Carter Ph 1 FS-CS 990219 Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
Fel~ruary 19, 1999
Mr. Robert L. Wright, P.E. IN REPLY REFER TO:
Vice President Case No.: 99-06-734P
Needham Wright Engineers, Inc. Community: City of Coppell, Texas
10290 Monroe Drive, Suite 101 Community No.: 480170
Dallas, TX 75229
316-ACK. FRQ
Dear Mr. Wright:
This responds to your request dated February 10, 1999, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) issue a revision to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the above-referenced community.
Pertinent information about the request is listed below.
Identifier: Carter Addition
Flooding Source: Grapevine Creek
FIRM Panel(s) Affected: 480170 0010 E
To minimize the financial burden on the policyholders while maintaining the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) as self-sustaining, FEMA implemented a procedure to recover costs associated with
reviewing and processing requests for modifications to published flood information and maps. Effective
October 1, 1996, FEMA revised the fee schedule, establishing flat review and processing fees for most
types of requests. Effective March 10, 1997, FEMA modified the fee schedule that became effective on
October 1. A copy of the notice published in the Federal Register is enclosed for your information. The
fee for your request is $2,300, and must be submitted before we can continue processing your request.
Payment of this fee must be made in the form of a check or money order, made payable in U.S. funds to
the National Flood Insurance Program, or credit card payment. For identification purposes, the case
number referenced above must be included on the check or money order. We will not perform a detailed
technical review of your request until payment is received.
Payment must be forwarded to one of the addresses listed below.
Using U.S. Postal Service: Using overnight service:
Federal Emergency Management Agency Fee-Collection System Administrator
Fee-Collection System Administrator c/o Dewberry & Davis, METS Division
P.O. Box 3173 8401 Arlington Boulevard
Merrifield, VA 22116-3173 Fairfax, VA 22031
We have completed an inventory of the items that you submitted. The items identified below are required
before we can begin a detailed review of your request.
1. Please provide community acknowledgment in the form of a letter stating that the City of Coppell
has reviewed the revision request and understands the effects of the revision on flooding conditions
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in the community, or Application/Certification Form 1, entitled "Revision Requester and
Community Official Form," signed by a community official from the City of Coppell.
2. Please provide certification that all fill placed in the currently effective base floodplain and below
the proposed elevation of the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any
given year (base flood) is compacted to 95 percent of the maximum density obtainable with the
Standard Proctor Test method issued by the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM Standard D-698) or an acceptable equivalent method for all areas to be removed from the
base floodplain.
If all required items are not submitted within 90 days of the date of this letter, we will treat any subsequent
request as an original submittal, and it will be subject to all submittal/payment procedures.
If you are unable to meet the 90-day deadline for submittal of required items, and would like FEMA to
continue processing your request, you must request an extension of the deadline. This request must be
submitted to our Technical Evaluation Contractor in writing and must provide (1) the reason why the data
cannot be submitted within the requested timeframe, and (2) a new date for the submittal of the data. We
receive a very large volume of requests and cannot maintain inactive requests for an indefinite period of
time. Therefore, the fees will be forfeited for any request for which neither the requested data nor a
written extension request is received within 90 days.
Please direct all required items (except the required fee) and questions concerning your request to our
Technical Evaluation Contractor at the following address:
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 600
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
Attention: Ms. Laura D. Bittner
(703) 317-6292
When you write us about your request, you must include the case number referenced above in your letter.
If you have any questions concerning FEMA policy, or the NFIP in general, please contact Mr. John
Gambel of our staff in Washington, DC, either by telephone at (202) 646-2724 or by facsimile at
(202) 646-4596.
Sincerely,
Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief
Hazards Study Branch
Mitigation Directorate
cc: Mr. Kenneth Griffin, P.E. v
Director of Public Works
City of Coppell