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<br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />AUG 2 7 2002 <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No.: 02-08-016P <br /> <br />The Honorable Josh Joswick <br />Chair, La Plata County Board <br />of Commissioners <br />1060 East Second Avenue <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br /> <br />Community: La Plata County, CO <br />Community No.: 080097 <br />Panels Affected: 0266 B, 0267 C, 0268 B, and <br />0269 B <br />Effective Date of 5 EP 2 7 2002 <br />This Revision: <br /> <br />102-I-C <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Joswick: <br /> <br />This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood <br />Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated October 31,2001, Mr. Butch Knowlton, <br />Floodplain Administrator, La Plata County, requested that FEMA revise the FIRM to show the effects of <br />updated topographic information along the Animas River from approximately 3,250 feet downstream to <br />approximately 7,000 feet upstream of Trimble Lane. <br /> <br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr. Knowlton. <br />Because this Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) is based on flood hazard information meant to improve <br />upon that shown on the flood map or within the flood study, and does not partially or wholly incorporate <br />manmade modifications within the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), fees were not assessed for the <br />review. The SFHA is the area that would be inundated by the flood having a I-percent chance of being <br />equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). <br /> <br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM. <br />We have revised the FIRM to modify the floodplain boundary delineations and zone designations of the <br />base flood along the Animas River from approximately 3,250 feet downstream to approximately <br />7,000 feet upstream of Trimble Lane. As a result of the modifications, the width of the SFHA for the <br />Animas River increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown on the <br />enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panels 0266 B, 0267 C, 0268 B, and 0269 B. This LOMR hereby <br />revises effective FIRM Panels 0266 B, 0268 B, and 0269 B dated December 15, 1981, and effective <br />FIRM Panel 0267 C dated March 16, 1995. <br /> <br />As part of this LOMR, the format of the map panels changed. Previously, flood hazard information was <br />shown on both the FIRM and Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM). In the new format, all Base <br />Flood Elevations, cross sections, zone designations, and floodplain and floodway boundary delineations <br />