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<br />3 <br /> <br />This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your <br />community is responsible for approving all floodplain development and for ensuring all necessary permits <br />required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and community officials, based on <br />knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the <br />SFHA. If the State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain <br />management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria. <br /> <br />The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a channel-modification/culvert project. NFIP regulations, <br />as cited in Paragraph 60. 3(b)(7), require that communities ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within <br />the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained. This provision is incorporated into your <br />community's existing floodplain management regulations. Consequently, the ultimate responsibility for <br />maintenance of the modified channel and culvert rests with your community. <br /> <br />This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 <br />(Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended <br />(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), <br />42US.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFRPart 65. Pursuantto Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act <br />of 1968, as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain <br />management regulations that meet or exceed minimum NFIP criteria. These criteria are the minimum and <br />do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature. This includes adoption of the <br />effective FIRM 10 which the regulations apply and the modifications described in tlris LOMR Our records <br />show that your community has met this requirement. <br /> <br />A Consultation Coordination Officer (CCO) has been designated to assist your community. The CCO will <br />be the primary liaison between your community and FEMA. For informationregarding your CCO, please <br />contact: <br /> <br />Mr. Steve L. Olsen <br />Director, Mitigation Division <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VIII <br />Denver Federal Center, Building 710, Box 25267 <br />Denver, Colorado 80225-0267 <br />(303) 23.5--483) <br /> <br />FEMA makes flood insurance available in partIcIpating commumtles; in addition, we encourage <br />communities to develop their own loss reduction and prevention programs. Through the Project <br />Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Comnumities initiative, launched by FEMA Director James Lee Witt <br />in 1997, we seek to focus the energy of businesses, citizens, and communities in the United States on the <br />importance of reducing their susceptibility to the impact of all natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, <br />severe storms, earthquakes, and wildfires. Natural hazard mitigation is most effective when it is planned for <br />and implemented at the local level, by the entities who are most knowledgeable of local conditions and <br />whose economic stability and safety are at stake. For your information, we are enclosing a copy of a <br />pamphlet describing this nationwide initiative. For additional information on Project Impact, please visit <br />our Web site at www.fema.2ov/imoact. <br />