[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75742-75746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29761]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 CFR Parts 339 and 391

RIN 3064-AE03


Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (``FDIC'') is 
adopting a final rule to rescind and remove regulations entitled 
``Loans in Areas Having Flood Hazards'' and to amend regulations 
entitled ``Loans in Areas Having Flood Hazards.'' The final rule will 
integrate the flood insurance regulations for State nonmember banks and 
State savings associations in accordance with the requirements of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Dodd-
Frank Act''). The integration of the regulations was originally 
proposed as part of an interagency joint notice of proposed rulemaking 
issued in October 2013 pursuant to the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance 
Reform Act of 2012 (the BW Act). The FDIC has decided to integrate the 
flood insurance regulations by means of an individual final rule.

DATES: The final rule is effective on January 20, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Mellon, Counsel, Consumer 
Compliance Section (202) 898-3884, Legal Division; or John Jackwood, 
Senior Policy Analyst (202) 898-3991, Division of Depositor and 
Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

A. The Dodd-Frank Act

    The Dodd-Frank Act \1\ provided for a substantial reorganization of 
the regulation of State and Federal savings associations and their 
holding companies. Beginning July 21, 2011, the transfer date 
established by section 311 of the Dodd-Frank Act, codified at 12 U.S.C. 
5411, (``Transfer Date''), the powers, duties, and functions formerly 
performed by the OTS were respectively divided among the FDIC, as to 
State savings associations, the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency (``OCC''), as to Federal savings associations, and the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (``FRB''), as to savings and 
loan holding companies. Section 316(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act, codified 
at 12 U.S.C. 5414(b), provides the manner of treatment for all orders, 
resolutions, determinations, regulations, and advisory materials that 
had been issued, made, prescribed, or allowed to become effective by 
the OTS. The section provides that if such materials were in effect on 
the day before the Transfer Date, they continue to be in effect and are 
enforceable by or against the appropriate successor agency until they 
are modified, terminated, set aside, or superseded in accordance with 
applicable law by such successor agency, by any court of competent 
jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
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    \1\ Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010) (codified at 12 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).
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    Section 316(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act, codified at 12 U.S.C. 
5414(c), further directed the FDIC and the OCC to consult with one 
another and to publish a list of the continued OTS regulations which 
would be enforced by the FDIC and the OCC, respectively. On June 14, 
2011, the FDIC's Board of Directors approved a ``List of OTS 
Regulations to be Enforced by the OCC and the FDIC Pursuant to the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.'' This list 
was published by the FDIC and the OCC as a Joint Notice in the Federal 
Register on July 6, 2011.\2\
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    \2\ 76 FR 39247 (July 6, 2011).
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    Although section 312(b)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Dodd-Frank Act, 
codified at 12 U.S.C. 5412(b)(2)(B)(i)(II), granted the OCC rulemaking 
authority relating to both State and Federal savings associations, the 
Dodd-Frank Act did not affect the FDIC's existing authority to issue 
regulations under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (``FDI Act'') and 
other laws as the ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' or under 
similar statutory terminology. Section 312(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act 
amended the definition of ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' 
contained in section 3(q) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. 1813(q), to add 
State savings associations to the list of entities for which the FDIC 
is designated as the ``appropriate Federal

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banking agency.'' As a result, when the FDIC acts as the designated 
``appropriate Federal banking agency,'' or under similar terminology, 
for State savings associations, as it does here, the FDIC is authorized 
to issue, modify and rescind regulations involving such associations, 
as well as for State nonmember banks and insured branches of foreign 
banks.
    Pursuant to this authority, the FDIC's Board of Directors reissued 
and re-designated certain transferring regulations of the former OTS on 
June 14, 2011, as noted earlier. These transferred OTS regulations were 
published as new FDIC regulations in the Federal Register on August 5, 
2011.\3\ When it republished the transferred OTS regulations as new 
FDIC regulations, the FDIC specifically noted that its staff would 
evaluate the transferred OTS rules and might later recommend 
incorporating the transferred OTS regulations into other FDIC rules, 
amending them, or rescinding them, as appropriate.
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    \3\ 76 FR 47652 (Aug. 5, 2011).
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B. The BW Act

