WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL-CHRONICLE EXAMINER. November 26, 2007: WPCNR has learned from Carey Gouldner that the Federal Emergency Management Administration, being informed of White Plains passage of a local law last Tuesday accepting the new FEMA flood plain maps, has reinstated White Plains as a city eligible for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program. The Department of Public Works had failed to act on the new flood plain maps due to a bureaucratic delay in analyzing the plans, and White Plains had been suspended from eligibility for the flood insurance since September 28. Action by the Common Council last Tuesday passed the local law.
The notice of passage was Federal Expressed to the Department of Environmental Conservation last Wednesday. FEMA received word Thursday and White Plaisn was reinstated Friday. Residents may now apply for new flood insurance and renew insurance that expires indefinitely, according to Gouldner.
