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Washington, D.C. 20472
May 19, 2016 JUN 0 2 2016
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Honorable Barbara Kirkmeyer
Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners
P. O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Dear Ms. Kirkmeyer:
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Case No.: 15-08-1446P
Community Name: Weld County, CO
Community No.: 080266
FIRM Panel Affected: 08123C2100E
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In a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated December 29, 2015, you were notified of proposed flood
hazard determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
report for Weld County, CO. These determinations were for Big Dry Creek - from approximately 9,830
feet to approximately 9,870 feet upstream of Weld County Road 4; and Union Pacific Split Flow - from
approximately 2,770 feet downstream to approximately 350 feet upstream of Colorado Boulevard. The
90 -day appeal period that was initiated on January 13, 2016, 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 May 13, 2016, 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. The modified flood
hazard information 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 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) 235-4800, or in writing at Denver Federal Center, Building 710,
Box 25267, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0267.
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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: Ms. Terri Fead, P.E., CFM
Project Manager
Floodplain Management Program
Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
Mr. Tom Parko, Jr.
Floodplain Administrator
Weld County
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