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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Case No.: .93-09-189P``Ri`BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CONTRA COSTA CO.
The Honorable Tom Torlakson Community: Contra Costa County,
Chairman, Contra Costa County California
Board of Supervisors FIRM Panel Number: 060025 0120..B
300 East Leland Road . Effective Date
Pittsburg, California 94565 of This Revision:- APR 15 1993
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Dear Mr. Torlakson:
This is in response, to a letter dated 'December 24, 1992, from Mr. Nasser
Shirazi, Acting Community Development Director, City of Pittsburg, regarding
the effective Flood Insurance. Study and ,Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for
Contra Costa County, California. In his Tetter, Mr. Shirazi requested that
we .revise the effective FIRM for the City of Pittsburg to show changes to the
100-year floodplain boundaries as a result of the' installation of an -eight-
foot by seven-foot" reinforced concrete .box culvert along Lawlor Creek in the
City, from approximately . 1,400 feet. downstream to just upstream of Willow
Pass Road. He also requested that we revise' the effective FIRM for .Contra
Costa County to reflect the changes in the County's floodplain as a result of
the installation of the box culvert. With a letter dated August 3, 1990, to
Mr. Alfredo Hurtado of the City of Pittsburg Engineering Division, Mr. Robert
D'. Agnew, Associate Civil Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control and
Water Conservation District, concurred with the hydraulic analysis for the
box culvert. All of .the data required to complete our review were submitted
with Mr. Shirazi's December 24 letter. With a letter dated January 22, 1993,
from Mr. Bill Morrison, Operations Manager, Kaufman and Broad of Northern
California, Inc., we received the balance of the initial fee associated with
this request for a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR). A conditional LOMR was
issued for this project on January 8, 1992.
All fees .necessary to process the LOMR, a total of $1,995, have been
received.
We have completed our review of the submitted data and the data used to
produce the effective FIRM, and have revised the FIRM to modify the
elevations. and floodplain boundary delineations of a flood having a 1-percent
probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along
Lawlor Creek.. Base (100-year) flood elevations (BFEs) and the 100-year
floodplain. area along Lawlor Creek have decreased from just upstream to
approximately 850 feet upstream of Willow Pass Road.
.The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM
Panel 060025 0120 B, Flood Profile Panel 11P, and the Floodway Data Table for
Lawlor Creek from the FIS report. This LOMR -hereby revises this panel of the
effective FIRM dated July 16, 1987, and this Profile Panel, and the Floodway
Data Table from the FIS report dated July 16, 1987.
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Because this revision does not involve any floodway boundary changes, we are
not enclosing an annotated Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM). Unless a
subsequent physical map revision involves floodway changes for FBFM
Panel 060025 0120, we will not revise it to show the changes made by this
LOMR.
Please note that a LOMR was issued on the same date as this LOMR to revise
FIRM Panel 060033 0001 D for the City of Pittsburg, to show changes to the
100-year floodplain boundaries as a result of the installation of the
underground box culvert.
The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:
Existing BFE Modified BFE
Location *(feet) (feet)
Just upstream of Willow Pass Road (conduit
entrance) *46 *44
Approximately 130 feet upstream of Willow
Pass Road *50 *45
Approximately 700 feet upstream of Willow
Pass Road *51 *50
Approximately 850 feet upstream of Willow
Pass Road *52 *52
''National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot.
These modifications have been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 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, P.L. 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44
CER, Part 65. Public notification of modifications to the BFEs along Lawlor
Creek will be given in the Pittsburg Post Dispatch on or about April 21,
1993, and April 28, 1993. In addition, a Notice of Changes will be published
in the Federal Register.
As required by the legislation, a community must adopt and enforce floodplain
management measures to ensure continued eligibility to participate in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Therefore, your community must
enforce these regulations using, at a minimum, the BFEs, zone designations,
and floodways in the Special Flood Hazard Areas shown on the FIRM and FBFM
for your community, including the previously described modifications.
This response to your request is based on minimum floodplain management
criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for
approving all proposed floodplain developments, including this request, and
for ensuring that necessary permits required by Federal or State law have
been received. With knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of
safety, State and community officials may set higher standards for
construction, or may limit development in floodplain areas. If the State of
California or Contra Costa County has adopted more restrictive or
comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence
over the minimum NFIP requirements.
