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> Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: II 5-1 December 20, 2000 Mr, Gary Lindstrom Chairperson, Summit County Board of Commissioners P.O, Box 68 Breckenridge, CO 80424 Community: Summit County, CO Community No,: 080290 FIRM Panels Affected: 0802900184 D, 0192 D, and 02II D FBFM Panels Affected: 0802900013 and 0014 Dear Mr, Lindstrom: On September 17, 1999, you were notified of proposed modified flood elevation determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM), and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the unincorporated areas of Summit County, Colorado. The statutory 90-day appeal period that was initiated on October 1, 1999, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for your community in the Summit Daily News, has elapsed. FEMA received no valid requests for changes in the BFEs, Therefore, the determination of the Agency as to the BFEs for your community is considered fmal. The fmal BFEs will be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The modified BFEs and revised map panels, as referenced above, are effective as of June 20, 2001, and revise the FIRM and FBFM that were in effect prior to that date. For insurance rating purposes, the community number and new suffIX code for the panels being revised are indicated above and on the maps and must be used for all new policies and renewals. 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, Because of the modifications to the FIRM, FBFM, and FIS report for your community made by this map revision, certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the 1968 Act, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter, Prior to June 20, 2001, 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 NFIP regulations. 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 of the standards specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations must be enacted in a legally enforceable document. This includes the adoption of the effective FIRM, FBFM, and FIS report to which the regulations apply and the modifications made by this map revision. Some of the standards should already have been enacted by your community, 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);