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, , / Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: 19P July 5, 1999 The Honorable Albert Kobilan Mayor, Town of Calban P.O. Box 236 Calban, Colorado 80808-0236 Community: Town of Calhan, Colorado Community No.: 080192 Map Panels Affected: 08041C0391 G, 0393 G, and 0400 G Dear Mayor Kobilan: This is to formally notify you of the final flood elevation determination for the Town of Calhan, El Paso County, Colorado, in compliance with Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67, Section 67.11, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This section requires that notice of final flood elevations shall be sent to the Chief Executive Officer of the community, all individual appellants, and the State Coordinating Agency, and shall be published in the Federal Register. On March 17, 1997, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a FIood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in your community. Recently, FEMA completed a re-evaluation of flood hazards in your community. On February 22, 1999, FEMA provided you with copies of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and FIRM that identify existing flood hazards in your community, including elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). The proposed base flood elevations (BFEs) for your community were published in the Ranchland News, on March 25 and April 1, 1999, and in the Federal Register, at 64 FR 26715, on May 17, 1999. The statutory 9O.ctay appeal period, which was initiated on the second newspaper publication date cited above, has ended. FEMA did /lOt receive any appeals of the proposed BFEs during that time. Accordingly, the BFEs for your community are considered final. The fiual rule for BFEs will be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible. Because the FIS establishing the BFEs for your community has been completed, certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, to continue participation in the Natioual Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). We have been advised that your community has expressed a desire to have the revised FIRM for your community published as soon as possible; therefore, we have set an effective date of August 23, 1999, for the revised FIS and FIRM. This will allow us sufficient time to print and distribute the revised FIS and FIRM prior to the effective date.