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<br />Page 3 of 5 Issue Date: APR 0 4 2001 <br /> <br />Effective Date: <br /> <br /> <br />Case No.: 07-08-0252P <br /> <br />LOMR-APP <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />LETTER OF MAP REVISION <br />DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) <br /> <br />COMMUNITY INFORMATION <br /> <br />APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION <br /> <br />We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) and in accordance <br />with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, P.L. 90-448), <br />42 US.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, <br />communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed NFIP <br />criteria. These criteria, including adoption ofthe FIS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the minimum <br />requirements for continued NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State or local requirements to which the regulations <br />apply. <br /> <br />NFIP regulations Subparagraph 60.3(b)(7) requires communities to ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated <br />portion of any watercourse is maintained, This provision is incorporated into your community's existing floodplain management <br />ordinances; therefore, responsibility for maintenance of the altered or relocated watercourse including any related appurtenances such as <br />bridges, culverts, and other drainage structures rests with your community. We may request that your community submit a description and <br />schedule of maintenance activities necessary to ensure this requirement. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY REMINDERS <br /> <br />We based this determination on the 1-percent-annual-chance flood discharges computed in the FIS for your community without <br />considering subsequent changes in watershed characteristics that could increase flood discharges. Future development of projects <br />upstream could cause increased flood discharges, which could cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive restudy of your <br />community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on flood discharges subsequent to the publication of <br />the FIS report for your community and could, therefore, establish greater flood hazards in this area. <br /> <br />Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal and/or State law have <br />been obtained. State or community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher <br />standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your State or community has adopted more restrictive or <br />comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP requirements. <br /> <br />We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community <br />will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release <br />for publication in your community's newspaper that describes the revision and explains how your community will provide the data and <br />help interpret the NFIP maps. In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, can <br />benefit from the information. <br /> <br />This revision has met our criteria for removing an area from the 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain to reflect the placement of fill. <br />However, we encourage you to require that the lowest adjacent grade and lowest floor (including basement) of any structure placed within <br />the subject area be elevated to or above the Base (l-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevation. <br /> <br />This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination, If you have <br />any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the <br />LOMR Depot, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304, Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at http://www.fema,gov/nfip, <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Patrick F, Sacbibit, P,E" CFM, Project Engineer <br />Engineering Management Section <br />Mitigation Division <br /> <br />10977010,3,4,01,07080252 <br /> <br />102-I-A-C <br />