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How to Request a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F) What is a LOMA or a LOMR-F? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) applies rigorous standards to develop Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and uses the most accurate hazard information available. However, limitations in the scale or topographic detail of the source maps used to prepare a FIRM may cause small elevated areas to be included in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). SFHAs are high-risk areas subject to inundation by the base (1-percent-annual-chance) flood. They are also known as 1-percent-annual-chance floodplains, base floodplains, or 100 year floodplains. To change the flood hazard designation for properties in these areas, FEMA has established the LOMA process for properties on naturally high ground and the LOMR-F process for properties elevated by the placement of fill. LOMAs and LOMR-Fs are letter determinations that officially amend an effective FIRM. They can establish that a property is not in an SFHA and, by doing so, remove the Federal flood insurance requirement. Obtaining a LOMA or LOMR-F A LOMA application form can be downloaded from the FEMA website at http:// www.fema.gov/change-flood-zone-designation-online-letter-map-change. FEMA does not charge a fee to review a LOMA request, but requesters are responsible for providing the required mapping and survey information specific to their property. For FEMA to remove a structure from the SFHA through the LOMA process, Federal regulations require the lowest ground touching the structure, or Lowest Adjacent Grade (LAG) elevation, to be at or above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). The exception to this requirement is when the submitted property information shows that the structure is outside the SFHA. In this case, the property is referred to as “out as shown.” If elevation information is required for the LOMA request, the requester should submit the elevation data requested on the MT-EZ form (https://www.fema.gov/mt-ez-form-instructions). For More Information • For general information, contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange by telephone, toll free, at 1-877- FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627) and choose “Option 1”; by e- mail at FEMAMapSpecialist@riskmap cds.com; or by live chat at www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm /fmx_main.html. • The forms and other documents referenced in this flier are also available on the “Forms, Documents, and Software” portion of the FEMA website at https://www.fema.gov/forms- documents-and-software. • For copies of effective National Flood Insurance Program maps and reports, contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange by telephone, toll free, at 1-877- FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627) and choose “Option 3,” or via the FEMA Map Service Center website at www.msc.fema.gov. http://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map · 1–877–FEMA MAP