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<br />Page 2 of4 I Issue Date: J U L 2 3 2004 I Effective Date: DEe o 2 2004 I Case No.: 04-08-0434P I LOMR,APP
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<br /> LETTER OF MAP REVISION
<br />DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
<br /> COMMUNITY INFORMATION
<br />APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION
<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 xm of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968,
<br />P.L 90-448), 42 U,S.C .400 1-4128, and 44 CFR Part 6S, Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act ofl968, as
<br />amended, communities participaling in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or
<br />exceed NFIP criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FIS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the
<br />minimum requirements for continued NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements
<br />to which the regulations apply,
<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 modified channel and culvert rests with your community, We may request
<br />that your community submit a description and schedule of channel and culvert activities,
<br />COMMUNITY REMINDERS
<br />We based this detennination on the I-percent-annual-chance discharges computed in the submitted hydrologic model. Future
<br />development of projects upstream could cause increased discharges, which could cause increased flood hazards, A comprehensive
<br />restudy of your community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on discharges and could, therefore,
<br />indicate that greater flood hazards exist in this area,
<br />Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that pennits required by Federal and/or
<br />State/Commonwealth law have been obtained, Stale/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge oflocal 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,
<br />We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance 8gents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community
<br />will serve as a repository for the new data, We encourage you to disseminate the infonnalion 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 infonnation,
<br />This determination is based on the flood data presenUy available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this detennination. If
<br />you have any questions about this document, pieas8 contact the F~MA Map Assistance Center toll free at 1,877-336-2677 (1,877'F~MA MAP) or by letter
<br />addressed to the LOMR Depot, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. Additional infonnation about the NFIP is available on our website at
<br />htto:/IwNw.fema aov/nfio.
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<br /> Kevin C, Long, CFM, Project ~ngineer
<br /> Hazard Identification Section
<br /> Mitigation Division
<br /> Emeraencv Preparedness and ResDOnse Directorate 102426D,A04080434102IAC
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