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CF-Andrew Park 1-CS 930126Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 anuar 26, i99 Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E. City Engineer City of Coppell P.O. Box 478 Coppell, Texas 75019 IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 93-06-091R Community: City of Coppeli' Texas Community No.: 480170 316-ACK Dear Mr. Griffin: This is in response to your request, dated January 5, 1993, for a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) for the above-referenced community. Pertinent information about the request is listed below. Identifier: Andrew Brown Jr. Community Park Flooding Source: Denton Creek FIRM Panel(s) Affected: 480170 0010 E FBFM Panel(s) Affected: N/A On October 1, 1992, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) implemented the use of detailed application and certification forms for requesting revisions or amendments to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps. These forms outline technical and NFIP-related considerations in a fashion that facilitates an efficient review. 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 We have received all of the data and initial fees we require to begin a detailed technical review of your request. If additional data are required, we will inform you within 30 days o£ 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. e We must receive the [remainder of the] initial fees, $ , before we will begin our review. Payment must be in the form of a check or money order made payable to the National Flood Insurance ProKram. 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 c/o Dewberry and Davis P.O. Box 3173 Merrifield, Virginia 22116 Based on our initial review of your request, we have determined that the total processing costs will exceed [$1,500/$2,500/ $5,000]. Please provide written authorization for us to proceed with our review to a limit of $ · All applicable forms from the enclosed "Application/Certification Forms" package and the necessary supporting data, as described in the package instructions, must be submitted. The following forms, which were omitted from your previous submittal, must be provided: ao Form 1, entitled "Revision Requestor and Community Official Form." Form 2, entitled "Certification by Registered Professional Engineer and/or Land Surveyor." Form 3, entitled "Hydrologic Analysis Form." Form 4, entitled "Riverine Hydraulic Analysis Form." Form 5, entitled "Riverlne Mapping Form." Form 6, entitled "Channelization Form." Form 7, entitled "Bridge/Culvert Form." (one form per new/revised bridge/culvert) 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 fees) and questions concerning your request are to be directed 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, 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. Alan Johnson of our Headquarters staff in Washington, DC, at (202) 646-3403, or by facsimile at (202) 646-3445. Sincerely, William R. Locke Chief, Risk Studies Division Federal Insurance Administration Enclosures cc: The Honorable Mark Wolfe Mayor, City of Coppell Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 Federal Insurance Administration Fee Charges and Requirements for Map Revisions On June 30, 1992 the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register, Volume 57, Number 126, regarding changes to 44 CFR Parts 65 and 72 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. These changes were implemented effective October 1, 1992 and impact persons requesting revisions to NFIP maps on or after thai date. Tl~e primary change involves a fee 'requirement for map revision and Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) requests, much like the current fee requirements for conditional requests. This action is being implemented to reduce expenses to the NFIP and will contribute to maintaining the NFIP as self-supporting. Part 72.5 of the aforementioned regulations provides exemption from fees for: (a) Revisions or amendments to correct errors or to include the effects of natural changes within the areas of special flood hazard. (b) LOMRs, as determined to be appropriate by the Federal Insurance Administrator, issued to remove single residential lots or structures from the area of special flood hazard based solely on the placement of fill outside of the regulatory floodway. The Administrator's determination shall be based, in part, on whether the LOMR is being sought by an individual property owner or whether it is being requested prior to the transfer of ownership of the property in question .from a developer to an individual property owner. (c) Federal. State and local governments shall be exempt from, fes~ for projects they sponsor if the Administrator determines or the requesting agency certifies that the particular project is for public benefit and primarily intended for flood loss reduction to insurable structures in identified flood hazard areas which were in existence prior to commencement of construction of the flood control project. Projects undertaken primarily to protect planned flood plain development are not eligible for fee exemption. The initial fee schedule is r~printed offthe reverse of this Notice. Please note that the initial fee represents the minimum engineering review and administrative processing costs associated with each type of project. The initial fee does not include costs for labor and materials associated with the cartographic processing and preparation of a map revision. Federal Resi,s~r '/ VoL 57, No. 126 / Tuesday, ]tine 30.~!,992 / Notices {6] Structural measures on alluvial fans 3.000 Initial Fe~ SchedUle The hourly rate upon which the following fees and pre-authorized spendinl~ limits are based, is $35 per hour. (al for CLOM~,s and for CLOMRs, the initial fees have be'eh established by prior rulemaking. Those initial fees, subieci to the pro~4sions of § ?2.4, shall be paid by the requestor in'the following 'amounts: [d} For projecLs thru!yin8 combinations of the actions listed under paragraphs la], lb), or (c] above, the initial fee shall be that char~ed for the most expensive action of those that compose the combination. (e] Following completion of FEMA'a review for any CLOMA. CLOMR, LO,aiR. or map revision, the requestor will be billed at the established hourly rate for any actual costs exceeding the Il) Single lot CLOMA (?l Single .lot CLOMR (based strictly on the .proposed place- ment o! fill out~ide the regvla- tot7 floodway] ...................... (31 Multi.lot/sulxlivLsion CLOMA .... (.I] Multi-lot/Subdivision CLOMR (based s~ictly on the placement of fill outside'the radiator7 floodway] ..................... (ii] Review of new hydrology ia) New bridge .or c'~Ivert (no · channel(sat(on] (?) Channel modifications only ($1 Channel modification and new bric(se or culvert ......... ~- (9) Levees. bering, or other str--,c- rural measures. ' (10) SL.-ucmral measures on alluvi- al fans -- initial fee inn=red durin8 the review. $1rs The hourly rate is.currently ~. 5.00 per hour. (1) In the event that the revision request results in a map revision, the ~75 requestor will be notihed and billed for costs of cartographic preparation and processing of the revised map. This work ~4ll n~t be initiated until z4s has received payment. The cost of zig reprinting and dis~buting the revised Flood !~ura~ce Rate Map (FIR,~O or ¢90 Flood Bom~.dary Floodway,Map t'FBFM]. s~o or both. will be borne by FEMA. (fl Requestors of CLOI~L~,s. CLOMRs;' r3s LOMRs and map revisions will be notified of the anticipated total cost ff 9¢s the total cost o! processing the request. including est(acted costs for z.~o cartographic preparation and processing. fbi For LO*iRs or map revisions that follow a CLOMR issued by F'~IA, the. ' initial fee, subject to the provisions of § ?Si. for all categories Usted under. naraaranh (c) below will be S250. so long ~s th~- a~-built c~nditions are the ~ame as the proposed conditions upon which FEvL~ based the issuance of the CLO~rR- There are no fees for LOS-fAs. There are no fees for single lot LOlvlR.~. which meet the requirements set forth in § ?2.Sib) of the final rule.-and are based si:ictly on the placement of fill outside c~ the regu!atcz7 fiood',~a¥, r,:gard!ess of ,,vhe:her they are issued foilowin~ a CLO},L~. or CLO~. (c] For LO.MRs or map re,astoria which do not follow a CLOMR issued by FE,,L~ the ini,'ial fee. subject to the provisions of § ?2,4. shall be paid by the re~uestor in the following amounU: (il- Multi-lot/Subdivision LOMR (ba-.ad s~"ic.'.ly on the placement cf fi'.l outside Lhe regulatory fl~cflway] .......................... [I] New bri. dlte or culver: chant, elOCon) .......................... i~; Chan~e! m~5ca~ion oa!y ......... iii Cha~n~l modification and n~w brid~ or of a map revision, will exceed the pre- authorized spending limits list;d in [1] th:ough (4) below. The pre-authorized spendin~ lin,.its var~ acco."~g to the t~.'pe of review pe.~ormed and are%ased on the established hourly rate. and ','~p rev(glo,', bas~ ~ ~ ou~ ~e t~ fl~way-- (2] ~ ~r ~e r~v of caw hy~t~ and ~.s~ LOR~ and ~ap ~visior~ ba~ed cn ~hanne! ~fi~es and ~lven~ or a ~m- b~:iou of ~e _ 1.~ (3~ CL0~. LO~ and map ~ or o~t sLmc~al mea~s ~ [4} '~0},~ LO~ s~d map ~- ~a~ns b~ on s~=~al me2~3 cu alluvial fa~s---- ~) M the event t-.at processing costs a:e anticipated to exceed the pr~- authori:ed spend(n8 ~i~ Usted in (1] throush~4] above, pracess~g of Lhe reRu~st will be suspended pen~ng ~_%L~ receipt of w~tten ap~val from the re~ues:~r to proaee~ (h) The entity ~at applies to ~MA throu~ th~ 1o~I co~'~ for review will be biEed for ~he cost of ~e review. 