[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45944-45945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18266]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket No. FEMA-2013-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1247]
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: On April 11, 2012, 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 77 FR 21792. The table provided
here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and
communities affected for Gregg County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before October 28, 2013.
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-1247, to
Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
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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 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.
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.
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://www.fema.gov/pdf/media/factsheets/2010/srp_fs.pdf.
In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 77
FR 21792 in the April 11, 2012, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA
published a table titled ``Gregg County, Texas, and Incorporated
Areas.'' This table contained inaccurate information as to the
watershed or communities affected by the proposed flood hazard
determinations, or the associated community map repository or web
addresses also featured in the table. In this document, FEMA is
publishing a table containing the accurate information, to address
these prior errors. The information provided below should be used in
lieu of that previously published.
Correction
In Proposed rule FR Doc. 2012-8600, beginning on page 21791 in the
issue of April 11, 2012, make the following correction. On page 21792,
correct the Gregg County, Texas table as follows:
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Community map repository
Community address
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Gregg County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://riskmap6.com/Community.aspx?cid=341&sid=5.
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City of Clarksville City............... City Hall, 631 U.S. Highway 80
and White Street, Clarksville
City, TX 75693.
City of Easton......................... City Hall, 185 Kennedy
Boulevard, Easton, TX 75663.
City of Gladewater..................... City Hall, 519 East Broadway,
Gladewater, TX 75647.
City of Kilgore........................ City Hall, 815 North Kilgore
Street, Kilgore, TX 75662.
City of Lakeport....................... Lakeport City Hall, 207 Milam
Road, Longview, TX 75603.
City of Longview....................... Development Services and
Engineering Department, 410
South High Street, Longview,
TX 75601.
City of Warren City.................... Warren City City Hall, 3004
George Richey Road,
Gladewater, TX 75647.
City of White Oak...................... City Hall, 906 South White Oak
Road, White Oak, TX 75693.
Unincorporated Areas of Gregg County... Gregg County Courthouse, 101
East Methvin, Longview, TX
75601.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: June 28, 2013.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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