Federal Emergency Management Agency_FIRM, DIS Reports ConfirmationFederal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
June 3, 2013
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Honorable Roy D. Buol
Mayor, City of Dubuque
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mayor Buol:
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Case No.:
Community Name:
Community No.:
FIRM Panel Affected:
116
12- 07 -2232P
City of Dubuque, IA
195180
19061CO238E,
19061C0351E,
19061C0352E
In a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated January 17, 2013, you were notified of proposed flood hazard
deteinâșinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report
for the City of Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA. These determinations were for North Fork Catfish Creek
- from approximately 1,350 feet downstream of John F Kennedy Road to approximately 950 feet
upstream of Rosemont Street. The 90 -day appeal period that was initiated on January 31, 2013, when the
Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a
notice of proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in The Dubuque Telegraph Herald has elapsed.
FEMA received no valid requests for changes to the modified flood hazard information. Therefore, the
modified flood hazard information for your community that became effective on May 31, 2013, remains
valid and revises 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 VII, in Kansas
City, Missouri, either by telephone at (816) 283 -7061, or in writing at 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO. 64114 -3372.
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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 Infoiiiiation eXchange, toll free, at (877) 336-2627 (877-
FEMA MAP).
Sincerely,
Luis Rodriguez P.E., Chief
Engineering Management Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
cc: Ms. Laura Carstens
Planning Services Manager
City of Dubuque
Mr. Daniel Lau, P.E.
Vice-President
CDM Smith
Mr, Susen Kumar Gali
Project Manager
CDM Smith