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2 The modifications are effective as of the date shown above, The map panel(s) as listed above and as modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your connnunity. The results of the July 25 WMR remain valid. The modified BFEs were previously published in the Denver Post on August 25 and September 1, 1995. The second publication initiated a 9o-day appeal period, during which FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified BFEs. The modified BFEs remain valid and will not be republished at this time. Because this WMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and mortgage lenders, your connnunity will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to disseminate the infonnation reflected by this WMR throughout the connnunity, so that interested persons, such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the infonnation. We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your connnunity's local newspaper. This article should describe the assistance that officials of your connnunity will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps. We will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your connnunity to reflect the modifications made by this LOMR at this time. When changes to the previously cited FIRM panel(s) and FIS report warrant physical revision and republication in the future, we will incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at that time. The floodway is provided to your connnunity as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway modifications described in this LOMR, while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to your connnunity and adopted by appropriate connnunity action, as specified in Paragraph 6O.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your connnunity is responsible for approving all floodplain development, and for ensuring all necessary permits required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and connnunity officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the SFHA. If the State, county, or connnunity has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria. The basis of this WMR is, in whole or in part, a channel-modification project. NFIP regulations, as cited in Paragraph 6O.3(b)(7), require that connnunities ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained. This provision is incorporated into your connnunity's existing floodplain management regulations. Consequently, the ultimate responsibility for maintenance of the modified channel rests with your connnunity. 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 National Flood Insurance 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 CPR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, connnunities 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 and the modifications described in this LOMR. Our records show that your connnunity has met this requirement.