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Honorable Richard Mann Page Two During the ninety-day period follO\<ing the second publication in the" above-named newspaper, any owner or lessee of real property in the community who believes his property rights will be adversely affected by the proposed base flood elevation determinations may appeal to you, or to an agency that you publicly designate. The sole basis {or such appeals is the posses~ion of knowledge or information indicating that the propo$ed base flood elevation determinations are scientifically or technically incorrect. Only appeals of the proposed base flood eleva- tions can be considered before the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) mak<<!s its final determination at the end of the ninety-day period. Note that the ninety-day period is statutory and cannot be extended. Appeals o{ the proposed base flood elevations shall be based only upon scientific and technical evidence contrary to that in the FIA Study. However, appeals or inquiries regarding data other than the proposed base flood elevations (i.e., incorrect street names, typographical errors or omissions, etc.), will be considered by FIA, and any necessary revisions will be made before the Flood Insurance Study and Rate ~2P become ef{ective. If your community cannot submit technical data before FIA issues the final elevation determination, you may nevertheless submit data at any time. If warranted, FIA will revise the P~te Map after the effective date. This means that the Rate M1'tp would be issued with the elevations as presently indicated, and flood insurance requirements Would be-enforced accordingly, until such time as a revision could be made. Private persons who wish to appeal should present the data that tend to negate or contradict our findings to you in such form as you may specify. We ask that you review and consolidate any appeals you may receive, and issue a written opinion stating whether the evidence presented is suffi- cient to justify an official appeql on behalf of such persons by the community in its own name. Wheth<<!r or not the community decides to appeal, you must send copies of individual appeals, if any, to this office as they are received. If ~e do not receive an appeal from your community in its own name within ninety days of the second date of public notification, we shall con$olidate and review on their own merits such individual appeals that you ~ay forward to us and we shall make such modifications of the proposed elevation determinations as may be appropriate. If the community decides to appeal in its own name, all individual appeals must be consolidated into one appeal by you, since, in this event, we are required to deal only with the local government as representative of all local interests. Our final decision will be in writing and copies will be sent to you, to each individual appellant, and to the state coordinating agency.