HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230360.tiffFederal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472 RECEIVED
January 10, 2023
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Honorable Scott James
Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners
P. O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Dear Commissioner James:
JAN 2 3 2023
IN REPLY REFER TO: WELD COUNTY
Case No.: 21-08-1198P COMMISSIONERS
Community Name: Weld County, CO
Community No.: 080266
FIRM Panel Affected: 08123C1704E,
08123C 1710E,
08123C1725E
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In a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated August 24, 2022, you were notified of proposed flood hazard
determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FI$) report
for Weld County, CO. These determinations were for South Platte River - from approximately 2,470 feet
downstream to approximately 6,260 feet upstream of State Highway 60. The 90 -day appeal period that
was initiated on September 9, 2022, when the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in The
Greeley Tribune has elapsed.
FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified flood hazard information. Therefore, the
modified flood hazard information for your community that became effective on January 9, 2023, remains
valid and revises 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 flood
hazard information to carry out the floodplain management regulations for the NFIP.
If you have any questions regarding the necessary floodplain management measures for your community
or the NFIP in general, please contact the Mitigation Division Director, FEMA Region VIII, in Denver,
Colorado, either by telephone at (303) 235-4830, or in writing at Denver Federal Center, Building 710,
Box 25267, Denver, Colorado, 80225.
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If you have any questions regarding the LOMR, the proposed flood hazard determinations, or mapping
issues in general, please call the FEMA Map Information eXchange, toll free, at (877) 336-2627 (877-
FEMA MAP).
Sincerely,
Patrick "Rick" F. Sacbibit, P.E., Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
cc: Tom Parko, Jr.
Floodplain Administrator, Director of
Planning & Building
Weld County
Jake Maybach, P.E
Senior Water Resources Engineer
RS&H, Inc.
Terri Fead, P.E., CFM
Floodplain Mapping Coordinator
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Marta Blanco Castano, GISP, CFM Flood Mapping Program Assistant Colorado Water
Conservation Board
Kevin Houck, P.E., CFM
Chief, Watershed and Flood Protection Section
Colorado Water Conservation Board
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