SCOPE OF APPEALS.

SEC. 100217. SCOPE OF APPEALS. Section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting “and designating areas having special flood hazards” after “flood elevations”; and (B) by striking “such determinations” and inserting “such determinations and designations”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the first sentence, by inserting “and designations of areas having special flood hazards” after “flood elevation determinations”; and (B) by amending the third sentence to read as follows: “The sole grounds for appeal shall be the possession of knowledge or information indicating that (1) the elevations being proposed by the Administrator with respect to an identified area having special flood hazards are scientifically or technically incorrect, or (2) the designation of an identified special flood hazard area is scientifically or technically incorrect.”.