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<br />.., <br />Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br />I Issue Dale: MAY 1 4 2004 I Effective Date: SEP 1 5 ~ I Case No.: 02-oS-447P <br />. <br /> <br />I LOMR-APP <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />;~i,t.^R'l'At~ <br /> <br />I$....."~..t~~ <br />,&, \$; <br />,..... "<,, <br />:t-iJiD s~(i::;; <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />LETTER OF MAP REVISION <br />DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) <br /> <br />COMMUNITY INFORMATION <br /> <br />APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION <br /> <br />We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (pL. 93-234) and in accordance <br />with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, <br />P.L. 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Pari 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of1968, as <br />amended, communities participating in the NFlP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or <br />exceed NFlP criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FIS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the <br />minimum requirements for continued NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements <br />to which the regulations apply. . . <br /> <br />We provide the floodway designation to your community as a tool to regulate tloodpiaiJ;1 development. Therefore, the floodway revision. <br />we have described in this letter, wlnle acceptable to us, must also be acceptable to your ,community and adopted by appropriate <br />community action, as specified in.Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. ., , <br />I i <br /> <br />NFlP regulations Subparagraph 60.3(b)(7) requires communities to ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated <br />portion of any watercourse is maintained. 'This provision is incorporated into your community's existing floodplain management <br />ordinances; therefore, responsibility for maintenance of the modified channel rests with your community. We may request that your <br />community submit a description and schedule of channel activities. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY REMINDERS <br /> <br />We based this determination on the I-percent-annual-chance discharges computed in the submitted hydrologic model. Future <br />development of projects upstream could cause increased discharges, which could cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive <br />restudy of your community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on discharges and could, therefore, <br />indicate that greater flood hazards exist in this area. <br /> <br />Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal and/or <br />State/Commonwealth law have been obtained. State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge oflocal conditions and <br />in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your <br />StateJConunonweallh or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take <br />precedence over the minimum NFlP requirements. <br /> <br />We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community <br />will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release <br />for publication in your community's newspaper that describes the revision and explains bow your community will provide the data and <br />help interpret the NFlP maps. In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, can <br />benefit from the information. <br /> <br />This detennination is based on the flood data presently available. The endosed documents provide additional information regarding this detennination. If <br />you have any questions about this document. please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at t-877-336-2677 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter <br />addressed to the LOMR Depot. 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at <br />htto:/Iwww.fema.oov/nfiD. <br /> <br />~E?ci;t <br /> <br />Kevin C. Long, CFM. Project Engineer <br />Hazard Identification Section <br />Mitigation Division <br />Emeraencv PreDaredness and Resoonse Directorate <br /> <br />l0080301.DAU2080447102IAC <br />