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<br />The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:
<br />
<br />Location
<br />
<br />Existing BFE
<br />(feet)*
<br />
<br />Modified BFE
<br />(feet)*
<br />
<br />Approximately 200 feet downstream of
<br />South Fir Street footbridge
<br />Approximately 100 feet upstream of
<br />South Fir Street footbridge
<br />
<br />8,744
<br />8,747
<br />
<br />8,745
<br />8,748
<br />
<br />*Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot
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<br />Public notification of the proposed modified BFEs will be given in the Telleride Daily Planet on or about
<br />April 9 and April 16, 1999, A copy of this notification is enclosed. In addition, a notice of changes will
<br />be published in the Federal Register, Within 90 days of the second publication in the Telluride Daily
<br />Planet, a citizen may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR, Any request
<br />for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that,
<br />until the 9o-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs presented in this LOMR may itself
<br />be modified.
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<br />Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and
<br />mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to
<br />disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons,
<br />such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information,
<br />We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper.
<br />This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons
<br />by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps.
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<br />The floodway is provided to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development Therefore, the
<br />floodway modifications described in this LOMR, while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to
<br />your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60,3(d) of the
<br />NFIP regulations.
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<br />This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your
<br />community is responsible for approving all floodplain development, and for ensuring all necessary permits
<br />required by Federal or State law have been received, State, county, and community officials, based on
<br />knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the
<br />SFHA. If the State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain
<br />management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria.
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<br />The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a channel-modification project NFIP regulations, as cited
<br />in Paragraph 60.3(b )(7), require that communities ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered
<br />or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained, This provision is incorporated into your
<br />community's existing floodplain management regulations, Consequently, the ultimate responsibility for
<br />maintenance of the modified channel rests with your community,
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<br />This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
<br />(Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended
<br />(Title XllI of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42
<br />U.S,C, 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65, Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act
<br />of 1968, as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain
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