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Federal Emergency Managelment Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 AUG 18 2003 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 03-08-0506P The Honorable Ed Moss Mayor, City of Westminster 4800 West nnd Avenue Westminster, CO 80031 Community: City of Westminster, CO Community No.: 080008 Panel Affected: 08059COl03 E and 08059COlll E Ef~ective.~ate of J~UG 1 8 2003 This RevlSlon: 102-REISSUE Dear Mayor Moss: This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) was prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reissue a LOMR dated February 7, 2003, that became effective on May 29,2003 (Case No. 02-08-2llP), in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. The February 7 LOMR, requested by Mr. David W. Loseman, P.E., L.S., Senior Projects Engineer, Floodplain Manager, Department of Community Development, City of Westminster, revised the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS} for your community to show the effects of channel improvements along Big Dry Creek from Interstate Highway 25 (I-25) to approximately 750 feet upstream of Huron Street. On June 17,2003, FEMA issued a new FIRM and FIS report for Jefferson County, Colorado, and its incorporated areas in our countywide format. Because this effective date for the new FIRM and FIS report was already established, the modifications made by the February 7 LOMR were not incorporated into these maps and were subsequently superseded. This LOMR reissue incorporates the modifications made by the February 7 LOMR and revises the newly effective FIRM and FIS report. We have revised the FIRM and FIS report to incorporate the modifications made by the February 7 LOMR along Big Dry Creek. As a result, the elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) and the width of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood along Big Dry Creek, increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panels 08059CO 1 03 E and 08059CO 111 E, Profile Panels 75P and 76P, and affect portions of the Floodway Data Table. This LOMR hereby revises the above-referenced panels of the effective FIRM and the affected portions of the FIS report, both dated June 17, 2003. The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel listed above and as modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community. A review of the determination made by this LOMR and any requests to alter this determination should be made within 30 days. Any request to alter the determination must be based on scientific or technical data.