Document ID: FEMA-2013-0002-0021
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations
Posted Date: 2013-02-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8169-8170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02443]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1291]

Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists communities where the addition or 
modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, 
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or 
the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard 
determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and 
where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) 
reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 
each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical 
data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have 
been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through 
issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 
44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR part 65). The 
LOMR will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate 
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the 
contents of those buildings. For rating purposes, the currently 
effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used 
for all new policies and renewals.

DATES: These flood hazard determinations will become effective on the 
dates listed in the table below and revise the FIRM panels and FIS 
report in effect prior to this determination for the listed 
communities.
    From the date of the second publication of notification of these 
changes in a newspaper of local circulation, any person has ninety (90) 
days in which to request through the community that the Deputy 
Associate Administrator for Mitigation reconsider the changes. The 
flood hazard determination information may be changed during the 90-day 
period.

ADDRESSES: The affected communities are listed in the table below. 
Revised flood hazard information for each community is available for 
inspection at both the online location and the respective community map 
repository address listed in the table 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.
    Submit comments and/or appeals to the Chief Executive Officer of 
the community as listed in the table below.

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: The specific flood hazard determinations are 
not described for each community in this notice. However, the online 
location and local community map repository address where the flood 
hazard determination information is available for inspection is 
provided.
    Any request for reconsideration of flood hazard determinations must 
be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer of the community as listed 
in the table below.
    The modifications are made pursuant to section 201 of the Flood 
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance 
with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., 
and with 44 CFR Part 65.
    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).
    These 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. The flood hazard 
determinations are in accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.
    The affected communities are listed in the following table. Flood 
hazard determination information for each community is available for 
inspection at both the online location and the respective community map 
repository address listed in the table 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.

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                                                         Chief executive                        Online location of
        State and county           Location and case        officer of         Community map       letter of map       Effective date of      Community
                                          No.               community           repository           revision             modification           No.
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New Mexico: Sandoval............  Village of Corrales  The Honorable        Village Hall, 4324  http://www.rampp-   April 1, 2013..........       350094
                                   (12-06-1884P).       Philip Gasteyer,     Corrales Road,      team.com/
                                                        Mayor, Village of    Corrales, NM        lomrs.htm.
                                                        Corrales, 4324       87048.
                                                        Corrales Road,
                                                        Corrales, NM 87048.
Pennsylvania: Chester...........  Township of West     The Honorable        West Goshen         http://www.rampp-   April 4, 2013..........       420293
                                   Goshen (12-03-       Raymond H.           Township            team.com/
                                   1877P).              Halvorsen,           Building, 1025      lomrs.htm.
                                                        Chairman, Township   Paoli Pike, West
                                                        of West Goshen       Chester, PA 19380.
                                                        Board of
                                                        Supervisors, 1025
                                                        Paoli Pike, West
                                                        Chester, PA 19380.

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Texas:
    Harris......................  Unincorporated       The Honorable Ed     Harris County,      http://www.rampp-   April 11, 2013.........       480287
                                   areas of Harris      Emmett, Harris       10555 Northwest     team.com/
                                   County (12-06-       County Judge, 1001   Freeway, Houston,   lomrs.htm.
                                   3202P).              Preston, Suite       TX 77092.
                                                        911, Houston, TX
                                                        77002.
    Lamar.......................  Unincorporated       The Honorable Chuck  Lamar County        http://www.rampp-   April 1, 2013..........       480891
                                   areas of Lamar       Superville, Jr.,     Courthouse, 119     team.com/
                                   County (12-06-       Lamar County         North Main          lomrs.htm.
                                   2815P).              Judge, 119 North     Street, Paris, TX
                                                        Main Street,         75460.
                                                        Paris, TX 75460.
Virginia:
    City of Bristol.............  City of Bristol (12- Mr. Dewey P.         Virginia City       http://www.rampp-   April 11, 2013.........       510022
                                   03-0985P).           Cashwell, Jr.,       Hall, 300 Lee       team.com/
                                                        Manager, City of     Street, Bristol,    lomrs.htm.
                                                        Bristol, 300 Lee     VA 24201.
                                                        Street, Bristol,
                                                        VA 24201.
    Stafford....................  Unincorporated       The Honorable Susan  Stafford County     http://www.rampp-   April 1, 2013..........       510154
                                   areas of Stafford    Stimpson,            Administration      team.com/
                                   County (12-03-       Chairman, Stafford   Center, 1300        lomrs.htm.
                                   0748P).              County Board of      Courthouse Road,
                                                        Supervisors, 1300    Stafford, VA
                                                        Courthouse Road,     22554.
                                                        Stafford, VA 22554.
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* * * * *
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')
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James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2013-02443 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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