# 17 Ill. Adm. Code 3708.80: Section 3708.80 Changes to the Regulatory Floodway

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## Section

- **Citation:** 17 Ill. Adm. Code 3708.80
- **Heading:** Section 3708.80 Changes to the Regulatory Floodway
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 17 CONSERVATION / CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES / Part 3708 FLOODWAY CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS / Section 3708.80 Changes to the Regulatory Floodway

## Text

Section 3708
Section 3708.80  Changes to
the Regulatory Floodway
a)         The 100-year frequency flood profile and regulatory floodway
shall not be changed by the Department unless one of the following has
occurred:
1)         The original regulatory floodway delineation is shown by the
applicant's engineer to be in error based upon a review of physical data or the
mathematical model;
2)         There are changed conditions such as changes in land use or
modifications to the ground elevations which require modification of the
original regulatory floodway computations;
3)         A public flood control project has been constructed and is
operable; or
4)         The unit of local government exercising zoning control over an
area within its corporate limits proposes or concurs in the proposal that the
floodway storage or conveyance be relocated to facilitate development and a
unit of local government will either:
A)        Assume responsibility to operate and maintain any modifications
or improvements made to relocate the floodway; or
B)        Have the right and will agree, upon default of the party
primarily responsible for such operation and maintenance, to undertake such
operation and maintenance.
b)         Any person contesting the correctness of the delineation shall
be given an opportunity to submit his or her own technical evidence of error or
changed conditions.  The Department will review the technical evidence to
determine the correctness of the delineation
efault of the party
primarily responsible for such operation and maintenance, to undertake such
operation and maintenance.
b)         Any person contesting the correctness of the delineation shall
be given an opportunity to submit his or her own technical evidence of error or
changed conditions.  The Department will review the technical evidence to
determine the correctness of the delineation.
c)         Effective regulatory floodway conveyance or storage can be
relocated by moving the regulatory floodway delineation onto the existing flood
fringe property if the following criteria are met:
1)         It must be shown through engineering calculations that the new
regulatory floodway storage or conveyance gained effectively compensates for
lost regulatory floodway storage or conveyance;
2)         If the affected property is other than the applicant's or is
subdivided or proposed to be subdivided, convenants shall be obtained and
recorded on the affected properties to assure that they are maintained with the
existing and future owner's agreement as regulatory floodway storage or
conveyance areas;
3)         The regulatory floodway map is revised to include the new area
as regulatory floodway; and
4)         A notice of such regulatory floodway map change is recorded
with the affected parcel in the county recorder's office.
d)         After receipt of conditional approval of the regulatory
floodway change and issuance of a permit, construction as necessary to change
the regulatory floodway designation may proceed but no buildings or structures
or other construction that is not an appropriate use may be placed in that area
until the regulatory floodway map is changed.  The regulatory floodway map will
be revised upon acceptance by the Department and FEMA of the
"as-built" plans.
e)         The Department may require deed restrictions, performance
bonds or sureties, as-built certification or maintenance guarantees to assure
projects are built according to permitted plans
ppropriate use may be placed in that area
until the regulatory floodway map is changed.  The regulatory floodway map will
be revised upon acceptance by the Department and FEMA of the
"as-built" plans.
e)         The Department may require deed restrictions, performance
bonds or sureties, as-built certification or maintenance guarantees to assure
projects are built according to permitted plans.
f)         All field surveys as required by this Part shall be conducted
under the supervision of a registered professional engineer or registered land
surveyor, and shall be so sealed.  All required engineering analyses shall be
conducted under the supervision of a registered professional engineer or in the
case of a federal project, by the federal agency and shall be so sealed or
stated.

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