[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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