---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 71.3"
title: "44"
number: "71.3"
heading: "Denial of flood insurance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/71.3"
---

# §71.3. Denial of flood insurance.

- (a) No new flood insurance coverage may be provided on or after October 1, 1983, for any new construction or substantial improvement of a structure located in an area identified as being in the CBRS both as of October 18, 1982, and as of November 16, 1990.
- (b) No new flood insurance coverage may be provided on or after November 16, 1990, for any new construction or substantial improvement of a structure located in any area newly identified as being in the CBRS as of November 16, 1990.
- (c) No new flood insurance coverage may be provided after November 16, 1991, for any new construction or substantial improvement of a structure which is located in an “otherwise protected area.”
- (d) Notwithstanding [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, new flood insurance coverage may be provided for a structure which is newly constructed or substantially improved in an “otherwise protected area” if the building is used in a manner consistent with the purpose for which the area is protected.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 22662, May 29, 1992]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001, et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376; 42 U.S.C. 4028; secs. 9 and 14, Pub. L. 101-591, 42 U.S.C. 4028(b).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 37039, Aug. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 22662, May 29, 1992]