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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING DENIALS OF REQUESTS FOR LETTERS OF MAP AMENDMENT AND LETTERS OF MAP REVISION BASED ON FILL When making determinations on requests for Letters of Map Amendment (LOMAs) and Letters o f Map Revision based on the placement of fill (LOMR -Fs), the Department o f Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) bases its determination on the flood hazard information available at the time of the determination. Requesters should be aware that flood conditions may change or new information may be generated that would supersede FEMA's determination. In such cases, the community will be informed by letter. Requesters also should be aware that FEMA's denial of a request to remove a property (parcel of land or structure) from the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) means FEMA has determined the property is subject to inundation by the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). As mentioned earlier, this determination is based on the flood hazard information available at the time. If more detailed property or flood hazard information becomes available, and the requester believes the information will support removing the property from the SFHA, the requester may submit the information to FEMA at any time and request that FEMA reconsider its determination. In areas where base flood elevations (BFEs) shown on the effective National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) map were used for the original determination, new BFEs cannot be used until they have been proposed and finalized through the community appeal process. The appeal process is described in detail in Part 67 of the NFIP regulations. If FEMA denies a request for a LOMA because the elevation of the lowest adjacent grade (the lowest ground touching a structure) is below the BFE and that elevation is raised to or above the BFE by the placement of fill material, the requester may submit the appropriate supporting data and request a LOMR-F in accordance with Paragraph 65.5(a)(4) of the NFIP regulations. In this circumstance, if both the elevation of the lowest ground touching the structure and the elevation of the lowest floor (including basement/crawl space) are at or above the BFE, FEMA will issue a LOMR-F to remove the structure from the SFHA. If fill material is used to elevate the lowest ground touching the structure and the lowest floor (including basement/crawl space) to or above the BFE, the requester also must submit a completed copy of Form 4, "Community Acknowledgment of Requests Involving Fill," from the MT-1 application forms package that is to be used for all LOMR-F requests. The application forms package may be downloaded directly from our Web site at https://www.fema.gov/mt-1-application-forms-instructions, or copies may be obtained by calling the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange, toll free, at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627). Effective October 1, 1996, FEMA revised the fee schedule fo r reviewing and processing requests fo r conditional and final modifications to published flood info rmation and maps, thereby establishing flat review and processing fees for most ty pes of requests. Effective February 20, 2015, FEMA modified that fee schedule. All new requests will be processed under the current fee schedule. LOMAENC-2 (LOMA Denial)