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<br />A review of the determination made by this LOMR and any requests to alter this determination should be
<br />made within 30 days, Any request to alter the determination must be based on scientific or technical data,
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<br />We will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your
<br />community to reflect the modifications made by this LOMR at this time, When changes to the previously
<br />cited FIRM panel(s) and PIS report warrant physical revision and republication in the future. we will
<br />incorporate the modifications ma~e 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,
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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 an article for publication in your community's local newspaper, This
<br />article should describe the changes that have been made and the assistance that officials of your community
<br />will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps,
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<br />This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
<br />(Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended
<br />(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U,S,C,
<br />4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65, Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood InsuranCe Act of 1968,
<br />as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain
<br />management regulations that meet or exceed NPIP criteria, These criteria are the minimum requirements
<br />and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature, This includes adoption
<br />of the effective FIRM to which the regulations apply and the modifications described in this LOMR,
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<br />FEMA makes flood insurance available in participating communities; in addition, we encourage
<br />communities to develop their own loss reduction and prevention programs, Our Project Impact initiative,
<br />developed by FEMA Director James Lee Witt, seeks to focus the energy of businesses, citizens, and
<br />communities in the United States on the importance of reducing their susceptibility to the impact of all
<br />natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, and wildfires, Natural hazard
<br />mitigation is most effective when it is planned for and implemented at the local level, by the entities who
<br />are most knowledgeable of local conditions and whose economic stability and safety are at stake, For your
<br />information, we are enclosing a Project Impact Fact Sheet. For additional information on Project Impact,
<br />please visit our Web site at www.fema.gov,
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