Early Cost Estimates for FMMI ($ millions) FMMI Component May 1999 August 1999 FEMA-funded flood data updates 748 385 Digital conversion and map maintenance 56 191 Unmapped communities 132 118 Ongoing activities 234 344 Map and customer services initiatives 23 -- Conversion to metric and
NAVD88 42 62 Contracted administrative staff -- 13 Total mapping costs $1,235 $1,114 Expected income from existing fees $364 $364 Incremental appropriations needed for FMMI $871 $750 Source: Modernizing FEMA's Flood Hazard Mapping Program, May 2001, estimating total mapping costs and incremental appropriations needed for FY2003 through FY2007.