FLOOD07513

• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs
• Stream Name: Sand Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: LOMR - Affected Panel 080059 0168 C - Case No. 94-08-121P
• Date: 8/24/1994
• Prepared For: Colorado Springs
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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The revisions are effective as of the date of this letter; however, within
90 days of the second publication in the Gazette Teleltraoh, a citizen may
request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reconsider the
determination made by this LOMR. Any request for reconsideration must be
based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice
that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs
presented in this LOMR may itself be modified.

We are incorporating flood hazard information for Templeton Gap South
Overflow and Monument Creek into a physical map revision. LOMRs were
previously issued for these streams on July 20 and February 15, 1994,
respectively. We will also incorporate the modifications described in this
LOMR into this physical map revision. Before publishing the revised panels
and FIS report, we will issue preliminary copies for review by your
community. The preliminary copies are scheduled to be delivered for review
in October 1994.

The f100dway is provided to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain
development. Therefore, the f100dway modifications described in this letter,
while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to your .community and
adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of
the NFIP regulations.

This response to Mr. Bunting's request is based on minimum floodplain
management criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is
responsible for approving all proposed floodplain developments, including
this request, and for ensuring that necessary permits required by Federal or
State law have been received. With knowledge of local conditions .and in the
interest of safety, State and community officials may set higher standards
for construction, or may limit development in floodplain areas. If the State
of Colorado or the City of Colorado Springs has adopted more restrictive or
comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence.

The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a channe1-
modification/culvert project. NFIP regulations, as cited in Paragraph
60.3(b)(7), require that communities assure that the flood-carrying capacity
within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained.
This provision is incorporated into your community's existing f190dplain
management regulations. Consequently, the ultimate responsibility. for
maintenance of the channel modification/culvert rests with your co~unity. '.

The map panel as listed above and as revised by this letter will be used for
all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community.

This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C.
4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, conmunities participating in the
NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that
meet or exceed minimum NFIP criteria. These criteria are the minimum and do
not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.
This includes adoption of the effective FIRM to which the regulations apply