Notice2023-22691
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
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Published
October 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71006-71007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22691]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2023-0002]
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or
modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or
regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where
applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have
been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM
and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that
a community is required either to
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adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or
remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management
Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
DATES: The date of January 25, 2024 has been established for the FIRM
and, where applicable, the supporting FIS report showing the new or
modified flood hazard information for each community.
ADDRESSES: The FIRM, and if applicable, the FIS report containing the
final flood hazard information for each community is available for
inspection at the respective Community Map Repository address listed in
the tables below and will be available online through the FEMA Map
Service Center at <a href="https://msc.fema.gov">https://msc.fema.gov</a> by the date indicated above.
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)
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#07776673756e646c29746664656e656e734761626a6629636f7429606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="106071646279737b3e63717372797279645076757d713e7478633e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>; or visit the FEMA Mapping and Insurance
eXchange (FMIX) online at <a href="https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html">https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below for the new or
modified flood hazard information for each community listed.
Notification of these changes has been published in newspapers of local
circulation and 90 days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy
Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation has resolved any
appeals resulting from this notification.
This final notice is issued in accordance with section 110 of the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part
67. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in floodprone
areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.
Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to
review the new or revised FIRM and FIS report available at the address
cited below for each community or online through the FEMA Map Service
Center at <a href="https://msc.fema.gov">https://msc.fema.gov</a>.
The flood hazard determinations are made final in the watersheds
and/or communities listed in the table below.
(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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Washington County, Arkansas and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: B-2131
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City of Elkins......................... City Hall, 1874 Stokenbury
Road, Elkins, AR 72727.
City of Elm Springs.................... City Hall, 289 Jayroe Avenue,
Elm Springs, AR 72728.
City of Farmington..................... City Hall, 354 West Main
Street, Farmington, AR 72730.
City of Fayetteville................... Development Services Building,
125 West Mountain Street,
Fayetteville, AR 72701.
City of Goshen......................... City Hall, 124 Church Street,
Goshen, AR 72735.
City of Greenland...................... City Hall, 8 East Ross Street,
Greenland, AR 72701.
City of Johnson........................ City Hall, 2904 Main Drive,
Johnson, AR 72704.
City of Lincoln........................ City Hall, 101 East Bean
Street, Lincoln, AR 72744.
City of Prairie Grove.................. City Hall, 975 East Douglas
Street, Prairie Grove, AR
72753.
City of Springdale..................... City Hall, 201 Spring Street,
Springdale, AR 72764.
City of Tontitown...................... City Hall, 235 East Henri De
Tonti Boulevard, Tontitown, AR
72762.
City of West Fork...................... City Hall, 164 North Centennial
Avenue, West Fork, AR 72774.
City of Winslow........................ City Hall, 108 North Winslow
Boulevard, Winslow, AR 72959.
Unincorporated Areas of Washington Washington County Planning
County. Department, 2615 South Brink
Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72701.
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[FR Doc. 2023-22691 Filed 10-12-23; 8:45 am]
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