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Home My WebLink AboutFEMA - BLD Letters / Memos - 4/2/2013 SITTS & HILL ENGINEERS, INC. Professional Engineers and Planners ROBERT J. DAHMEN, P.E. 4815 Center Street,Tacoma, WA 98409 BRENT K. LESLIE, P.E. Telephone(253)474-9449 ROBERT N. ERB, P.L.S. Fax(253)474-0153 KATHY A. HARGRAVE, P.E. LARRY G. LINDELL, P.E. March 13, 2013 Mason County RECEIVED Department of Community Development P.O. Box 279 MAR 14 .yam' Shelton, WA 98584 fug L!!" 426 We CEDAR STI TO: Alan Bordan SUBJECT: Community Acknowledgement Form Dear Alan: Thank you for your response to my inquiry about the FEMA Letter of Map Change-Community Acknowledgement Form. I am sending the documentation that we have submitted to FEMA for review in regards to the LOMC on Mason County parcel number12316-50-00002. The last requirement of said LOMC is the enclosed "Community Acknowledgment Form". Please review the enclosed documentation and fill out Section B of the form. The submittal of this document to FEMA is via online upload, so you could return the signed form as a pdf attachement in an email if that is more convienent for you. Or simply mail back to the address listed above. Thank you for your help in this matter. Sincerely, Timothy McDaniel, PLS, CFedS Project Surveyor timmcdaniel@sitts-hill-engineers.com Civil, Structural and Surveying 123093190073 123094390110 123093190074 +' 123093400010 123094390102 IL123093490030 123093400020 123094390101 123093303000 123093490080 123094390103' 123093490092 123093490091 123093490093 123093400041 123090060000 123093490090 123093400040 123094300210 123093490082 123093400060 123093490081 123093303020 123093490102 123093400050 T23NR _ 123093490101 123165000001 • 123165000012 /Air 123162290012 / 123165000903 123162260000 123162200020 4 123165000010 123165000002 123161160000 123165000902 123162200020 123165000009 { 123165000006 123165000�0,8 123165000007 N 1 inch = 200 feet DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY O.M.B.NO.1660-0015 COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM Expires February 28,2014 PAPERWORK BURDEN DISCLOSURE NOTICE Public reporting burden for this data collection is estimated to average 1.38 hours per response. The burden estimate includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,gathering and maintaining the needed data,and completing and submitting the form. This collection is required to obtain or retain benefits. You are not required to respond to this collection of information unless a valid OMB control number is displayed on this form. Send comments regarding the accuracy of the burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing this burden to:Information Collections Management,Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency,1800 South Bell Street,Arlington,VA 20598-3005,Paperwork Reduction Project(1660-0015). NOTE:Do not send your completed form to this address. This form must be completed for requests involving the existing or proposed placement of fill(complete Section A)OR to provide acknowledgment of this request to remove a property from the SFHA which was previously located within the regulatory floodway(complete Section B). This form must be completed and signed by the official responsible for floodplain management in the community. The six digit NFIP community number and the subject property address must appear in the spaces provided below. Incomplete submissions will result in processing delays.Please refer to the MT-1 instructions for additional information about this form. '7/� G 7c�, I Community Number: 7�l 1� Property Name or Address: /0 t JE � er � �h V tUffiatr A. REQUESTS INVOLVING THE PLACEMENT OF FILL As the community official responsible for floodplain management,I hereby acknowledge that we have received and reviewed this Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill(LOMR-F)or Conditional LOMR-F request. Based upon the community's review,we find the completed or proposed project meets or is designed to meet all of the community floodplain management requirements,including the requirement that no fill be placed in the regulatory floodway,and that all necessary Federal,State,and local permits have been,or in the case of a Conditional LOMR-F,will be obtained. For Conditional LOMR-F requests,the applicant has or will document Endangered Species Act(ESA)compliance to FEMA prior to issuance of the Conditional LOMR-F determination.For LOMR-F requests,I acknowledge that compliance with Sections 9 and 10 of the ESA has been achieved independently of FEMA's process.Section 9 of the ESA prohibits anyone from"taking"or harming an endangered species. If an action might harm an endangered species,a permit is required from U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service under Section 10 of the ESA. For actions authorized,funded,or being carried out by Federal or State agencies,documentation from the agency showing its compliance with Section 7(a)(2)of the ESA will be submitted.In addition,we have determined that the land and any existing or proposed structures to be removed from the SFHA are or will be reasonably safe from flooding as defined in 44CFR 65.2(c),and that we have available upon request by DHS-FEMA,all analyses and documentation used to make this