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APPENDIX B: ACRONYMS <br />Table 1: Acronyms and Definitions List <br />B*gen- I Biggert-Waters In July 2012, the US Congress passed the Biggert-Waters Flood <br />b tun, Flood Insurance Insurance ReformAct of 2012, which calls on the Federal <br />Reform Act of Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other agenciesto <br />2012 make a number of the nges to the way the National Flood I nsurance <br />Program (NF[P) is run. For more Information, please visit <br />httpds//www jema gov/meft4ibrary/resources- <br />documents/collectrons/341 <br />Flood Insurance <br />A Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is an official product on which <br />Rate Map <br />FEMA has delineated both the special flood hazard areasand the <br />risk zones applicable tothe community. For more information, <br />please visit http//www_fema.govjflood insurance -rate -map -firm <br />Flood Insurance <br />A Flood insurance Survey (FIS) is a compilation and presentation of <br />Study <br />flood risk data for specific watercourses, lakes, and coastalflood <br />hazard areas within a community For more information, please <br />visit hitp,hwww.fema.gov,'Yloodplaâ–ºn-managemeno?ood- <br />insurance study <br />frwniir FEMA Map <br />The FEMA Map Information eXchange(FMI)Q was created in March <br />information <br />2010 to provide a one-stop shop for a variety of information, <br />Exchange <br />products, services, and tools that support the NFlP. For more <br />Information, please visit <br />http j/www fToadmaps fema.govjfhnnjYmx main.html <br />NFir National Flood <br />The NIFIP identifies areasof flood nskthroughanalym and <br />Insurance <br />mapping, encourages floodplain management practices through <br />Program <br />community participation, and offers flood insurance to <br />homeowners, renters, and business owners in participating <br />communities. For more information, please visit <br />https//www.fema gov/notionallkmd insurance -program <br />LFU Letter ofFine I FEMA sends a Letter of Final Determination (LFD) to the Chief <br />Determination Executive Officer of a community as notification thata new or <br />updated FIRM will become effective in six months. For more <br />information, please visit http:/Jwww.fiema.gov/national flood - <br />insurance -program floodhazard-mappingjletter-frnal- <br />determination <br />r - <br />FEMA Wdoe to Congress: MonthlyUpdete on Rood Mapping 17 <br />December 2017 <br />