[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78993-78995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30942]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1239]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: On March 28, 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. The table provided here represents
the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for
Cowlitz County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 27, 2014.
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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-1239, to
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].
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://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.
The communities affected are listed in the table below. The
Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, FIS report for each community
are available for inspection at both the online location and the
respective Community Map Repository address 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
www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
Correction
In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 77
FR 18844 in the March 28, 2012, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA
published a table titled ''Cowlitz County, Washington, and Incorporated
Areas.'' The table contained inaccurate information as to the online
location for the Preliminary FIRM and FIS report and the building name
for the Community Map Repository address for the City of Woodland. In
addition, revisions to the Preliminary FIRM have since been made and
posted to the online location published as part of this notice. In this
notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information.
The information provided below should be used in lieu of that
previously published.
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Community map repository
Community address
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Cowlitz County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at: www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata preliminaryfloodhazarddata
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City of Castle Rock.................... City Hall, 141 A Street
Southwest, Castle Rock, WA
98611.
City of Kalama......................... City Hall, 320 North 1st
Street, Kalama, WA 98625.
City of Kelso.......................... City Hall, 203 South Pacific
Avenue, Kelso, WA 98626.
City of Longview....................... City Hall, 1525 Broadway
Street, Longview, WA 98632.
City of Woodland....................... City Hall, 230 Davidson Avenue,
Woodland, WA 98674.
Unincorporated Areas of Cowlitz County. Cowlitz County Administration
Building, 207 4th Avenue
North, Kelso, WA 98626.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: September 30, 2013.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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