CTP Partnership Agreement
July 2005
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(Partner Name, Including State)
COOPERATING TECHNICAL PARTNERS
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT is made on _________________________, by these parties: (Partner Name,
Including State), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
BECAUSE the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) established by the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 has several purposes, the most significant being
• To better indemnify individuals from losses through the availability of flood insurance;
• To reduce future flood damages through community floodplain management regulations; and
• To reduce costs for disaster assistance and flood control;
BECAUSE a critical component of the NFIP is the identification and mapping of the nation’s
floodplains to create a broad-based awareness of flood hazards and to provide the data necessary
for community floodplain management programs and to actuarially rate flood insurance;
BECAUSE FEMA administers the NFIP and is authorized by §1360 of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4101), to establish and update flood-risk zone
data in floodplain areas;
BECAUSE, in the identification of floodprone areas, FEMA is authorized to consult with,
receive information from, and enter into agreements or other arrangements with the head of any
State, regional, or local agency;
BECAUSE FEMA encourages strong Federal, State, regional, and local partnerships for the
purposes of reducing flood losses and disaster assistance; FEMA and its State, regional, and
local partners have determined that it is advantageous to encourage and formalize greater
cooperation in the flood hazard identification and mapping processes; and many communities
and the agencies that serve them have developed considerable technical capabilities and
resources that provide the opportunity to improve and expand the collection, development, and
evaluation of flood hazard data; and
BECAUSE (Partner Nam