[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.
[FR Doc. 2013-30942 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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