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DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Flood Hazard Rules
The District Department of the Environment (DDOE) invites the public to present its comments at a public hearing on proposed amendments to the District’s Flood Hazard Rules. The amendments being proposed pursuant to the Applications Insurance Implementation Act (D.C. Law 1-64; D.C. Official Code 6-501, et seq.) will adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s revised Flood Insurance Rate Map and Flood Insurance Study for the District and expand the regulation of development in the floodplain in order to ensure the District’s continued eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Wednesday October 27th, 2010
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
District Department of the Environment
1200 First Street, NE, 5th Floor Training Room
New York Avenue Metro Stop
Copies of the proposed amendments and additional information are on file at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 901 G St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, and may be inspected during normal business hours. In addition, the document can be downloaded at the website address, http://www.ddoe.dc.gov, under the Information section at the Public Notices & Hearings bullet.
Persons who wish to testify are requested to furnish in writing, their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and the organization they represent, if any, to the attention of T. Karikari at the address below, by Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Persons may submit written testimony, by mail, to the address below. Such written testimony is to be clearly marked “Flood Hazard Rules Public Hearing,” and received by Monday, October 25, 2010. DDOE will consider all comments in its final decision.
DDOE Watershed Protection Division
1200 First Street, NE, 5th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20002
