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Home My WebLink AboutFDP201700008 Letter of Map Revision 2019-10-31Federal Emergency Management Agency CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Jeff Richardson Albemarle County Executive 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 Dear Mr. Richardson: Washington, D.C. 20472 October 31, 2019 IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 19-03-1243P Community Name: Albemarle County, VA Community No.: 510006 Effective Date of This Revision: March 19, 2020 The Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Report and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community have been revised by this Letter of Map Revision (LOMR). Please use the enclosed annotated map panel revised by this LOMR for floodplain management purposes and for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued in your community. Additional documents are enclosed that provide information regarding this LOMR. Please see the List of Enclosures below to determine which documents are included. Other enclosures specific to this request may be included as referenced in the Determination Document. If you have any questions regarding floodplain management regulations for your community or the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in general, please contact the Consultation Coordination Officer for your community. If you have any technical questions regarding this LOMR, please contact the Director, Mitigation Division of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at (215) 931-5512, or the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP). Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at hitps://wis«�a, na.gov.�nationa.E-t7ood-insura��ec-pra�ram. Sincerely, /� — Patrick "Rick" F. Sacbibit, P.E., Branch Chief Engineering Services Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration List of Enclosures: Letter of Map Revision Determination Document Annotated Flood Insurance Rate Map Annotated Flood Insurance Study Report cc: Dr. Tarron J. Richardson City of Charlottesville Manager Mr. Frank V. Pohl, P.E., CFM Albemarle County Engineer Floodplain Administrator Mr. Alexander Ikefuna Neighborhood Development Services Director Floodplain Administrator City of Charlottesville Mr. Anthony W. Edwards, CFM Neighborhood Development Services Manager City of Charlottesville Ms. Carolyn A. Howard, P.E., LEED AP Vice President/Regional Manager Site Development and Infrastructure Draper Aden Associates Page 1 of 6 Is; ue Date: October 31, 2019 Effective Date: March 19, 2020 Case No.: 19-03-1243P LOMR-APP 14L11IJy i f .k 4 Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT COMMUNITY AND REVISION INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION BASIS OF REQUEST Albemarle County NO PROJECT FLOODWAY Virginia HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS (Unincorporated Areas) UPDATED TOPOGRAPHIC DATA COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NO.: 610006 IDENTIFIER Meadow Creek APPROXIMATE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE: 38.066,-78.481 SOURCE: Precision Mapping Streets DATUM: NAD 83 ANNOTATED MAPPING ENCLOSURES ANNOTATED STUDY ENCLOSURES TYPE: FIRM* NO.: 51003CO278❑ DATE: February 4, 2005 DATE OF EFFECTIVE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY: May 16, 2016 PROFILE: 37P FLOODWAY DATA TABLE: 5 Cnour5ure5 renem cnange5 [O TI0001ng sources aTTeCieCl Dy inls revision. * FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Map FLOODING SOURCE AND REVISED REACH See Page 2 for Additional Flooding Sources Meadow Creek - from just downstream of Brandywine Drive to approximately 3,100 feet upstream of Brandywine Drive SUMMARY OF REVISIONS Flooding Source Effective Flooding Revised Flooding Increases Decreases Meadow Creek Zone AE Zone AE YES YES Zone X (shaded) Zone X (shaded) YES YES SFEs* BFEs YES YES Floodway Floodway YES YES * BFEs - Base Flood Elevations DETERMINATION This document provides the determination from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding a request for a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for the area described above. Using the information submitted, we have determined that a revision to the flood hazards depicted in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and/or National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) map is warranted. This document revises the effective NFIP map, as indicated in the attached documentation. Please use the enclosed annotated map panels revised by this LOMR for floodplain management purposes and for all flood insurance policies and renewals in your community. This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the LOMC Clearinghouse, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22304-6426. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at httns: `,"vrwW.f?m s.aovin�fion.�i-flood-in.=,ilanC�-prvgrgm. Patrick "Rick" F. Sacbibit, P.E., Branch Chief Engineering Services Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 19-03-1243P 102-1-A-C Page 2 of fi Issue Date: October 31, 2019 Effective Data: March 19, 2020 Case No.: 19-03-1243P LOMR-APP Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 r�,4'I1 qki} LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) OTHER FLOODING SOURCES AFFECTED BY THIS REVISION FLOODING SOURCE AND REVISED REACH Unnamed Tributary to Meadow Creek - from the confluence with Meadow Creek to approximately 1,150 feet upstream of the confluence with Meadow Creek SUMMARY OF REVISIONS rmuoing aource Unnamed Tributary to Meadow Creek Effective Flooding Revised Flooding Increases Zone AE Zone AE YES BFEs BFEs YES Decreases YES NONE This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the LOMC Clearinghouse, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22304-6426. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at http ,:/iVv.