    The BW Act,\4\ signed into law by the President on July 6, 2012, 
significantly revised Federal flood insurance statutes. Pursuant to the 
BW Act, the FDIC along with the OCC, the FRB, the Farm Credit 
Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration published 
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 30, 2013 (the ``NPR'').\5\ 
Among other topics, the NPR discussed the OCC and FDIC's proposals to 
integrate their flood insurance regulations for national banks and 
Federal savings associations and for State non-member banks and State 
savings associations, respectively, pursuant to the previously 
discussed requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act. Specifically, the OCC 
proposed to add language to its flood insurance regulation for national 
banks, 12 CFR part 22, to make it applicable to both national banks and 
Federal savings associations, and to remove its flood insurance 
regulation for Federal savings associations, 12 CFR part 172. 
Similarly, the FDIC proposed to add language to 12 CFR part 339, its 
flood regulation for State nonmember banks, to make it applicable to 
both State nonmember banks and State savings associations and to remove 
its flood insurance regulation for State savings associations, 12 CFR 
part 391 subpart D. The NPR noted that Parts 22, 172, 339, and 391 
subpart D, are nearly identical and contain no substantive differences, 
as they were originally adopted through an interagency rulemaking 
process.
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    \4\ Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 916 (2012).
    \5\ 78 FR 65108.
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II. Comments

    The NPR had a sixty-day comment period, which closed on December 
29, 2013. No comments were received on the FDIC's proposed integration 
of its flood insurance rules. Consequently this final rule pertaining 
solely to the integration of FDIC and OTS flood insurance rules is 
adopted basically as proposed in the interagency NPR.

III. Explanation of the Final Rule

    As discussed in the NPR, part 391, subpart D is almost identical to 
part 339, and the designation of part 339 as the single regulation for 
depository institutions supervised by the FDIC will serve to streamline 
the FDIC's rules and eliminate unnecessary regulations. To that effect, 
the final rule removes and rescinds 12 CFR part 391, subpart D in its 
entirety.
    Consistent with the NPR, the final rule also amends part 339 by 
deleting the definition of ``bank,'' inserting a definition of ``FDIC-
supervised institution'' that includes both non-member banks and State 
savings associations, and replacing the term ``bank'' with the term 
``FDIC-supervised institution'' throughout the rule. The amendments 
make it plain that the rule applies to both non-member banks and State 
savings associations.

IV. Administrative Law Matters

A. Paperwork Reduction Act

    Pursuant to the NPR, the FDIC will rescind and remove from its 
regulations 12 CFR part 391, subpart D. This rule was transferred with 
only nominal changes to the FDIC from the OTS when the OTS was 
abolished by Title III of the Dodd-Frank Act. Part 391, subpart D is 
redundant and duplicative of the FDIC's rule at part 339 regarding 
loans in areas having special flood hazards. Removing part 391, subpart 
D and adding a definition of FDIC-supervised institution to part 339 
will not involve any new collections of information pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Consequently, no 
information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review.

B. The Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq. (RFA), 
requires that each federal agency either (1) certify that a proposed 
rule would not, if adopted in final form, have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities, or (2) prepare an 
initial regulatory flexibility analysis of the rule and publish the 
analysis for comment. The proposal to integrate the FDIC's flood 
insurance regulations makes no substantive changes to the requirements 
set forth pursuant to that rule. It instead would only merge two nearly 
identical regulations, thus reducing redundancy and the potential for 
confusion as to which regulation applies. On this basis, the FDIC 
certifies that the present rule revision will not have a significant 
impact on a substantial number of small entities, within the meaning of 
those terms as used in the RFA.

