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<br />The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:
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<br />Location
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<br />Existing BFE
<br />(feet)"
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<br />Modified BFE
<br />(feet)*
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<br />Approximately 125 feet upstream of Lowell Boulevard
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<br />5,270
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<br />5,268
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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 modified BFEs will be given in the Broomfield Enterprise on or about July 16
<br />and July 23,2003, A copy of this notification is enclosed, In addition, a notice of changes will be
<br />published in the Federal Register, Within 90 days of the second publication in the Broomfield Enterprise,
<br />any interested party may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR, Any
<br />request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data, All interested parties are on
<br />notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs made by this LOMR
<br />may itself be 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,
<br />This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community wiIl give to interested persons
<br />by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps,
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<br />We are processing a revised FIRM and FIS report for the City and County of Broomfield in our
<br />countywide format; therefore, we will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your
<br />community to incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at this time, Preliminary copies of the
<br />countywide FIRM and F1S report were submitted to your community for review on April 11 ,2003, We
<br />will incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR into the countywide FIRM and FIS report before
<br />they become effective,
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<br />The floodway is provided to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the
<br />floodway modifications described in this LOMR, while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to
<br />your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the
<br />NFIP regulations,
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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 pemllts
<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 />The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a' channel-modification project. NFIP regulations, as cited
<br />in Paragraph 60.3(b)(7), require that communities ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered
<br />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 rests with your community,
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