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Flood Hazard Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2026-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-2568]

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency; Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

Notice; correction.

SUMMARY:

On December 8, 2025, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table to be used in lieu of the erroneous information. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected in Cochise County, Arizona, and Incorporated Areas.

DATES:

Comments are to be submitted on or before March 9, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

The Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for each community are available for inspection at both the online location and the respective Community Map Repository address listed in the table below. Additionally, the current effective FIRM and FIS report for each community are accessible online through the FEMA Map Service Center at https://msc.fema.gov for comparison.

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-2581, to David N. Bascom, Acting Director, Engineering and Modeling Division, National Flood Insurance Program, Resilience, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, or (email) [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David N. Bascom, Acting Director, Engineering and Modeling Division, National Flood Insurance Program, Resilience, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, or (email) [email protected]; or visit the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) online at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FEMA proposes to make flood hazard determinations for each community listed in the table below, in accordance with Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).

These proposed flood hazard determinations, together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required. They should not be construed to mean that the community must change any existing ordinances that are more stringent in their floodplain management requirements. The community may at any time enact stricter requirements of its own, or pursuant to policies established by other Federal, State, or regional entities. These flood hazard determinations are used to meet the floodplain management requirements of the NFIP.

Use of a Scientific Resolution Panel (SRP) is available to communities in support of the appeal resolution process. SRPs are independent panels of experts in hydrology, hydraulics, and other pertinent sciences established to review conflicting scientific and technical data and provide recommendations for resolution. Use of the SRP may only be exercised after FEMA and local communities have been engaged in a collaborative consultation process for at least 60 days without a mutually acceptable resolution of an appeal. Additional information regarding the SRP process can be found online at https://floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_fact_sheet.pdf.

The communities affected by the flood hazard determinations are provided in the table below. Any request for reconsideration of the revised flood hazard determinations shown on the Preliminary FIRM and FIS report that satisfies the data requirements outlined in 44 CFR 67.6(b) is considered an appeal. Comments unrelated to the flood hazard determinations will also be considered before the FIRM and FIS report are made final.

Correction

In the proposed flood hazard determination notice published at 90 FR 56788 in the December 8, 2025, issue of the Federal Register , FEMA published a table titled "Cochise County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas". This table contained inaccurate information as to communities affected by the proposed flood hazard determinations for Cochise County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas featured in the table. In this document, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, "Flood Insurance.")

Elizabeth Asche,
Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance Directorate, Resilience Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
Community Community map repository address
Cochise County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas
Project: 21-09-0016S Preliminary Date: June 27, 2025
City of Benson City Hall, 101 East 6th Street, Benson, AZ 85602.
City of Bisbee City Hall, 118 Arizona Street, Bisbee, AZ 85603.
City of Douglas Department of Public Works, 425 East 10th Street, Douglas, AZ 85607.
City of Tombstone City Hall, 613 East Allen Street, Tombstone, AZ 85638.
Unincorporated Areas of Cochise County Cochise County Engineering and Natural Resource Department, 1415 West Melody Lane, Building F, Bisbee, AZ 85603.
[FR Doc. 2026-01749 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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