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<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency
<br />Washington, D.C. 20472
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<br />CERTIFIED MAIL
<br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
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<br />IN REPLY REFER TO:
<br />19P
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<br />April 4, 2002
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<br />The Honorable Jana L. Mendez
<br />Chairperson, Boulder County
<br />Board of Commissioners
<br />P.O. Box 471
<br />Boulder, CO 80306
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<br />Community: Boulder County, CO
<br />Community No.: 080023
<br />Map Panels Affected: 080 13C0419 G, 0420 G,
<br />0430 G, 0436 G, 0437 G, 0438 G, 0439 G, 0554 G,
<br />0555 G, 0557 G, 0558 G, 0559 G, 0562 G, 0565 G,
<br />0566 G, 0567 G, 0576 H, and 0577 H
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<br />Dear Ms. Mendez:
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<br />This is to formally notify you of the final flood elevation determination for unincorporated areas of Boulder
<br />County, Colorado, in compliance with Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67, Section 67.11, Code of Federal
<br />Regulations (CFR). This section requires that notice of final flood elevations shall be sent to the Chief
<br />Executive Officer of the community, all individual appellants, and the State Coordinating Agency, and shall
<br />be published in the Federal Register.
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<br />On May 6, 1996, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Flood Insurance Rate Map
<br />(FIRM) that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in your community. Recently, FEMA
<br />completed are-evaluation of flood hazards in your community. On June 30, 2000, FEMA provided you
<br />with Preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and FIRM that identify existing flood
<br />hazards in your community, including elevations ofthe flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or
<br />exceeded in any given year (base flood). The proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for your community
<br />were published in the Daily Camera, on December 13 and December 20, 2001, and in the Federal Register,
<br />at 67 FR 5247 on February 5, 2002.
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<br />The statutory 90-day appeal period, which was initiated on the second newspaper publication date cited
<br />above, has ended. FEMA did not receive any appeals of the proposed BFEs during that time. Accordingly,
<br />the BFEs for your community are considered final. The final rule for BFEs will be published in the Federal
<br />Register as soon as possible. The FIRM for your community will become effective on October 4, 2002.
<br />Before the effective date, FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIS report and FIRM.
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<br />Because the FIS establishing the BFEs for your community has been completed, certain additional
<br />requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
<br />within 6 months from the date of this letter, Prior to October 4, 2002, your community is required, as a
<br />condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to adopt or show
<br />evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60.3( d) of
<br />the enclosed NFIP regulations (44 CFR 59, etc.) by the effective date of the FIRM. These standards are the
<br />minimum requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.
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