Federal Emergency Management Agency_Flood Levee ComplianceRECEIVED
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October 6, 2011
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50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001 -4864
Dear Mayor Buol:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Region VII
9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64114 -3372
FEMA
The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is
producing a countywide Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and Digital Flood Insurance Rate
Map (DFIRM) for Dubuque County, Iowa. As part of this effort, we requested that information
on the Dubuque Local Flood Protection Project Levee be submitted in order to accredit it for
base (one - percent - annual- chance) flood protection on the new DFIRM.
On May 31, 2011, FEMA received materials that the City of Dubuque submitted in support of
the Dubuque Local Flood Protection Project Levee's accreditation. The materials were
submitted to demonstrate the Dubuque Local Flood Protection Project Levee's compliance with
the minimum certification requirements outlined in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
Section 65.10 (44 CFR 65.10).
FEMA has reviewed and accepted the Dubuque Local Flood Protection Project Levee materials
as complying with 44 CFR 65.10. A Physical Map Revision mapping project for Dubuque
County, Iowa, has been initiated to remove the Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL)
designation to show the Dubuque Local Flood Protection Project Levee as fully accredited.
If you have any questions, please contact Dawn Kinsey of my staff at (816) 283 -7055.
Sincerely,
Richard Leonard, Chief
Risk Analysis Branch
cc: Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager, City of Dubuque
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager, City of Dubuque
Bill Cappuccio, State of Iowa NFIP Coordinator
Jerry Skalak, P.E. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Senator Chuck Grassley
Senator Tom Harkin
Representative Bruce L. Braley
www.fema.gov