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To the editor:
I would like to clarify the purpose and effect of my proposal for amending the flood plain provisions of the zoning ordinance, which Ms. May reported and commented on in the September 13, 1983 issue of “The Rappahannock News.”
Apparently your reporter was unaware that the present flood plain map is based on a soil survey map of Rappahannock County done by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 19(12, and not on any hydrological surveys or studies. Thus, many areas are included in the flood plain zone on account of the soil types deposited there thousands of years ago after the last ice age and not because they are actually subject to flooding.
After considerable discussion of this problem with the planning commission last year, we investigated the possibility of using a hydrological survey map prepared by some state agency which would provide a more reasonable basis to delineate the flood plain areas. Unfortunately, no such studies were available, and we learned that the cost of making such a study survey of the county would not be practical due to the exees
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