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flood map and flood study to the community. The LFD initiates the six-month adoption period. The community must adopt or amend its floodplain management regulations during this six-month period unless the community has previously incorporated an automatic adoption clause. (42) Letter of Map Change(LOMC) is a general term used to refer to the several types of revisions and amendments to FEMA maps that can be accomplished by letter. They include Letter of Map Amendment(LOMA), Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), and Letter of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F). The definitions are set forth as follows: (A) Letter of Map Amendment(LOMA)means an amendment to the currently effective FEMA map that establishes that a property is not located in a SFHA through the submittal of property-specific elevation data. A LOMA is only issued by FEMA. (B) Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)means an official revision to the currently effective FEMA map. It is issued by FEMA and changes flood zones, delineations, and elevations. (C) Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F)means an official revision by letter to an effective NFIP map. A LOMR-F provides FEMA's determination concerning whether a structure or parcel has been elevated on fill above the BFE and excluded from the SFHA. (43) Lowest adjacent grade means the lowest elevation, after completion of construction, of the ground, sidewalk,patio, deck support,or basement entryway immediately next to the structure. (44) Lowest floor means the lowest elevation described among the following: (A) The top of the lowest level of the structure. (B) The top of the basement floor. (C) The top of the garage floor, if the garage is the lowest level of the structure. (D) The top of the first floor of a structure elevated on pilings or pillars. (E) The top of the floor level of any enclosure, other than a basement, below an elevated structure where the walls of the enclosure provide any resistance to the flow of flood waters unless: i. the walls are designed to automatically equalize the hydrostatic flood forces on the walls by allowing for the entry and exit of flood waters by providing a minimum of two (2) openings (in addition to doorways and