determination. For LOMR-F requests,we understand that this request is being forwarded to DHS- FEMA for a possible map revision. Community Comments: Community Official's Name and Title: (Please Print or Type) Telephone No.: Community Name: Community Official's Signature: (required) Date: B. PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE REGULATORY FLOODWAY As the community official responsible for floodplain management,I hereby acknowledge that we have received and reviewed this request for a LOMA. We understand that this request is being forwarded to DHS-FEMA to determine if this property has been inadvertently included in the regulatory floodway. We acknowledge that no fill on this property has been or will be placed within the designated regulatory floodway. We find that the completed or proposed project meets/or is designed to meet all of the community floodplain /Amanagement requirements. Community Comments: R,6i pi i e'bawl- i ` �A/�4 �(/�I jq� T�� W[( J f"G'�'1 rt 1 5d a Cl 1 Community Official's Name and Title: (Please Print or Type) Telephone No.: D�ll�utvrd Se��ior Plane b. Community Name: Co unity Official's Signature(required): Date: MOM 6�wlfl� I()t DHS-FEMA Form 086-0-2613,FEB 11 Community Acknowledgment Form MT-1 Form 3 Page 1 of 1 (Lo d oo0 Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 s o��tgND Sti�� April 02,2013 THE HONORABLE RANDY NEATHERLIN CASE NO.: 13-10-0550A CHAIR,BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY: MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON 411 NORTH 5TH STREET (UNINCORPORATED AREAS) SHELTON,WA 98584 COMMUNITY NO.: 530115 DEAR MR NEATHERLIN: This is in reference to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determine if the property described in the enclosed document is located within an identified Special Flood Hazard Area, the area that would be inundated by the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood), on the effective National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) map. Using the information submitted and the effective NFIP map, our determination is shown on the attached Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) Floodway Determination Document. This determination document provides additional information regarding the effective NFIP map, the legal description of the property and our determination. Additional documents are enclosed which provide information regarding the subject property and LOMRs. Please see the List of Enclosures below to determine which documents are enclosed. Other attachments specific to this request may be included as referenced in the Determination/Comment document. If you have any questions about this letter or any of the enclosures, please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at (877) 336-2627 (877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, LOMC Clearinghouse, 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Sincerely, Luis Rodriguez,P.E.,Chief Engineering Management Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration LIST OF ENCLOSURES: LOMR-FW DETERMINATION DOCUMENT(REMOVAL) cc: State/Commonwealth NFIP Coordinator Community Map Repository Region RECEIVED Mr. Tim McDaniel >; R 0 a 20131 426 M CEDAR SM Page 1 of 2 Date: April 02, 2013 Case No.: 13-10-0550A LOMR-FW Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington,D.C.20472 LETTER OF MAP REVISION FLOODWAY DETERMINATION DOCUMENT REMOVAL COMMUNITY AND MAP PANEL INFORMATION LEGAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON Parcel 1, Boundary Line Adjustment No. 93-016, as described in the (Unincorporated Areas) Statutory Warranty Deed, recorded as Document No. 1686725, in the Office of the Auditor, Mason County, Washington COMMUNITY Parcel ID: 12316 50 00002 COMMUNITY NO.:530115 NUMBER:5301150070C AFFECTED MAP PANEL DATE: 5/17/1988 FLOODING SOURCE: UNION RIVER APPROXIMATE LATITUDE&LONGITUDE OF PROPERTY:47.491, -122.814 SOURCE OF LAT&LONG:ARCGIS 10 DATUM:NAD 83 DETERMINATION OUTCOME 1%ANNUAL LOWEST LOWEST WHAT IS CHANCE ADJACENT LOT BLOCK/ SUBDIVISION FLOOD FLOOD GRADE ELEVATION LOT STREET REMOVED FROM SECTION THE SFHA ZONE ELEVATION ELEVATION (NGVD 29) (NGVD 29) (NGVD 29) 1 — — 70 Northeast Emerald Structure B — 103.1 feet — Glen Lane (Residence) Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) - The SFHA is an area that would be inundated by the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any qiven year(base flood). ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS(Please refer to the appropriate section on Attachment 1 for the additional considerations listed below.) INADVERTENT INCLUSION FLOODWAY 1 PORTIONS REMAIN IN THE SFHA STUDY UNDERWAY This document provides the Federal Emergency Management Agency's determination regarding a request for a Letter of Map Revision for the property described above. Using the information submitted and the effective National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) map. we have determined that the structure(s) on the property(ies) is/are not located in the NFIP regulatory floodway or the SFHA, an area inundated by the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). This document revises the effective NFIP map to remove the subject property from the NFIP regulatory floodway and the SFHA located on the effective NFIP map; therefore, the Federal mandatory flood insurance requirement does not apply. However, the lender has the option to continue the flood insurance requirement to protect its financial risk on the loan. A Preferred Risk Policy (PRP) is available for buildings located outside the SFHA. Information about the PRP and how one can apply is enclosed. 