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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D,C. 20472 <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />19P <br /> <br />. January 21, 1997 <br /> <br />The Honorable Si Bell <br />Mayor, Town of Monument <br />166 Second Street <br />Monument, Colorado 80132 <br /> <br />Community: Town of Monument, Colorado <br />Community No.: 080064 <br />Panels Affected: 0260 F, 0276 F, 0278 F, <br />0279 F, 0286 F, and 0287 F <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Bell: <br /> <br />'This is to formally notify you of the final flood elevation determination for the Town of Monument, El Paso <br />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. <br /> <br />On June 28, 1995, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided your community with <br />preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for <br />El Paso County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas for your review and comment. The updated FIRM was <br />prepared directly from the effective FIRMs for your community and other communities in El Paso County <br />using a process that involves capturing data in a digital (computer-readable) format and plotting map panels <br />using a specialized computer technology. The effective FIRMs identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas <br />(SFHAs) in your community and other communities in El Paso County. We have incorporated all essential <br />information from the previously effective FIRMs, including elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance <br />of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). <br /> <br />During the processing of the updated FIS report and FIRM, we determined that modifications to the proposed <br />base flood elevations (BFEs) for the Town of Monument were appropriate. The proposed BFEs for your <br />community were published in the Gazette Telegraph on September 18 and September 25, 1996, and in the <br />Federal Register, at 62 FR 2990, on January 21, 1997. <br /> <br />The statutory 9O-<Iay appeal period, which was initiated on the second newspaper publication date cited above, <br />has ended. FEMA did not receive any appeals of the proposed BPEs during that time. Accordingly, the BFEs <br />for your community are considered final. The final rule for BFEs will be published in the Federal Register <br />as soon as possible. The FIRM and FIS report for your community will become effective on March 17, 1997. <br />Before the effective date, FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIRM and FIS report. <br /> <br />Please note that when the FIRM and FIS report are printed and distributed, your community will receive only <br />those panels that present flood hazard information for your community, We will provide complete sets of the <br />FIRM panels to County officials, where they will be available for review by your community. <br /> <br />Please note also that once the FIRM and FIS report are printed and distributed, the digital files containing the <br />flood hazard data for the entire county can be provided to your community for use in a computer mapping <br />system, These files can be used in conjunction with other thematic data for floodplain management purposes, <br />