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<br />ell <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />FEB 06 2001 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />FEB 14 2001 <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No.: 00-08-128P <br /> <br />Colorado WalfH li;.,,!,., <br /> <br />The Honorable Bob Lieb <br />La Plata County Commissioner, <br />District 2 <br />1060 East Second Avenue <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br /> <br />Community: La Plata County, CO <br />Community No.: 080097 <br />FIRM Panel Affected: 0393 B <br />FBFM Panel Affected: 0393 <br />Ef~ective.~ateof MAY 1 9 2001 <br />This ReVISion: . -. <br /> <br />102-I-A-C <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Lieb: <br /> <br />The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has initiated a revision to the effective Flood <br />Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM) for your community in <br />accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. On September 30, <br />1999, we provided your community with a Preliminary FIRM, FBFM, and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) <br />report based on new hydraulic modeling for the Animas River that was prepared for us by Foothill <br />Engineering Consultants, Inc., under Contract No. EMW 93-C-4150. During our review of the <br />information submitted in support of the Preliminary FIRM, FBFM, and FIS report, we discovered <br />mismatches in the elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any <br />given year (base flood) and in the floodplain and floodway boundary delineations along the Animas <br />River between the FIRM and FBFM for your community and the FIRM for the City of Durango. Our <br />review also revealed that on December 5, 1989, we published a revised FIRM and FIS report for the City <br />of Durango that included modeling ofthe new U.S. Highway 160 (USI60) bridge, located just <br />downstream of the old US 160 bridge, over the Animas River. The information that was the basis of the <br />December 5 FIRM and FIS report for the City of Durango also affected the unincorporated areas of <br />La Plata County, but this information was inadvertently not incorporated into your community's FIRM, <br />FBFM, and PIS report. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) incorporates the information into the <br />FIRM and FBFM for your community and corrects the mismatches in Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) and <br />in floodway and floodplain boundary delineations between the two communities. In addition, updated <br />corporate limits information has been added to the effective FIRM and FBFM for your community with <br />this revision. <br /> <br />We have revised the FIRM, FBFM, and FIS report to modifY the BFEs and the floodplain and floodway <br />boundary delineations and zone designations of the base flood along the Animas River from <br />approximately 2, I 00 feet downstream of the new US 160 bridge to just upstream of the old US 160 <br />bridge. As a result of the modifications, the BFEs for the Animas River decreased, and the widths of the <br />Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood, and the <br />regulatory floodway increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown <br />on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panel 0393 B, FBFM Panel 0393, Profile Panel 02P, and <br />affected portions of the Floodway Data Table. This LOMR hereby revises the above-referenced panels <br />