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, 1\, Page 2 of 4 !Issue Date: DEe ,~_ \ Effective Date: ArK 11.."- \ Case tlo.: .1l3,1l11,1l1l36P I LOMR-APP aV"'R'rA(~ .~ Federal Emergency Management Agency I", 't: ~ ' Washington, D.C. 20472 '" ;:,'" l-1ND o;.tC LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) COMMUNITY INFORMATION APPLICABLE NFl\' REGULATIONSICOMMUNHY OBLIGATION We have made this detennination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) and in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIll of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, P.L. 90,448), 42 U.S.c. 4001..4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, communities participating in the NFlP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed NFlI' criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FIS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the minimum requirements for continued NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements to which the regulations apply. We provide the floodway designation to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway revision we have described in this letter, while acceptable to us, must also be acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3( d) of the NFlP regulations. COMMUNITY REMINDERS - We based this detennination on the I-percent,annual-chance flood discharges computed in lhe FIS for your community without considering subsequent changes in watershed characteristics that could increase flood discharges. Future development of projecls upstream could cause int.reased flood discharges, which could cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive restudy of your community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative e!fecls of development on flood discharges subsequent to the publication of the F1S report for your community and could, therefore, establish greater flood hazards in this area. Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that pennits required by Federal and/or State/Commonwealth law have been oblained. State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safely, may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your State/Commonwealth or conurlUnity has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP requirements. We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release for publication in your communily's newspaper that describes the revision and explains how your community will provide lhe data and help interpret the NFlP maps. In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, can benefit from the infonnation. This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional infonnation regarding this determination. If you have any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at 1-877-336-2677 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the lOMR Depot, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at htto:/lvvww. fema.aov/nfio. '" ~II ''>> Doug Bellomo, P E, CFM, Acting Chief Hazard Identification Section Mitigation Division Emeraencv Preoaredness and ResDonse Directorate 10080301.DA03080036P