Final Flood Hazard Determinations

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Federal RegisterApr 4, 2016
81 Fed. Reg. 19221 (Apr. 4, 2016)

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 July 20, 2016 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, (202) 646-4064, or (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; 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 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: March 4, 2016.

Roy E. Wright,

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

I. Non-watershed-based studies:

Community Community map repository address
Trinity County, California, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1511
Unincorporated Areas of Trinity County Planning Department & Planning Commission, 61 Airport Road, Weaverville, CA 96093.
Marion County, Missouri, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: B-1511
Unincorporated Areas of Marion County County Courthouse, 100 South Main Street, Palmyra, MO 63461.
Mercer County, New Jersey, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1359
Borough of Hightstown Clerk's Office, 156 Bank Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520.
Borough of Hopewell Clerk's Office, 88 Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525.
Borough of Pennington Borough Hall, 30 North Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534.
City of Trenton Trenton Fire Department, 244 Perry Street, Trenton, NJ 08618.
Municipality of Princeton Office of Engineering, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Township of East Windsor Engineering Department, 16 Lanning Boulevard, East Windsor, NJ 08520.
Township of Ewing Construction Office, 2 Jake Garzio Drive, Ewing, NJ 08628.
Township of Hamilton Municipal Building, 2090 Greenwood Avenue Room 307, Hamilton, NJ 08609.
Township of Hopewell Hopewell Township Zoning Office, 201 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, NJ 08560.
Township of Lawrence Engineering Office, 2207 Lawrence Road, 40, Lawrence, NJ 08648.
Township of Robbinsville Planning and Zoning Department, 1 Washington Boulevard, Robbinsville, NJ 08691.
Township of West Windsor Community Development Department, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550.

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