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<br />As a result of the project, the width of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area inundated by the base
<br />flood, decreased from just upstream to approximately 3,600 feet upstream of the Burlington Northern
<br />Railroad, The maximum decrease in SFHA width, approximately 850 feet, occurred just upstream of the
<br />Burlington Northern Railroad. The BPEs decreased along the revised reach as a result of the project, but
<br />increased and decreased compared to those shown on the effective FIRM as a result of the changes in the
<br />pre-project model. Compared to the BFEs shown on the effective FIRM, the maximum decrease in BFE,
<br />9.5 feet, occurred at the Burlington Northern Railroad and the maximum increase in BFE, 1,9 feet, occurred
<br />approximately 150 feet upstream of Empire Road,
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<br />The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panels 08013C0560 F and
<br />08013C0576 G and Prome Panels 1 lOP and I11P, This LOMR hereby revises these panels of the effective
<br />FIRM dated June 2, 1995, and May 6, 1996, respectively, and the Flood Profiles in the FIS report dated
<br />May 6, 1996.
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<br />The following table is a partia1listing of existing and modified BPEs:
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<br />Location
<br />
<br />Existing BPE
<br />(feet)*
<br />
<br />Modified BPE
<br />(feet)*
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<br />Coal Creek:
<br />Approximately 1,550 feet downstream of Empire Road
<br />Approximately 150 feet upstream of Empire Road
<br />At the Burlington Northern Railroad
<br />Approximately 3,700 feet upstream of South 96th Street
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<br />5,279
<br />5,300
<br />5,330
<br />5,359
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<br />5,279
<br />5,302
<br />5,321
<br />5,359
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<br />*Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot
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<br />Public notification of the revised BPEs will be given in the Louisville Times on or about September 18 and
<br />September 25, 1996, A copy of this notification is enclosed, Any request for reconsideration must be based
<br />on scientific or technical data. In addition, a notice of changes will be published in the Federal Register,
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<br />A portion of the revised reach of Coal Creek is within the City of Louisville, Colorado. A separate LOMR
<br />was issued to the City of Louisville on the same date as this LOMR to reflect the changes to the FIS report and
<br />FIRM.
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<br />Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and
<br />mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to
<br />disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons,
<br />such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information.
<br />We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper. This
<br />article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons by
<br />providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps,
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<br />The revisions are effective as of the date of this letter; however, within 90 days of the second publication in
<br />the Louisville Times, a citizen may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any
<br />request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice
<br />that, until the 9<klay period elapses, the determination to modify the BPEs presented in this LOMR may itself
<br />be modified.
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