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<br />Page 2 of 4 I Issue Date: MAR 2 5 2008
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<br />I Effective Dat~: MAR 2 5 2008
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<br />I Case No.: 07.0S-0678P
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<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency
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<br />LETTER OF MAP REVISION
<br />DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
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<br />COMMUNITY INFORMATION
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<br />APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION
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<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 U.S.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 of the 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/Commonwealth or local requirements to which
<br />the regulations apply.
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<br />We provide the floodway designation to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway revision
<br />we have described in this letter, while acceptable to us, must also be acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate
<br />community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations.
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<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
<br />and schedule of maintenance activities necessary to ensure this requirement.
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<br />COMMUNITY RF:MINDERS
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<br />We based this detennination on the l-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.
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<br />Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal and/or
<br />State/Commonwealth law have been obtained. State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and
<br />in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your
<br />State/Commonwealth or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take
<br />precedence over the minimum NFIP requirements.
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<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 repositcry for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the informatio:l 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.
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<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.
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<br />Beth A. Norton, CFM, Program Specialist
<br />Engineering Management Branch
<br />Mitigation Directorate
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<br />112553 10.3.1.07080678
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