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. Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: 19P-N April 4, 2002 The Honorable Dale Avery Mayor, City of Lafayette 1290 South Public Road Lafayette, CO 80026 Community: City of Lafayette, CO Community No,: 080026 Map Panels Affected: 08013C 0419 G, 0420 G, 0436 G, 0438 G, 0439 G, 0557 G, 0576 H, and 0577 H Dear Mayor Avery: This is to formally notify you of the final flood hazard determination for your community in compliance with Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67, Code of Federal Regulations. On May 6, 1996, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the City of Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. Recently, FEMA completed a re-evaluation of flood hazards in your community. On June 30, 2000, FEMA provided you with Preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and FIRM that identify existing flood hazards in your community, FEMA has not received any comments on the Preliminary copies of the FIS report and FIRM. Accordingly, the FIS report and FIRM for your community will become effective on October 4,2002. Before the effective date, FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIS report and FIRM. Because the FIS for your community has been completed, certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 ofthe National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter, Prior to October 4, 2002, your community is required, as a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to adopt or show evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60.3( d) of the enclosed NFIP regulations (44 CFR 59, etc,). These standards are the minimum requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature. It must be emphasized that all ofthe standards specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations must be enacted in a legally enforceable document This includes adoption of the current effective FIS report and FIRM to which the regulations apply and the other modifications made by this map revision. Some of the standards should already have been enacted by your community in order to establish eligibility in the NFIP, Any additional requirements can be met by taking one of the following actions: L Amending existing regulations to incorporate any additional requirements of Paragraph 60.3(d);