[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52956-52958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20803]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket No. FEMA-2013-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1322]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On June 17, 2013, FEMA published in the Federal Register (78 
FR 36220-36222) 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 78 FR 36220. 
The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard 
determinations and communities affected for Orange County, Texas, and 
Incorporated Areas.

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

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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-1322, 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://www.fema.gov/pdf/media/factsheets/2010/srp_fs.pdf.
    In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 78 
FR 36220 in the June 17, 2013, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA 
published a table titled ``Orange 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. 2013-14285, beginning on page 36220 in the 
issue of June 17, 2013, make the following correction. On page 36222, 
correct the Orange County, Texas table as follows:

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               Community                   Local map repository address
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              Orange County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at: www.riskmap6.com/Community.aspx?cid=430&;sid=5
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City of Bridge City....................  City Hall, 260 Rachal Avenue,
                                          Bridge City, TX 77611.
City of Orange.........................  Planning and Community
                                          Development Department, 303
                                          8th Street, Orange, TX 77630.
City of Pine Forest....................  Pine Forest City Hall, 305
                                          Nagel Drive, Vidor, TX 77662.
City of Pinehurst......................  Pinehurst City Hall, 2497
                                          Martin Luther King Jr. Drive,
                                          Orange, TX 77630.
City of Rose City......................  Secretary's Office, 370 South
                                          Rose City Drive, Rose City, TX
                                          77662.
City of Vidor..........................  Public Works Department, 1395
                                          North Main Street, Vidor, TX
                                          77662.
City of West Orange....................  City Hall, 2700 Western Avenue,
                                          West Orange, TX 77630.
Unincorporated Areas of Orange County..  Orange County Environmental
                                          Health and Code Compliance
                                          Department, 10984 FM 1442,
                                          Orange, TX 77630.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')


    Dated: August 12, 2013.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2013-20803 Filed 8-26-13; 8:45 am]
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