[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55006-55008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21928]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket No. FEMA-2014-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1415]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2014, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained erroneous 
tables. This notice provides corrections to those tables, to be used in 
lieu of the information published at 79 FR 38926 and 79 FR 38927. The 
tables provided here represent the proposed flood hazard determinations 
and communities affected for the Narragansett HUC8 Watershed, including 
Bristol County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions), Norfolk County, 
Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions), and Plymouth County, Massachusetts 
(All Jurisdictions), and Des Moines County, Iowa, and Incorporated 
Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before December 15, 2014.

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 tables 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-1415, 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.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA proposes to make flood hazard 
determinations for each community listed in the tables 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.
    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 by the flood hazard determinations are 
provided in the tables 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.

Correction

    In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 79 
FR 38926 in the July 9, 2014, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA 
published a table titled Narragansett HUC8 Watershed. This table 
contained inaccurate information as to the online location for the 
Preliminary FIRM and FIS report for Bristol County, Massachusetts (All 
Jurisdictions), Norfolk County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions), and 
Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions) featured in the 
table. In addition, in the proposed flood hazard determination notice 
published at 79 FR 38927 in the July 9, 2014, issue of the Federal 
Register, FEMA published a table titled Des Moines County, Iowa, and 
Incorporated Areas. This table contained inaccurate information as to 
the community map repository for the Unincorporated Areas of Des Moines 
County featured in the table. In this document, FEMA is publishing 
tables containing the accurate information. The information provided 
below should be used in lieu of that previously published.
    I. Watershed-based studies:

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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                       Narragansett HUC8 Watershed
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata preliminaryfloodhazarddata
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            Bristol County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
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City of Attleboro......................  City Hall,
                                         77 Park Street,
                                         Attleboro, MA 02703.
City of Taunton........................  City Hall,
                                         15 Summer Street,
                                         Taunton, MA 02780.
Town of Acushnet.......................  Town Hall,
                                         122 Main Street,
                                         Acushnet, MA 02743.
Town of Berkley........................  Town Hall,
                                         One North Main Street,
                                         Berkley, MA 02779.
Town of Dighton........................  Town Hall,
                                         979 Somerset Avenue,
                                         Dighton, MA 02715.
Town of Freetown.......................  Town Hall,
                                         Three North Main Street,
                                         Assonet, MA 02702.
Town of Mansfield......................  Town Hall,
                                         Six Park Row,
                                         Mansfield, MA 02048.
Town of North Attleborough.............  Town Hall,
                                         43 South Washington Street,
                                         North Attleborough, MA 02760.
Town of Norton.........................  Town Hall,
                                         70 East Main Street,
                                         Norton, MA 02766.
Town of Raynham........................  Town Hall,
                                         558 South Main Street,
                                         Raynham, MA 02767.

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Town of Seekonk........................  Town Hall,
                                         100 Peck Street,
                                         Seekonk, MA 02771.
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            Norfolk County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
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Town of Foxborough.....................  Town Hall,
                                         40 South Street,
                                         Foxborough, MA 02035.
Town of Plainville.....................  Town Hall,
                                         142 South Street,
                                         Plainville, MA 02762.
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           Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
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Town of Bridgewater....................  Memorial Building,
                                         151 High Street,
                                         Bridgewater, MA 02324.
Town of East Bridgewater...............  Town Hall,
                                         175 Central Street,
                                         East Bridgewater, MA 02333.
Town of Halifax........................  Town Hall,
                                         499 Plymouth Street,
                                         Halifax, MA 02338.
Town of Lakeville......................  Town Hall,
                                         346 Bedford Street,
                                         Lakeville, MA 02347.
Town of Middleborough..................  Town Hall Annex,
                                         20 Centre Street,
                                         Middleborough, MA 02346.
Town of Rochester......................  Town Hall Annex,
                                         37 Marion Way,
                                         Rochester, MA 02770.
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    II. Non-watershed-based studies:

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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             Des Moines County, Iowa, and Incorporated Areas
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata preliminaryfloodhazarddata
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Unincorporated Areas of Des Moines       Southeast Iowa Regional
 County.                                  Planning Commission,
                                         211 North Gear Avenue,
                                         Suite 100,
                                         West Burlington, Iowa 52655.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

     Dated: August 26, 2014.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2014-21928 Filed 9-12-14; 8:45 am]
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