2018-03-12-minutes-public-works-study-session

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I=•� (1) the elevations being proposed by the Administrator with respect to an Identified area having special flood haz a rds a re scientifica Illy or technically incorrect, or (2) thedesignation of an identified special flood hazard area is scientifically ortechnically incorrect. The data must be .submitted during the 90 -day appeal period for proposed maps in order to satisfy the statutory requirements for an appeal designation or appellant status of the appropriate entity. For the studies identified as "Appeal Start" in the "Action Taken" column, FEMA published a notice of the proposed updates in the Federal Register, a long with public notifications of the appeal process in local newspapers. FEMA recommends that community officials call further attentionto the proposed food hazard determinations and the appeal process by issuing a press release or other public notice. These proposed flood hazard updates, once flnelized, will become the basis for the floodplain management measures that communities must adopt for participation in the NFIP. However, before any new or modified flood hazard information is finalized and becomes effective, FEMA provides community officiais and residents an opportunity to appea I the proposed flood hazard information presented on the preliminary FIRM pa nels and FIS report. The appeaI procedure Is outlined below. The 90 -day appeal period bega n on the date of the second notification published In the loca I newspapers. It is important to note that only appeals supported by scientific or technical data will be considered. The appeal data must be submitted to FEMA during the 90-dayappeal period, which cannot be extended. FEMAwill also consider comments and inquiries regarding Information other than the proposed flood haze rd determinations (e.g., incorrect street names, typographical errors, or omissions) and will incorporate a ny appropriate changes before the revised FIRM and FIS report become effective. FEMA asks that communities review and consolidate any appeal data they receive and issue a written opinion stating whether the evidence provided Is sufficient to justify an official appeal. Whether or not a community decides to appeal, it must send copies of individual appeaisand anysupporting data to FEMA for consideration. FEMA will resolve all appeals in consultation with local officlels, through an administrative hearing or by submitting the conflicting data to an independent scientific body or appropriate Federal agencyfor guidance. After other alternatives have been explored, communities may also request a review by a Scientific Resolution Panel (SRP). SRPs are independent panels of experts In hydrology, hydraulics, and other pertinent sciences, which are established to review conflicting scientific and technicai data and provide recommendations for resolution. An SRP is an option after FEMA and community officials have been engaged in a collaborative consultation process for at least 60 days without a mutually acceptable resolution of anappeal. FEMA will provide the reports and other information used in making the final determination, for public inspection. If substantive changes to the preliminary FIRM and FIS report are required aftertheappeal period, FEMA will send each affected community a revised preliminary copy of the FIRM and FIS report to FWA Notice to Cana ran*: Monthly Updato on Flood Mapping 9 or, t4" -t-1 UE! f-.