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t, 0.0AI RTAFf1. ,, ° Federal Emergency Management Agency ` 4` Washington, D.C. 20472 'IND SS CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 19P February 19, 2008 The Honorable Clifford Main Community: Burnett County, Wisconsin Chairman, Burnett County (Unincorporated Area) 7410 County Road K,#111 Community No.: 550032 Siren, WI 54872 Map Panels Affected: See Attached List Dear Chairman Main, This is to formally notify you of the final flood elevation determination for the Unincorporated Areas of Burnett County,Wisconsin, in compliance with Title 44, Chapter I,Part 67, Section 67.11, Code of Federal Regulations(CFR). This section requires that notice of final flood elevations shall be sent to the Chief Executive Officer of the community,all individual appellants, and the State Coordinating Agency, and shall be published in the Federal Register. On October 20, 1991, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)issued a Flood Insurance Rate Map(FIRM)that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs),the areas subject to inundation by the base(1-percent-annual-chance)flood, in your community. Recently, FEMA completed a re-evaluation of flood hazards in your community. On September 30, 2006, FEMA provided you with Preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Study(FIS)report and FIRM that identify existing flood hazards in your community, including Base Flood Elevations(BFEs). The proposed BFEs for your community were published in the Burnett County Sentinel on December 20, 2006 and January 3, 2007 and in the Federal Register, at Part 67,Volume 72, Pages 5245 and 5246 on February 5, 2007. The statutory 90-day appeal period,which was initiated on the second newspaper publication date cited above,has ended. FEMA did not receive any appeals of the proposed BFEs during that time. Accordingly,the BFEs for your community are considered final. The final rule for BFEs will be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The FIRM for your community will become effective on August 19, 2008. Before the effective date, FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIS report and FIRM. Because the FIS report establishing the BFEs for your community has been completed, certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter. Prior to August 19, 2008, your community is required,as a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP),to adopt or show evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60.3 (d) of the enclosed NFIP regulations(44 CFR 59, etc.)by the effective date of the FIRM. These standards are the minimum requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.