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 Assistance Center toll free at (877) 336-2627 (877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, LOMC Clearinghouse, 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Luis Rodriguez,P.E.,Chief Engineering Management Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration Page 2 of 2 Date: April 02, 2013 Case No.: 13-10-0550A LOMR-FW VXR Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington,D.C.20472 �'qND SE� LETTER OF MAP REVISION FLOODWAY DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (REMOVAL) ATTACHMENT 1 (ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS) INADVERTENT INCLUSION IN THE FLOODWAY 1 (PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY REMAIN IN THE FLOODWAY) (This Additional Consideration applies to the preceding 1 Property.) A portion of this property is located within the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulatory floodway for the flooding source indicated on the Determination Document, while the subject of this determination is not. The NFIP regulatory floodway is the area that must remain unobstructed in order to prevent unacceptable increases in base flood elevations. Therefore, no construction may take place in an NFIP regulatory floodway that may cause an increase in the base flood elevation, and any future construction or substantial improvement on the property remains subject to Federal, State/Commonwealth, and local regulations for floodplain management. The NFIP regulatory floodway is provided to the community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the NFIP regulatory floodway modification described in the Determination Document, while acceptable to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), must also be acceptable to the community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. Any proposed revision to the NFIP regulatory floodway must be submitted to FEMA by community officials. The community should contact either the Regional Director(for those communities in Regions I-IV, and VI-X), or the Regional Engineer (for those communities in Region V) for guidance on the data which must be submitted for a revision to the NFIP regulatory floodway. Contact information for each regional office can be obtained by calling the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at (877) 336-2627 (877-FEMA MAP) or from our web site at hftp://www.fema.gov/about/regoff.htm. PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY REMAIN IN THE SFHA (This Additional Consideration applies to the preceding 1 Property.) Portions of this property, but not the subject of the Determination/Comment document, may remain in the Special Flood Hazard Area. Therefore, any future construction or substantial improvement on the property remains subject to Federal, State/Commonwealth, and local regulations for floodplain management. STUDY UNDERWAY(This Additional Consideration applies to all properties in the LOMR-FW DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (REMOVAL)) - This determination is based on the flood data presently available. However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is currently revising the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) map for the community. New flood data could be generated that may affect this property. When the new NFIP map is issued it will supersede this determination. The Federal requirement for the purchase of flood insurance will then be based on the newly revised NFIP map. This attachment provides additional information regarding this request. If you have any questions about this attachment, please contact the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at (877) 336-2627(877-FEMA MAP) or by letter addressed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, LOMC Clearinghouse,847 South Pickett Street,Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Luis Rodriguez,P.E.,Chief Engineering Management Branch Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration rueryi Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING LETTERS OF MAP AMENDMENT When making determinations on requests for Letters of Map Amendment (LOMAs), the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) bases its determination on the flood hazard information available at the time of the determination. Requesters should be aware that flood conditions may change or new information may be generated that would supersede FEMA's determination. In such cases, the community will be informed by letter. Requesters also should be aware that removal of a property (parcel of land or structure) from the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) means FEMA has determined the property is not subject to inundation by the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). This does not mean the property is not subject to other flood hazards. The property could