Final Flood Elevation Determinations

Federal Register: August 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 149)

Rules and Regulations

Page 44924-44927

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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).

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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.

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

State

City/town/county

Source of flooding

Location

(NAVD)

Depth in feet above ground

Modified----

Unincorporated Areas of Sutter County, California

Docket Nos.: FEMA-B-7472; B-7753; and B-7760

California.................. Unincorporated

Bear River..................... Approximately 0.9 miles upstream of the

*54

Areas of Sutter

confluence with Feather River.

County.

At Wheatland Road.................................

*96

California.................. Unincorporated

East Side Canal................ Downstream source of the East Side Canal.........

*40

Areas of Sutter

County. 1,500 feet downstream of Catlett Road.............

*40

California.................. Unincorporated

Feather River.................. At the confluence with Sacramento River..........

*40

Areas of Sutter

County.

Approximately 1.5 miles upstream of Bogue Road....

*72

California.................. Unincorporated

King Slough.................... Confluence with East Side Canal..................

*40

Areas of Sutter

County. 1,600 feet upstream of the confluence of North

*40

King Slough.

California.................. Unincorporated

Natomas Basin.................. Area West of Natomas East Main Drainage Canal....

*33

Areas of Sutter

County.

Area South of Cross Canal.........................

*33

Area East of Sacramento River.....................

*33

California.................. Unincorporated

North King Slough.............. Confluence with King Slough......................

*40

Areas of Sutter

County. 3,200 feet upstream of the confluence with King

*40

Slough.

California.................. Unincorporated

Yankee Slough.................. At the confluence with Bear River................

*58

Areas of Sutter

County.

Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of Brewer Road...

*75

* National Beodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

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ADDRESSES

Unincorporated Areas of Sutter County

Maps are available for inspection at Sutter County Administrators Office, 1160 Civic Center Boulevard, Yuba City, CA 95993.

City of Troy, Michigan

Docket No.: FEMA-B-7749

Michigan.................... City of Troy... Hawthorn Drain................. Downstream side of Dequindre Road................

+629

Approximately 750 feet upstream of Minnesota Road.

+635

Michigan.................... City of Troy... Shanahan Drain (West of Henry

Inlet to Henry Graham Drain......................

+639

Graham Drain).

Downstream side of John R Road....................

+644

Michigan.................... City of Troy... Spencer-Barnard Drain (East)... Downstream side of Dequindre Road................

+630

Upstream side of Minnesota Road...................

+632

Michigan.................... City of Troy... Spencer-Barnard Drain (West)... Upstream side of John R Road.....................

+639

Approximately 1,800 feet upstream of Maple Road...

+662

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

ADDRESSES

City of Troy

Maps are available for inspection at 500 West Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48084.

* Elevation in feet (NGVD) +

Elevation in feet

Flooding source(s)

Location of referenced (NAVD) Communities affected elevation

Depth in feet above ground

Modified

Marion County, Tennessee, and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA-B-7756

Pryor Cove Branch...................... Confluence with Standifer

+640 Town of Jasper.

Branch.

Confluence with West Fork

+714

Pryor Cove Branch.

Sequatchie River....................... At confluence with

+616 Town of Jasper.

Tennessee River.

Approximately 575 feet

+620 upstream of U.S. Highway 41.

Standifer Branch....................... At confluence of Town

+619 Town of Jasper.

Creek.

At confluence of Pryor

+639

Cove Branch.

West Fork Pryor Cove Branch............ At confluence with Pryor

+714 Town of Jasper.

Cove Branch.

Approximately 250 feet

+786 upstream of Pryor Cove

Road.

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

ADDRESSES

Town of Jasper

Maps are available for inspection at 4460 Main Street, Jasper, TN 37347.

Adams County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA-B-7755

Paha Creek............................. Approximately 1400 feet

+1,790 City of Ritzville, downstream of Division

Unincorporated Areas of

Street Bridge.

Adams County.

Approximately 800 feet

+1,806 upstream of Fairgrounds footbridge.

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

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ADDRESSES

City of Ritzville

Maps are available for inspection at 216 E. Main Avenue, Ritzville, WA 99169.

Unincorporated Areas of Adams County

Maps are available for inspection at 210 W. Alder, Ritzville, WA 99169.

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

Insurance.'')

Dated: July 23, 2008.

David I. Maurstad,

Federal Insurance Administrator of the National Flood Insurance

Program, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management

Agency.

FR Doc. E8-17681 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am

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