Final Flood Elevation Determinations

Federal Register: August 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 156)

Rules and Regulations

Page 46811-46813

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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.

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

Management Branch, Mitigation

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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

Flooding source(s)

Location of referenced (NAVD) Communities affected elevation

Depth in feet above ground.

Modified

Codington County, South Dakota and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA-B-7755

East Branch Roby Creek................. Approximately 200 feet

+1,767 Unincorporated Areas of east of 11th Street

Codington County, City

Northeast.

of Watertown. 14th Avenue Northeast....

+1,777

East Branch Roby Creek................. Approximately 400 feet

+1,760 City of Watertown. west of 7th Street

Northeast.

Approximately 200 feet

+1,765 Unincorporated Areas of west of 11th Street

Codington County.

Northeast.

Lake Kampeska.......................... Approximately 200 feet

+1,725 Unincorporated Areas of northeast of

Codington County, City intersection of 448th

of Watertown.

Avenue and U.S. Highway 212.

Lake Kampeska.......................... Approximately 100 feet

+1,725 City of Watertown, west of intersection of

Unincorporated Areas of 452nd Avenue and

Codington County.

Stadheim Drive.

Pelican Lake........................... Approximately 700 feet

+1,717 Unincorporated Areas of north of intersection of

Codington County, City 174th Street and 452nd

of Watertown.

Avenue.

Pelican Lake........................... Junction of 21st Street

+1,717 City of Watertown,

SW and 12th Avenue SW.

Unincorporated Areas of

Codington County.

Roby Creek............................. Approximately 4,500 feet

+1,715 City of Watertown. downstream from U.S.

Highway 212.

Approximately 100 feet

+1,770 east of U.S. Highway 81.

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

ADDRESSES

City of Watertown

Maps are available for inspection at the Watertown City Hall, 23 Second St., NE., Watertown, South Dakota 57201.

Unincorporated Areas of Codington County

Maps are available for inspection at the Codington County Planning and Zoning Department, Codington County

Extension Complex, 1910 West Kemp Avenue, Watertown, South Dakota 57201-3048.

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Grainger County, Tennessee, and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA B-7749

Lea Creek.............................. Approximately 2,800 feet

+913 Unincorporated Areas of upstream U.S. Highway 11.

Grainger County.

Approximately 4,200 feet

+913 upstream U.S. Highway 11.

Norris Lake............................ Approximately 5,200 feet

+1032 Unincorporated Areas of downstream of the

Grainger County. confluence of Black Fox

Creek.

Approximately 2,500 feet

+1032 downstream of U.S.

Highway 25.

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

ADDRESSES

Unincorporated Areas of Grainger County

Maps are available for inspection at Grainger County Courthouse, P.O. Box 126, Rutledge, TN 37861.

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

Insurance.'')

Dated: July 25, 2008.

Edward L. Connor,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Insurance, Department of Homeland

Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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