80 FR 65787 - Final Flood Hazard Determinations
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 207 (October 27, 2015)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 207 (October 27, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-27247 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 65787-65788] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-27247] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA-2015-0001] Final Flood Hazard Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Final Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report are used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for buildings and the contents of those buildings. DATES: The effective date of November 18, 2015 which has been established for the FIRM and, where applicable, the supporting FIS report showing the new or modified flood hazard information for each community. ADDRESSES: The FIRM, and if applicable, the FIS report containing the final flood hazard information for each community is available for inspection at the respective Community Map Repository address listed in the tables below and will be available online through the FEMA Map Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov by the effective date indicated above. 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: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below for the new or modified flood hazard information for each community listed. Notification of these changes has been published in newspapers of local circulation and 90 days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation has resolved any appeals resulting from this notification. This final notice is issued in accordance with section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 67. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60. Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to review the new or revised FIRM and FIS report available at the address cited below for each community or online through the FEMA Map Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov. The flood hazard determinations are made final in the watersheds and/or communities listed in the table below. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'') Dated: October 8, 2015. Roy E. Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Community map repository Community address ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Highlands County, Florida, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1282 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ City of Avon Park...................... City Hall, 110 East Main Street, Avon Park, FL 33825. City of Sebring........................ City Hall, 368 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870. Town of Lake Placid.................... Town Hall, 311 West Interlake Boulevard, Lake Placid, FL 33852. Unincorporated Areas of Highlands Highlands County Planning County. Department, 501 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington County, Kansas, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1404 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ City of Barnes......................... City Hall, 202 Railroad Avenue, Barnes, KS 66933. City of Haddam......................... City Office, 412 Main Street, Haddam, KS 66944. City of Hanover........................ City Hall, 200 North Railroad Avenue, Hanover, KS 66945. City of Morrowville.................... City Hall, 111 South Main Street, Morrowville, KS 66958. City of Palmer......................... City Hall, 217 North Illinois Street, Palmer, KS 66962. City of Vining......................... City Hall, 109 South Scribner Street, Vining, KS 66937. City of Washington..................... City Hall, 301 C Street, Washington, KS 66968. [[Page 65788]] Unincorporated Areas of Washington..... Emergency Management Office, 214 C Street, Washington, KS 66968. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1440 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ City of Philadelphia................... Planning Commission Office, One Parkway, 13th Floor, 1515 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FR Doc. 2015-27247 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-12-P
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Name of Committee: Sleep Disorders ACTION: Final Notice. 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
Research Advisory Board. 20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email)
Date: December 11, 2015. SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; or visit
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. which may include additions or the FEMA Map Information eXchange
Agenda: To discuss plans for the proposed modifications of Base Flood Elevations
revision of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research
(FMIX) online at
(BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_
Plan, and potential directions for inter- Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone
agency coordination activities. main.html.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
designations, or regulatory floodways on
the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting). and where applicable, in the supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency
Contact Person: Michael J. Twery, Ph.D., Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports (FEMA) makes the final determinations
Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders have been made final for the listed below for the new or modified
Research, Division of Lung Diseases, National communities listed in the table below. flood hazard information for each
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National The FIRM and FIS report are the basis community listed. Notification of these
Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, of the floodplain management measures changes has been published in
Suite 10038, Bethesda, MD 20892–7952, 301– that a community is required either to newspapers of local circulation and 90
435–0199, twerym@nhlbi.nih.gov. days have elapsed since that
adopt or to show evidence of having in
Information is also available on the effect in order to qualify or remain publication. The Deputy Associate
Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// Administrator for Mitigation has
qualified for participation in the Federal
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/committees, where
Emergency Management Agency’s resolved any appeals resulting from this
an agenda and any additional information for
the meeting will be posted when available. (FEMA’s) National Flood Insurance notification.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM This final notice is issued in
Program Nos. 93.233, National Center for and FIS report are used by insurance accordance with section 110 of the
Sleep Disorders Research; 93.837, Heart and agents and others to calculate Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
Vascular Diseases Research; 93.838, Lung appropriate flood insurance premium 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 67.
Diseases Research; 93.839, Blood Diseases rates for buildings and the contents of FEMA has developed criteria for
and Resources Research, National Institutes those buildings. floodplain management in floodprone
of Health, HHS) DATES: The effective date of November areas in accordance with 44 CFR part
Dated: October 22, 2015. 18, 2015 which has been established for 60.
Michelle Trout, the FIRM and, where applicable, the Interested lessees and owners of real
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory supporting FIS report showing the new property are encouraged to review the
Committee Policy. or modified flood hazard information new or revised FIRM and FIS report
[FR Doc. 2015–27326 Filed 10–26–15; 8:45 am] for each community. available at the address cited below for
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P ADDRESSES: The FIRM, and if each community or online through the
applicable, the FIS report containing the FEMA Map Service Center at
final flood hazard information for each www.msc.fema.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND community is available for inspection at The flood hazard determinations are
SECURITY the respective Community Map made final in the watersheds and/or
Repository address listed in the tables communities listed in the table below.
Federal Emergency Management below and will be available online (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
Agency through the FEMA Map Service Center 97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
at www.msc.fema.gov by the effective Dated: October 8, 2015.
[Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001] date indicated above. Roy E. Wright,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering and Mitigation, Department of Homeland
AGENCY:Federal Emergency Management Branch, Federal Insurance Security, Federal Emergency Management
Management Agency, DHS. and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, Agency.
Community Community map repository address
Highlands County, Florida, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–1282
City of Avon Park ..................................................................................... City Hall, 110 East Main Street, Avon Park, FL 33825.
City of Sebring .......................................................................................... City Hall, 368 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870.
Town of Lake Placid ................................................................................. Town Hall, 311 West Interlake Boulevard, Lake Placid, FL 33852.
Unincorporated Areas of Highlands County ............................................. Highlands County Planning Department, 501 South Commerce Ave-
nue, Sebring, FL 33870.
Washington County, Kansas, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–1404
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City of Barnes ........................................................................................... City Hall, 202 Railroad Avenue, Barnes, KS 66933.
City of Haddam ......................................................................................... City Office, 412 Main Street, Haddam, KS 66944.
City of Hanover ......................................................................................... City Hall, 200 North Railroad Avenue, Hanover, KS 66945.
City of Morrowville .................................................................................... City Hall, 111 South Main Street, Morrowville, KS 66958.
City of Palmer ........................................................................................... City Hall, 217 North Illinois Street, Palmer, KS 66962.
City of Vining ............................................................................................ City Hall, 109 South Scribner Street, Vining, KS 66937.
City of Washington ................................................................................... City Hall, 301 C Street, Washington, KS 66968.
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Community Community map repository address
Unincorporated Areas of Washington ...................................................... Emergency Management Office, 214 C Street, Washington, KS 66968.
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–1440
City of Philadelphia ................................................................................... Planning Commission Office, One Parkway, 13th Floor, 1515 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
[FR Doc. 2015–27247 Filed 10–26–15; 8:45 am] inspection at both the online location The communities affected by the
BILLING CODE 9110–12–P and the respective Community Map flood hazard determinations are
Repository address listed in the tables provided in the tables below. Any
below. Additionally, the current request for reconsideration of the
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND effective FIRM and FIS report for each revised flood hazard information shown
SECURITY community are accessible online on the Preliminary FIRM and FIS report
through the FEMA Map Service Center that satisfies the data requirements
Federal Emergency Management at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison. outlined in 44 CFR 67.6(b) is considered
Agency an appeal. Comments unrelated to the
You may submit comments, identified
[Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001; Internal by Docket No. FEMA–B–1539, to Luis flood hazard determinations also will be
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1539] Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering considered before the FIRM and FIS
Management Branch, Federal Insurance report become effective.
Proposed Flood Hazard and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, Use of a Scientific Resolution Panel
Determinations 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC (SRP) is available to communities in
AGENCY: Federal Emergency 20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email) support of the appeal resolution
Management Agency, DHS. Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. process. SRPs are independent panels of
ACTION: Notice.
experts in hydrology, hydraulics, and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis other pertinent sciences established to
SUMMARY: Comments are requested on Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering review conflicting scientific and
proposed flood hazard determinations, Management Branch, Federal Insurance technical data and provide
which may include additions or and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, recommendations for resolution. Use of
modifications of any Base Flood 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC the SRP only may be exercised after
Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, 20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email) FEMA and local communities have been
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; or visit engaged in a collaborative consultation
boundary or zone designation, or the FEMA Map Information eXchange process for at least 60 days without a
regulatory floodway on the Flood (FMIX) online at mutually acceptable resolution of an
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_ appeal. Additional information
where applicable, in the supporting main.html. regarding the SRP process can be found
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA online at http://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_
the communities listed in the table proposes to make flood hazard fact_sheet.pdf.
below. The purpose of this notice is to determinations for each community The watersheds and/or communities
seek general information and comment listed below, in accordance with section affected are listed in the tables below.
regarding the preliminary FIRM, and 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act The Preliminary FIRM, and where
where applicable, the FIS report that the of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR applicable, FIS report for each
Federal Emergency Management Agency 67.4(a). community are available for inspection
(FEMA) has provided to the affected These proposed flood hazard at both the online location and the
communities. The FIRM and FIS report determinations, together with the respective Community Map Repository
are the basis of the floodplain floodplain management criteria required address listed in the tables. For
management measures that the by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that communities with multiple ongoing
community is required either to adopt are required. They should not be Preliminary studies, the studies can be
or to show evidence of having in effect construed to mean that the community identified by the unique project number
in order to qualify or remain qualified must change any existing ordinances and Preliminary FIRM date listed in the
for participation in the National Flood that are more stringent in their tables. Additionally, the current
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, floodplain management requirements. effective FIRM and FIS report for each
the FIRM and FIS report, once effective, The community may at any time enact community are accessible online
will be used by insurance agents and stricter requirements of its own or through the FEMA Map Service Center
others to calculate appropriate flood pursuant to policies established by other at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
insurance premium rates for new Federal, State, or regional entities. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
buildings and the contents of those These flood hazard determinations are 97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
buildings. used to meet the floodplain Dated: October 8, 2015.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted management requirements of the NFIP
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Roy E. Wright,
on or before January 25, 2016. and also are used to calculate the Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance
ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and appropriate flood insurance premium and Mitigation, Department of Homeland
where applicable, the FIS report for rates for new buildings built after the Security, Federal Emergency Management
each community are available for FIRM and FIS report become effective. Agency.
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| 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. | |
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