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1. Site Updates
We have recently made several changes to the Flood Hazard Mapping site, including changing all links and file names to a lower case character format. Please update your bookmarks by changing any upper characters to the new lower case format to ensure continued access to the latest content.
2. Huntington Beach, California, Floodplain Reduced
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/st_hunt.htm
FEMA has issued a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for the City of Huntington Beach, California, that revises the Special Flood Hazard Area designated Zone A99 in the southeast portion of Huntington Beach to reflect updated flood hazard information related to the Santa Ana River, the Huntington Beach and Talbert Flood Control Channels, and the Pacific Ocean. As a result, approximately 75 percent of the SFHA will be designated Zone X and the remaining area (approximately 25 percent) will become an SFHA designated Zone AE when the LOMR becomes effective. The LOMR is scheduled to become effective in February 2002.
3. Draft Comprehensive Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/dl_cgs.htm
FEMA has recently prepared Draft Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners, which are available to interested parties for review and comment. The draft Guidelines define the technical requirements, coordination and documentation activities, and product specifications for flood hazard maps and related National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) products. These Guidelines also represent a compilation of the requirements documented in previous FEMA guidelines and specifications documents and other FEMA procedure memorandums and guidance documents.
4. Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement of the Year Award
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/ST_awdd1.htm
The American Society of Civil Engineers, Illinois Section, named the Cook County, Illinois Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) project as the winner of the 2001 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement of the Year award for projects having a total cost of less than $5 million.
5. Updated Listing of Numerical Models Accepted by FEMA for NFIP Usage
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/EN_modl.htm
The numerical models list has been updated to reflect minor updates and the most recent information concerning models that are accepted by FEMA for NFIP usage.
6. Supporting Technical Documentation for Acceptable Models
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/EN_modl.htm#techdocs
Supporting technical documentation is now available for models accepted by FEMA for NFIP usage, including FLDWAV, MIKE21, and SWMM.
7. Compendium of Flood Map Changes
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/DL_comp.htm
The January-June 2001, Compendium of Flood Map Changes is now available.
This edition of the Compendium includes a listing of changes made to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps that became effective during the first 6 months of 2001.
8. MT Forms Expiration Date
The expiration date for the MT forms (October 2001) will be extended until the revised forms are available. Until then, users may continue to use the existing MT-EZ, MT-1, and MT-2 application forms packages for all Letter of Map Change requests.
9. Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form
FEMA is in the process of obtaining review and clearance from the Office of Management and Budget for an extension to the expiration date of FEMA Form 81-93, Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form, as a part of the required reissuance of the form, which is scheduled to expire October 31, 2001. No changes to the form or the information collected are anticipated, but there may be some clarifications to the instructions based upon questions and feedback received over the past two years. Users may use the current form until a Final Notice, with a new form expiration date, is published in the Federal Register.
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