WASHINGTON, D. C.
Senate approves bill on flood insurance
Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved an amendment that aims to make life at least slightly easier for property owners, including those in Buffalo, who have to buy insurance because their properties are located in federally designated flood zones.
Under the amendment, the Federal Emergency Management Agency would have to notify property owners who are located in a flood zone and inform them about the flood insurance program.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N. Y., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N. J., introduced the amendment because FEMA included some properties in its new flood zone maps without notifying property owners. The amendment was included in a larger bill that authorizes $400 million per year for flood map modernization and re-establishes the Technical Mapping Advisory Council, which will establish standards for mapping.
