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<br />Appendix A <br />Protests <br /> <br />During the formal 90-day appeal period, a <br />community official or an individual property <br />owner may wish to object to information shown <br />on the FIRM, FBFM, or FIS report. If the <br />objection does not involve the proposed BFEs, it <br />does not, according to Part 67 of the NFIP <br />regulations, constitute an Appeal. Such <br />objections are called Protests. <br /> <br />Like Appeals, Protests should not be submitted <br />directly to FEMA by individual property owners; <br />they are to be submitted to the CEO or a <br />community official designated by the CEO. The <br />CEO or designated community official should <br />review the Protests and, when forwarding them <br />to FEMA, should state whether the community <br />supports them. Protests should be sent to the <br />FEMA Headquarters office at the address shown <br />in Chapter 3. <br /> <br />Protests will generally involve changes to one of <br />the following: <br /> <br />. Floodplain Boundaries <br /> <br />. Corporate Limits <br /> <br />. Roads and Road Names <br /> <br />The various types of Protests and the data that <br />must be submitted to support them are <br />discussed in the Sections that follow. Changes <br />that must be made to the FIRM, FBFM, and FIS <br />report as a result of Protests are usually <br />incorporated into the maps and FIS report at the <br />time they are printed. Generally, the letter that <br />informs the CEO of the final BFE determination <br />will also explain the resolution of any Protests <br />that have been submitted. <br /> <br />Changes to Floodplain <br />Boundaries (Flooding Sources <br />Studied by Detailed Methods) <br /> <br />Usually, detailed floodplain boundaries are <br />del i neated with topographic maps and the BFEs <br /> <br />resulting from the hydraulic analysis performed <br />for the FIS. If topographic maps or other ground <br />elevation data are submitted that are of greater <br />detail than those used by FEMA or that show <br />more recent topographic conditions, FEMA will <br /> <br />use them to revise the floodplain boundaries <br />shown on the FI RM and FBFM. <br /> <br />All maps and other supporting data submitted <br />must be certified by a registered professional <br />engineer or a licensed land surveyor and must <br />reflect existing conditions. Maps prepared by an <br />authoritative source, such as the COE, USGS, U.S. <br />Bureau of Reclamation, or a State department of <br />highways and transportation, are acceptable <br />without certification as long as the sources and <br />dates ofthe maps are identified. <br /> <br />Changes to Floodplain <br />Boundaries (Flooding Sources <br />Studied by Approximate <br />Methods) <br /> <br />Usually, approximate floodplain boundaries are <br />delineated with the best available data, <br />including flood maps published by other <br />agencies, information on past floods, and <br />simplified hydrologic and hydraulic analyses. If <br />more-detailed data or analyses are submitted, <br />FEMA will use them to revise the floodplain <br />boundaries shown on the FIRM and FBFM. Such <br />data and analyses would include the following: <br /> <br />. Published flood maps that are more <br />recent or more detailed than those used <br />by FEMA <br /> <br />. Analyses that are more detailed than <br />those performed by FEMA or that are <br />based on better data than those used by <br />FEMA <br /> <br />All data and analyses submitted must be <br />certified by a registered professional engineer or <br />licensed land surveyor. <br /> <br />A-l <br />