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<br />-a- -0- ... -~ _ <br /> <br />'lli~,: FEMA gov <br /> <br />,0(t. Fedaral Emergency Management Agency <br /> <br />lr.. )~ - "/; "'t. ~ ~ I~ ::4~ ~;j +' ~~", . <br />. *. 'U~r" '" i <br /> <br />, ._1.. .,1 '""' <br /> <br />Home [J View Notices <br /> <br />o Add Notice [J Edit/Delete Notices <br /> <br />Administration <br /> <br />Logout <br /> <br />Download RTF_Tagle <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> <br />Changes to Base Flood Elevations Determinations <br /> <br />AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security. <br /> <br />SUMMARY: On March 17, 199;the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency identified Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the City of Colorado <br />Springs, EI Paso County, Colorado, through issuance of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The <br />Mitigation Directorate has determined that modification of the Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood <br />Elevations (BFEs) for certain locations in this community is appropriate. <br /> <br />DATES: Upon the second publication of notice of these changes in a newspaper of local circulation <br />in your community, any person has 90 days in which he or she can request, through the Chief <br />Executive Officer of the community, that the Mitigation Directorate reconsider the determination. Any <br />request for reconsideration must be based on knowledge of changed conditions or new scientific or <br />technical data. All interested parties are on notice that until the 90-day period elapses, the Mitigation <br />Directorate's determination to modify the BFEs may itself be changed. <br /> <br />ADDRESSES: Any person having knowledge or wishing to comment on these changes should <br />immediately notify: <br /> <br />City of Colorado Springs <br />The Honorable Lionel Rivera <br />Mayor, City of Colorado Springs <br />P.O. Box 1575 <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80901 <br /> <br />FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., CFM, Chief, Engineering <br />Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C <br />Street SIN, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2903. <br /> <br />SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A hydraulic analysis was performed to incorporate three <br />grade control structures that were built and has resulted in a revised delineation of the regulatory <br />floodway, an increase in SFHA width, a decrease in SFHA width, increased BFEs and decreased <br />BFEs for Monument Creek. The table below indicates existing and modified BFEs for selected <br />locations along the affected lengths of the flooding source(s) cited above. <br /> <br />* Elevation in feet (NGVD)1 <br />+ Elevation in feet (NA VD)2 <br /># Depth in feet above <br />ground3 <br /> <br />http://www . floodmaps. fema. gOY /bfes/viewnotice. php?noticeld= 15 76 <br /> <br />3/1812008 <br />