2019-09-24 LOMR Letter of Map Revision-City of Blair Berm Certification-ApprovalAR
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
'SND 5E
September 24, 2019
CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO:
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Case No.: 18-07-0934P
The Honorable Richard Hansen Community Name: City of Blair, NE
Mayor, City of Blair Community No.: 310228
218 South 16th Street FIRM Panel Affected: 31177COI86D
Blair, NE 68008
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Dear Mayor Hansen:
In a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated May 8, 2019, you were notified of proposed flood hazard
determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the City of Blair, Washington County,
Nebraska. These determinations were for Missouri River - from immediately upstream of East Fairview
Drive to approximately 850 feet upstream of East Fairview Drive. The 90 -day appeal period that was
initiated on May 24, 2019, when the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in The
Entefprise 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 September 23, 2019,
remains valid and revises 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 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 VII, in Kansas
City, Missouri, either by telephone at (816) 283-7061, or in writing at 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300,
Kansas City, MO 64114-3372.
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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: Mr. Al Schoemaker
Public Works Director
City of Blair
Ms. Katie Ringland, P.E., CFM
State NFIP Coordinator
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Mr. Bill Cappuccio
State NFIP Coordinator
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Ms. Vicki Twerdochlib, P.E., CFM
Water Resources Project Manager
HDR, Inc.
Mr. Steve Struble, P.E.
County Engineer
Harrison County