82 FR 23031 - Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 96 (May 19, 2017)

On April 5, 2017, 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 82 FR 16611. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for New Castle County, Delaware and Incorporated Areas.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 96 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23031-23032]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10183]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2017-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1701]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On April 5, 2017, 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 82 FR 16611. The table provided 
here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and 
communities affected for New Castle County, Delaware and Incorporated 
Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before August 17, 2017.

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-1701, to 
Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services Branch, Federal Insurance 
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 646-7659, or (email) [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering 
Services Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 
400 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-7659, 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 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 82 
FR 16611 in the April 5, 2017, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA 
published a table titled ``Brandywine-Christina Watershed''. This table 
contained inaccurate information as to the online location for the 
Preliminary FIRM and FIS report featured in the table.
    In this document, FEMA is publishing a table containing the 
accurate information. The information provided below should be used in 
lieu of that previously published.

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

    Dated: May 2, 2017.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department 
of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    I. Watershed-Based Studies:

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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                     Brandywine-Christina Watershed
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      Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata preliminaryfloodhazarddata
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           New Castle County, Delaware and Incorporated Areas
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City of Newark.........................  Planning and Development
                                          Department, 220 South Main
                                          Street, Newark, DE 19711.
City of New Castle.....................  Public Works Building, 900
                                          Wilmington Road, New Castle,
                                          DE 19720.
City of Wilmington.....................  Department of Licensing and
                                          Inspection, 800 North French
                                          Street, Wilmington, DE 19801.
Town of Elsmere........................  Town Hall, 11 Poplar Avenue,
                                          Elsmere, DE 19805.
Town of Middletown.....................  Town Hall, 19 West Green
                                          Street, Middletown, DE 19709.
Town of Newport........................  Town Administrative Office, 226
                                          North James Street, Newport,
                                          DE 19804.
Unincorporated Areas of New Castle       New Castle County Land Use
 County.                                  Department, 87 Reads Way, New
                                          Castle, DE 19720.

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Village of Arden.......................  Buzz Ware Village Center, 2119
                                          The Highway, Arden, DE 19810.
Village of Ardentown...................  New Castle County Land Use
                                          Department, 87 Reads Way, New
                                          Castle, DE 19720.
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[FR Doc. 2017-10183 Filed 5-18-17; 8:45 am]
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