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, 2 The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs: Location Existing BFE (feet)* Modified BFE (feet)* Approximately 2,500 feet downstream of Airport Road Just upstream of Airport Road Approximately 2,200 feet upstream of Airport Road 6,041 6,079 6,107 6,041 6,074 6,107 *Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Darnm, rounded to the nearest whole foot Public notification of the proposed modified BFEs will be given in the Gazette Telegraph on or about February 14 and February 21, 1997. A copy of this notification is enclosed. In addition, a notice of changes will be published in the Federal Register. Within 90 days of the second publication in the Gazette Telegraph, a citizen may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs presented in this LOMR may itself be modified. Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons, such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information. We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper. This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps. We are processing a FIRM and FIS report for EI Paso County, Colorado and its incorporated areas in our countywide format. The countywide FIRM and FIS report, which include flood hazard information for your community, will become effective on March 17, 1997 _ Because the effective date has already been established, we will not incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR into the countywide FIRM and FIS report before they become effective. Therefore, the modifications made by this LOMR will be superseded when the countywide FIRM and FIS report become effective. After the effective date, we will issue a letter to revalidate the modifications made by this LOMR and revise the newly effective FIRM and FIS report. The floodway is provided to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway modifications described in this LOMR, while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations . This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for approving all floodplain development, and for ensuring all necessary permits required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the SFHA. If the State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria.