2017-23227. 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 5, 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
Upper Chattahoochee Watershed
Habersham County, Georgia and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1647
City of Baldwin	City Hall, 130 Airport Road, Baldwin, GA 30511.
City of Clarkesville	City Hall, 123 North Laurel Drive, Clarkesville, GA 30523.
City of Cornelia	City Hall, 181 Larkin Street, Cornelia, GA 30531.
City of Demorest	City Hall, 546 Georgia Street, Demorest, GA 30535.
Town of Alto	Town Hall, 162 South Grant Street, Alto, GA 30510.
Unincorporated Areas of Habersham County	Habersham County Planning and Development Department, 555 Monroe Street, Suite 70, Clarkesville, GA 30523.
White County, Georgia and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1647
City of Cleveland	City Clerk's Office, 85 South Main Street, Cleveland, GA 30528.
City of Helen	City Hall, 25 Alpenrosen Strasse, Helen, GA 30545.
Unincorporated Areas of White County	White County Planning Office, 1241 Helen Highway, Cleveland, GA 30528.
Lower Sabine Watershed
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1644
Town of Merryville	Town Hall, 1009 State Highway 110 West, Merryville, LA 70653.
Unincorporated Areas of Beauregard Parish	Beauregard Parish Department of Public Works, 201 West 2nd Street, DeRidder, LA 70634.

II. Non-watershed-based studies:

Community	Community map repository address
Glynn County, Georgia and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1642
City of Brunswick	City Hall, 601 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520.
Jekyll Island State Park Authority	Fire and EMS Department, 200 Stable Road, Jekyll Island, GA 31527.
Unincorporated Areas of Glynn County	Glynn County Offices, Harold Pate Building, 1725 Reynolds Street, 2nd Floor, Brunswick, GA 31520.