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09/03/2008

Flood Risk Information Open Houses

    Flood Risk Information Open Houses are held throughout the state to unveil communities' preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps. These public forums provide citizens the opportunity to review the updated flood maps, provide comments, and ask questions. Open Houses have been scheduled for the following counties (and municipalities within them):

Jackson County Flood Risk Information Open House
Date: September 11, 2008
Time: Local Officials Meeting--10:00AM - Noon
           Public Open House--4:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Jackson Fire Department DC Annex
                 166 Pearl Street
                 Jackson, Ohio 45640

Hamilton County Flood Risk Information Open House
Date: September 30, 2008
Time: Local Officials Meeting--1:00PM - 3:00PM
           Public Open House--4:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: MSD Administration Building, Rooms 104-106
                 1081 Woodrow Street
                 Cincinnati, Ohio 45204

05/01/2008

Scoping Meeting Announcements

Fiscal Year 2008 Scoping Meetings have been scheduled and will be held during the months of May and June. Please see the table below for specific dates and locations.

Date Time County or Counties Location Mapping Contractor

5/13/08 9:00AM Pike, Scioto 230 Waverly Plaza, Conference Room, Waverly, Ohio 45690 STANTEC

5/13/08 2:00PM Hocking, Perry Hocking County EOC, 52 East Second Street, Logan, Ohio 43138 STANTEC

5/14/08 1:00PM Huron, Seneca, Sandusky Huron County Administrative Building, 180 Milan Avenue, Norwalk, Ohio 44857 STANTEC

6/3/08 9:00AM Marion, Crawford 222 West Center Street, Marion, Ohio 43302 CDM

6/3/08 2:00PM Logan, Shelby Logan County Highway Garage Conference Room, 1991 County Road 13, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311 CDM

6/4/08 9:00AM Fulton, Defiance Administration Conference Room, 152 South Fulton Street, Wauseon, Ohio 43567 CDM

6/4/08 2:00PM Wood, Hancock, Putnam Commissioner Conference Room - 5th Floor, One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 CDM

6/5/08 9:00AM Miami, Darke Hobart Center for County Government - 2nd Floor, Room 310, 510 West Water Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 CDM

6/5/08 2:00PM Auglaize, Allen, Mercer 1014 South Blackhoof Street, Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895 CDM

06/18/2008

Letters of Final Determination

Letters of Final Determination (LFDs) are notices of final flood elevation determination. Communities receiving their LFDs from FEMA have six months from the date of the letter to adopt compliant Flood Damage Reduction Regulations. LFDs have been issued for the following counties (and municipalities within them):

February 4th, 2008--Medina County Letter of Final Determination (Effective Date is August 4, 2008)

February 19th, 2008--Lorain County Letter of Final Determination (Effective Date is August 19, 2008)

February 28th, 2008--Erie County Letter of Final Determination (Effective Date is August 28, 2008)

June 2nd, 2008--Holmes County Letter of Final Determination (Effective Date is December 2, 2008)

June 16th, 2008--Union County Letter of Final Determination (Effective Date is December 16, 2008)

09/03/2008

Available Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Ohio
Click here for instructions on accessing Preliminary FIRMs

Ashland County

Athens County

Champaign County

Clinton County

Delaware County

Geauga County

Hamilton County

Harrison County

Holmes County

Jackson County

Knox County

Lake County

Lucas County

Mahoning County

Morrow County

Portage County

Summit County

Trumbull County

Wayne County

Union County

09/03/2008

Map Production Delays

Flood map production has been delayed for the following counties due to levee information collection: Butler, Ottawa, and Stark. Community officials in each county have been contacted regarding this issue, and these officials are working with FEMA to collect the necessary levee information to move map production forward. For further information regarding this issue, please see FEMA's Procedure Memoranda 34 (Interim Guidance for Studies Including Levees) and 43 (Guidelines for Identifying Provisionally Accredited Levees)