2017-23148. Final Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Final notice.

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 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). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report are used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for buildings and the contents of those buildings.

DATES:

The date of January 19, 2018 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 www.msc.fema.gov 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, [phone], or (email) [e-mail]; or visit the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) online at www.floodmaps.fema.gov/​fhm/​fmx_​main.html.

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 www.msc.fema.gov.

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.”)

Dated: October 13, 2017.

Roy E. Wright,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

I. Watershed-based studies:

Community	Community map repository address
Lower Suwannee Watershed
Gilchrist County, Florida and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1523
City of Trenton	City Hall, 114 North Main Street, Trenton, FL 32693.
City of Fanning Springs	City Hall, 17651 Northwest 90th Court, Fanning Springs, FL 32693.
Unincorporated Areas of Gilchrist County	Gilchrist County Building and Zoning Department, 209 Southeast 1st Street, Trenton, FL 32690.
Lower Trinity Watershed
Chambers County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1617
City of Mont Belvieu	City Hall, 11607 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu, TX 77523.
City of Old River-Winfree	City Hall, 4818 North Farm to Market 565 Road, Old River-Winfree, TX 77523.
Unincorporated Areas of Chambers County	Chambers County Road and Bridge Department, 201 Airport Road, Anahuac, TX 77514.
Liberty County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1617
City of Daisetta	Municipal Building, 410 B Main Street, Daisetta, TX 77533.
City of Dayton	City Hall, 117 Cook Street, Dayton, TX 77535.
City of Dayton Lakes	Liberty County Engineering Department, 2103 Cos Street, Liberty, TX 77575.
City of Devers	Liberty County Engineering Department, 2103 Cos Street, Liberty, TX 77575.
City of Hardin	Hardin City Hall, 142 County Road 2010, Liberty, TX 77575.
City of Liberty	City Hall, Inspection Department, 1829 Sam Houston Street, Liberty, TX 77575.
City of Mont Belvieu	City Hall, 11607 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu, TX 77523.
Town of Kenefick	Kenefick Town Hall, 3564 Farm to Market Road 1008, Dayton, TX 77535.
Unincorporated Areas of Liberty County	County Engineering Department, 2103 Cos Street, Liberty, TX 77575.
San Jacinto County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1617
Unincorporated Areas of San Jacinto County	San Jacinto County Courthouse, Permit Department, 1 State Highway 150, Room 3, Coldspring, TX 77331.