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Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: I9P December 6, 2000 The Honorable Gregory Heine Mayor, Town of Silver Plwne P.O. Box 457 Silver Plume, CO 80476 Community: Town of Silver Plwne, CO Community No,: 080200 Map Panels Affected: 0001 B Dear Mayor Heine: This is to fonnally notify you of the final flood elevation detennination for the Town of Silver Plwne, Clear Creek County, Colorado, in compliance with Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67, Section 67,1 1, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), This section requires that notice offmal flood elevations shall be sent to the Chief Executive Officer of the community, all individual appellants, and the State Coordinating Agency, and shall be published in the Federal Register. On January 17, 1979, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in your community. Recently, FEMA completed are-evaluation of flood hazards in your community. On June 22, 2000, FEMA provided you with Preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and FIRM that identify existing flood hazards in your community, including elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). The proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for your community were published in the Clear Creek Currant, on August 16, and August 23, 2000, and in the Federal Register, at 65 FR68963, on November 15,2000, The statutory 90-day appeal period, which was initiated on the second newspaper publication date cited above, has ended. FEMA did not receive any appeals of the proposed BFEs during that time. Accordingly, the BFEs for your community are considered final. The final rule for BFEs will be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The FIRM for your community will become effective on June 6, 200 I. Before the effective date, FEMA will send you fmal printed copies of the FIS and FIRM. Because the FIS establishing the BFEs for your community has been completed, certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter. Prior to June 6, 2001, your community is required, as a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to adopt or show evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60.3(d) of the enclosed NFIP regulations (44 CFR 59, etc.) by the effective date of the FIRM. These standards are the minimwn requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.