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ALLAN A. SMITN <br /> p ~nN IMENMCHAIRPENSON <br /> LINDA LINGLE St' 'd /R. BoaRD DF LANDAND tUTURAL RPSDUItCEs <br /> <br /> CAVERNOR OF HAWAII AP COMAlI3310NON WATIX RPSONICE MANAGEA4NF <br /> ti <br /> a ROBERT K. MASUDA <br /> OFPVfY DIRECTOR <br /> ~Iyod any i <br /> g PETER T. YOUNG <br /> C Hgq~ S& DEPiRY D@ECFOR-WATh:0. <br /> .0 AQUATIC RPS011RCE5 <br /> 9. Qe <br /> 4 BOATMG AND IX:FAN RECREATION <br /> w•BeV.®.~~P05E~ BUREAUOF CONVEYANCES <br /> COA0.R9910N ON WATER R6SODRCE MANAGEMEM <br /> CONSERVATION ANDCOASTAL LANDS <br /> STATE OF HAWAII mNSFRVanoxANO RFSaQZCFS ENeoacERRNr <br /> ENGINEERING <br /> FORE4TRY AND W ILDL6E <br /> sr DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES msTOIUC ERESERVnnoN <br /> arPOf KAHWLAWE ISLANDRFSERVE COAAR3410H <br /> LAND <br /> POST OFFICE BOX 621 STATe RARR9 <br /> HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 <br /> May 18, 2007 <br /> . _ ; <br /> r`., <br /> The Honorable Chairperson Pete Hoffman & Members of the Hawaii County Council; <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Ben Franklin Building <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue 2nd Floor <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Dear Chairperson Hoffman & Members of the Hawaii County Council: <br /> Bill 51 -Proposed Amendments to Chapter 27 <br /> We applaud Hawaii County Council for your efforts to make your community more flood <br /> resistant by proposing a stricter floodplain management ordinance. Thank you for <br /> including our Department in the collaborative efforts of this very important measure. As <br /> the State coordinating agency for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the <br /> Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) places an important responsibility on <br /> us to ensure community compliance with the NFIP rules and regulations. <br /> Since Hawaii County is a participating community in the NFIP, it is required to adopt and <br /> enforce floodplain management regulations that meet the minimum NFIP requirements <br /> as set forth in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations §59 through 79. <br /> Upon our review, the language in the current draft Bill (see attached copy) does not <br /> meet the minimum standards of the NFIP. It is our understanding that a comment by <br /> Council Member Ford made at your Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations <br /> Committee Meeting on May 15, 2007 suggested that the subject Bill is compliant with <br /> the minimum rules and regulations of the NFIP, however this is not an accurate <br /> assumption. <br /> At the March 20, 2007 committee meeting, we expressed several inconsistencies with a <br /> prior draft. However, the language presented in the attached draft does not incorporate <br /> our comments nor address the inconsistencies we identified. t , ~ <br /> Comm. No, <br /> Ref. Ta <br /> Ref. Date MAY 23 <br /> <br />