HomeMy WebLinkAboutFDP202000008 Approval - Agencies 2021-09-28Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
September 28, 2021
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Honorable Ned L. Gallaway
Chairman, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Dear Mr. Gallaway:
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Case No.: 21-03-0029P
Community Name: Albemarle County, VA
Community No.: 510006
FIRM Panel Affected: 51003C0407D
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In a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated May 12, 2021, you were notified of proposed flood hazard
determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report
for Albemarle County, VA. These determinations were for Unnamed Tributary to Biscuit Run - from the
confluence with Biscuit Run to approximately 750 feet upstream of Old Lynchburg Road. The 90-day
appeal period that was initiated on May 28, 2021, when the Department of Homeland Security's Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
in The Daily Progress has elapsed.
FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified flood hazard information. Therefore, the
determination as to the modified flood hazard information for your community is considered final. The
modified flood hazard information and LOMR, referenced above, will become effective on September 27,
2021, and will revise 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 III, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, either by telephone at (215) 931-5635, or in writing at Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Region III, One Independence Mall, 6th Floor, 615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19106.
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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. Frank V. Pohl, P.E., CFM
County Engineer/Floodplain Manager
Albemarle County
Mr. Bryan Cichocki, P.E.
Project Engineer
Timmons Group, Inc.