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The community number and suffix code listed above will be used for all flood
insurance policies and renewals issued for your community on and after the
effective date listed above.
The modifications described herein are effective as of the date of this
letter. However, within 90 days of the second publication in the Pittsburg
Post Dispatch, your community may request that we reconsider this
determination. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific
or technical data. All interested parties are hereby notified that, until
the 90-day period elapses, the determination may be modified.
This LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary map users such as
local insurance agents and .mortgage lenders; therefore, your community will
serve as a repository. for these new data. We encourage you to disseminate
the information reflected by this LOMR widely throughout your community in
order that interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and
mortgage lenders, may benefit from this information. We also encourage you
to consider preparing your own article for publication in the local newspaper
cited earlier in this letter to describe the assistance that your community
will provide in serving as a clearinghouse for these data and interpreting
NFIP maps. When, in the future, a sufficient number of revisions have
occurred on the affected panel, we will initiate a physical map revision to
republish and distribute the panel to incorporate the changes that were made
effective by letter.
If you have any questions regarding the modifications described herein,
please contact the Chief, Natural and Technological Hazards Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, in San Francisco, California, at (415) 923-7175,
or Mr. John Magnotti of my staff in Washington, DC, at (202) 646-3932, or by
facsimile at (202) 646-3445.
Sincerely,
'S .
William R. Locke
Chief, Risk Studies Division
Federal Insurance Administration
Enclosures
cc: Mr. Nasser Shirazi
Acting Community Development Director
Mr. T. S. Khanna
Floodplain Administrator
Contra Costa County Community
Development Department
Mr. Bill Morrison
Operations Manager
Kaufman and Broad of Northern
California, Inc.
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Fee Charges and Requirements for Map Revisions
On June 30, 1992 the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) published a Final Rule
in the Federal Register, Volume 57, Number 126, regarding changes to 44 CFR Parts
65 and 72 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations.
These changes were implemented effective October 1, 1992 and impact persons
requesting revisions to NFiP maps on or after that date. The primary change involves
a fee requirement for map revision and Letter of s!ap Ravission (LOMR) requests, much
like the current fee requirements for conditional requests. This action is being
implemented to reduce expenses to the NFIP and will contribute to maintaining the
NFiP as self-supporting.
Part 72.5 of the aforementioned regulations provides exemption from fees for:
(a) Revisions or amendments to correct errors or to include the effects of natural
changes within the areas of special flood hazard.
(b) LOMRs, as determined to be appropriate by the Federal Insurance
Administrator, issued to remove single residential lots or structures. from the
area of special flood hazard based solely on the placement of fill outside of the
regulatory floodway. The Administrator's determination shall be based, in part,
on whether the LOMR is being sought by an individual property owner or
whether it is being requested prior to the transfer of ownership of the property
in question from a developer to an individual property owner.
(c) Federal, State and local governments shall be exempt from fees for projects
_they sponsor if the Administrator determines or the requesting agency certifies
that the particular project is for public benefit and primarily intended for flood
loss reduction to insurable structures in identified flood hazard areas which
were in existence prior to commencement of construction of the flood control
project. Projects undertaken primarily to protect planned flood plain
development are not eligible for fee exemption.
The initial fee schedule is reprinted on the reverse of this Notice. Please note that the
initial fee represents the minimum engineering review and administrative processing
costs associated with each type of project. The initial fee does not include costs for
labor and materials associated with the cartographic processing and preparation of a
map revision.
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Federal Register / Vol. 57, No. 128 f Tuesday. June 3o. 1992 / Notices 29079'
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6)Str tural messures on alluvial The local community incurs no financial
tans3AW obligation for fees under the
Initial Fee Schedule reimbursement procedures of 33 CFR
(d)For projects involving Part 72 as a result of transmitting the
The hourly rate upon which the P i application by another parry to FEMA.
following fees and pre-authorized combinations of the actions listed under (i)Payment of both the initial fee and
spending limits are based.is S35 per paragraphs(a).(b).or(c)above.the final cost shall be by check or srorey
hour initial fee shall be that charged for the order payable to U.S.funds to the
(a)for CLONIA3 and for CLOMRs,the most expensive action of those that National Flood Irsurance Program and
initial fees have been established by compose the combination. must be received by FEMA before the
(e)Following completion of FFAIA's
prior rulemaking.Those initial fees. review for any CLOMA.CLOMR issued. �•'�or LO�gt will be
subject to the provisions of 172-4.shall LONIR.or map revision.the requester issued,or before thecartographicfor
be paid by the requestor in the folio wing will be baled at the established hourly processing will begin for a map revision.
amounts: rate for any actual costs exceeding the (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
initial fee incurred dining the review. No.83.100. Flocd kis-a:arce.")
