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July 21, 2008
CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO:
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Case No.: 07- 06 -2203P
The Honorable Douglas N. Stover Community: City of Coppell, TX
Mayor, City of Coppell Community No.: 480170
P.O. Box 9478 FIRM Panel Affected: 48113C0135 J
Coppell, TX 75019 48113CO155 J
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Dear Mayor Stover:
In a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated March 24, 2008, you were notified of proposed modified
flood elevation determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance
Study (FIS) report for City of Coppell, Dallas County, Texas. These determinations were for Grapevine
Creek - from approximately 1,650 feet downstream of Denton Tap Road to approximately 100 feet
downstream of St. Louis Southwestern Railway; and Tributary G -1 of Grapevine Creek - from just
upstream of the confluence with Grapevine Creek to approximately 800 feet upstream. The 90 -day
appeal period that was initiated on April 9, 2008, when the Department of Homeland Security's Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs)
in the Coppell Gazette, has elapsed.
FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified BFEs. Therefore, the modified BFEs that
became effective on April 24, 2008, remain valid and revise the FIRM and FIS report that were in effect
prior to that date.
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. The community number(s) and suffix code(s) are unaffected
by this revision. The community number and appropriate suffix code as shown above will be used by the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your
community.
FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management as required under the above - mentioned Acts of
1968 and 1973. To continue participation in the NFIP, your community must use the modified BFEs to
carry out the floodplain management regulations for the NFIP. The modified BFEs will also be used to
calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for all new buildings and their contents and for
the second layer of insurance on existing buildings and their contents.
If you have any questions regarding the necessary floodplain management measures for your community or
the NFIP in general, please call the Director, Mitigation Division of FEMA in Denton, Texas, at (940) 898-
5127.
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If you have any questions regarding the LOMR, the proposed modified BFEs, or mapping issues in general,
please call the FEMA Map Assistance Center, toll free, at 1- 877 -FEMA MAP (1- 877 -336- 2627).
Sincerely,
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William R. Blanton Jr., CFM, Chief
Engineering Management Branch
Mitigation Directorate
cc:
Mr. Ken Griffin, P.E.
Director of Engineering
Public Works
City of Coppell
Mr. Michael H. Boyd, P.E.
Executive Vice President
Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers, Inc.