be inundated by a flood with a magnitude greater than the base flood or by localized flooding not shown on the effective National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)map. The effect of a LOMA is it removes the Federal requirement for the lender to require flood insurance coverage for the property described. The LOMA is not a waiver of the condition that the property owner maintain flood insurance coverage for the property. Only the lender can waive the flood insurance purchase requirement because the lender imposed the requirement. The property owner must request and receive a written waiver from the lender before canceling the policy. The lender may determine, on its own as a business decision, that it wishes to continue the flood insurance requirement to protect its financial risk on the loan. The LOMA provides FEMA's comment on the mandatory flood insurance requirements of the NFIP as they apply to a particular property. A LOMA is not a building permit, nor should it be construed as such. Any development, new construction, or substantial improvement of a property impacted by a LOMA must comply with all applicable State and local criteria and other Federal criteria. If a lender releases a property owner from the flood insurance requirement, and the property owner decides to cancel the policy and seek a refund, the NFIP will refund the premium paid for the current policy year, provided that no claim is pending or has been paid on the policy during the current policy year. The property owner must provide a written waiver of the insurance requirement from the-lender to the property insurance agent or company servicing his or her policy. The agent or company will then process the refund request. Even though structures are not located in an SFHA, as mentioned above, they could be flooded by a flooding event with a greater magnitude than the base flood. In fact, more than 25 percent of all claims paid by the NFIP are for policies for structures located outside the SFHA in Zones B, C, X (shaded), or X (unshaded). More than one-fourth of all policies purchased under the NFIP protect structures located in these zones. The risk to structures located outside SFHAs is just not as great as the risk to structures located in SFHAs. Finally, approximately 90 percent of all federally declared disasters are caused by flooding, and homeowners insurance does not provide financial protection from this flooding. Therefore, FEMA encourages the widest possible coverage under the NFIP. LOMAENC-1 r � The NFIP offers two types of flood insurance policies to property owners: the low-cost Preferred Risk Policy(PRP)and the Standard Flood Insurance Policy(SFIP). The PRP is available for I- to 4-family residential structures located outside the SFHA with little or no loss history. The PRP is available for townhouse/rowhouse-type structures, but is not available for other types of condominium units. The SFIP is available for all other structures. Additional information on the PRP and how a property owner can quality for this type of policy may be obtained by calling the Flood Insurance Information Hotline, toll free, at 1-800427-4661. Before making a final decision about flood insurance coverage, FEMA strongly encourages property owners to discuss their individual flood risk situations and insurance needs with an insurance agent or company. FEMA has established "Grandfather" rules to benefit flood insurance policyholders who have maintained continuous coverage. Property owners may wish to note also that, if they live outside but on the fringe of the SFHA shown on an effective NFIP map and the map is revised to expand the SFHA to include their structure(s), their flood insurance policy rates will not increase as long as the coverage for the affected structure(s) has been continuous. Property owners would continue to receive the lower insurance policy rates. LOMAs are based on minimum criteria established by the NFIP. State, county, and community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the SFHA. If a State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive and comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum Federal criteria. In accordance with regulations adopted by the community when it made application to join the NFIP, letters issued to amend an NFIP map must be attached to the community's official record copy of the map. That map is available for public inspection at the community's official map repository. Therefore, FEMA sends copies of all such letters to the affected community's official map repository. When a restudy is undertaken, or when a sufficient number of revisions or amendments occur on particular map panels, FEMA initiates the printing and distribution process for the affected panels. FEMA notifies community officials in writing when affected map panels are being physically revised and distributed. In such cases, FEMA attempts to reflect the results of the LOMA on the new map panel. If the results of particular LOMAs cannot be reflected on the new map panel because of scale limitations, FEMA notifies the community in writing and revalidates the LOMAs in that letter. LOMAs revalidated in this way usually will become effective 1 day after the effective date of the revised map. LOMAENC-1