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<br />Page 2 of :\ <br /> <br />[Issue Date: <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br />"'II~ <br />1, !$: <br />'j;" ...," <br />~-1JiD s'tv";; <br /> <br />MAR 2 9 2004 I Effective Date: JUl 1 6 2004 I Case No.: 03-08-0677P <br /> <br />-I LOMR-APP <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington. D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />LETTER OF MAP REVISION <br />DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) <br /> <br />COMMUNITY INFORMATION <br /> <br />APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION <br /> <br />We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (p.L. 93-234) and in accordance <br />with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, <br />P.L. 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuantto Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as <br />amended, communities participating in the NFlP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or <br />exceed NFIP criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FIS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the <br />minimum requirements for continued NFlP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements <br />to which the regulations apply. <br /> <br />We provide the floodway designation to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the flciodway revision <br />we have described in this letter, while acceptable to us, must also be. acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate <br />community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. <br /> <br />NFlP regulations Subparagraph 60.3(b)(7) requires communities to ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated <br />portion of any watercourse is maintained. This provision is incorporated into your community's existing floodplain management <br />ordinances; therefore, responsibility for maintenance of the modified channel rests with your community. We may request that your <br />_community.submita.descriptionand.schedule.ofchanneI.activities. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY REMINDERS <br /> <br />We based this determination on the I -percent-annual-chance discharges computed in the submitted hydrologic model. Future <br />development of projects upstream could cause increased discharges. which could cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive <br />resindy of your community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on discharges and could, therefore. <br />indicate that greater flood hazards exist in this area. <br /> <br />Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Eederal and/or <br />State/Commonwealth law have been obtained. State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge oflocal conditions and <br />in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your <br />State/Commonwealth or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take <br />precedence over the minimum NFIP requirements. <br /> <br />We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community <br />will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release <br />for publication in your community's newspaper that describes the revision and explains how your community will provide the data and <br />help interpret the NFlP maps. In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders. can <br />benefit from the information. <br /> <br />This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If <br />you have any questions about this document. please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at 1-877-336-2677 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter <br />addressed to the LOMR Depot, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue. Alexandria, VA 22304. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at <br />htto:llwww.fema.oov/nfio. <br /> <br />,---. <br />= '<1> <br />Doug Beilomo. P .E.. CFM. Acting Chief <br />Hazard Identification Section <br />Mitigation Division <br />Emeraencv Prenaredness and Resnonse Directorate <br /> <br />~I, <br /> <br />102426D.AU3080677102IAC <br />