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<br />" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"- "~ <br /> <br />.... , <br /> <br />CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE CITY <br />OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF EL PASO COUNTY, <br />COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL 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 City of Colorado Springs and the unincorporated <br />areas of EI Paso County, Colorado, through issuance of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The <br />Mitigation Division has determined that modification of the elevations of the flood having a I-percent <br />chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) for certain locations in these <br />communities is appropriate. The modified Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) revise the FIRM for the <br />communities. <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 the effects along Sand Creek East Fork of a 6-barrel, <br />lO-foot by 20-foot reinforced-concrete box culvert that replaced the former U.S. Highway 24 bridge and <br />of new hydraulic and topographic data from just upstream of Stewart Avenue to approximately 1,000 feet <br />upstream of U.S. Highway 24. This has resulted in a revised delineation of the regulatory floodway, <br />increases and decreases in SFHA width, and increased BFEs for Sand Creek East Fork. 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 />(feet)* <br /> <br />1.2 Approximately 350 feet upstream of Stewart Avenue <br />2 Approximately 660 feet upstream of U.S. Highway 24 <br /> <br />6,213 <br />6,264 <br /> <br />6,214 <br />6,266 <br /> <br />*National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to nearest whole foot <br />1City of Colorado Springs <br />2Unincorporated areas of EI Paso County <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 ofinsurance 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 <br />which he or she can request, through the Chief Executive Officer of the community, that the Mitigation <br />Division reconsider the determination. 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 determination to modify the BFEs may itself be changed. <br />