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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed and proposed modified base (l-percent-annual-chance) flood elevations (BFEs) shown on the preliminary revised Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community. These BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). DATES: The comment period is 90 days following the second publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation in your community. ADDRESSES: See table below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gives notice of the proposed determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs in accordance with Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 D.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a). These BFEs, together with the floodplain management measures required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required. They should not be construed to mean your community must change any existing ordinances that are more stringent in their floodplain management requirements. Your community may, at any time, enact stricter requirements on its own, or pursuant to policies established by other Federal, State, or regional entities. These proposed BFEs 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 BFEs are made final, and for the contents in these buildings. Pursuant to the provisions of 5 D.S.C. 605(b), the Executive Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, to whom authority has been delegated by the Director of FEMA, hereby certifies that the proposed BFE determinations, if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. A BFE determination under Section 1363 forms the basis for new local ordinances, which, if adopted by a community, will govern future construction within the floodplain area. By themselves, the BFE determinations impose no restriction unless and until the community voluntarily adopts floodplain ordinances in accord with these BFEs. Even if ordinances are adopted in compliance with Federal standards, the BFEs only prescribe building height in the floodplain and do not prohibit development. Thus, this action only forms the basis for future local actions. It imposes no new requirement; of itself, it has no economic impact.