C. The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act

    Under section 2222 of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1996 (``EGRPRA''), the FDIC is required to review all 
of its regulations, at least once every 10 years, in order to identify 
any outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulations imposed on insured 
depository institutions.\6\ The FDIC completed the last comprehensive 
review of its regulations under EGRPRA in 2006 and is commencing the 
next decennial review, which is expected to be completed by 2016. The 
NPR solicited comments on the proposed rescission of part 391, subpart 
D and amendments to part 339. No comments on this issue were received. 
Upon review, the FDIC does not believe that part 339, as amended by the 
Final Rule, imposes any outdated or unnecessary regulatory requirements 
on any insured depository institutions.
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    \6\ Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (Sept. 30, 1996).
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D. Plain Language

    Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 12 U.S.C. 4809, requires 
each Federal banking agency to use plain language in all of its 
proposed and final rules published after January 1, 2000. Although the 
FDIC did not receive any comments, the FDIC sought to present the final 
rule in a simple and straightforward manner.

List of Subjects

12 CFR Part 339

    Flood insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Savings 
associations.

12 CFR Part 391

    Savings associations.

Authority and Issuance

    For the reasons set forth in the Supplementary Information, the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation amends Parts 339 and 391 of 
Chapter III of Title

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12, Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

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1. Part 339 is revised to read as follows:

PART 339--LOANS IN AREAS HAVING SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARDS

Sec.
339.1 Authority, purpose, and scope.
339.2 Definitions.
339.3 Requirement to purchase flood insurance where available.
339.4 Exemptions.
339.5 Escrow requirement.
339.6 Required use of standard flood hazard determination form.
339.7 Forced placement of flood insurance.
339.8 Determination fees.
339.9 Notice of special flood hazards and availability of federal 
disaster relief assistance.
339.10 Notice of servicer's identity.
Appendix A to Part 339--Sample Form of Notice of Special Flood 
Hazards and Availability of Federal Disaster Relief Assistance

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1462, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1819 (Tenth), 
5412(b)(2)(C) and 42 U.S.C. 4012a, 4104a, 4104b, 4106, and 4128.


Sec.  339.1  Authority, purpose, and scope.

    (a) Authority. This part is issued pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1462, 
1462a, 1463, 1464, 1819 (Tenth), 5412(b)(2)(C) and 42 U.S.C. 4012a, 
4104a, 4104b, 4106, and 4128.
    (b) Purpose. The purpose of this part is to implement the 
requirements of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood 
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001-4129).
    (c) Scope. This part, except for Sec. Sec.  339.6 and 339.8, 
applies to loans secured by buildings or mobile homes located or to be 
located in areas determined by the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to have special flood hazards. Sections 339.6 and 
339.8 apply to loans secured by buildings or mobile homes, regardless 
of location.


Sec.  339.2  Definitions.

    (a) Act means the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 4001-4129).
    (b) Building means a walled and roofed structure, other than a gas 
or liquid storage tank, that is principally above ground and affixed to 
a permanent site, and a walled and roofed structure while in the course 
of construction, alteration, or repair.
    (c) Community means a state or a political subdivision of a State 
that has zoning and building code jurisdiction over a particular area 
having special flood hazards.
    (d) Designated loan means a loan secured by a building or mobile 
home that is located or to be located in a special flood hazard area in 
which flood insurance is available under the Act.
    (e) Director of FEMA means the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
    (f) FDIC-supervised institution means any insured depository 
institution for which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is the 
appropriate Federal banking agency pursuant to section 3(g) of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1813(g).
    (g) Mobile home means a structure, transportable in one or more 
sections, that is built on a permanent chassis and designed for use 
with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required 
utilities. The term mobile home does not include a recreational 
vehicle. For purposes of this part, the term mobile home means a mobile 
home on a permanent foundation. The term mobile home includes a 
manufactured home as that term is used in the NFIP.
    (h) NFIP means the National Flood Insurance Program authorized 
under the Act.
    (i) Residential improved real estate means real estate upon which a 
home or other residential building is located or to be located.
    (j) Servicer means the person responsible for:
    (1) Receiving any scheduled, periodic payments from a borrower 
under the terms of a loan, including amounts for taxes, insurance 
premiums, and other charges with respect to the property securing the 
loan; and
    (2) Making payments of principal and interest and any other 
payments from the amounts received from the borrower as may be required 
under the terms of the loan.
    (k) Special flood hazard area means the land in the flood plain 
within a community having at least a one percent chance of flooding in 
any given year, as designated by the Director of FEMA.
    (l) Table funding means a settlement at which a loan is funded by a 
contemporaneous advance of loan funds and an assignment of the loan to 
the person advancing the funds.


