[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6534-6535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01943]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2024-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-2275]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On August 7, 2023, 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 erroneous information. The table provided here represents 
the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for 
Hays County, Texas and Incorporated Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before May 1, 2024.

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 
https://msc.fema.gov for comparison.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-2275, to 
Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services Branch, Federal Insurance 
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 646-7659, or (email) [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering 
Services Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 
400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-7659, or (email) 
[email protected]; or visit the FEMA Mapping and Insurance 
eXchange (FMIX) online at https://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.
    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 https://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.
    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.

Correction

    In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 88 
FR 29923 in the October 12, 2022, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA 
published a table titled ``Hays County, Texas and Incorporated Areas''. 
This table contained inaccurate information as to the communities 
affected by the proposed flood hazard determinations, featured in the 
table. In this document, FEMA is publishing a table containing the 
accurate information. The information provided below should be used in 
lieu of that previously published.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

Nicholas A. Shufro,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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                Hays County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
        Project: 16-06-1113S Preliminary Date: December 14, 2022
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City of Buda...........................  Engineering Department, 405
                                          East Loop Street, Building
                                          100, Buda, TX 78610.
City of Dripping Springs...............  Public Works Department, 511
                                          Mercer Street, Dripping
                                          Springs, TX 78620.
City of Kyle...........................  Building Department, 100 West
                                          Center Street, Kyle, TX 78640.
City of San Marcos.....................  Engineering Department, City
                                          Hall, 630 East Hopkins Street,
                                          San Marcos, TX 78666.
City of Wimberley......................  Planning and Development
                                          Department, 221 Stillwater
                                          Road, Wimberley, TX 78676.
City of Woodcreek......................  City Hall, 41 Champions Circle,
                                          Woodcreek, TX 78676.
Unincorporated Areas of Hays County....  Hays County Development
                                          Services Department, 2171
                                          Yarrington Road, Suite 100,
                                          Kyle, TX 78640.
Village of Bear Creek..................  Village of Bear Creek Mayor's
                                          Office, 6705 Highway 290 West,
                                          Austin, TX 78753.
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