Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)
Federal Register Volume 78, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 45877-45879
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2013-18248
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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 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
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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 feet (MLLW)
Modified
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City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1182
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Auke Bay............................... At Smugglers Cove, caret 25 City and Borough of
approximately 640 feet Juneau.
southeast of the
intersection of Fox Farm
Trail and Fritz Cove
Road.
Approximately 550 feet caret 27
northeast of the
intersection of Point
Louisa Road and Glacier
Highway.
At the Auke Bay ferry caret 29
terminal.
Duck Creek............................. At the downstream side of caret 23 City and Borough of
Radcliffe Road. Juneau.
Approximately 350 feet caret 52
upstream of Taku
Boulevard.
East Fork Duck Creek................... Approximately 150 feet caret 34 City and Borough of
downstream of Nancy Juneau
Street.
Approximately 200 feet caret 34
downstream of Trinity
Drive.
Fritz Cove............................. At the southern end of caret 23 City and Borough of
Mendenhall Peninsula. Juneau.
Approximately 870 feet caret 26
south of the
intersection of Fritz
Cove Road and Fox Farm
Trail.
Gastineau Channel, Douglas Island Side. At the north end of caret 23 City and Borough of
Douglas Island, opposite Juneau.
the airport.
At the west end of caret 25
Douglas Island, west of
North Douglas Road.
At the Paris Creek caret 25
confluence.
At the eastern end of caret 29
Juneau Island next to
Douglas Marina.
Gastineau Channel, Juneau Side......... Approximately 0.3 mile caret 25 City and Borough of
southeast of the Juneau.
intersection of
Engineers Cutoff Road
and Mendenhall Peninsula
Road.
Approximately 0.5 mile caret 26
southwest of the
intersection of Point
Lena Loop Road and
Towers Road.
At the end of Thane Road, caret 27
at the Little Sheep
Creek confluence.
Approximately 0.55 mile caret 28
southeast of the
intersection of Mill
Street and Thane Road.
Jordan Creek........................... Approximately 1,080 feet caret 25 City and Borough of
downstream of Yandukin Juneau.
Drive.
Approximately 0.23 mile caret 31
upstream of Egan Drive.
Lemon Creek............................ Approximately 0.27 mile caret 23 City and Borough of
downstream of Glacier Juneau.
Highway.
Approximately 1.4 miles caret 106
upstream of Glacier
Highway.
Mendenhall River....................... Approximately 1.14 miles caret 23 City and Borough of
downstream of Glacier Juneau.
Highway.
At the upstream side of caret 56
Mendenhall Loop Road.
Unnamed Tributary to Duck Creek........ At the downstream side of caret 42 City and Borough of
El Camino Street. Juneau.
At the upstream side of caret 46
Mendenhall Loop Road.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
caret Mean Lower Low Water.
ADDRESSES
City and Borough of Juneau
Maps are available for inspection at 155 South Seward Street, Juneau, AK 99801.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: July 12, 2013.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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