Notice 6 Aug 2025 risk assessment, insurance, regulations, flood management, community planning, fema

🌊FEMA Notice on Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations

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 current effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

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Notice 6 Aug 2025 flood insurance, property management, regulatory compliance, flood hazards, fema, united states

🌊Final Flood Hazard Determinations Impacting Business Compliance

Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having an effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

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Notice 6 Aug 2025 compliance, business regulation, flood insurance, flood management, real estate, fema

🌊New Flood Hazard 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.

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Notice 1 Aug 2025 information collection, federal regulations, fema, disaster management, emergency services

📋FEMA Notice for Information Collection on Disaster Case Management

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 a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning information collected for a FEMA- Administered Disaster Case Management (DCM) program implemented following a major disaster declaration.

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Notice 31 Jul 2025 information collection, regulation, homeland security, fema, national flood insurance program

🌊Notice on National Flood Insurance Program Information Collection

On Friday, June 6, 2025, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 60-Day notice of revision and request for comments for an information collection concerning the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate's (OFIA) Ask the Advocate web form and the removal of two instruments that are no longer needed. This notice provides a correction to this information to be used in lieu of the information published June 6, 2025.

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Notice 31 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, fema, emergency management, disaster response, business continuity

🏢FEMA NBEOC Membership Agreement Notice for Business Owners

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 an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning FEMA's compilation and information sharing leveraging the National Business Emergency Operation Center (NBEOC) stakeholder listing. FEMA seeks to voluntarily continue the standing practice of collecting entity specific information during an event to assist in response/recovery operations.

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 compliance, regulatory changes, risk management, flood insurance, fema, economic impact, natural disaster

🌊Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations Impacting Business Compliance

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 current effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 compliance, federal regulations, risk management, flood insurance, fema, hazard determination, businesses, nc

🌧️Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations and Business Implications

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).

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, small business, fema, flood hazard, national flood insurance program, property

🌊Impact of Flood Hazard Determinations on Businesses

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.

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, flood insurance, property management, hazard mitigation, fema

🌊New Flood Hazard Determinations Affecting Businesses and Property Owners

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.

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