Final Flood Elevation Determinations

Federal Register: May 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 98)

Rules and Regulations

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67

Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003

Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified

BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to 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 date of issuance of the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) showing BFEs and modified BFEs for each community. This date may be obtained by contacting the office where the maps are available for inspection as indicated in the table below.

ADDRESSES: The final BFEs for each community are available for inspection at the office of the Chief Executive Officer of each community. The respective addresses are listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief,

Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646-2820, or (e-mail) kevin.long@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below for the modified

BFEs for each community listed. These modified elevations have been published in newspapers of local circulation and ninety (90) days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administrator has resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.

This final rule is issued in accordance with section 110 of the

Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 67. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.

Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to review the proof Flood Insurance Study and FIRM available at the address cited below for each community. The BFEs and modified BFEs are made final in the communities listed below. Elevations at selected locations in each community are shown.

National Environmental Policy Act. This final rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental

Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood elevation determinations are not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601- 612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.

Regulatory Classification. This final rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735.

Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This final rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final rule meets the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67

Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 0

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED] 0 1. The authority citation for part 67 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376.

Sec. 67.11 [Amended] 0 2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are amended as follows:

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* Elevation in feet (NGVD) +

Elevation in feet

(NAVD)

Flooding source(s)

Location of referenced

Depth in feet

Communities affected elevation

above ground

caret

Elevation in meters (MSL)

Modified

Washington, District of Columbia

Docket No.: FEMA-B-7737

Anacostia River........................ Approximately at

+13 District of Columbia.

Anacostia Railroad

Bridge.

At approximately 200 feet

+17 upstream of New York

Avenue.

Barnaby Run............................ Approximately at the

+21 District of Columbia. confluence with Oxon Run.

At approximately 1,200

+53 feet upstream of South

Capital and Southern

Avenue.

Broad Branch........................... At approximately 2,560

+102 District of Columbia. feet upstream of Ridge

Road.

At approximately 760 feet

+187 upstream of 27th Street.

Creek Along Normanstone Drive.......... At approximately 230 feet

+40 District of Columbia. downstream of Rock Creek

Drive.

At approximately 190 feet

+150 upstream of Normanstone

Drive.

East Creek A........................... At approximately 2,250

+165 District of Columbia. feet downstream of

Dalecarlia Parkway.

At approximately 675 feet

+169 downstream of Dalecarlia

Parkway.

East Creek B........................... Approximately at the

+240 District of Columbia.

Glenbrook Road.

At approximately 760 feet

+308 upstream of Driveway

Bridge 4.

Fenwick Branch......................... Approximately at the

+176 District of Columbia. confluence with Rock

Creek.

At approximately 3,620

+232 feet upstream of the confluence with

Tributary of Fenwick

Branch.

Fort Dupont Creek...................... Approximately 500 feet

+23 District of Columbia. downstream of Minnesota

Avenue Bridge.

At approximately 40 feet

+29 downstream of Minnesota

Avenue Bridge.

Melvin Hazen Branch.................... Approximately 1,000 feet

+208 District of Columbia. upstream from

Connecticut Avenue NW.

At approximately 125 feet

+244 downstream of Reno Road.

Oxon Run............................... At approximately 320 feet

+23 District of Columbia. upstream of the confluence with Barnaby

Run.

At approximately 6,160

+103 feet upstream of Wheeler

Road.

Pinehurst Run.......................... Approximately at the

+165 District of Columbia. confluence with Rock

Creek.

At approximately 3,100

+255 feet upstream of Oregon

Avenue.

Pope Branch............................ At approximately 80 feet

+45 District of Columbia. upstream of Minnesota

Avenue.

Approximately 4,630 feet

+159 upstream of Minnesota

Avenue.

Potomac River.......................... At approximately 500 feet

+9 District of Columbia. downstream of Route 95.

At approximately 2,200

+41 feet upstream of Chain

Bridge Road.

Rock Creek............................. Approximately at the

+16 District of Columbia. confluence with Potomac

River.

Approximately at the

+176 confluence with Fenwick

Branch.

Tributary to Fenwick Branch............ Approximately at the

+191 District of Columbia. confluence with Fenwick

Creek.

At approximately 2,500

+231 ......................... feet upstream of the confluence with Fenwick

Branch.

Watts Branch........................... Approximately at the

+15 District of Columbia. confluence with

Anacostia River.

Approximately at Southern

+96

Avenue.

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

caret

Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.

ADDRESSES

District of Columbia

Maps are available for inspection at the Department of the Environment, Watershed Protection Division, 1200 1st

Street, Northeast, Washington, DC 20002.

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood

Insurance.'')

Dated: May 11, 2010.

Sandra K. Knight,

Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,

Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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