Copperstone FS-CS 950601Federal
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Case No.: 94-06-307P
The Honorable Tom Morton
Mayor, City of Coppell
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, Texas 750.~ 9
Community: City of Coppell, Texas
Community No.: 480170
Map Panel Affected: 0010 E
116-I-A
Dear Mayor Morton:
On January 25, 1995, you were notified of proposed modified flood elevation determinations affecting
the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the City of Coppell, Dallas and Denton Counties, Texas.
These determinations were for Cottonwood Branch, from Denton Tap Road to approximately 2,900 feet
upstream of Denton Tap Road, and Denton Creek, from just downstream of Denton Tap Road to
approximately 6,100 feet upstream of Denton Tap Road. The 90-day appeal period that was initiated on
February 24, 1995, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of
proposed base (100-year) flood elevations (BFEs) for Cottonwood Branch and Denton Creek in your
community, has elapsed.
FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified BFEs. Therefore, the modified BFEs that
became effective on January 25, 1995, remain valid and revise the FIRM that was 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 90448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-
4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. The community number[s) and suffix code(s) are unaffected by hhis revision.
The community number and appropriate surftx 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 BFE determinations, please contact the Director, Mitigation
Division of FEMA in Denton, Texas, at (817) 898-5127, or Mr. Alan Johnson of our staff in Washington,
DC, either by telephone at (202) 646-3403 or by facsimile at (202) 646-4596.
Sincerely,
~. Ide~_t~cation Branch
Mitigation [.[Yirectorate