(1)Single lot fn MIA A sl7s The hourly rate is-currently$35.00 per Dated:June 22.1992.
(2) Single lot CLOMR (based hour. CM."Sud'Schauerte,
strictly on the•proposed place- (1)In the event that the revision Administ.-ator.Faded insr:c:ce
men toff fill
outside the regula- request results in a map revision.the Admhristmtioa.
tory 175 requestor will be notified and billed for [FR Doc 92 153'.61 Filed 6-x42.•8:45 am]
(3).1.1ulti4ot/subdivision CLOMA_. 245 costs of cartographic preparation anti sur n+o COVE a,sas r
(:} Multi-lot/Subdivision CLOMRs
(based strictly on the placement processing of the reviseded
snap:This .
of fill outside'the regulatory work w111 not be initiated anti)Fr"M.�
floodway) yrs has received payment The cost of
(s)Review of new hydrology 245 reprinting and distnbutiisg the revised
(a) New bridge or culvert (no Flood Insurance Rate Map M)or
chaanelizatioa) 490 Flood Boundary FioodwaylMM)
(FMI).
(s}Channel modifications only..... 360 or both,will be borne by Fh"!A&
(a)Channel modification and new (f)Requestors of CLOMjk&CLOMRs;
bridge or culvert 733 LOMRs and map revisions will be
(9) Levees. berms. or other sauc- notified of the anticipated total cost if
(s rural
S rn Vas measures on atiuri• "s the total cost of processing the request. '
at fens 2.3W including estimated costs for
cartographic preparation and processing
of a map revision.will exceed the pre-
(b)For LO.k s or map revisions that authorized spending limits listid In(1)
follow a CLOMR issued by Fe,14fA.the . ATO (4)below. The pre-authorized
1.
initial fee.subject to the provisions of spearung limits vary according to the
3-,u.for all categories listed under O"Pe of review performed and are based
paragraph(c)below will be S=.so long on the established hourly rate.
as the as-b.u1t conditions are the same
as the proposed conditions upon which _
FOAA based the issuance of the (1) CLOMAL -CLOSIRs. LCMMB
CLO&IR.Then are no fees for LOMs1s. and asap revisions based on Bll
There are no fees for single lot LOMRs. outside the regulatory floodway_ sol
which meet the requirements set forth in (2) CLOMP.s. ar the review of
$72.5(b)of the final rule.and are based rxw br1rology and CLOMPas:
s2- ctlp.on!br,placeirent nt'.t til V!.,tgir e! LO'r'v and asap ft-visions
cif the regulatoryfioodway,regardless of "�" Ou 44auel a o4:21;atiaas.
whether they are issued following a bz of�theesse or a ccm- 1500
- CL01La or CLOMR. (3!CLOWL LONIRs and map re-
(c)For LOMRs or map revisions visions based on levees.be:mL
which do not follow a CLO:viR issued by or other==Wral measures-.-- 2-500
FEEL A.the initial fee.subject to the (4)-CLO.% .LONIRs and map re-
provisions of 172.4,shall be paid by the %sem" based an strx,sat
requestor in the following amounts: =eur--*3 cn alluvial fsas 5=0
(,I hfuld-lot/Subdivision LOMB La)In the event that p:ocessing costs
(based strictly on the placement a:a anticipated to exceed the p►e-
cr fill outside the regulatory authcrizpd spending limits listed in(i) ..
f)aVdway} 3::3 titrougl(4)abare,processing of the
(2) New bridge or culvert (ao request will be suspended pending
e»arreliza!i=J 8a'e1
(3•,Cita-=el mcdificanon o:sly Fa0 r""�L�tecaipt of written appccr.-al from
(4; Channel taodi.9cstion and new the;equestor to proceed
bridges or culvert 935 (h)The entitl that applies to FENfA
(s) Levees. her=. or other strut• throu;'a the local community for review
tural measures L145 will be billed for the cost of the review.
