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3 information. We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper. This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps. The revisions are effective as of the date of this letter; however, within 90 days of the second publication in the Boulder Daily Camera, a citizen may request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs presented in this LOMR may itself be modified, Due to present funding constraints, we must limit the number of physical map revisions processed. Consequently, we will not republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to reflect the modifications described in this LOMR at this time. As stated in our October 17, 1994, letter to you, we will initiate a physical map revision for your community upon receipt of the data we require to review and accept the flood control projects identified in the August 22, 1994, letter from Ms. Nancy B. Love, Chief Executive Officer, Love & Associates, Inc. A date for this map update is not available at this time because the data for all identified projects have not been received. The floodway is provided to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway modifications described in this letter, while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. This response to Ms. Medde's request is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for approving all proposed floodplain developments, including this request, and for ensuring that necessary permits required by Federal or State law have been received. With knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, State and community officials may set higher standards for construction, or may limit development in floodplain areas. If the State of Colorado or your community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence. The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a channel-modification/culvert, project. NFIP regulations, as cited in Paragraph 60.3(b)(7), require that communities assure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained. This provision is incorporated into your community's existing floodplain management regulations. Consequently, the ultimate responsibility for maintenance of the channel modification/culvert rests with your community. The map panels as listed above and as revised by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community. This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 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 NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed minimum NFIP criteria. These criteria are the minimum and do not