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<br />owners may appeal the proposed BFEs. Such <br />appeals must be based on scientific or technical <br />data. <br /> <br />After the appeal period has ended and all <br />appeals have been resolved, the Administrator <br />of the Federal Insurance Administration will <br />issue a final BFE determination. The <br />Administrator makes the BFEs final by <br />publishing them in the Federal Reqister and <br />sending a final BFE determination letter to the <br />Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the community. <br />The final determination letter informs the CEO <br />that the community is being given 6 months to <br />enact the ordinances required for participation <br />in the Regular Phase of the NFIP. During this 6- <br />month period, the FI RM and, if appropriate, <br />FBFM and FIS report are printed. At the end of <br />the 6-month period, the FIRM and FBFM become <br />effecti ve. <br /> <br />If an effective FHBM, FIRM, or FBFM is revised <br />and republished as a result of a FEMA Flood <br />Insurance Restudy (RFIS) or through the Map <br />Revision process (Chapter 4), the community is <br />given review periods similar to those described <br />previously for the initial FHBM, FIRM, and FBFM, <br />with the following exceptions. When a revision <br />to an effective NFIP map does not include new or <br />revised BFEs, no 90-day appeal period is <br />required. The affected community is given only <br />a 30-day review period, after which the map is <br />pri nted. <br /> <br />When an effective FIRM is revised through the <br />LOM R process, the FI RM wi II not be revised and <br />republished. The LOMR officially revises the <br />FIRM and the revision becomes effective <br />immediately, on the date of the LOMR. When <br />BFEs are revised by LOMR a 90-day appeal period <br />is provided to the community after the LOMR is <br />issued. As explained in Chapter 4, FEMA issues <br />LOMRs to lower or eliminate BFEs, but not to <br />raise or add BFEs. <br /> <br />FEMA notifies community officials by letter as <br />specific milestones in the previously described <br />processes are reached. Any questions <br />concerning the status of the NFIP map that <br />cannot be answered from the information <br />provided routinely by FEMA can be answered by <br />staff members of the appropriate FEMA <br />Regional Office. (See Appendix D.) <br /> <br />If you need a copy of the effective NFIP map for <br />your community or simply want to verify that a <br />map you may al ready have is the effective map, <br />you may place an order or ascertain the needed <br />information by calling the Flood Map <br />Distribution Center at '-800-333-1363. <br />Appendix C provides additional information <br />about how to obtain a copy of an effective NFIP <br />map. <br /> <br />Type(s) of change(s) being requested. <br />NFIP maps present various types of flooding <br />information: floodplain boundaries, floodways, <br />flood insurance rate zones, and BFEs. The maps <br />also depict planimetric features such as streams <br />and lakes, roads, railroads, major buildings, and <br />the boundaries of incorporated communities, <br />counties, and Federal and State lands. <br /> <br />Requests for changes to NFIP maps may involve <br />one or more type of flooding information and <br />may also involve other planimetric features <br />shown on the map. Often, because much of the <br />information presented on the map is <br />interrelated, a change to one type of <br />information will necessitate changes to others. <br />Each of the four processes for changing NFIP <br />maps (Appeals, Map Revisions, Conditional Map <br />Revisions, and Map Amendments) is applicable <br />only to a specific type of change. Therefore, you <br />should not only consider the type of change <br />being requested but also determine whether <br />changes to related map information will be <br />necessary and what those changes are. <br /> <br />In making that determination, you must <br />consider the basis for the requested change. For <br />example, a request for a change to a 100-year <br />floodplain boundary delineation may be based <br />on the effects of a channelization project. <br />However, such a project is also likely to affect <br />the BFEs, floodway boundary, and stream <br />configuration shown on the map. You will not <br />always be able to identify every change that may <br />be necessary; however, by attempting to do so, <br />you will ensure that your request is processed as <br />quickly and efficiently as possible. <br /> <br />After completing Step 1, you will have identified <br />the type of map to be changed, the status of the <br />map, and the types of change(s) to be made. In <br />Step 2, you will determine which of the four <br />processes is applicable to your request. General <br />descriptions of the conditions under which each <br /> <br />7 <br />