The Town has reviewed the data and methodology for the completed project as submitted by the applicant, and finds the data and methodology to be accurate, and within the Town’s floodplain management requirements.  However, residents of the Town who reside along the South Fork Catoctin Creek are concerned about the proposed changes to the Flood Insurance Rate Map shown on the LOMR.  They have expressed concern about the encroachment of the new floodplain line onto their property, including its effect on property values, resulting from: (a) the 3±-foot rise in the floodplain boundary, caused by the increased BFE’s due to changes in modeling methodology, and (b) the 6±-inch rise in the floodplain boundary resulting from the placement of fill on the subject property.  For that reason, the Town is not signing the LOMR.