Sec.  339.3  Requirement to purchase flood insurance where available.

    (a) In general. An FDIC-supervised institution shall not make, 
increase, extend, or renew any designated loan unless the building or 
mobile home and any personal property securing the loan is covered by 
flood insurance for the term of the loan. The amount of insurance must 
be at least equal to the lesser of the outstanding principal balance of 
the designated loan or the maximum limit of coverage available for the 
particular type of property under the Act. Flood insurance coverage 
under the Act is limited to the overall value of the property securing 
the designated loan minus the value of the land on which the property 
is located.
    (b) Table funded loans. An FDIC-supervised institution that 
acquires a loan from a mortgage broker or other entity through table 
funding shall be considered to be making a loan for the purpose of this 
part.


Sec.  339.4  Exemptions.

    The flood insurance requirement prescribed by Sec.  339.3 does not 
apply with respect to:
    (a) Any state-owned property covered under a policy of self-
insurance satisfactory to the Director of FEMA, who publishes and 
periodically revises the list of states falling within this exemption; 
or
    (b) Property securing any loan with an original principal balance 
of $5,000 or less and a repayment term of one year or less.


Sec.  339.5  Escrow requirement.

    If an FDIC-supervised institution requires the escrow of taxes, 
insurance premiums, fees, or any other charges for a loan secured by 
residential improved real estate or a mobile home that is made, 
increased, extended, or renewed on or after October 1, 1996, the FDIC-
supervised institution shall also require the escrow of all premiums 
and fees for any flood insurance required under Sec.  339.3. The FDIC-
supervised institution, or a servicer acting on behalf of the FDIC-
supervised institution, shall deposit the flood insurance premiums on 
behalf of the borrower in an escrow account. This escrow account will 
be subject to escrow requirements adopted pursuant to section 10 of the 
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2609) (RESPA), 
which generally limits the amount that may be maintained in escrow 
accounts for certain types of loans and requires escrow account 
statements for those accounts, only if the loan is otherwise subject to 
RESPA. Following receipt of a notice from the Director of FEMA or other 
provider of flood insurance that premiums are due, the FDIC-supervised 
institution, or a servicer acting on behalf of the FDIC-supervised 
institution, shall pay the amount owed to the insurance provider from 
the escrow account by the date when such premiums are due.


Sec.  339.6  Required use of standard flood hazard determination form.

    (a) Use of form. An FDIC-supervised institution shall use the 
standard flood hazard determination form developed

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by the Director of FEMA when determining whether the building or mobile 
home offered as collateral security for a loan is or will be located in 
a special flood hazard area in which flood insurance is available under 
the Act. The standard flood hazard determination form may be used in a 
printed, computerized, or electronic manner. An FDIC-supervised 
institution may obtain the standard flood hazard determination form by 
written request to FEMA, P.O. Box 2012, Jessup, MD 20794-2012.
    (b) Retention of form. An FDIC-supervised institution shall retain 
a copy of the completed standard flood hazard determination form, in 
either hard copy or electronic form, for the period of time the FDIC-
supervised institution owns the loan.


Sec.  339.7  Forced placement of flood insurance.

    If an FDIC-supervised institution, or a servicer acting on behalf 
of the FDIC-supervised institution, determines, at any time during the 
term of a designated loan, that the building or mobile home and any 
personal property securing the designated loan is not covered by flood 
insurance or is covered by flood insurance in an amount less than the 
amount required under Sec.  339.3, then the FDIC-supervised institution 
or its servicer shall notify the borrower that the borrower should 
obtain flood insurance, at the borrower's expense, in an amount at 
least equal to the amount required under Sec.  339.3, for the remaining 
term of the loan. If the borrower fails to obtain flood insurance 
within 45 days after notification, then the FDIC-supervised institution 
or its servicer shall purchase insurance on the borrower's behalf. The 
FDIC-supervised institution or its servicer may charge the borrower for 
the cost of premiums and fees incurred in purchasing the insurance.


Sec.  339.8  Determination fees.

