Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0002: Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1331]

Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR Part 65). The LOMR will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents of those buildings. For rating purposes, the currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

DATES:

These flood hazard determinations will become effective on the dates listed in the table below and revise the FIRM panels and FIS report in effect prior to this determination for the listed communities.

From the date of the second publication of notification of these changes in a newspaper of local circulation, any person has ninety (90) days in which to request through the community that the Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation reconsider the changes. The flood hazard determination information may be changed during the 90-day period.

ADDRESSES:

The affected communities are listed in the table below. Revised flood hazard information for each community is 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.

Submit comments and/or appeals to the Chief Executive Officer of the community as listed in the table below.

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)

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov;

or visit the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) online at

www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The specific flood hazard determinations are not described for each community in this notice. However, the online location and local community map repository address where the flood hazard determination information is available for inspection is provided.

Any request for reconsideration of flood hazard determinations must be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer of the community as listed in the table below.

The modifications are made pursuant to section 201 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001

et seq.,

and with 44 CFR Part 65.

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).

These 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. The flood hazard determinations are in accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.

The affected communities are listed in the following table. Flood hazard determination information for each community is 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.

State and county

Location and case No.

Chief executive

officer of community

Community map

repository

Online location of

Letter of Map

Revision

Effective date of

modification

Community No.

Texas:

Dallas

City of DeSoto (12-06-3277P)

The Honorable Carl Sherman, Mayor, City of DeSoto, 211 East Pleasant Run Road, DeSoto, TX 75115

Development Services Department, 211 East Pleasant Run Road, DeSoto, TX 75115

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

June 20, 2013

480172

City of Lancaster (12-06-3277P)

The Honorable Marcus E. Knight, Mayor, City of Lancaster, 211 North Henry Street, Lancaster, TX 75146

City Hall, 211 North Henry Street, Lancaster, TX 75146

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

June 20, 2013

480182

Denton

City of Frisco (12-06-3923P)

The Honorable Maher Maso, Mayor, City of Frisco, 6101 Frisco Square Boulevard, Frisco, TX 75034

City Hall, 6101 Frisco Square Boulevard, Frisco, TX 75034

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

September 3, 2013

480134

Harris

City of Pasadena (13-06-0356P)

The Honorable John Isbell, Mayor, City of Pasadena, 1211 Southmore Avenue, Pasadena, TX 77502

1201 Jeff Ginn Memorial Drive, Pasadena, TX 77502

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

August 30, 2013

480307

Johnson

City of Burleson (12-06-3813P)

The Honorable Ken D. Shetter, Mayor, City of Burleson, 141 West Renfro Street, Burleson, TX 76028

141 West Renfro Street, Burleson, TX 76028

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

August 29, 2013

485459

Travis

Unincorporated areas of Travis County (13-06-0775P)

The Honorable Samuel T. Biscoe, Travis County Judge, P.O. Box 1748, Austin, TX 78767

Travis County Permits Counter, 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 547, Austin, TX 78701

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

August 26, 2013

481026

Virginia:

Fairfax

Unincorporated areas of Fairfax County (13-03-0311P)

The Honorable Sharon Bulova, Chairman-at-Large, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 530, Fairfax, VA 22035

Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 449, Fairfax, VA 22035

http://www.rampp-team.com/lomrs.htm

July 11, 2013

515525

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, “Flood Insurance.”)

Dated: July 2, 2013.

Roy E. Wright,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

[FR Doc. 2013-17453 Filed 7-19-13; 8:45 am]

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