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Butterfield Creek flood plan under scrutiny in seven suburbia towns
Spring rains test the Flood Plain and Storm Water Management Code adopted in 1990 by Chicago Heights Flossmoor Glenwood Homewood Matteson Olympia Fields Park Forest and Richton Park Officials say the code helps absorb water and curb flooding while critics call for stricter enforcement Rosenthal questions enforcement while FEMA maps update Butterfield Creek elevations may rise one to two feet impacting flood plains despite broad adherence to the plan by area communities
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Chicago Heights
Flossmoor
Glenwood
Homewood
Matteson
Olympia Fields
Park Forest
Richton Park
The
Star
Richard Rosenthal
Butterfield Creek
Rosenthal
Butterfield
Liana Winsauer
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Department — of ‘Transportation Division of Water Resources
Winsauer
Ralph Coglianese
Coglianese
FEMA
Federal Emergency Services Agency
Cook County
Linda Sacia
Lacia
Soil Conservation Service
Sacia