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L <br />U.S. Dcpirtment of HomcUod Sccorliy <br />500 C Street. SW <br />Wajhinpon. DC 20472 <br />B FEM A <br />t\ • * '-r <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />The Honorable Barbara A. Peterson <br />Mayor of the City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, Minnesota 55356 <br />Oifi <br />.• I <br />• u•X'.V. <br />•■t'O <br />Dear Mayor Peterson; <br />Please consider this an official reminder that your community has until September 2. 2004, to adopt <br />floodplain management measures that satisfy Section 60.3(d) of the National Flood Insurance <br />Program (NFIP) regulations and have them approved by our Regional Office. <br />I realize that your community may be in the final adoption process, or you may have recently adopted <br />the appropriate measures. If you have not done so. please submit these measures to the <br />Minnesota Floodplain Management Program in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - <br />Waters where they will be reviewed upon receipt. You may reach Ogbazghi Sium. P.E., the NFIP <br />State Coordinator, at (651) 296-0444, or by mail at the Minnesota Department of Natural Re.sources - <br />Waters, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, Miruiesota 55155-4032, or by e-mail at <br />oebazuhi.sium@dnr.state.mn us. <br />The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regional Office is also available to assist you <br />with adoption of adequate lloodplain management measures. Our Regional Office can be reached at <br />(312) 408-5548 or by mail. Send inquiries to Director. Federal Insurance and .Mitigation Division. <br />FEMA, 536 South Clark Street, Sixth Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60605. As m previous corre­ <br />spondence, we urge you to contact the NFIP State Coordinator or our Regional Office if your <br />community is encountering difficulties in enacting the appropriate measures <br />The NFIP regulations (copy enclosed) identify certain floodplain management measures for adoption <br />by participating communities. These measures need to be adopted by September 2, 2004, to avoid <br />your community’s suspension from the NFIP on that date. Please note that there is a significant <br />consequence to a community that is suspended from participation in the NTIP in that flood insurance <br />may not be sold or renewed within the community. <br />It is important to also note that when a comm.unity is suspended from the NFIP, it is subject to the <br />provisions of Section 202(a) of Public Law 93-234, as amended. This section prohibits Federal <br />officers or agencies from approving any form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, payment, rebate, <br />subsidy, disaster assistance loan or grant, for acquisition or construction purposes within special <br />wwvs.fema.guy <br />.jJM