•r.tema.00v/naiianFI flood-jn�mrance-gracram. Patrick "Rick" F. Sacbibil, P.E., Branch Chief Engineering Services Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 19-03-1243P 102-1-A-C Page 3 of 6 J Issue Date: October 31, 2019 1 Effective Date: March 19, 2020 1 Case No.: 19-03-1243P ' LOMR-APP Y Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) OTHER COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THIS REVISION CID Number: 510033 Name: City of Charlottesville, Virginia AFFECTED MAP PANELS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY REPORT TYPE: FIRM NO.: 51003CO278D DATE: February 4, 2005 DATE OF EFFECTIVE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY: May 16, 2016 PROFILES: 37P AND 38P FLOODWAY DATA TABLE: 5 This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange tall free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the LOMC Clearinghouse, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22304-6426. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at htt E I/wwv�.f,.ma.gov.'national-flood-inE:u arse-pfoaram. `� V-a Patrick "Rick" F. Sacbibit, P,E., Branch Chief Engineering Services Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 19-03-1243P 102-1-A-C Page 4 of 6 Issue Date: October 31, 2019 Effective Date: March 19, 2020 Case No.: 19-03-1243P LOMR APP ti4 t R7: f R. Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) COMMUNITY INFORMATION APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) and in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, P.L. 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed NFIP criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FIS report and FIRM, and the modifications made by this LOMR, are the minimum requirements for continued NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements to which the regulations apply. We provide the floodway designation to your community as a too] to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway revision we have described in this letter, while acceptable to us, must also be acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. COMMUNITY REMINDERS We based this determination on the 1-percent-annual-chance flood discharges computed in the FIS for your community without considering subsequent changes in watershed characteristics that could increase flood discharges. Future development of projects upstream could cause increased flood discharges, which could cause increased flood hazards. A comprehensive restudy of your community's flood hazards would consider the cumulative effects of development on flood discharges subsequent to the publication of the FIS report for your community and could, therefore, establish greater flood hazards in this area. Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal and/or State/Commonwealth law have been obtained. State/Commonwealth or community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your State/Commonwealth or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP requirements. We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders; instead, the community will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release for publication in your community's newspaper that describes the revision and explains how your community will provide the data and help interpret the NFIP maps. In that way, interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, can benefit from the information. This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the LOMC Clearinghouse, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22304-6426. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at htt s:/hf?,;�,�.fema, ov/nadonal-flc d-insurance- ro. ram. 4-151—v_a Patrick "Rick" F. Sarbibit, P.E., Branch Chief Engineering Services Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 19-03-1243P 102-1-A-C I Page 5 of 6 j Issue Date: October 31, 2019 1 Effective Date: March 19, 2020 1 Case No.: 19-03-1243P I LOMR-APP I ��* Federal Emergency Management Agency yc. Washington, D.C. 20472 ��1j iw fiGr4 r LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) We have designated a Consultation Coordination Officer (CCO) to assist your community. The CCO will be the primary liaison between your community and FEMA. For information regarding your CCO, please contact: Ms. Janice Barlow Director, Mitigation Division Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region III One Independence Mall, Sixth Floor 615 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404 (215) 931-5512 STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY NFIP MAPS We will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to reflect the modifications made by this LOMR at this time. When changes to the previously cited FIRM panel and FIS report warrant physical revision and republication in the future, we will incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at that time. This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have any questions about this document, please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange tall free at 1-877-336-2627 (1-877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the LOMC Clearinghouse, 3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22304-6426. Additional information about the NFIP is available on our website at hStos:/h-v.,r.fem .govinatinral-tlaod-insurance-urc tram, Patrick "Rick" F. Sacbibit, P.E., Branch Chief Engineering Servioes Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 19-03-1243P 102-1-A-C Page 6 of 6 Issue Date: October 31, 2019 Effective Date: March 19, 2020 Case No.: 19-03-1243P LOMR--APP phil r4 f Federal Emergency Management Agency ., Washington, D.C. 20472 LETTER OF MAP REVISION DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF REVISION A notice of changes will be published in the Federal Register. This information also will be published in your local newspaper on or about the dates Iisted below, and through FEMA's Flood Hazard Mapping website at laips:.:,. ww.tloodmaps.fema.go 'tlim He _status`bfe _main.asp LOCAL NEWSPAPER Name: The Daily Progress Dates: November 13, 2019 and November 20, 2019 Within 90 days of the second publication in the local newspaper, any interested party may request that we reconsider this determination. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. Therefore, this letter will be effective only after the 90-day appeal period has elapsed and we have resolved any appeals that we receive during this appeal period. Until this LOMR is effective, the revised flood hazard determination presented in this LOMR may be changed. This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. 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