Document ID: FEMA-2014-0002-0192
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
Posted Date: 2014-12-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75576-75577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29547]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket No. FEMA-2014-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1343]

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On September 19, 2013, FEMA published in the Federal Register 
a proposed flood hazard determination notice at 78 FR 57646 for Harris 
County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas. The table published in this 
notice provides corrected or updated information regarding the proposed 
flood hazard determinations for affected communities in Harris County, 
Texas, and Incorporated Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 18, 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 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.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1343, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA proposes to make flood hazard 
determinations for each community listed in the table 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 are also 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 table below. Any request for reconsideration of the 
revised flood hazard determinations 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 will also be considered before the FIRM and FIS report 
are made final.
    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 may only 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://www.floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.

Correction

    In the proposed flood hazard determination notice in the September 
19, 2013, issue of the Federal Register beginning at 78 FR 57646, FEMA 
published a table titled ``Harris County, Texas, and Incorporated 
Areas.'' This table contained a Web page address for online access and 
viewing of the proposed flood hazard determination information for the 
communities listed in the table. A Revised Preliminary FIRM and/or FIS 
report have subsequently been issued for some or all of the communities 
listed in the table.
    The information available through the table published below is to 
be used in lieu of the information previously available.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: November 24, 2014.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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             Community                 Community Map Repository Address
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              Harris County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata preliminaryfloodhazarddata
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City of Baytown....................  City Hall, 2401 Market Street,
                                      Baytown, TX 75522.
City of Deer Park..................  City Hall, 710 East San Augustine,
                                      Deer Park, TX 77536.
City of El Lago....................  City Hall, 411 Tallowood Drive, El
                                      Lago, TX 77586.
City of Friendswood................  City Hall, 910 South Friendswood
                                      Drive, Friendswood, TX 77546.
City of Galena Park................  City Hall, 2000 Clinton Drive,
                                      Galena Park, TX 77547.
City of Houston....................  Floodplain Management Office, 1002
                                      Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor,
                                      Houston, TX 77002.
City of Jacinto City...............  Jacinto City City Hall, 1301
                                      Mercury Drive, Houston, TX 77029.
City of La Porte...................  City Hall, 604 West Fairmont
                                      Parkway, La Porte, TX 77571.
City of League City................  Building Department, 600 West
                                      Walker Street, League City, TX
                                      77573.
City of Morgans Point..............  City Hall, 1415 East Main Street,
                                      Morgan's Point, TX 77571.
City of Nassau Bay.................  City Hall, 1800 Space Park Drive,
                                      Suite 200, Nassau Bay, TX 77058.
City of Pasadena...................  Municipal Services Building, 1114
                                      Davis Street, Pasadena, TX 77506.
City of Seabrook...................  City Hall, 1700 First Street,
                                      Seabrook, TX 77586.
City of Shoreacres.................  City Hall, 601 Shoreacres
                                      Boulevard, Shoreacres, TX 77571.
City of South Houston..............  City Hall, 1018 Dallas Street,
                                      South Houston, TX 77587.
City of Taylor Lake Village........  City Hall, 500 Kirby Boulevard,
                                      Taylor Lake Village, TX 77586.
City of Webster....................  City Hall, 101 Pennsylvania Avenue,
                                      Webster, TX 77598.
Unincorporated Areas of Harris       Harris County Permits Office, 10555
 County.                              Northwest Freeway, Suite 120,
                                      Houston, TX 77092.
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