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ALWR A. SMITH <br /> LDiDA LII'IGLE << ~ MAK BO'Up Opt-`~H0 <br /> ^AN°"'~~'~I"~ <br /> r Cp.°.99810NON WAfFA R6lO11RCE MAN/.OE1.6M <br /> <br /> GOVRRNOR OP HAWAII 4 ~ IR,O 7 <br /> b ROBERT K. MASUDA <br /> Qmm QnvcTaR <br /> ~,~'^~NrA ~ ,y PereRr. rounc <br /> •'L pg UFNIY gRPCIpI. WATFA <br /> p. AQUATIC RFS°URRCFB <br /> BPinNf ANQOCFAN RECTPAnOM <br /> B9.P@+ RI~ BUREAU MCONVEYAN[Pf <br /> COW.YSSIW! Ox WATPR RFSWRG£ MAtUQER4.M <br /> C°N9FRVAlgH AHQCOASTAL IAND] <br /> STATE OF HAWAII °°"~V~'nONA1N RPBOURCPB PMglCEA6M <br /> DwMEFAMG <br /> voxmTRY Arrow¢q,D>: <br /> sr+kQIIwIF DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES wslauc PRP:RxYAn°" <br /> R,QwwwwP WvxQRF9RRVEmw.NSSwu <br /> urro <br /> POST OFFICE BOX 621 sTATP PARRS <br /> HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 <br /> May 18, 2007 <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 Ameradments 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. <br /> <br />