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<br /> July 6, 2007 <br /> <br /> Page 7 <br /> "Base flood elevation BFE "means the water surface elevation of the base flood. <br /> "Channel" means the bottom and both sides of a watercowse. <br /> "Critical facilities" means: <br /> (A) Stnxctwes or facilities that produce use or store hiehly volatile, <br /> flammable explosive toxic and/or water-reactive materials; <br /> (B) Hos~tals nwsin¢ homes and housine likely to have occupants who may <br /> not be sufficientlymobile to avoid injury or death during a flood; <br /> Police stations fire stations vehicle and~uipment storaee facilities and <br /> emerQenc~operations centers that aze needed for flood response activities <br /> before dwins and after a flood; and <br /> (D) Public and private utility facilities that aze vital to maintainine or restoring <br /> normal services to flooded azeas before, during and after a flood. <br /> "Encroachment" means the advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, fill, <br /> excavation, buildings, permanent structwes, or development into a floodplain which may <br /> impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. <br /> "Federal Inswance Administration (FIA) or Federal Emeraency Mana¢ement Agency <br /> (FEMA)" means the federal a¢encv responsible for administerins and enforcin¢ federal <br /> floodplain mana¢ement regulations. <br /> "Flood, flooding, or floodwater" means: <br /> (A) a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of <br /> normally dry land areas from: <br /> (i) the overflow of inland or tidal waters, <br /> (ii) the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff or surface waters from <br /> any sowce [ <br /> sterrent]; and <br /> "Floodplain or flood-prone area" means any land area susceptible to being inundated by <br /> water ''r..~.~~ ° r ]from any sowce (see definition of <br /> "flooding"). <br /> <br />