FEMA Presents New Flood Maps for Review
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has presented a new Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Frederick County public review and comment.
The review period of the preliminary data closes Oct. 31, 2018. The review period provides the community, officials and citizens in the affected communities with an opportunity to identify changes or corrections to non-technical information, such as corporate limits, road names, and stream names on the FIRM or in the FIS report.
A 90-day appeal period will begin to review technical information such as flood elevations, base flood depths SFHAs, flood zone designations or regulatory floodways within a community, as shown on the preliminary FIRM. Additional non-technical information requested in the 30-day period may still be provided.
Digital copies of the revised flood maps, study and database can be found on the FEMA website, www.tinyurl.com/FEMApreliminaryfloodhazarddata.
For more information, contact Zoning Administrator Tolson DeSa at 301-600-1491 or via e-mail at tdesa@FrederickCountyMD.gov.
