Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 26 / Monday, February 9, 2015 / Notices 7023 

[FR Doc. 2015–02485 Filed 2–6–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1463] 

Proposed Flood Hazard 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Comments are requested on 

proposed flood hazard determinations, 

which may include additions or 

modifications of any Base Flood 

Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, 

Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) 

boundary or zone designation, or 

regulatory floodway on the Flood 

Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and 

where applicable, in the supporting 

Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for 

the communities listed in the table 

below. The purpose of this notice is to 

seek general information and comment 

regarding the preliminary FIRM, and 

where applicable, the FIS report that the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) has provided to the affected 

communities. The FIRM and FIS report 

are the basis of the floodplain 

management measures that the 

community is required either to adopt 

or to show evidence of having in effect 

in order to qualify or remain qualified 

for participation in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, 

the FIRM and FIS report, once effective, 

will be used by insurance agents and 

others to calculate appropriate flood 

insurance premium rates for new 

buildings and the contents of those 

buildings. 

DATES: Comments are to be submitted 

on or before May 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and 

where applicable, the FIS report for 

each community are available for 

inspection at both the online location 

and the respective Community Map 

Repository address listed in the tables 

below. Additionally, the current 

effective FIRM and FIS report for each 

community are accessible online 

through the FEMA Map Service Center 

at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. FEMA–B–1463, to Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 

500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 

20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 

500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 

20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; or visit 

the FEMA Map Information eXchange 

(FMIX) online at 

www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_

main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA 

proposes to make flood hazard 

determinations for each community 

listed below, in accordance with section 

110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act 

of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 

67.4(a). 

These proposed flood hazard 

determinations, together with the 

floodplain management criteria required 

by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that 

are required. They should not be 

construed to mean that the community 

must change any existing ordinances 

that are more stringent in their 

floodplain management requirements. 

The community may at any time enact 

stricter requirements of its own or 

pursuant to policies established by other 

Federal, State, or regional entities. 

These flood hazard determinations are 

used to meet the floodplain 

management requirements of the NFIP 

and also are used to calculate the 

appropriate flood insurance premium 

rates for new buildings built after the 

FIRM and FIS report become effective. 

The communities affected by the 

flood hazard determinations are 

provided in the tables below. Any 

request for reconsideration of the 

revised flood hazard information shown 

on the Preliminary FIRM and FIS report 

that satisfies the data requirements 

outlined in 44 CFR 67.6(b) is considered 

an appeal. Comments unrelated to the 

flood hazard determinations also will be 

considered before the FIRM and FIS 

report become effective. 

Use of a Scientific Resolution Panel 

(SRP) is available to communities in 

support of the appeal resolution 

process. SRPs are independent panels of 

experts in hydrology, hydraulics, and 

other pertinent sciences established to 

review conflicting scientific and 

technical data and provide 

recommendations for resolution. Use of 

the SRP only may be exercised after 

FEMA and local communities have been 

engaged in a collaborative consultation 

process for at least 60 days without a 

mutually acceptable resolution of an 

appeal. Additional information 

regarding the SRP process can be found 

online at http://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_

fact_sheet.pdf. 

The watersheds and/or communities 

affected are listed in the tables below. 

The Preliminary FIRM, and where 

applicable, FIS report for each 

community are available for inspection 

at both the online location and the 

respective Community Map Repository 

address listed in the tables. 

Additionally, the current effective FIRM 

and FIS report for each community are 

accessible online through the FEMA 

Map Service Center at 

www.msc.fema.gov for comparison. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Roy E. Wright, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Mitigation, Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

Community Community map repository address 

Brown County, Indiana, and Incorporated Areas 

Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata 

Town of Nashville ........................................................ 201 Locust Lane, Nashville, IN 47448. 

Unincorporated Areas of Brown County ...................... 201 Locust Lane, Nashville, IN 47448. 

Geary County, Kansas, and Incorporated Areas 

Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata 

City of Grandview Plaza .............................................. City Hall, 406 State Street, Grandview Plaza, KS 66441. 

City of Junction City ..................................................... Municipal Building, 700 North Jefferson Street, Junction City, KS 66441. 

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Community Community map repository address 

City of Milford ............................................................... City Hall, 201 12th Street, Milford, KS 66514. 

Unincorporated Areas of Geary County ...................... Geary County Municipal Building, 700 North Jefferson Street, Junction City, KS 66441. 

Grand Traverse County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions) 

Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata 

Charter Township of East Bay .................................... East Bay Charter Township Hall, 1965 Three Mile Road North, Traverse City, MI 49696. 

Charter Township of Garfield ...................................... Garfield Charter Township Hall, 3848 Veterans Drive, Traverse City, MI 49684. 

