Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations, 70454-70456 [2012-28623]

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PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2. Swearing in newly appointed members. 3. USCG presentations on the following items of interest: a. Hazardous Substances Response Plans. b. Vapor control systems and mobile vapor control systems. c. Classification of Biofuels and Biofuel blends. Shipments and use as fuel of Liquefied Natural Gas and Compressed Natural Gas. d. Air emissions. e. Tank Barge best practices. f. Certification of 3rd party witnesses for the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships prewash. g. Material Safety Data Sheets requirement for oils carried as cargo and fuel. h. Pending International Maritime Organization issues. i. Security, Transportations Worker Identification Credential, etc. j. USCG Centers of Excellence. k. Food grade product safety. l. Other items of interest raised by the committee and the public. 4. Public Comment Period. 5. Prioritization of key issues to focus on. 6. Set next meeting date and location. 7. Set Subcommittee and Working Group Meeting schedule. Subcommittees and Working Group Meetings. Contingent on available expertise at the meeting, working groups will be formed to address the items of interest listed in paragraph (3) above. The agenda for each working group formed will include the following: (1) Review task statements. (2) Develop work plan. (3) Begin working on tasks. Dated: November 19, 2012. J.G. Lantz, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards. [FR Doc. 2012–28559 Filed 11–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket No. FEMA–2012–0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1261] Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS. ACTION: Notice; correction. AGENCY: On July 30, 2012, FEMA published in the Federal Register a SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\26NON1.SGM 26NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 227 / Monday, November 26, 2012 / Notices proposed flood hazard determination notice at FR 77 44651 that contained a table which included a Web page address through which the Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the communities listed in the table could be accessed. The information available through the Web page address has subsequently been updated. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas. DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before February 25, 2013. ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the 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 www.msc.fema.gov for comparison. You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA–B–1261, to 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. Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 20472, (202) 646–4064 or (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. 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 and are also used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after the FIRM and FIS report become effective. 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. 70455 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 https://www.floodsrp.org/pdfs/ srp_fact_sheet.pdf. Correction In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 77 FR 44651 in the July 30, 2012, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table titled ‘‘Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas.’’ This table contained a Web page address through which the Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, FIS report for the communities listed in the table could be accessed online. A Revised Preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report have subsequently been issued for some or all of the communities listed in the table. The information available through the web page address listed in the table has been updated to reflect the Revised Preliminary information and is to be used in lieu of the information previously available. Community Community Map Repository Address Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas Maps Available for Inspection Online at: https://mapserver.mecklenburgcountync.gov/fmr/ City of Charlotte ....................................................................................................................................... Town of Matthews .................................................................................................................................... Town of Mint Hill ...................................................................................................................................... Town of Pineville ...................................................................................................................................... mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Unincorporated Areas of Mecklenburg County ........................................................................................ VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Nov 23, 2012 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 City Hall, 600 East 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. Town Hall, 232 Matthews Station Street, Matthews, NC 28105. Town Hall, 7151 Matthews-Mint Hill Road, Mint Hill, NC 28277. Town Hall, 200 Dover Street, Pineville, NC 28134. Mecklenburg County Government Center, 600 East 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. E:\FR\FM\26NON1.SGM 26NON1 70456 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 227 / Monday, November 26, 2012 / Notices Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’ Dated: October 31, 2012. James A. Walke, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2012–28623 Filed 11–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–12–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–R4–ES–2012–N256; 40120–1112– 0000–F2] Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at the address given below, by December 26, 2012. ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit Coordinator). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731– 3191; facsimile 904/731–3045. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Nov 23, 2012 Jkt 229001 If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the following methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via electronic mail (email) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include your name and return address in your email message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife Service that we have received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES section). Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information— may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comments to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Permit Application Number: TE– 13844A Applicant: Aquatic Resources Management, Lexington, Kentucky. Applicant requests amendment to authorization to conduct presence/ absence surveys for three (3) bat species, one(1) freshwater fish species, twelve (12) fresh-water mussel species, one (1) snake species, one (1) insect species and two (2) plant species in the State of Tennessee. Permit Application Number: TE–7747 Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, National Forests in Florida, Tallahassee, Florida. Applicant requested renewed authority to capture, mark, translocate and install artificial nesting cavities for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis). These activities will be conducted on National Forests throughout Florida. Permit Application Number: TE– 82796A Applicant: Christopher McGrath, Leicester, North Carolina. Applicant requests reauthorization to conduct presence/absence surveys and scientific studies on the following species: Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Carolina Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus carolinensis) These surveys will be conducted in, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina. Permit Application Number: TE–171553 Applicant: The Ivory-billed Woodpecker Foundation, Gurley, Alabama. The applicant requests renewed authorization to collect discarded feathers, feces, and egg shell fragments from Ivory-billed woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis) and to examine nonactive nests sites throughout the historic range of this species. Permit Application Number: TE– 89074A Applicant: Christopher Haggerty, Homosassa, Florida. The applicant requests authorization to conduct scientific research involving capture and handling of reticulated flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma bishop) and frosted flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum). This study will be conducted in Escambia, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Jackson, Liberty, Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Baker and Alachua Counties, Florida. Permit Application Number: TE– 63633A Applicant: Biodiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine. The applicant requests amended authorization to expand the location they are authorized to conduct scientific research on Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and Gray bats (Myotis grisescens) into the states of Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Kentucky. Permit Application Number: TE–834056 Applicant: North Florida Wildlife LLC, Crawfordville, Florida. Applicant requests amended authority to translocate red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis). 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70454-70456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28623]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket No. FEMA-2012-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1261]

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 30, 2012, FEMA published in the Federal Register a

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proposed flood hazard determination notice at FR 77 44651 that
contained a table which included a Web page address through which the
Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the communities listed in the
table could be accessed. The information available through the Web page
address has subsequently been updated. The table provided here
represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities
affected for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated
Areas.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before February 25, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the 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 www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1261, to
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.

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.

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 and are also used to calculate the appropriate
flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after the FIRM
and FIS report become effective.
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.
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 https://www.floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.

Correction

In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 77
FR 44651 in the July 30, 2012, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA
published a table titled ``Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and
Incorporated Areas.'' This table contained a Web page address through
which the Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, FIS report for the
communities listed in the table could be accessed online. A Revised
Preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report have subsequently been issued for
some or all of the communities listed in the table. The information
available through the web page address listed in the table has been
updated to reflect the Revised Preliminary information and is to be
used in lieu of the information previously available.

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Community Map Repository
Community Address
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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas
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Maps Available for Inspection Online at: https://mapserver.mecklenburgcountync.gov/fmr/
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City of Charlotte......................... City Hall, 600 East 4th
Street, Charlotte, NC
28202.
Town of Matthews.......................... Town Hall, 232 Matthews
Station Street, Matthews,
NC 28105.
Town of Mint Hill......................... Town Hall, 7151 Matthews-
Mint Hill Road, Mint Hill,
NC 28277.
Town of Pineville......................... Town Hall, 200 Dover Street,
Pineville, NC 28134.
Unincorporated Areas of Mecklenburg County Mecklenburg County
Government Center, 600 East
4th Street, Charlotte, NC
28202.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.''

Dated: October 31, 2012.
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-28623 Filed 11-23-12; 8:45 am]
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