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<br />CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE CITY <br />OF BOULDER, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE <br />PROGRAM <br /> <br />On June 2, 1995, the Federal Emergency Management Agency identified Special Flood Hazard Areas <br />(SFHAs) in the City of Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, through issuance of a Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map (FIRM). The Mitigation Directorate has determined that modification of the elevations of the flood <br />having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) for certain locations <br />in this community is appropriate. The modified base flood elevations (BFEs) revise the FIRM for the <br />community . <br /> <br />The changes are being made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public <br />Law 93-234) and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title xm <br />of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and <br />44 CFR Part 65. <br /> <br />A correction was made to the designation of a BFE along Fourmile Canyon Creek and has resulted in an <br />increased BFE for Fourmile Canyon Creek. The table below indicates the existing and corrected BFE <br />along the affected length of the flooding source(s) cited above. <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Existing BFE <br />(feet)* <br /> <br />Modified BFE <br />(feet)* <br /> <br />Approximately 2,300 feet upstream of 26th Street <br /> <br />5,425 <br /> <br />5,429 <br /> <br />*National Geodetic Vertical Damm, rounded to nearest whole foot <br /> <br />Under the above-mentioned Acts of 1968 and 1973, the Mitigation Directorate must develop criteria for <br />floodplain management. To participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the community <br />must use the modified BFEs to administer the floodplain management measures of the NFIP. These <br />modified BFEs will also be used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new <br />buildings and their contents and for the second layer of insurance on existing buildings and contents. <br /> <br />Upon the second publication of notice of these changes in this newspaper, any person has 90 days in which <br />he or she can request, through the Chief Executive Officer of the community, that the Mitigation <br />Directorate reconsider the determination. Any request for reconsideration must be based on knowledge <br />of changed conditions or new scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that until the <br />90-day period elapses, the Mitigation Directorate's determination to modify the BFEs may itself be <br />changed. <br /> <br />Any person having knowledge or wishing to comment on these changes should immediately notify: <br /> <br />The Honorable Robert D. Greenlee <br />Mayor City of Boulder <br />P.O. Box 791 <br />Boulder, Colorado 80306-0791 <br />