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. . . (I)"liiZM~~ ~ ~ ' ~ ill o 0 Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 MAY 2 9 2001 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 01-08-128P The Honorable Bob Lieb La Plata County Commissioner, District 2 1060 East Second Avenue Durango, CO 81301 Community: La Plata County, CO Community No,: 080097 Map Panels Affected: 0393 B 116 Dear Mr. Lieb: In a Letter of Map Revision dated February 6, 2001, you were notified of proposed modified flood elevation determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the Unincorporated Areas of La Plata County, Colorado. That letter had given an incorrect case number of 00-08-128P on the upper right corner of the first page. The correct case number for this request is 01-08-128P and is shown above in this letter. These determinations were for the Animas River from approximately 2,100 feet downstream of the new U.S. Highway 160 bridge to just upstream of the old U.S. Highway 160 bridge. The 90-day appeal period that was initiated on February 16,2001, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) in the Durango Herald, has elapsed. FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified BFEs. Therefore, the modified BFEs that became effective on May 19,2001, remain valid and revise the FIRM that was in effect prior to that date. The modifications are pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) and are 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 CFR Part 65. The community number(s) and suffix code(s) are unaffected by this revision, The community number and appropriate suffix code as shown above will be used by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management as required under the above-mentioned Acts of 1968 and 1973. To continue participation in the NFIP, your community must use the modified BFEs to carry out the floodplain management regulations for the NFIP. The modified BFEs will also be used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for all new buildings and their contents and for the second layer of insurance on existing buildings and their contents.