Comment Submitted by Greg Williams

We would like a the public notification requirements more defined. As I understand it, if an entire FIRM panel is revised affecting potentially thousands of individuals, only a public notice in a newspaper is required. A smaller LOMR that only effects a portion of a FIRM, requires each individual property owner to be notified by a certified letter. We have done a detailed study of a small watershed that is actually on three different FIRM panels. After much debate, it was decided to handle it through a LOMR rather than a full panel revision. This meant all 125 property owners had to receive a certified letter from us. This is both costly and time consuming.