Notice2026-01749
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
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Published
January 29, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
On December 8, 2025, 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 in Cochise County, Arizona, and Incorporated Areas.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3908-3909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01749]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2026-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-2568]
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: On December 8, 2025, 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 in
Cochise County, Arizona, and Incorporated Areas.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 9, 2026.
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-2581, to
David N. Bascom, Acting Director, Engineering and Modeling Division,
National Flood Insurance Program, Resilience, FEMA, 400 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, or (email) <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99fdf8eff0fdb7fbf8eafaf6f4d9fffcf4f8b7fdf1eab7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88ece9fee1eca6eae9fbebe7e5c8eeede5e9a6ece0fba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David N. Bascom, Acting Director,
Engineering and Modeling Division, National Flood Insurance Program,
Resilience, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, or (email)
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbdfdacdd2df95d9dac8d8d4d6fbddded6da95dfd3c895dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f2b2e39262b612d2e3c2c20220f292a222e612b273c61282039">[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: 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>.
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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 90
FR 56788 in the December 8, 2025, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA
published a table titled ``Cochise County, Arizona and Incorporated
Areas''. This table contained inaccurate information as to communities
affected by the proposed flood hazard determinations for Cochise
County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas 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.'')
Elizabeth Asche,
Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance Directorate, Resilience
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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Community map repository
Community address
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Cochise County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas
Project: 21-09-0016S Preliminary Date: June 27, 2025
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City of Benson......................... City Hall, 101 East 6th Street,
Benson, AZ 85602.
City of Bisbee......................... City Hall, 118 Arizona Street,
Bisbee, AZ 85603.
City of Douglas........................ Department of Public Works, 425
East 10th Street, Douglas, AZ
85607.
City of Tombstone...................... City Hall, 613 East Allen
Street, Tombstone, AZ 85638.
Unincorporated Areas of Cochise County. Cochise County Engineering and
Natural Resource Department,
1415 West Melody Lane,
Building F, Bisbee, AZ 85603.
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[FR Doc. 2026-01749 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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