FLOOD06377

• County: El Paso
• Community: Calhan
• Stream Name: Calhan Main Channel
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: FIS Final Notification - Affected Community 080192
• Date: 3/10/1999
• Prepared For: Calhan
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
MAR 1 0 1999

CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

IN REPLY REFER TO:
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The Honorable Albert Kobilan
Mayor, Town of Calhan
P. O. Box 236
Calhan ,Colorado 80808-0236

Community I Town of Calhan, Colorado
Community No.: 080192

Dear Mayor Kobilan:

On March 31, 1998, we provided your community with copies of a preliminary Flood Insurance Study
(FIS) report and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The FIS report and FIRM for your commWlity were
prepared in our cOWltywide format, which means that flood hazard information for the entire geographic
area of the county, including your community and all other incorporated areas, was presented. That
material makes it appropriate to modify the elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being
equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) for certain locations in the Town of Calhan,
EI Paso County Colorado. Public notification of the proposed modifications in base flood elevations
(BFEs) for the following will be given in the The Ranchland News on or about March 25 and
April 1, 1999: Calhan Main Channel, Calhan East Tributary and Calhan Fairground Tributary. A copy
of this notification is enclosed. In addition, a notice of Proposed Base Flood Elevation Determinations will
be published in the Federal Register.

The proposed BFEs,if finalized, will become the basis for the floodplain management measures that your
community must adopt or show evidence of already being in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified
for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). However, before any modified BFEs
are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the
proposed BFEs. The appeal procedure is outlined beow for your information.

Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) is intended to ensure an
equitable balancing of all interests involved in the setting of BFE determinations. The legislation provides
for an explicit process of notification and appeals for your commWlity and for private persons prior to this
office making the BFE determinations final. The regulations developed by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) to implement Section 110 may be found at Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67,
Code of Federal Regulations. Copies of the 1973 Act and the NFIP regulations are enclosed.

During the 90-day appeal period following the second publication in the above-named newspaper, any
owner or lessee of real property in your community who believes his or her property rights will be
adversely affected by the BFE determinations may appeal to you, or to an agency that you publicly
designate. It is important to note, however, that the sole basis for such appeals is the possession of
knowledge or information indicating that the proposed BFE determinations are scientifically or technically
incorrect. These appeal data must be submitted to FEMA during the 90-day appeal period. Only appeals
of the proposed BFEs supported by data can be considered before FEMA makes its final determination at
the end of the 90-day appeal period. Note that the 90-day appeal period is statutory and cannot be extended
for any reason.