Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

• Published date: 08 January 2025
• FR Document: 2025-00244
• Citation: 90 FR 1514
• Pages: 1514-1515
• Section: Notices
• Issuer: Homeland Security Department,Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 1514-1515]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2025-00244]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
                Federal Emergency Management Agency
                [Docket ID FEMA-2024-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-2485]
                Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
                AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
                Security.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard
                determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any
                Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area
                (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the
                Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the
                supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities
                listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek
                general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and
                where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management
                Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and
                FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the
                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
                National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
                DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before April 8, 2025.
                ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report
                for each community are available for inspection at both the online
                location https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/prelimdownload and the
                respective Community Map Repository address listed in the tables 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-2485, 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 Mapping and Insurance
                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 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. The communities affected by the flood hazard determinations are
                provided in the tables below. Any request for reconsideration of the
                revised flood hazard information 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 also will be considered before 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 only may 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_overview.pdf. The watersheds and/or communities affected are listed in the tables
                below. The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, FIS report for each
                community are available for inspection at both the online location
                https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/
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                prelimdownload and the respective Community Map Repository address
                listed in the tables. For communities with multiple ongoing Preliminary
                studies, the studies can be identified by the unique project number and
                Preliminary FIRM date listed in the tables. 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.
                (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
                Insurance.'')
                Nicholas A. Shufro,
                Assistant Administrator (Acting) for Risk Management, Federal Emergency
                Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Community map repository Community address
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cochise County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas Project: 18-09-0036S Preliminary Date: October 11, 2024
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                City of Benson......................... City Hall, 101 East 6th Street, Benson, AZ 85602.
                City of Sierra Vista................... City Hall, 1011 North Coronado Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635.
                City of Tombstone...................... City Offices, 613 East Allen Street, Tombstone, AZ 85638.
                Town of Huachuca City.................. Town Hall, 500 North Gonzales Boulevard, Huachuca City, AZ 85616.
                Unincorporated Areas of Cochise County. Cochise County Engineering & Natural Resources Department, 1415 West Melody Lane, Building F, Bisbee, AZ 85603.
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alameda County, California and Incorporated Areas Project: 21-09-0020S Preliminary Date: June 28, 2024
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                City of Oakland........................ Planning and Building Department, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Second Floor, Oakland, CA 94612.
                Unincorporated Areas of Alameda County. Alameda County Public Works Agency, 399 Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544.
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                [FR Doc. 2025-00244 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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