83 FR 14468 - Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 65 (April 4, 2018)

On March 16, 2015, 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 80 FR 13593-13594. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Atlantic County, New Jersey (All Jurisdictions).

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14468-14469]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06814]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2018-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1471]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On March 16, 2015, 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 80 FR 13593-13594. The table 
provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and 
communities affected for Atlantic County, New Jersey (All 
Jurisdictions).

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before July 3, 2018.

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 https://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata and the

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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 
https://msc.fema.gov for comparison.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1471, 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 https://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 https://www.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 80 
FR 13593-13594 in the March 16, 2015, issue of the Federal Register, 
FEMA published a table titled ``Atlantic County, New Jersey (All 
Jurisdictions)''. This table contained inaccurate information as to the 
communities affected by the proposed flood hazard determinations.
    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: March 22, 2018.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department 
of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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             Atlantic County, New Jersey (All Jurisdictions)
  Project: 15-02-1283S Preliminary Dates: May 30, 2014 and January 30,
                                  2015
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Borough of Buena.......................  Buena Borough Construction and
                                          Permits Office, 616 Central
                                          Avenue, Minotola, NJ 08341.
Borough of Folsom......................  Borough Hall, 1700 12th Street,
                                          Folsom, NJ 08037.
Borough of Longport....................  Borough Hall, 2305 Atlantic
                                          Avenue, Longport, NJ 08403.
City of Absecon........................  City Hall, 500 Mill Road,
                                          Absecon, NJ 08201.
City of Brigantine.....................  City Hall, 1417 West Brigantine
                                          Avenue, Brigantine, NJ 08203.
City of Linwood........................  Construction Office, 400 Poplar
                                          Avenue, Linwood, NJ 08221.
City of Margate City...................  Construction Office, 9001
                                          Winchester Avenue, Margate
                                          City, NJ 08402.
Town of Hammonton......................  Town Engineer's Office, 215
                                          Bellevue Avenue, Hammonton, NJ
                                          08037.
Township of Buena Vista................  Buena Vista Township Hall, 890
                                          Harding Highway, Buena, NJ
                                          08310.
Township of Egg Harbor.................  Municipal Building, 3515
                                          Bargaintown Road, Egg Harbor
                                          Township, NJ 08234.
Township of Hamilton...................  Hamilton Township Zoning
                                          Office, 6101 Thirteenth
                                          Street, Mays Landing, NJ
                                          08330.
Township of Mullica....................  Mullica Township Hall, 4528
                                          White Horse Pike, Elwood, NJ
                                          08217.
Township of Weymouth...................  Weymouth Township Municipal
                                          Building, 45 South Jersey
                                          Avenue, Dorothy, NJ 08317.
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