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Cambridge Phase 1-CS 940117 Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington D.C. 20472 January 17, 1996 Mr. Kenneth M. griffin, P.E. IN REPLY REFER TO: City Engineer Case No.: 94-06-050R City of ¢oppell Community: City of Coppell P.O. Box 618 Texas Coppell, Texas 75019 Community No.: 180170 316-ACK Dear Mr. griffin: This is in response to your request, dated November 22, 1993, for a / conditional revision to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the above- referenced community. Pertinent information about the request is listed/ below. Identifier: Cambridge Manor Estates Flooding Source: Denton Creek - FIRM Panel Affected: 180170 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 plecemeal 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 complete and more logically structured, FEMA can complete its review in a shorter timeframe and at a lesser cost to the requester. ~ile 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. Please note that the NFIP is non-taxpayer funded and its expenses are paid for by policyholders. Therefore, to minimize the financial burden on the pollcyholders while maintaining the NFIP as self-sustalnlng, FEMA has implemented a procedure to recover costs associated with reviewing and processing requests for conditional modifications to published flood information and maps. The initial fee of $6t0 that you have submitted 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 effective NFIP map, the total costs will include a fee of $410 per revised panel to cover 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 required before we can begin a detailed review of the request. ITEM X 1. We have received all of the data and the initial fee we require to begin a detailed technical review of your request. If additional data are required, we will inform you within 30 days of the date of this letter. However, if application/certification form information is requested in Items 4 or 5 below~ that information must be provided before we can issue our final determination. __ 2. We must receive the [initial fee/initial fee balance], $ , before we will begin our review. Payment shall be made in the form of a check or money order made payable in U.S. funds to the National Flood Insurance Pro,ram, 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 Revisions Fee-Collection System Administrator P.O. Box 3173 Merrlfleld, Virginia 22116 3. Based on our initial review of your request, we have determined that the total processing costs will exceed [$3,500/6,500]. Please provide written authorization for us to proceed with our review to a limit of $ . 4. Ail applicable forms from the enclosed "Application/Certification Forms" package and the necessary supporting data, as described in the package instructions, must be submitted. 5. The following forms, which were omitted from your previous submittal, must be provided: a. Form 1, entitled "Revision Requester and Community Official Form" b. Form 2, entitled "Certification by Registered Professional Engineer and/or Land Surveyor" c. Form 3, entitled "Hydrologic Analysis Form" d. Form 4, entitled "Riverine Hydraullc Analysls Form" e. Form 5, entitled 'Riverlne Napping Form" f. Form 6, entitled "Channelizatlon Form" g. Form 7, entitled "Bridge/Culvert For~' (one form per new/revised bridge/culvert) h. Form 8, entitled "Levee/Floodwall System Analysis Form" i. Form 9, entitled "Coastal Analysis Form" Form 10, entitled "Coastal Structures Form" k. Form 11, entitled "Dam For~' 1. Form 12, entitled "Alluvial Fan Flooding Form" 6. With this letter, we are returning the original package indicating those forms that have not been completed in their entirety or on which data were requested· The item(s) that must be completed and/or statement(s) requesting data have/has been marked with an asterisk (*). Please revise and resubmit the form package. 7. Other: 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· 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· All required data (except the initial fee) and questions concerning your request are to be directed to our Technical Evaluatlon 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. Men you ~rrlte us about your request, please 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 Magnottl of our staff in Washlngton~ DC~ at (202) 646-3932, or by facsimile at (202) 646-3445. Sincerely, Michael I. Buckley, P.E., Chief Hazard Identification Branch Mitigation Directorate cc: Mr. William A. Anderson, P.E. Dowdey, Anderson and Associates, Inc.