    (a) General. Notwithstanding any federal or state law other than 
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001--
4129), any FDIC-supervised institution, or a servicer acting on behalf 
of the FDIC-supervised institution, may charge a reasonable fee for 
determining whether the building or mobile home securing the loan is 
located or will be located in a special flood hazard area. A 
determination fee may also include, but is not limited to, a fee for 
life-of-loan monitoring.
    (b) Borrower fee. The determination fee authorized by paragraph (a) 
of this section may be charged to the borrower if the determination:
    (1) Is made in connection with a making, increasing, extending, or 
renewing of the loan that is initiated by the borrower;
    (2) Reflects the Director of FEMA's revision or updating of 
floodplain areas or flood-risk zones;
    (3) Reflects the Director of FEMA's publication of a notice or 
compendium that:
    (i) Affects the area in which the building or mobile home securing 
the loan is located; or
    (ii) By determination of the Director of FEMA, may reasonably 
require a determination whether the building or mobile home securing 
the loan is located in a special flood hazard area; or
    (4) Results in the purchase of flood insurance coverage by the 
lender or its servicer on behalf of the borrower under Sec.  339.7.
    (c) Purchaser or transferee fee. The determination fee authorized 
by paragraph (a) of this section may be charged to the purchaser or 
transferee of a loan in the case of the sale or transfer of the loan.


Sec.  339.9  Notice of special flood hazards and availability of 
federal disaster relief assistance.

    (a) Notice requirement. When an FDIC-supervised institution makes, 
increases, extends, or renews a loan secured by a building or a mobile 
home located or to be located in a special flood hazard area, the FDIC-
supervised institution shall mail or deliver a written notice to the 
borrower and to the servicer in all cases whether or not flood 
insurance is available under the Act for the collateral securing the 
loan.
    (b) Contents of notice. The written notice must include the 
following information:
    (1) A warning, in a form approved by the Director of FEMA, that the 
building or the mobile home is or will be located in a special flood 
hazard area;
    (2) A description of the flood insurance purchase requirements set 
forth in section 102(b) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4012a(b));
    (3) A statement, where applicable, that flood insurance coverage is 
available under the NFIP and may also be available from private 
insurers; and
    (4) A statement whether federal disaster relief assistance may be 
available in the event of damage to the building or mobile home caused 
by flooding in a federally-declared disaster.
    (c) Timing of notice. The FDIC-supervised institution shall provide 
the notice required by paragraph (a) of this section to the borrower 
within a reasonable time before the completion of the transaction, and 
to the servicer as promptly as practicable after the FDIC-supervised 
institution provides notice to the borrower and in any event no later 
than the time the FDIC-supervised institution provides other similar 
notices to the servicer concerning hazard insurance and taxes. Notice 
to the servicer may be made electronically or may take the form of a 
copy of the notice to the borrower.
    (d) Record of receipt. The FDIC-supervised institution shall retain 
a record of the receipt of the notices by the borrower and the servicer 
for the period of time the FDIC-supervised institution owns the loan.
    (e) Alternate method of notice. Instead of providing the notice to 
the borrower required by paragraph (a) of this section, an FDIC-
supervised institution may obtain satisfactory written assurance from a 
seller or lessor that, within a reasonable time before the completion 
of the sale or lease transaction, the seller or lessor has provided 
such notice to the purchaser or lessee. The FDIC-supervised institution 
shall retain a record of the written assurance from the seller or 
lessor for the period of time the FDIC-supervised institution owns the 
loan.
    (f) Use of prescribed form of notice. An FDIC-supervised 
institution will be considered to be in compliance with the requirement 
for notice to the borrower of this section by providing written notice 
to the borrower containing the language presented in appendix A to this 
part within a reasonable time before the completion of the transaction. 
The notice presented in appendix A to this part satisfies the borrower 
notice requirements of the Act.


Sec.  339.10  Notice of servicer's identity.

