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2 maximum increase in floodway width, 180 feet, occurs approximately 1,300 feet upstream of Pagosa Street. The floodway shifted south from approximately 200 feet upstream to approximately 1,100 feet upstream of Hot Springs Road to include property not previously located in the floodway. The maximum shift in the floodway, 80 feet, occurs approximately 350 feet upstream of Hot Springs Road. All affected property owners have been notified of the revisions. No insurable structures are affected by the increases in the SFHA and floodway widths. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panel 0005 C, Profile Panels 01P and 02P, and the Floodway Data Table for the San Juan River. This LOMR hereby revises this panel of the effective FIRM for the Town of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and the Flood Profiles and Floodway Data Table in the FIS report for the Town of Pagosa Springs and the unincorporated areas of Archuleta County, Colorado, both dated May 2, 1991. The channel modification project also affected the flood hazard information for the unincorporated areas of Archuleta County, Colorado. A separate LOMR describing the effects of the project on the FIS report, FIRM, and Flood Boundary and Floodway Map for the unincorporated areas of Archuleta County, Colorado, was issued on the same date as this LOMR. The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs: Location Existing BFE (feet)* Modified BFE (feet)* San Juan River: Approximately 3,440 feet downstream of Hot Springs Road Approximately 250 feet downstream of Hot Springs Road Approximately 925 feet upstream of Pagosa Street Approximately 2,650 feet upstream of Pagosa Street 7,047 7,064 7,088 7,097 7,047 7,067 7,084 7,097 *Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot Public notification of the revised BFEs will be given in the Pagosa Springs Sun on or about February 22 and February 29, 1996. A copy of this notification is enclosed. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. In addition, a notice of changes will be published in the Federal Register. Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons, such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information. We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper. This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps. The revisions are effective as of the date of this letter; however, within 90 days of the second publication in the Pagosa Springs Sun, a citizen may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs presented in this LOMR may itself be modified.