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Cambridge Phase 1-CS 941025 Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 October 25, 1994 Mr. Ken Griffin, P.E. IN REPLY REFER TO: Assistant City Manager/City Engineer Case No.: 95-06-019P City of Coppell Community: City of Coppell, P.O. Box 478 Texas Coppell, Texas 75019 Community No~: 480170 316-ACK Dear Mr. Griffin: This is in response to your request dated October 4, 1994, for a revision to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the above-referenced community. Pertinent information about the request is listed below. Identifier: Estates of Cambridge Manor Flooding Source: Denton Creek FIRM Panel Affected: 0010 D On October 1, 1992, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) implemented the use of forms for requesting revisions or amendments to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps for two reasons. First, because the forms provide a step-by-step process for requesters to follow and are comprehensive, requesters are assured of providing all of the necessary information to support their requests without having to go through an iterative process of providing additional information in a piecemeal fashion. Experience has shown this to be a time-consuming and cost-intensive process. Second, because use of the forms assures that the requesters~ submissions are shorter timeframe and at a lesser cost to the requester. While completion of the forms may appear to be burdensome, we believe it is prudent to do so because of the advantages that result for the requester. As you may know, FEMA has implemented a procedure to recover costs associated with reviewing and processing requests for modifications to published flood information and maps. The initial fee of $505 is the minimum charge associated with our review of a request of this type. You will be notified of the estimated costs if we anticipate that, due to the extent of the review required, the total costs will exceed $3,500. In that situation, our review would be suspended pending our receipt of written authorization from you to proceed. If your request will result in a revision to the effectiv~ iIFI~ map, the total costs will include a fee of $410 !>~r re'/i¢~d ~.~.~ ~;c ~'o';~::' the costs of cartographic preparation. Using the previously referenced certification forms, we have completed an inventory of the items that you submitted. The items identified below are the additional items that are required before we can begin a detailed review of your request. ITEM 1. We must receive the initial fee balance, $280, before we will begin our review. Payment must be made in the form of a check or money order made payable in U.S. funds to the National Flood Insurance ProRram, or by credit card payment. For identification purposes, the case number referenced above must be included on the check or money order. Please forward this payment to: Federal Emergency Management Agency Fee-Collection System Administrator P.O. Box 3173 Merrifield, Virginia 22116 Should you wish to use an overnight service to transmit your payment, please forward it to the following address in lieu of the address noted above: Fee-Collection System Administrator c/o Dewberry & Davis METS Division 8401 Arlington Boulevard Fairfax, Virginia 22031 2. The following forms, which were omitted from your previous submittal, must be provided: a. Form 4, entitled "Riverine Hydraulic Analysis Form" b. Form 5, entitled "Riverine/Coastal Mapping Form" 3. Form 2 of the package provided seems to indicate that a hydraulic analysis has been done. If this is the case, please provide a copy of that analysis as well as the aforementioned Form 4. Using the information provided with the package, we have been unable to identify the exact location of the subdivision referenced as the "Estates of Cambridge Manor, Phase 1." As requested on the aforementioned Form 5, please provide a copy of the effective FIRM annotated to show the location of the project, the new roads, and the revised limit of the Special Flood Hazard Area. Please note that if all of the required items are not submitted within 90 days of the date of this letter, any subsequent request will be treated as an original submittal and will be subject to all submittal/payment procedures, including the initial fees. Please also note that, for a flood-control project to be exempt from fees and processing costs, it must be sponsored by a Federal~ State, or local government, intended for public benefit, and primarily intended for flood- loss reduction to insurable structures in identified flood hazard areas that were in existence prior to commencement of construction of the flood-control project. Please direct all required data (except the initial fee) and questions concerning your request to our Technical Evaluation Contractor at the following address: Michael Baker Jr., Inc. 3601Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 600 Alexandria, Virginia 22304 (703) 960-8800 Attention: Mr. David P. Preusch, P.E. 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. Alan Johnson of our staff in Washington, DC, either by telephone at (202) 646-3403 or by facsimile at (202) 646-4596. Sincerely, Michael I. Buckley, P.E., Chief Hazard Identification Branch Mitigation Directorate cc: Mr. Richard W. Gee, P.E. President GEE Consultants, Inc.