Notice2024-29407

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations; Correction

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Published
December 13, 2024

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Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency

Abstract

On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 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 Freestone County, Texas and Incorporated Areas.

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101032-101033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29407]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2024-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-2470]


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 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 Freestone County, Texas and Incorporated Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 13, 2025.

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 
<a href="https://msc.fema.gov">https://msc.fema.gov</a> for comparison.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-2470, 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) <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cdbdacb9bfa4aea6e3beacaeafa4afa4b98daba8a0ace3a9a5bee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67170613150e040c49140604050e050e132701020a0649030f1449000811">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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#55253421273c363e7b263436373c373c2115333038347b313d267b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5c5d4c1c7dcd6de9bc6d4d6d7dcd7dcc1f5d3d0d8d49bd1ddc69bd2dac3">[email&#160;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: 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 <a href="https://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf">https://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf</a>.
    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 89 
FR 86349-86350 in the October 30, 2024, issue of the Federal Register, 
FEMA published a table titled ``Freestone County, Texas and 
Incorporated Areas.'' This table contained inaccurate information as to 
the community map repository for the Town of Kirvin 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,
Assistant Administrator (Acting) for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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             Freestone County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
          Project: 23-06-0057S Preliminary Date: July 12, 2024
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City of Fairfield......................  City Hall, 527 East Commerce
                                          Street, Fairfield, TX 75840.
City of Oakwood........................  City Hall, 135 East Broad
                                          Street, Oakwood, TX 75855.
City of Streetman......................  City Hall, 204 East Main
                                          Street, Streetman, TX 75859.
City of Teague.........................  City Hall, 105 South 4th
                                          Avenue, Teague, TX 75860.

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Town of Kirvin.........................  Freestone County Courthouse,
                                          118 Commerce Street, Room 205,
                                          Fairfield, TX 75840.
Town of Wortham........................  Town Hall, 108 West Main
                                          Avenue, Wortham, TX 76693.
Unincorporated Areas of Freestone        Freestone County Courthouse,
 County.                                  118 Commerce Street, Room 205,
                                          Fairfield, TX 75840.
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[FR Doc. 2024-29407 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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