N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 36-0103: Definitions

§ 36-0103. Definitions.

1. "Area of special flood hazard" means any area subject to a one

percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year as determined by

the federal emergency management agency.

2. "Local government with land use jurisdiction" means a city; a town

as to all areas within such town outside the limits of any village; and

a village.

3. "National flood insurance program" means that act of congress

codified as chapter fifty of title forty-two of the United States code,

all acts amendatory thereof and all regulations promulgated thereunder.