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O Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
o Federal insurance Administration
Fee.Charges and Requirements for Map Revisions' '
On June 34, 1992 the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) published a Final Rule
in the Federal Register, Volume 57, Number 126, regarding changes to 44 GFR Parts
65 and 72 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFiP) regulations.
These changes were implemented effective October 1, 1992 and impact persons
requesting revisions to NFiP maps on or after that date. The primary change involves
a fee requirement for map revision and Lettef of h4ap Revis-ion P-OMR) requests, much
like the current fee requirements for conditional requests. This action is being
implemented to reduce expenses to the NFIP and will contribute to maintaining the
NFiP as self-supporting.
Part 72.5 of the aforementioned regulations provides exemption from fees for:
(a) Revisions or amendments to correct errors or to include the effects of natural
changes within the areas of special flood hazard.
(b) LOMRs, as determined to be appropriate by the Federal Insurance
Administrator, issued to remove single residential lots or structures from the
area of special flood hazard based solely on the placement of fill outside of the
regulatory floodway. The Administrator's determination shall be based, in part,
on whether the LOMR is being sought by an individual property owner or
whether it is being requested prior to the transfer of ownership of the property
in question from a developer to an individual property owner.
(c) Federal, State and local governments shall be exempt from fees for projects
they sponsor if the Administrator determines or the requesting agency certifies
that the particular project is for public benefit and primarily intended.for flood
loss reduction to insurable structures in identified flood hazard areas which
were in existence prior to commencement of construction of the flood control
project. Projects undertaken primarily to protect planned flood plain
development are not eligible for fee exemption.
The initial fee schedule is reprinted on the reverse of this Notice. Please note that the
initial fee represents the minimum engineering review and administrative processing
costs associated with each type of project. The initial fee does not include costs for
labor and materials associated with the cartographic processing and preparation of a
map revision.
Federal Register / VoL 57, No. 128 E Tuesday, June 30. 2992 ./ Notices 2A79
(6)Structural measures on alluvial The local community incurs no Financial
fans a.oeo obligation for fees under the
reimbursement procedures of 33 CFR
Initial Fee Schedule part 72 as a result of transmitting the
The hourly rate upon which the (d)For projects involving application by another party to FENUX.
following fees and pre-authorized combinations of the actions listed under (i)Payment of both the initial fee and
spending limits are based.is S35 per
paragraphs(a).(b).or(c)above,the final cost shall be by check or more.;
hour. initial fee shall be that charged for the order payable to U.S.funds to the
most expensive action of those that Natior-al Flood Insurance Program and
(a)for CLOWLs and for CLOMRs.the compose the combination. must be received by FE!4A before the
initial fees have been established by (e)Following completion of FEMA's C,0N,I.A,CLO:LZ or LO.NiR will be
prior rulemaking.•Phoma initial fees. review for any CLOMA.CLOMR. issued.or before the cartographic
subject to the provisions of 4 72.4.shall LOMR or map revision.the requestor processing will begin for a map revision.
be paid by the requestor in the foUOJrjng will be baled at the established hourly (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
amounts: rate for any actual costs exceeding the No.83.100,"Flood L-rsurarce.")
initial fee incurred during the review.
(i)single lot CLO'�ll� si7s The hourly rate is-currently$35.00 per Dated lune 221x92
(2) Single lot CLOMR (based hour. . •. C.M.-Bud"Schauene,
strictly on the-proposed place- (1)In the event that the revision Ad-Vhist-ator.Federal Inst parr
ment of fM outside the regula- request results in a map revision.the Administration-
tory floodway) 175 requestor will be notified and billed for [FR Doc 92-15=1 Fled 6-3-62.-8:45 a n)
(3)Multi-lot/subdivision CLOMA_ 245 casts of cartographic preparation and atus.wc ecce arrsas-M
(:) Mult14dt/Subdivision CLOMR processing of the revised map.This
(based strictly on the placement work will not be initiated until FEMA
of all outside'the regulatory has received payment The cost of
floodway). 2.3 and distributing the revised
reprinting
(5)Review of new hydrology 213 �8
(6) New bridge ..or culvert. (no Flood Insurance Rate Map(F PW)or
channelization) 490 Flood Boundary Floodway Map(FB I).
