Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)
Federal Register Volume 78, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 6743-6745
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2013-02072
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
Docket ID FEMA-2013-0002
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
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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
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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: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.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 Associate Administrator for Mitigation 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.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:
PART 67--AMENDED
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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
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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
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Allen County, Ohio, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1192
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Auglaize River......................... Approximately 0.7 mile + 909 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of Greely Allen County.
Chapel Road.
Approximately 750 feet + 965
upstream of Faulkner
Road.
Dug Run................................ At the Ottawa River + 780 City of Lima,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas of
Allen County.
Approximately 100 feet + 827
downstream of North
Cable Road.
Dug Run Tributary...................... At the Dug Run confluence + 813 Unincorporated Areas of
Allen County.
At the downstream side of + 823
Eastown Road.
Flat Fork Creek........................ Approximately 0.4 mile + 762 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of East 7th Allen County.
Street.
Approximately 0.6 mile + 776
upstream of State
Highway 66 (Spencerville
Avenue).
Freed Ditch............................ At the Little Ottawa + 867 Unincorporated Areas of
River confluence. Allen County, Village of
Fort Shawnee.
Approximately 1,600 feet + 870
upstream of the Little
Ottawa River confluence.
Hog Creek.............................. At the Ottawa River + 900 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Allen County.
At the downstream side of + 924
County Highway 15
(Hardin Road).
Jennings Creek......................... Approximately 400 feet + 760 City of Delphos,
downstream of Pohlman Unincorporated Areas of
Road. Allen County.
Approximately 200 feet + 760
upstream of Pohlman Road.
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Little Ottawa River.................... At the Ottawa River + 827 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Allen County, Village of
Fort Shawnee.
Approximately 0.8 mile + 881
upstream of Hume Road.
Little Riley Creek..................... At the upstream side of + 820 Unincorporated Areas of
Columbus Grove Bluffton Allen County.
Road.
Approximately 150 feet + 820
upstream of Columbus
Grove Bluffton Road.
Lost Creek............................. At the Ottawa River + 863 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Allen County.
At the downstream side of + 928
Cool Road.
Lost Creek Tributary................... At the downstream side of + 875 Unincorporated Areas of
State Highway 117/309. Allen County.
Approximately 50 feet + 875
upstream of State
Highway 117/309.
Ottawa River........................... Approximately 1.1 miles + 767 City of Lima,
downstream of Lincoln Unincorporated Areas of
Highway. Allen County, Village of
Elida.
At the Hog Creek + 900
confluence.
Pike Run............................... At the Ottawa River + 769 City of Lima,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas of
Allen County.
Approximately 300 feet + 829
downstream of Knollwood
Drive.
Sugar Creek............................ Approximately 1.2 miles + 776 City of Lima,
downstream of Hookwaltz Unincorporated Areas of
Road. Allen County.
At the downstream side of + 881
Phillips Road.
Unnamed tributary No. 3 to Little Approximately 1,500 feet + 835 Unincorporated Areas of
Ottawa River. upstream of the Little Allen County, Village of
Ottawa River confluence. Fort Shawnee.
Approximately 0.5 mile + 839
upstream of the Little
Ottawa River confluence.
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* 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
City of Delphos
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 608 North Canal Street, Delphos, OH 45833.
City of Lima
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 50 Town Square, Lima, OH 45801.
Unincorporated Areas of Allen County
Maps are available for inspection at the Allen County Courthouse, 301 North Main Street, Lima, OH 45802.
Village of Elida
Maps are available for inspection at the Village Hall, 200 West Main Street, Elida, OH 45807.
Village of Fort Shawnee
Maps are available for inspection at the Village Hall, 2050 West Breese Road, Fort Shawnee, OH 45806.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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