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Federal Emergency Management Agency
<br /> 4 Washington,D.C. 20472
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<br /> CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO:
<br /> " RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 19P-A
<br /> March 29,2017
<br /> The Honorable Harry Kim Community: Hawaii County,Hawaii
<br /> Mayor,Hawaii County (Unincorporated Areas)
<br /> 25 Aupuni Street Community No.: 155166
<br /> Hilo,Hawaii 96720 Map Panels Affected: See FIRM Index
<br /> Dear Mayor Kim:
<br /> This is to formally notify you of the fmal floodhazard determination for theUnincorporated Areas of
<br /> Hawaii County,Hawaii in compliance with Title 44,Chapter I,Part 67, Section67.11,Code of Federal
<br /> Regulations(CFR). This section requires that notice of final floodiazards shall be sent to the Chief
<br /> Executive Officer of the community,all individual appellants,and the State Coordinating Agency,and
<br /> shall be published in the Federal Register.
<br /> On April 2,2004,the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency
<br /> (FEMA)issued a Flood Insurance Rate Map(FIRM)that identified the.Special Flood Hazard Areas
<br /> (SFHAs),the areas that would be inundated by the flood having a ipercent chance of being equaled or
<br /> t,F exceeded in any given year(base flood), in your community. Recently,FEMA completed a revaluation
<br /> of flood hazards in your community. OnJanuary 25,2011,August 14,2015,and September 30,2016,
<br /> FEMA provided you with Prelininary copies of the Flood Insurance Study(FIS)report and FIRM that
<br /> identify existing flood hazards in your community,including Base Flood Elevations(BFEs)The proposed
<br /> flood hazard determinations(FHDs)for your community were published in theWest Hawaii Today on
<br /> February 2,2016 and February 9,2016,and in the Federal Register,at Part 67,Volume 81,Page 2898,on
<br /> January 19,2016.
<br /> The statutory 90-day appeal period,which was initiated on the second newspaper publication date cited
<br /> above,has ended. The proposed FHDs for your community were appealed during that time. All technical
<br /> data submitted in support of the appeal have been evaluated,and the appeal has been resolved. Therefore,
<br /> the FHDs for your community are considered final. The fml.notice for FHDs will be published in the
<br /> Federal Register as soon as possible. The FIRM for your community will become effective o Scptember
<br /> 29,2017. Before the effective date,FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIS report and FIRM.
<br /> Because the FIS establishing theFHDs for your community has been completed,certain additional
<br /> requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,as amended,
<br /> within 6 months from the date of this letter. Prior toSeptember 29,2017,your community is required,as a
<br /> condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP),to adopt or show
<br /> evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragrap1i0.3(d
<br /> and e)of the enclosed NFIP regulations(44 CFR 59,etc.)by the effective date of the FIRM. These
<br /> standards are the minimum requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more
<br /> stringent nature.
<br /> It must be emphasized that all the standard specified in Paragraph 603(d and e)of the NFIP regulations
<br /> must be enacted in a legally enforceable document. This includes adoption of the current effective FIS and
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