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Page 3 015 J Issue Date: FEB 2 1 2005 I!ttective Date: JUN 0 7 2006 I Case No.: 05-08-0586P I LOMR-APP - ~VARTAtr- li~t ~ l:-ilVD s~G - Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) COMMUNITY INFORMATION APPLICABLE NFIP REGULA nONS/COMMUNITY OBLlGA TION We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (PL. 93-234) and in accordance with the National Flood lnsurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XlII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, P.L. 90-448), 42 U.S.c. 4001-4 I 28, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 136 I of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed NFIP criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FlS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the minimum requirements for continued NFlP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements to which the regulations apply. NFIP regulations Subparagraph 60.3(b)(7) requires communities to ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained. This provision is incorporated into your community's existing floodplain management ordinances; therefore, responsibility for maintenance of the altered or relocated watercourse, including any related appurtenances such as bridges, culverts, and other drainage structures, rests with your community. We may request that your community submit a description and schedule of maintenance activities necessary to ensure this requirement. COMMUNITY REMINDERS We based this determination on the I -percent-annual-chance discharges computed in the submitted hydrologic model. Future development of projects upstream could cause increased discharges, which could cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive restudy of your community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on discharges and could, therefore, indicate that greater flood hazards exist in this area. Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal and/or State/Commonwealth law have been obtained. State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge oflocal conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your State/Commonwealth or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take precedence over the minimum NFlP requirements. We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release for publication in your community's newspaper that describes the revision and explains how your community will provide the data and help interpret the NFlP maps. In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, can benefit from the information. This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. II you have 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 LOMR Depot, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at http://www.fema.govlnfip. ~e~ Kevin C. Long, CFM, Project Engineer Hazard Identification Section Mitigation Division 106979 10.3.1.05080586 102-I-A-C