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<br />LOMR-APP
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<br />Effective Date: JUN 0 2 2004
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<br />,Case No.: 03.08-0479P
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<br />Issue Date:
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<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency
<br />Washington, D,C, 20472
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<br />LETTER OF MAP REVISION
<br />DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
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<br />COMMUNITY INFORMATION
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<br />APPLICABLE NFIP REGULA nONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGA nON
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<br />We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (PL 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 />PL 90-448),42 U's,C, 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65, Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act ofl968, as
<br />amended, communities participating in the NFIP 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 NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements
<br />to which the regulations apply,
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<br />NF1P 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 and culvert rests with your community, We may request
<br />that your community submit a description and schedule of channel and culvert activities,
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<br />COMMUNITY REMINDERS
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<br />_ We ba~ed_this,detennination-on-the-l~percet\t=aniiUal:Cliance flood discharges computed in the F1S for your community without
<br />considering subsequent changes in watershed characteristics that could increase flood discharges, Future development of projects
<br />upstream could cause increased flood discharges, which cou\d cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive restudy of your
<br />community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on flood discharges subsequent to the publication of
<br />the FIS report for your community and could, therefore, establish greater flood hazards in this area,
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<br />Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal andlor
<br />State/Commonwealth law have been obtained, State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge of loeal 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.
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<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 infonnation 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 NFIP maps, In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, can
<br />benefit from the infonuation,
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<br />This determination is based on the 1\000 data presenUy avallable. The enclosed documents pro\l\oe additional information regarding this determination, If
<br />'you have any questions aboutthis document, please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free a11-877 -336-2677 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter
<br />addressed to the LOMR Depot. 3601 Eisenhower Avenue. Alexandria, VA 22304. Additional infonnation about the NFIP is available on our website at
<br />htto:/fWN'W.fema.aov/nfio.
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<br />Doug Beliomo, PE, CFM, Acting Chief
<br />Hazard Identification Section
<br />Mitigation Division
<br />Emer enc Pre aredness and Res anse Directorate
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