City of Traverse City .................................................... City Hall, 400 Boardman Avenue, Traverse City, MI 49684. 

Township of Acme ....................................................... Acme Township Hall, 6042 Acme Road, Williamsburg, MI 49690. 

Township of Blair ......................................................... Blair Township Hall, 2121 County Road 633, Grawn, MI 49637. 

Township of Green Lake ............................................. Green Lake Township Hall, 9394 10th Street, Interlochen, MI 49643. 

Township of Long Lake ............................................... Long Lake Township Hall, 8870 North Long Lake Road, Traverse City, MI 49685. 

Township of Paradise .................................................. Paradise Township Hall, 2300 East M113, Kingsley, MI 49649. 

Township of Peninsula ................................................ Peninsula Township Hall, 13235 Center Road, Traverse City, MI 49686. 

Township of Union ....................................................... Union Township Hall, 5020 Fife Lake Road, Fife Lake, MI 49633. 

Township of Whitewater .............................................. Whitewater Township Hall, 5777 Vinton Road, Williamsburg, MI 49690. 

Village of Kingsley ....................................................... Village Hall, 207 South Brownson Avenue, Kingsley, MI 49649. 

Colfax County, Nebraska, and Incorporated Areas 

Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata 

City of Clarkson ........................................................... City Office, 120 West 2nd Street, Clarkson, NE 68629. 

City of Schuyler ........................................................... Municipal Building, 1103 B Street, Schuyler, NE 68661. 

Unincorporated Areas of Colfax County ...................... Colfax County Courthouse, 411 East 11th Street, Schuyler, NE 68661. 

Village of Howells ........................................................ Village Hall, 128 North 3rd Street, Howells, NE 68641. 

Village of Leigh ............................................................ Village Office, 109 Short Street, Lehigh, NE 68643.

Village of Richland ....................................................... Colfax County Courthouse, 411 East 11th Street, Schuyler, NE 68661. 

Village of Rogers ......................................................... Village Clerk’s Office, 160 Center Street, Rogers, NE 68659. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02497 Filed 2–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5844–N–01] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments Program—Annual 

Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2015 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 

Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs). 

SUMMARY: The United States Housing 

Act of 1937 requires that assistance 

contracts signed by owners participating 

in the Department’s Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs provide 

annual adjustments to monthly rentals 

for units covered by the contracts. This 

notice announces FY 2015 AAFs for 

adjustment of contract rents on 

assistance contract anniversaries. The 

factors are based on a formula using 

residential rent and utility cost changes 

from the most recent annual Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) survey. Beginning with the FY 

2014 AAFs and continuing with these 

FY 2015 AAFs, the Puerto Rico CPI is 

used in place of the South Region CPI 

for all areas in Puerto Rico. These 

factors are applied at Housing 

Assistance Payment (HAP) contract 

anniversaries for those calendar months 

commencing after the effective date of 

this notice. A separate Federal Register 

Notice will be published at a later date 

that will identify the inflation factors 

that will be used to adjust tenant-based 

rental assistance funding for FY 2015. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Becky Primeaux, Director, 

Management and Operations Division, 

Office of Housing Voucher Programs, 

Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

202–708–1380, for questions relating to 

the Project-Based Certificate and 

Moderate Rehabilitation programs (non 

Single Room Occupancy); Ann Oliva, 

Director, Office of Special Needs 

Assistance Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

202–708–4300, for questions regarding 

the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) 

Moderate Rehabilitation program; 

Catherine Brennan, Director, Office of 

Housing Assistance and Grant 

Administration, Office of Housing, 202– 

708–3000, for questions relating to all 

other Section 8 programs; and Marie 

Lihn, Economist, Economic and Market 

Analysis Division, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 202–402– 

5866, for technical information 

regarding the development of the 

schedules for specific areas or the 

methods used for calculating the AAFs. 

The mailing address for these 

individuals is: Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or 

speech-impaired persons may contact 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339 (TTY). (Other than the 

‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed 

telephone numbers are not toll free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tables 

showing AAFs will be available 

electronically from the HUD data 

information page at http://

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/

aaf.html. 

I. Applying AAFs to Various Section 8 

Programs 

AAFs established by this Notice are 

used to adjust contract rents for units 

assisted in certain Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs during the 

initial (i.e., pre-renewal) term of the 

HAP contract and for all units in the 

Project-Based Certificate program. There 

are three categories of Section 8 

programs that use the AAFs: 

Category 1: The Section 8 New 

Construction, Substantial 

Rehabilitation, and Moderate 

Rehabilitation programs; 

Category 2: The Section 8 Loan 

Management (LM) and Property 

Disposition (PD) programs; and 

Category 3: The Section 8 ProjectBased Certificate (PBC) program. 

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