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Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 00-08-147P The Honorable Nancy M. Heil Mayor, City of Westminster 4800 West 92nd Avenue Westminster, CO 80030 Community: City of Westminster, CO Community No.: 080008 Panel Affected: 0007 D E~ective.~ate of MAR 2 3 2000 ThiS Revision: 102- D Dear Mayor Heil: This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated January 21, 2000, Ms. Sheila Beissel, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, Department of Community Development, City of Westminster, requested that FEMA revise the FIRM to correct the floodplain boundary delineations in the vicinity of the confluence of Walnut Creek and Big Dry Creek. In her letter, Ms. Beissel stated that the floodplain in this area was not mapped to reflect accurately the floodplain boundary delineations determined by a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated March 15, 1994. All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with Ms. Beissel's letter. Because this LOMR is being issued to correct a mapping error, fees were not assessed for the review. We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM. We have revised the FIRM to modify the floodplain boundary delineations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) for Walnut Creek and Big Dry Creek in the vicinity of their confluence. As a result of the modifications, the widths of the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), the areas that would be inundated by the base flood, decreased. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copy of FIRM Panel(s) 0007 D. This LOMR hereby revises the above-referenced panel(s) of the effective FIRM dated April 2, 1997. The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel(s) as 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. We are processing a revised FIRM and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Jefferson County in our countywide format; therefore, we will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at this time. Preliminary copies