[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70454-70456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28623]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket No. FEMA-2012-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1261]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 30, 2012, FEMA published in the Federal Register a

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proposed flood hazard determination notice at FR 77 44651 that 
contained a table which included a Web page address through which the 
Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the 
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the communities listed in the 
table could be accessed. The information available through the Web page 
address has subsequently been updated. The table provided here 
represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities 
affected for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated 
Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before February 25, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the 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-1261, 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].

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.floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.

Correction

    In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 77 
FR 44651 in the July 30, 2012, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA 
published a table titled ``Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and 
Incorporated Areas.'' This table contained a Web page address through 
which the Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, FIS report for the 
communities listed in the table could be accessed online. A Revised 
Preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report have subsequently been issued for 
some or all of the communities listed in the table. The information 
available through the web page address listed in the table has been 
updated to reflect the Revised Preliminary information and is to be 
used in lieu of the information previously available.

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                                              Community Map Repository
                 Community                             Address
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       Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas
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            Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://mapserver.mecklenburgcountync.gov/fmr/
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City of Charlotte.........................  City Hall, 600 East 4th
                                             Street, Charlotte, NC
                                             28202.
Town of Matthews..........................  Town Hall, 232 Matthews
                                             Station Street, Matthews,
                                             NC 28105.
Town of Mint Hill.........................  Town Hall, 7151 Matthews-
                                             Mint Hill Road, Mint Hill,
                                             NC 28277.
Town of Pineville.........................  Town Hall, 200 Dover Street,
                                             Pineville, NC 28134.
Unincorporated Areas of Mecklenburg County  Mecklenburg County
                                             Government Center, 600 East
                                             4th Street, Charlotte, NC
                                             28202.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.''

    Dated: October 31, 2012.
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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