Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 149 (Monday, August 4, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2014)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 45127-45128
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-18364
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
Docket ID FEMA-2014-0002
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 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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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
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2. 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)
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location Depth in
feet above ground
caretElevation
in meters (MSL)
Modified
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City of Newport News, Virginia
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1158
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Virginia........................ City of Newport Newmarket Creek... Approximately 0.45 +18
News. mile downstream
of Hampton Roads
Center Parkway.
Approximately 0.94 +21
mile upstream of
Hampton Roads
Center Parkway.
City of Newport Newmarket Creek... Approximately +24
News. 1,287 feet
downstream of
Harpersville Road.
Approximately 0.56 +26
mile upstream of
Harpersville Road.
City of Newport Newmarket Creek Approximately 765 +22
News. Tributary. feet downstream
of Agusta Drive.
Approximately 167 +22
feet upstream of
Agusta Drive.
City of Newport Stoney Run........ Approximately 0.8 +8
News. mile downstream
of Old Courthouse
Way.
Approximately 0.56 +47
mile upstream of
Woodside Lane.
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City of Newport Stoney Run-Colony Approximately 776 +27
News. Pines Branch. feet downstream
of Richneck Road.
Approximately +40
1,450 feet
upstream of
Windsor Castle
Drive.
City of Newport Stoney Run-Denbigh Just downstream of +27
News. Branch. Richneck Road.
Just downstream of +33
McManus Boulevard.
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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 Newport News
Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Engineering, 2400 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA
23607.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: July 11, 2014.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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