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<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency
<br />Washington, D.C. 20172
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<br />CERTIFIED MAIL
<br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
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<br />IN REPLY REFER TO:
<br />19P
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<br />February 9, 2001
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<br />The Honorable Gary Lindstrom
<br />Chairperson, Summit County
<br />Board of Supervisors
<br />P.O. Box 68
<br />Breckenridge, CO 80424
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<br />Community: Summit County, CO
<br />Community No.: 080290
<br />Map Panels Affected: 0802900106 C, 0107 C,
<br />0108 C, 0109 C, 0117 D,
<br />0184 D, 0192 D, and 0211 D
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<br />Dear Mr, Lindstrom:
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<br />This is to formally notify you of the final flood elevation determination for the unincorporated areas of
<br />Summit County, Colorado, in compliance with Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67, Section 67.11, Code of Federal
<br />Regulations (CFR). This section requires that notice of final flood elevations shall be sent to the Chief
<br />Executive Officer of the community, all individual appellants, and the State Coordinating Agency, and shall
<br />be published in the Federal Register,
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<br />On December 16, 1980, the Federal Emergency'Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Flood Insurance Rate
<br />Map (FIRM) that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in your community. Recently, FEMA
<br />completed two re-evaluations of flood hazards in your community, On June 30,1998, and March 22, 2000,
<br />FEMA provided you with Preliminary copies ofthe Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and FIRM that
<br />identify existing flood hazards in your community, including elevations of the flood having a I-percent
<br />chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). The proposed Base Flood Elevations
<br />(BFEs) for your community were published in the Summit Daily News on September 24 and October I, 1999,
<br />from the restudy oflhe Blue River near the Town of Breckenridge, and on August 18 and August 25,2000,
<br />from the restudy oflhe Blue River near the Town of Silverthorne, and in the Federal Register, at
<br />65 FR 68963, on December 14, 1999, and on November IS, 2000, respectively,
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<br />The slatutory 90-day appeal periods, which were initiated on the second newspaper publication dates ciled
<br />above, have ended, FEMA did nol receive any appeals of the proposed BFEs during that time, Accordingly,
<br />the BFEs for your community are considered final. The final rule for BFEs will be published in the Federal
<br />Register as soon as possible. The FIRM for your community will become effective on August 9,2001.
<br />Before the effective date, FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIS report and FIRM.
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<br />As stated in our recent letter dated January 19,2001, as part of the finalization of the FIRM panels for your
<br />community, we have converted the affected FIRM panels to the Map Initiatives Format on a panel-to-panel
<br />basis. In the Map Initiatives Format, all BFEs, cross sections, zone designations, and floodplain and floodway
<br />boundary delineations are shown on the FIRM. The flood insurance zone designations will also change to
<br />reflect the new format. We have enclosed a set of Proof Copy FIRM panels for your review.
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<br />Because the FrS establishing the BFEs for your community has been completed, certain additional
<br />requirements must be met under Seclion 1361 of the Nalional Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
<br />within 6 months from the date ofthis letter. Prior to August 9, 2001, your community is required, as a
<br />condition of continued eligibility in the Nalional Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to adopt or show
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