(;)Channel modifications only— 380 or both.will be borne by FEMA.
(6) Channel modification and new (f)Requestors of CLOI►U CLOMU
bridge or culvert 733 LOMRs and map revisions will be
(9) Levees. berms. or other strnc- notified of the anticipated total cost if
tural measures 114S the total cost of processing the request.
(10)Structural measures on aLluci- 2.800 including estimated costs for
al fans cartographic preparation and processing
of a map revision.will exceed the pre-
(b)For LOMRs or map revisions that authorized spending limits listed in(1)
follow a CLOMR issued by FENiA.the . -rough(4)below.The pre-authorized
initial fee.subject to the provisions of spe-nding limits vary according to the
-,24.for all categories listed under tyke review performed and arebased
paragraph(c)below will be$200.so long on thea established hourly rata
as the as-built conditions are the same
as the proposed conditions upon which _
FLAW based the issuance of the (1) CLOD AL -CLONU LMata -
CLONIIL There are no fees for LO`As- and map revisions based on fill
There are no fees for single lot LOMB. outside the regslato. floodway- s;eo
which meet the requirements set forth in ('-) CLOMRs. ar *e review of
3 725(b)of the final rola and are based new hydrology and CLOMPS:
' dy '`w;la ^.,t ._r°.l o,,te;,a.� Lobus and map revisions
s�-c ^: .- based w:r_sar"ei mad-at.atioas.
cf the regulatory fioodway.regardless of and culverts. or a ccm-
tirhether they are issued following a bicap of these 1 Sao
- CLONL46 or M04UL (3; CLOWL LOST s and map re-
(c)For LOMRs or map revisions pions based on levees.be-ma.
which do not follow a CLONER issued by or other svucWal measures_ 2-SM
FEW-the initial fee.subject to the (4)-=.NI s,LOSIRs acid map re-
provisions of 172.4.shall be paid by the mem abased caal�'�'i s.wc
re;t:estor in the following amounts:
(t} RI•.slti-lot/Subdivision LOMR (g)In the event that processing costs
(based strictly on the placemert we anticipated to exceed the pre
-
ef fit outside the regulatory authorized spending limits listed in(1) .
floodway). 5+.s trroug?t(4)abose,processieg of the
(3) New bridge or culvert (CO request will be suspended pending
FL'%Lk recaipt of written appro:-alon
(3;Cka:ucel modification only F80 t'-e mouestor to proceed.
(4l Charnel modification and new (h)The entity that applies to FEMA
bridgu or culvert through the local community for review
(3) Lewes. bermes. or other struc-
tural measures - L245 will be bitted for the cost of the review.
Get MAN
J z Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472
w
URECEIVE®
CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO: APR 2 1 1993
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Case No.: 93-09-189P.`LRi(GOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CONTRA COSTA CO.
The Honorable Tom Torlakson Community: Contra Costa County,
Chairman, Contra Costa County California
Board of Supervisors FIRM Panel Number: 060025 0120 B
300 East Leland Road Effective Date
Pittsburg, California 94565 of This Revision: APR 15 1993
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Dear Mr. Torlakson:
This is in response to a letter dated December 24, 1992, from Mr. Nasser
Shirazi, Acting Community Development Director, City of Pittsburg, regarding
the effective Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for
Contra Costa County, California. In his letter, Mr. Shirazi requested that
we revise the effective FIRM for the City of Pittsburg to show changes to the
100-year floodplain boundaries as a result of the installation of an eight-
foot by seven-foot reinforced concrete box culvert along Lawlor Creek in the
City, from .approximately 1,400 feet downstream to just upstream of Willow
Pass Road. He also requested that we revise the effective FIRM for Contra
Costa County to reflect the changes in the County's floodplain as a result of
the installation of the box culvert. With a letter dated August 3, 1990, to
Mr. Alfredo Hurtado of the City of Pittsburg Engineering Division, Mr. Robert
D. Agnew, Associate Civil Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control and
Water Conservation District, concurred with the hydraulic analysis for the
box culvert. All of the data required to complete our review were submitted .
with Mr. Shirazi's December 24 letter. With a letter dated January 22, 1993,
from Mr. Bill Morrison, Operations Manager, Kaufman and Broad of Northern
California, Inc., we received the balance of the initial fee associated with
this request for a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR). A conditional LOMR was
issued for this project on January 8, 1992.