2~079 The local community incurs no financial obligation for fees under the reimbursement procedures of 33 CFR part 72 as a restdt of ~-ansmitting the application by another party to (i] Payment of both the initial fee and final cost shall be by check or money order payable to U.S. far. ds to hhe National Flood h,.su.rance Program and must be received by FF_~,LA before the CLObLA. CLO:,L~L or LO*iR will be issued, or before the car',oi~,-aphic processir4 will begin for a map revision. (Catalo~ of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100. "Flood Insurance."} Dated: ~une ~.. ' C.M. "Bud' Ad, w. inist.'ntor. Fe~e~l A dmi.qish'c:ion. - [FR Doc. 92-153151 Filed 6-2~2:8:45 aml FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FEDERAL I NSU RANCE ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCES APPLICATION/CERTIFICATION FORMS One of the Federal Insurance Administration's. (FIA's) goals is to ensure that National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps reflect the most accurate and up-to-date information available. To accomplish this goal, a number of administrative procedures were established to effect changes to NFIP maps. Over the years, we have standard-ized these administrative procedures to make requesting a map change a simpler process and 1~o decrease the amount of time that it takes us to make a determination. On October 1, 1992, we embarked on our latest effort to make the map change process quicker and more efficient. As of October 1, we are requiring that requesters fill out application/certification forms for most types-of map change requests. Requesters who wish to request map amendments or map revisions based on fill to NFIP maps will be required to fill out the Application/Certification Forms and Instructions for Letters of Map Amendment, Conditional Letters of Map Amendment, Letters of Map Revision (Based on Fi#J, and Conditional Letters of Map Revision (Based on Fill~. Those requesters who wish to request map revisions based on new or corrected flooding information will be required to fill out the Application/Certification Forms and Instructions for Conditional Letters of Map Revision, Letters of Map Revision, and Physical Map Revisions. Ir~ the past, it was not unusUal for the FIA tcr have to contact a requester several times to obtain the information necessary to support a map amendment or revision request. We developed these forms so that the requester will understand what data are required for his or her request. As a result, requesters will have an excellent chance of sending us a complete data package the first time. For this reason, we believe that these forms will significantly decrease the amount of time that it takes to process map amendment and map revision requests and issue our determination. To receive copies of the application/ certification forms and instructions, you may contact your Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Office (see list on reverse side) or our Headquarters Office at the following address: Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Insurance Administration Office of Risk Assessment 500 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20472 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICES REGION I Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Road Island, Vermont Federal Emergency Management Agency J. W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse Building, Room 462 Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617) 223-9561 REGION VI Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Regional Center, Room 206 800 North Loop 288 Denton, Texas 76201-3698 (817) 898-5127 REGION II New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Federal Emergency Management Agency 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1349 New York, New York 10278 (212) 225-7000 REGIQN VII Iowa. Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Office Building 911 Walnut Street, Room 200 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (816) 283-7002 REGION III De!aware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Federal Emergency Management Agency Liberty Square Building, Second Floor ,105 South Seventh Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 (215) 931-5750 REGION IV Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Federal Emergency Management Agency 1371 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 735 Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (404) 853-4400 REGION VIII Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming Federal Emergency Management Agency Denver Federal Center Building 710 Box 25267 Denver, Colorado 80225-0267 (303) 235-4830 REGION IX Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada Federal Emergency Management Agency Presidio of San Francisco Building 105 San Francisco, California 94129 (415) 923-7177 REGION V Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin Federal Emergency Management Agency 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Fourth Floor Chicago, Illinois 60604-2698 (312) 408-5500 REGION X Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Regional Center 130 228th Street, SW Bothell, Washington 98021-9796 (206) 487-4682