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Show ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTTO PERFORM FLOOD ELEVATION STUDY The Federal Insurance Administration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that under authority of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, (P.L. 90-448) and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, (P.L. 93-234) it will fund a detailed study of the flood hazard areas in the city of Moab. The study will be performed for the Federal Insurance Administration by Nielsen, Maxwell & Wangsgard, 624 North 300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103; and James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers, Inc., The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the flood hazard areas in the community which are developed or which are likely to be developed and - to determine flood elevations for those areas. Flood elevations will be used by the community to carry out the flood plain management objectives of the National Flood Insurance Program. They will also be used as the basis for determining the appropriate flood insurance premium rates applicable for new buildings and their contents. This announcement is intended to notify all interested persons of the commencement of this study so that they may have an opportunity at a public meeting, soon to be announced, to bring any relevant facts and technical data concerning local flood hazards to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer of the community for forwarding to the appropriate representatives of the Federal Insurance Administration. Published in The Times-Independent, Moab, Utah, August 1 19, 26 and September 2, 1976. |