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

This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Federal Regulations. The currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

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, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning access to all FEMA controlled facilities. This information is used to create a profile within the system boundary of the FEMA.

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 collection of information necessary to allow FEMA to support the needs of States, Federally-recognized Tribes, and Territories during disaster situations through the use of other Federal Agency resources.

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. The submission will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of the respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.

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.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Individuals and Households Program, providing financial assistance to individuals whose primary residences were destroyed as a result of a Presidentially- declared disaster. This revision primarily includes the addition of new forms/form updates from the IA Equity review, the Other Needs Assistance (ONA) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) update, and a review of all forms from the OMB Collection Review project that specifically targeted accuracy, plain language, and updates due to policy and business practice changes.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Alaska (FEMA-4767-DR), dated April 6, 2024, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Rhode Island (FEMA-4765-DR), dated March 20, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Maine (FEMA-4719-DR), dated July 6, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4697-DR), dated March 26, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-4680-DR), dated December 13, 2022, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-3600-DR), dated September 27, 2023, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA-4762-DR), dated March 2, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Washington (FEMA-4759-DR), dated February 15, 2024, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Utah (FEMA-4752-DR), dated December 23, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Maine (FEMA-4736-DR), dated September 5, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4727-DR), dated August 12, 2023, and related determinations.

On October 4, 2023, FEMA published a notice requesting public comment on its determination that a programmatic/class review is appropriate for six categories of activities, in specific grant programs that do not have an adverse impact, individually or cumulatively, on floodplain values placing property and persons at risk. FEMA received no comments and is now publishing final notice of its determination in compliance with Federal regulations.