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<br />CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE <br />UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL <br />FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM <br /> <br />On March 17, 1997, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />identified Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the unincorporated areas of El Paso County, Colorado, <br />through issuance of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The Mitigation Division has delemlined that <br />modification of the elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any <br />given year (base flood) for certain locations in this community is appropriate. The modified Base Flood <br />Elevations (BFEs) revise the FIRM for the 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 <br />(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C. <br />4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. <br /> <br />A hydraulic analysis was performed to incorporate new hydrologic, hydraulic, and topographic data for <br />West Fork Squirrel Creek - Solberg Ranch - West Unnamed Tributary from approximately 3,300 feet <br />upstream to approximately 5,500 feet upstream of the confluence with West Fork Squirrel <br />Creek - Solberg Ranch. This has resulted in increases and decreases in SFHA width and establishment of <br />BFEs for West Fork Squirrel Creek - Solberg Ranch - West Unnamed Tributary. The table below <br />indicates existing and modified BFEs for selected locations along the affected lengths of the flooding <br />source(s) cited above. <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Existing BFE <br />(feet)' <br /> <br />Modified BFE <br />(feel) · <br /> <br />Approximately 3,350 feet upstream of confluence <br />with West Fork Squirrel Creek - Solberg Ranch <br />Approximately 5,500 feet upstream of confluence <br />with West Fork Squirrel Creek - Solberg Ranch <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />6,503 <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />6,527 <br /> <br />'National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to nearest whole foot <br /> <br />Under the above-mentioned Acts of 1968 and 1973, the Mitigation Division 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 lhis newspaper, any person has 90 days in <br />which he or she can request, through the Chief Executive Officer of the conununity, that the Mitigation <br />Division reconsider the detennination. Any request for reconsideration must be based on knowledge of <br />changed conditions or new scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that until the <br />90-day period elapses, the Mitigation Division's detennination to modify the BFEs may itself be changed. <br /> <br />Any person having knowledge or wishing to comment on these changes should inunediately notify: <br /> <br />The Honorable Jim Bensberg <br />Chairman, EI Paso Counly <br />Board of Commissioners <br />27 East Vennijo Avenue <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2208 <br />