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LOMAs are based on minimum criteria established by the NFIP. State, county, and community officials, <br />based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for <br />construction in the SFHA. If a State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive and comprehensive <br />floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum Federal criteria. <br />In accordance with regulations adopted by the community when it made application to join the NFIP, <br />letters issued to amend an NFIP map must be attached to the community's official record copy of the map. <br />That map is available for public inspection at the community's official map repository. Therefore, FEMA <br />sends copies of all such letters to the affected community's official map repository. <br />When a restudy is undertaken, or when a sufficient number of revisions or amendments occur on particular <br />map panels, FEMA initiates the printing and distribution process for the affected panels. FEMA notifies <br />community officials in writing when affected map panels are being physically revised and distributed. In <br />such cases, FEMA attempts to reflect the results of the LOMA on the new map panel. If the results of <br />particular LOMAs cannot be reflected on the new map panel because of scale limitations, FEMA notifies <br />the community in writing and revalidates the LOMAs in that letter. LOMAs revalidated in this way usually <br />will become effective 1 day after the effective date of the revised map.