Final Flood Elevation Determinations

As Enacted ( Federal Register)

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Federal Register: June 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 120)

Rules and Regulations

Page 35079-35083

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67

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 on 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering

Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management

Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

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 Assistant Administrator of the

Mitigation Directorate 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:

* Elevation in feet (NGVD) +

Elevation in feet

Location of referenced

(NAVD)

Flooding source(s)

elevation

Depth in feet

Communities affected above ground

Modified

Huron County, Michigan, and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA-D-7806

Lake Huron........................... Entire Shoreline.............

+583 City of Harbor Beach,

Port Hope, Township of

Gore, Township of

Huron, Township of

Rubicon, Township of

Sand Beach, Township of Sherman, Village of

Port Austin.