All fees necessary to process the LOMR, a total of $1,995, have been
received.
We have completed our review of the submitted data and the data used to
produce the effective FIRM, and have revised the FIRM to modify the
elevations and floodplain boundary delineations of a flood having a 1-percent
probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along
Lawlor Creek. Base (100-year) flood elevations (BFEs) and the 100-year
floodplain area along Lawlor Creek have decreased from just upstream to
approximately 850 feet upstream of Willow Pass Road.
The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM
Panel 060025 0120 B, Flood Profile Panel 11P, and the Floodway Data Table for
Lawlor Creek from the FIS report. This LOMR hereby revises this panel of the
effective FIRM dated July 16, 1987, and this Profile Panel, and the Floodway
Data Table from the FIS report dated July 16, 1987.
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Because this revision does not involve any floodway boundary changes, we are
not enclosing an annotated Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM). Unless a
subsequent physical map revision involves floodway changes for FBFM
Panel 060025 0120, we will not revise it to show the changes made by this
LOMR.
Please note that a LOMR was issued on the same date as this LOMR to revise
FIRM Panel 060033 0001 D for the City of Pittsburg, to show changes to the
100-year floodplain boundaries as a result of the installation of the
underground box culvert.
The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:
Existing BFE Modified BFE
Location *(feet) *(feet)
Just upstream of Willow Pass Road (conduit
entrance) *46 *44
Approximately 130 feet upstream of Willow
Pass Road *50 *45
Approximately 700 feet upstream of Willow
Pass Road *51 *50
Approximately 850 feet upstream of Willow
Pass Road *52 *52
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot.
These modifications have been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 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, P.L. 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44
CFR, Part 65. Public notification of modifications to the BFEs along Lawlor
Creek will be given in the Pittsburg Post Dispatch on or about April 21,
1993, and April 28, 1993. In addition, a Notice of Changes will be published
in the Federal Register.
As required by the legislation, a community must adopt and enforce floodplain
management measures to ensure continued eligibility to participate in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Therefore, your community must
enforce these regulations using, at a minimum, the BFEs, zone designations,
and floodways in the Special Flood Hazard Areas shown on the FIRM and FBFM
for your community, including the previously described modifications.
This response to your request is based on minimum floodplain management
criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for
approving all proposed floodplain developments, including this request, and
for ensuring that necessary permits required by Federal or State law have
been received. With knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of
safety, State and community officials may set higher standards for
construction, or may limit development in floodplain areas. If the State of
California or Contra Costa County has adopted more restrictive or
comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence
over the minimum NFIP requirements.
3
The community number and suffix code listed above will be used for all flood
insurance policies and renewals issued for your community on and after the
effective date listed above.
The modifications described herein are effective as of the date of this
letter. However, within 90 days of the second publication in the Pittsburg
Post Dispatch, your community may request that we reconsider this
determination. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific
or technical data. All interested parties are hereby notified that, until
the 90-day period elapses, the determination may be modified.
This LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary map users such as
local insurance agents and mortgage lenders; therefore, your community will
serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to disseminate
the information reflected by this LOMR widely throughout your community in
order that interested persons, such as property owners, insurance agents, and
mortgage lenders, may benefit from this information. We also encourage you
to consider preparing your own article for publication in the local newspaper
cited earlier in this letter to describe the assistance that your community
will provide in serving as a clearinghouse for these data and interpreting
NFIP maps. When, in the future, a sufficient number of revisions have
occurred on the affected panel, we will initiate a physical map revision to
republish and distribute the panel to incorporate the changes that were made
effective by letter.
If you have any questions regarding the modifications described herein,
please contact the Chief, Natural and Technological Hazards Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, in San Francisco, California, at (415) 923-7175,
or Mr. John Magnotti of my staff in Washington, DC, at (202) 646-3932, or by
facsimile at (202) 646-3445.
Sincerely,
w'3-Q , 'S� . �
William R. Locke
Chief, Risk Studies Division
Federal Insurance Administration
Enclosures
cc: Mr. Nasser Shirazi
Acting Community Development Director
Mr. T. S. Khanna
Floodplain Administrator
Contra Costa County Community
Development Department
Mr. Bill Morrison
Operations Manager
Kaufman and Broad of Northern
California, Inc.