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in the SFHA and do not involve recent alterations of topography or result in significant changes to the flooding information depicted on the NFIP map. they may be submitted directly to FEMA and are not subject to the review and approval of the community, Requests for determinations concerning multiple structures on multi- ple lots and all requests for conditional determinations should be sent to the FEMA Headquarters Office at the following address: Chief, Technical Operations Division Office of Risk Assessment Federal Insurance Administration 500 C, Street. S.w, Washington, D,C, 20472 Requests for determinations concerning single structures on single lots and parcels of land should be sent to the FEMA Regional Office in Denver at Bldg, 710. Denver Federai Center, Box 25267. Denver. CO 80225-0267, c C. Data Required To Support the Request The requestor must provide data that are sufficient to allow FEMA to verify the location of the structure or parcel of land and that the struc- ture or land is not subject to inundation during the base flood, Determinations For Existing Structures, The following data must be submitted: 1, A copy of the recorded deed with the legal description of the property and the deed book volume and page number. bearing the seai of the Recorder of Deeds. 2, A copy of the recorded plat showing both the location of the properly and the plat book volume and page number. bearing the seai of the Recorder of Deeds, If the property is not recorded on a plat map. copies of the tax map or other suitable maps are required to aid FEMA in accurately locating the property. 3, A topographic map. certified "as'built" by registered professional engineer or licensed land surveyor. showing structure locations (if appiicable). ground elevations, and the elevations of the lowest finished grades adjacent to the structures (if applicable), 4, Data to substantiate the BFE. These data may be taken from an authoritative source, such as the U,S, Army Corps of Engineers. U,S. Geological Survey, U,S, Soil Conservation Service, any other Federal agency, State and local water resource or planning departments, a FEMA FIS. or information prepared by a regis- tered professional engineer, 5, A signed statement asserting the accuracy of the information submitted, The data required to support a request for a conditional determina- tion are generally the same as those required for determinations for existing structures, However. none of the plans or structural elevations submitted will be certified "as.built." Note that after January I, 1986. a fee wiil be assessed for conditional determinations, (See previous sec- tion for fee schedule,) (,' D. General Technical Guidance When developing technicai supporting data, requestor's should con- sider the following points: . If an entire legally described parcel of land is shown to be inadver- tently inciuded in the SFHA. the LOMA will be issued for the parcel. . If the request is for more than one lot or structure, then the requestor must provide an effective NFIP map (FIRM or FHBM), or a photographic copy of it, on which the legal metes and bounds of the property, including each lot within a subdivision. have been drawn as accurately as possible, The map submitted must bear the seal of a licensed land surveyor or registered professional engineer to certify that the property is correctly located on the NFIP map based on the legai description of the properly, If a fiood boundary runs through a lot or tract of property, the location of the structure(s) on the lot or tract should be accurately drawn, A photocopy of the NFIP map is unacceptable because the size of the map may be distorted, I 30