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U.S.Department of Homeland Security <br /> FEMA Region IX <br /> 1111 Broadway,Suite 1200 <br /> Oakland,CA. 94607-4052 <br /> O`c�ArR�F <br /> FEMA <br /> ErgND skC•3 <br /> January 17, 2023 <br /> Stephanie Stowers, Project Planner <br /> San Joaquin County <br /> Community Development Department <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton,California 95205 <br /> Dear Ms. Stowers: <br /> This is in response to your request for comments regarding Griffith Energy Storage Project <br /> Notice of Preparation Draft Environmental Impact Report and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting <br /> PA 2200137 (SA), (APN/Address:20042 W. Patterson Pass Road,Tracy) (Supervisorial <br /> District). <br /> Please review the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS) for the County of San <br /> Joaquin ((Community Number 060299), Maps revised October 20, 2016, and City of Tracy <br /> (Community Number 060303), Maps revised October 16, 2009. Please note that the City of <br /> Tracy, San Joaquin County,California is a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program <br /> (NFIP). The minimum, basic NFIP floodplain management building requirements are described <br /> in Vol. 44 Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR), Sections 59 through 65. <br /> A summary of these NFIP floodplain management building requirements are as follows: <br /> • All buildings constructed within a riverine floodplain,(i.e., Flood Zones A,AO, AH,AE, <br /> and A 1 through A30 as delineated on the FIRM),must be elevated so that the lowest <br /> floor is at or above the Base Flood Elevation level in accordance with the effective Flood <br /> Insurance Rate Map. <br /> • If the area of construction is located within a Regulatory Floodway as delineated on the <br /> FIRM,any development must not increase base flood elevation levels. The term <br /> development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, <br /> including but not limited to buildings, other structures, mining, dredging, filling, <br /> grading,paving, excavation or drilling operations, and storage of equipment or <br /> materials. A hydrologic and hydraulic analysis must be performed prior to the start of <br /> development and must demonstrate that the development would not cause any rise in <br /> base flood levels. No rise is permitted within regulatory floodways. <br /> www.fema.gov <br />