80 FR 32402 - Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 109 (June 8, 2015)

On November 3, 2014, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 79 FR 65231. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, and Incorporated Areas.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32402-32403]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13965]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket No. FEMA-2015-0001; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1436]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On November 3, 2014, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous 
table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in 
lieu of the information published at 79 FR 65231. The table provided 
here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and 
communities affected for Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, and 
Incorporated Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before September 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where 
applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (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-1436, 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) [email protected].

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) 
[email protected]; 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 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

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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.
    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://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.
    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.

Correction

    In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 79 
FR 65231 in the November 3, 2014, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA 
published a table titled Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, and 
Incorporated Areas. This table contained inaccurate information as the 
community map repository for the City of Kenai, City of Seward and 
Kenai Peninsula Borough featured in the table.
    In this document, FEMA is publishing a table containing the 
accurate information for the City of Kenai, City of Seward and Kenai 
Peninsula Borough. The information for the City of Homer published 
correctly and is not included in the table below. The information 
provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published for 
the City of Kenai, City of Seward and Kenai Peninsula Borough.

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

    Dated: May 21, 2015.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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         Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, 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 Kenai..........................  Donald E. Gilman River Center,
                                          514 Funny River Road,
                                          Soldotna, AK 99669.
City of Seward.........................  City Hall Annex, 238 Fifth
                                          Avenue, Seward, AK 99664.
Kenai Peninsula Borough................  Donald E. Gilman River Center,
                                          514 Funny River Road,
                                          Soldotna, AK 99669.
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[FR Doc. 2015-13965 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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