Federal Emergency Management Agency July 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the effectiveness of a community's implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP's) Community Assistance Contact (CAC) and Community Assistance Visits (CAV) Reports. FEMA is moving away from CAV and CAC reports to the newly designed process of NFIP Compliance Audits in response to a report issued on May 5, 2020, by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) entitled "National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA Can Improve Community Oversight and Data Sharing." This report gave several recommendations including the following: assess different approaches for ensuring compliance with NFIP requirements and ensure data on community visits are up-to-date and complete. While the new NFIP Compliance Audit process aligns with the old CAV and CAC processes, it is more organized, more consistent, more transparent, allows for better documentation, and more efficiently focuses resources to where they are needed most.

Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis 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).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to receive the public's input on potential future changes to the Community Rating System (CRS) under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This RFI seeks further input on suggested alternative program features and approaches for a redesigned CRS program, based upon public input from the August 23, 2021 "Request for Information on the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System" published in the Federal Register. FEMA will host virtual public meetings at the times and dates listed below.

On October 2, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and supplementary policy that proposed to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) and update the agency's 8-step decision- making process for floodplain reviews by changing how FEMA defines a floodplain with respect to certain actions and how FEMA uses natural systems, ecosystem processes, and nature-based approaches when developing alternatives to locating a proposed action in the floodplain. After a careful review of the public comments received, FEMA is now issuing a final rule that implements the proposed rule, with some minor amendments.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-4788-DR), dated May 30, 2024, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-4787-DR), dated May 24, 2024, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-4785-DR), dated May 24, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4784-DR), dated May 24, 2024, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-4783-DR), dated May 22, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-4795-DR), dated June 20, 2024, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Idaho (FEMA-4789-DR), dated June 10, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Burns Paiute Tribe (FEMA-4733-DR), dated August 28, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oregon (FEMA-4768-DR), dated April 13, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-4781-DR), dated May 17, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-4781-DR), dated May 17, 2024, and related determinations.

New or modified Base (1-percent annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or regulatory floodways (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on the indicated Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for each of the communities listed in the table below are finalized. Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, currently in effect for the listed communities.