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<br />The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:
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<br />Location'
<br />
<br />Existing BFE
<br />(feet)*
<br />
<br />Modified BFE
<br />(feet) *
<br />
<br />Approximately 1,040 feet downstream of
<br />West Hampden Avenue
<br />Approximately 740 feet downstream of
<br />West Hampden A venue
<br />Approximately 90 feet downstream of
<br />West Hampden Avenue
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<br />5,496
<br />5,508
<br />5,508
<br />
<br />5,494
<br />5,502
<br />5,511
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<br />*Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot
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<br />Public notification of the proposed modified BFEs will be given in the Lakewood Sentinel on or about
<br />June 19 and June 26,2003. A copy of this notification is enclosed. In addition, a notice of changes will
<br />be published in the Federal Register, Within 90 days of the second publication in the Lakewood Sentinel,
<br />any interested party may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any
<br />request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All intere:sted parties are on
<br />notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modifY the BFEs made by this LOMR
<br />may itself be modified.
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<br />Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and
<br />mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data, We encourage you to
<br />disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons,
<br />such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information.
<br />We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper,
<br />This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons
<br />by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps,
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<br />A countywide FIRM and FIS report for Jefferson County, Colorado and its incorporated areas, which
<br />include flood hazard information for your community, will become effective on June 17, 2003, Because
<br />the effective date has already been established, we will not incorporate the modifications made by this
<br />LOMR into the countywide FIRM and FIS rcport before they become effective, When changes to the
<br />previously cited FIRM panel and FIS rcport warrant physical revision and republication in the future, we:
<br />will incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at that time,
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<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 />requircd by Federal or State law havc becn rcceived. 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.
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<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 culverts rests with your community.
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<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), 42 U,S.c.
<br />4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood llnsurance Act of 1968,
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