear Mayor Cox: I am advis%ng you that the City of Ramsey's eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will be suspended pursuant to Section 1909.24 of the enclosed Program Regulations (24 C.F.R. 1909, etc.) on November 1, 1979 if your community does not submit legally enforceable (i.e., adopted and effective) flood plain management measures which satisfy the requirements of Section 1910.3 (d) of the Program Regulations on or before that date. Our letter of May 1, 1979 indicated the steps your community could take to avoid suspension of its flood insurance eligibility. .. We realize that your community may be in the final adoption process, or you you may have recently adopted the required measures when you receive this letter. If this occurs, we will review your measures upon receipt. If the measures are approved and are legally enforceable, we will rescind this suspension notice. We do emphasize that flood insurance may not be sold or renewed within suspended communities. In addition, such communities are subject to the provisions of Section 202(a) of Public Law 93-234, as amended. This Section prohibits Federal officers or agencies from approving any form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, payment, rebate, subsidy, disaster assistance loan or grant (in connection with a flood), or any other form of direct Federal assistance, other than general or special revenue sharing or formula grants made to States, for acquisition or construction purposes within your community ~ special flood hazard areas. Included in this prohibition, for example, is the making of mortgage loans guaranteed by the Veterans Administration or insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Approval of mortgage loans, secured by homes or farm buildings, by the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) in the Department of Agriculture is similarly proscribed.