Federal Emergency Management Agency May 10, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this proposed rule is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of the floodplain management measures that the 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 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents in those buildings.

Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Alabama (FEMA-1971-DR), DATED April 28, 2011, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for State of Alabama (FEMA-3319-EM), DATED April 27, 2011, and related determinations.

This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for new buildings and their contents.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-1971-DR), DATED April 28, 2011, and related determinations.

On November 9, 2010, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that included an erroneous community name for Lake Michigan and White Ditch in La Porte County, Indiana. The City of Michiana Shores should have been listed as the Town of Michiana Shores.

On February 16, 2011, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 76 FR 8978. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Yolo County, California, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Cache Creek, Cache Creek Left Bank Overflow, and Cache Creek Right Bank Overflow.