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2 ti FIRM to which the regulations apply and other modifications made by this map revision Some of the standards should already have been enacted by your community in order to establish initial eligibility in the NFIP. Your community can meet any additional requirements by taking one of the following actions: O Amending existing regulations b incorporate any additional requirements of Paragrapl$0.3(d and e); • Adopting all the standards of Paragraph 60.3(d and e)into one new,comprehensive set of regulations;or o Showing evidence that regulations have previously been adopted that meet or owed the minimum requirements of Paragraph 60.3(d and e). Communities that fail to enact the necessary floodplain management regulations will be suspended from participation in the NFIP and subject to the prohibitions contained in Section 202(a)of the Mod Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234)as amended. In addition to your community using the FIS to manage development in the floodplain,FEMA will use the FIS to establish appropriate flood insurance rates. On the effective date of the raised FIRM,actuarial rates for flood insurance will be charged for all new structures and substantial improvements to existing structures located in the identified Special Flood Hazard Areas,the areas subject to inundation by the base flood. These rates may be higher if structures are not built in compliance with the floodplain management standards of the NFIP. The actuarial flood insurance rates increase as the lowest elevations(including , basement)of new structures decrease in relation to the BFEs etablished for your community. This is an X1'4'=5 important consideration for new construction because building at a higher elevation can greatly reduce the ' cost of flood insurance. To assist your community in maintaining the FIRM,we have enclosed a Summary of Ditia Actions to document previous Letter of Map Change(LOMC)actions(i.e.,Letters of Map Amendment,Letters of Map Revision)that will be superseded when the revised FIRM panels referenced above become effective. Information on LOMCs is presented in thefollowing four categories: (1)LOMCs for which results have been included on the revised FIRM panels;(2)LOMCs for which results could not be shown on the revised FIRM panels because of scale limitations or because the LOMC issued had determined that thlnts or structures involved were outside the SFHA as shown on the FIRM;(3)LOMCs for which results have not been included on the revised FIRM panels because the flood hazard information on which the original determinations were based are being super'sededby new flood hazard information;and(4)LOMCs issued for multiple lots or structures where the determination for one or more of the lots or structures cannot be revalidated through an administrative process like the LOMCs in Category 2 above.LOMCs in Ougory 2 will be revalidated through a single letter that reaffirms the validity of a previously issued LOMC;the letter will be sent to your community shortly before the effective date of the revised FIRM and will become effective 1 day after the revisedFlRM becomes effective. For the LOMCs listed in Category 4,we will review the data previously submitted for the LOMA or LOMR request and issue a new determination for the affected properties after the revised FIRM becomes effective. The FIRM panels have been computer-generated. Once the FIRM and FIS report are printed and distributed,the digital files containing the flood hazard data for the entire county can be provided to your community for use in a computer mapping system. These files can be usedii conjunction with other thematic data for floodplain management purposes,insurance purchase and rating requirements,and many other planning applications. Copies of the digital files or paper copies of the FIRMpanels may be ``x "` obtained by calling ourFEMA Map Information eXchange(FMIX)toll free,at 1-877-FEMA-MAP(1 • -