    (a) Notice requirement. When an FDIC-supervised institution makes, 
increases, extends, renews, sells, or transfers a loan secured by a 
building or mobile home located or to be located in a special flood 
hazard area, the FDIC-supervised institution shall notify the Director 
of FEMA (or the Director of FEMA's designee) in writing of the identity 
of the servicer of the loan. The Director of FEMA has designated the 
insurance provider to receive the FDIC-supervised institution's notice 
of the servicer's identity. This notice may be provided electronically 
if electronic transmission is satisfactory to the Director of FEMA's 
designee.
    (b) Transfer of servicing rights. The FDIC-supervised institution 
shall notify the Director of FEMA (or the Director of FEMA's designee) 
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servicer of a loan described in paragraph (a) of this section within 60 
days after the effective date of the change. This notice may be 
provided electronically if electronic transmission is satisfactory to 
the Director of FEMA's designee. Upon any change in the servicing of a 
loan described in paragraph (a) of this section, the duty to provide 
notice under this paragraph (b) shall transfer to the transferee 
servicer.

Appendix A to Part 339--Sample Form of Notice of Special Flood Hazards 
and Availability of Federal Disaster Relief Assistance

    We are giving you this notice to inform you that:
    The building or mobile home securing the loan for which you have 
applied is or will be located in an area with special flood hazards.
    The area has been identified by the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a special flood hazard area 
using FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Map or the Flood Hazard Boundary 
Map for the following community: ___--. This area has at least a one 
percent (1%) chance of a flood equal to or exceeding the base flood 
elevation (a 100-year flood) in any given year. During the life of a 
30-year mortgage loan, the risk of a 100-year flood in a special 
flood hazard area is 26 percent (26%).
    Federal law allows a lender and borrower jointly to request the 
Director of FEMA to review the determination of whether the property 
securing the loan is located in a special flood hazard area. If you 
would like to make such a request, please contact us for further 
information. _________--The community in which the property securing 
the loan is located participates in the National Flood Insurance 
Program (NFIP). Federal law will not allow us to make you the loan 
that you have applied for if you do not purchase flood insurance. 
The flood insurance must be maintained for the life of the loan. If 
you fail to purchase or renew flood insurance on the property, 
federal law authorizes and requires us to purchase the flood 
insurance for you at your expense.
    <bullet> Flood insurance coverage under the NFIP may be 
purchased through an insurance agent who will obtain the policy 
either directly through the NFIP or through an insurance company 
that participates in the NFIP. Flood insurance also may be available 
from private insurers that do not participate in the NFIP.
    <bullet> At a minimum, flood insurance purchased must cover the 
lesser of:
    (1) The outstanding principal balance of the loan; or
    (2) the maximum amount of coverage allowed for the type of 
property under the NFIP. Flood insurance coverage under the NFIP is 
limited to the overall value of the property securing the loan minus 
the value of the land on which the property is located.
    <bullet> Federal disaster relief assistance (usually in the form 
of a low-interest loan) may be available for damages incurred in 
excess of your flood insurance if your community's participation in 
the NFIP is in accordance with NFIP requirements.
    _________--Flood insurance coverage under the NFIP is not 
available for the property securing the loan because the community 
in which the property is located does not participate in the NFIP. 
In addition, if the non-participating community has been identified 
for at least one year as containing a special flood hazard area, 
properties located in the community will not be eligible for federal 
disaster relief assistance in the event of a federally-declared 
flood disaster.

PART 391--FORMER OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION REGULATIONS

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2. The authority citation for Part 391 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1819.

    Subpart A also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462a; 1463; 1464; 1828; 
1831p-1; 1881-1884; 15 U.S.C. 1681w; 15 U.S.C. 6801; 6805.
    Subpart B also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462a; 1463; 1464; 1828; 
1831p-1; 1881-1884; 15 U.S.C.1681w; 15 U.S.C. 6801; 6805.
    Subpart C also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462a; 1463; 1464; 1828; 
1831p-1; and 1881-1884; 15 U.S.C. 1681m; 1681w.
    Subpart E also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1467a; 1468; 1817; 1831i.

Subpart D--[Removed and Reserved]

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3. Remove and reserve Subpart D consisting of Sec. Sec.  391.30 through 
391.39 and the Appendix to Subpart D.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 16th day of December 2014.

    By Order of the Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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