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<br />The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:
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<br />Location
<br />
<br />Existing BFE
<br />(feet)*
<br />
<br />Modified BFE
<br />(feet)*
<br />
<br />Approximately 500 feet downstream of South Fordham Street
<br />Approximately 150 feet downstream of North 89th Street
<br />
<br />4,998
<br />5,006
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<br />4,996
<br />5,005
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<br />*Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot
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<br />Public notification of the proposed moditied BFEs will be given in the Daily Times-Call on or about
<br />October 24 and October 31, 1997, A copy of this notification is enclosed, In addition, a notice of changes
<br />will be published in the Federal Register. Within 90 days of the second publication in the Daily Times-Call,
<br />a citizen may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any request for
<br />reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that, until
<br />the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs presented in this LOMR may itself be
<br />modified.
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<br />Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and
<br />mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to
<br />disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons,
<br />such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information,
<br />We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper. This
<br />article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons by
<br />providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps,
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<br />We will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to reflect the
<br />modifications made by thL~ LOMR at this time. When changes to the previously cited FIRM panel(s) and FIS
<br />report warrant physical revision and republication in the future, we will incorporate the modifications made
<br />by this LOMR at that time,
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<br />This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your
<br />community is responsible for approving all floodplain development, and for ensuring all necessary permits
<br />required by Federal or State law have been received, State, county, and community officials, based on
<br />knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the
<br />SFHA, If the State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain
<br />management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria,
<br />
<br />The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a channel-modification/culvert project. NFIP regulations, as
<br />cited in Paragraph 60.3(b)(7), require that communities ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the
<br />altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained, This provision is incorporated into your
<br />community's existing floodplain management regulations. Consequently, the ultimate responsibility for
<br />maintenance of the modified channel and culvert rests with your community,
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<br />ThL~ determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public
<br />Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of
<br />the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448),42 U,S.c. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR
<br />Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, communities
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