2013-12003. 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 effective date of September 27, 2013 which 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 effective date indicated above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500 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 ninety (90) days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy Associate Adminstrator for 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.

Community	Community map repository address
Hillsborough County, Florida, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1267
Unincorporated Areas of Hillsborough County	Hillsborough County Department of Planning and Growth Management, 5701 East Hillsborough Avenue, Suite 1140, Tampa, FL 33610.
Sumter County, Florida, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1251
City of Bushnell	Code Compliance Division, 117 East Joe P. Strickland Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513.
City of Center Hill	Sumter County Planning Department, 7375 Powell Road, Wildwood, FL 34785.
City of Coleman	Office of Public Services, 3502 East Warm Springs Avenue, Coleman, FL 33521.
City of Webster	City Hall, 49 Southeast 1st Street, Webster, FL 33597.
City of Wildwood	Office of Development Services, 100 North Main Street, Wildwood, FL 34785.
Unincorporated Areas of Sumter County	Sumter County Planning Department, 7375 Powell Road, Wildwood, FL 34785.
Hancock County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1270
City of Hawesville	City Hall, 395 Main Street, Hawesville, KY 42348.
City of Lewisport	City Hall, 405 Second Street, Lewisport, KY 42351.
Unincorporated Areas of Hancock County	Hancock County Administration Building, 225 Main Cross Street, Hawesville, KY 42348.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, “Flood Insurance.”)

Roy E. Wright,

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