Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 27570-27572
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2015-11585
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
Docket ID FEMA-2015-0001
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Base (1-percent-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 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.
Dated: April 22, 2015.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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
Location of referenced (NAVD) # Depth in
Flooding source(s) elevation feet above ground Communities affected
caret Elevation
in meters (MSL)
Modified
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Pulaski County, Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas
Docket Nos.: FEMA-B-7756 and FEMA-B-1053
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Bayou Meto............................. Approximately 3.48 miles +243 City of Jacksonville,
downstream of Unincorporated Areas of
Southeastern Avenue. Pulaski County.
Approximately 3.87 miles +263
downstream of Old Tom
Box Road.
Just upstream of Davis +320
Ranch Road.
Bayou Two Prairie...................... At the Highway 5 +280 Unincorporated Areas of
intersection (county Pulaski County.
line).
Approximately 1,050 feet +314
upstream of Private Road.
Blue Branch............................ At the Bayou Two Prairie +286 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 2,180 feet +318
upstream of the Highway
89 intersection.
Bridge Drive........................... At the Bayou Meto +266 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 1.35 miles +271
upstream of Bridge Field
Drive.
Ferndale Creek......................... At the Little Maumelle +362 Unincorporated Areas of
River confluence. Pulaski County.
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Approximately 1,300 feet +453
upstream of Ferndale
Road (county line).
Five Mile Creek........................ At the Bayou Meto +248 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Just upstream of Rixie +252
Road.
Fletcher Creek......................... At the Little Maumelle +328 Unincorporated Areas of
River confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 3,200 feet +429
upstream of Walnut Grove
Trail.
Glade Branch........................... Approximately 580 feet +266 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of Highway 67/ Pulaski County.
167.
Approximately 6,300 feet +353
upstream of the Roland
Road intersection.
Good Earth Drain....................... At the Taylor Loop Creek +280 City of Little Rock.
confluence.
At the Taylor Loop Creek +285
divergence.
Isom Creek............................. At the Taylor Loop Creek +265 City of Little Rock,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas of
Pulaski County.
Approximately 100 feet +345
upstream of Russ Street.
Jacks Bayou............................ Approximately 500 feet +252 City of Jacksonville,
downstream of the Union Unincorporated Areas of
Pacific Railroad Pulaski County.
intersection (county
line).
Approximately 1,200 feet +283
upstream of Peters Road.
Jacks Bayou Tributary 10............... At the Jacks Bayou +271 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 1,800 feet +279
upstream of Hercules
Drive.
Kinley Creek........................... Approximately 8,010 feet +349 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream from the Pulaski County.
Garrison Road
intersection.
Approximately 1,130 feet +424
upstream from the
Garrison Road
intersection.
Little Maumelle River.................. Approximately 2,570 feet +262 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream from the Pulaski County.
Arkansas River
confluence.
Approximately 5,300 feet +561
upstream from the
Carnation Lane
intersection.
Neal Creek............................. At the Kinley Creek +380 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 7,200 feet +514
upstream of the Condor
Road intersection.
Nowlin Creek........................... Approximately 25,098 feet +495 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream from the Pulaski County.
Goodson Road
intersection.
Approximately 25,348 feet +497
upstream from the
Goodson Road
intersection.
South Loop............................. Approximately 1,358 feet +266 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream from the Taylor Pulaski County.
Loop Creek confluence.
Approximately 1,801 feet +299
downstream from the
Taylor Loop Creek
confluence.
South Split............................ At the South Loop +280 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 194 feet +290
downstream from the
South Loop confluence.
Taylor Loop Creek...................... Approximately 475 feet +266 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream from the Pulaski County.
Railroad intersection.
Approximately 1,451 feet +430
downstream from the
Jennifer Drive
intersection.
Tributary 4 to Little Maumelle River... At the Little Maumelle +240 City of Little Rock,
River confluence. Unincorporated Areas of
Pulaski County.
At the Cantrell Road +301
intersection.
Tributary 5 to Little Maumelle River... At the Little Maumelle +266 Unincorporated Areas of
River confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 120 feet +282
downstream of Guenther
Road.
Tributary 6 to Fletcher Creek.......... At the Fletcher Creek +366 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pulaski County.
Approximately 6,150 feet +427
upstream of the Walnut
Grove Road intersection.
Tributary 7 to Little Maumelle River... Approximately 3,275 feet +316 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream from the Pulaski County.
Ferndale Road
intersection.
Approximately 12,163 feet +455
upstream from the
Ferndale Road
intersection.
Tributary 8 to Fletcher Creek.......... Approximately 233 feet +404 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream from the Pulaski County.
Fletcher Creek
confluence.
Approximately 3,488 feet +509
upstream from the Autumn
Blaze Trail intersection.
Tributary 9 to Little Maumelle River... Approximately 748 feet +330 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream from the Little Pulaski County.
Maumelle River
confluence.
Approximately 1,160 feet +512
upstream from the
Garrison Road
intersection.
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White Oak Branch....................... Approximately 123 feet +288 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream from the Pulaski County.
Highway 5 intersection.
Approximately 6,051 feet +329
upstream from the Mount
Pleasant intersection.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
caret Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
ADDRESSES
City of Jacksonville
Maps are available for inspection at the City Engineer's Office, One Municipal Drive, Jacksonville, AR 72076.
City of Little Rock
Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Public Works, 701 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR
72201.
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
Maps are available for inspection at the Pulaski County Road and Bridge Department, 3200 Brown Street, Little
Rock, AR 72204.
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Muskegon County, MI, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1222
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Lake Michigan.......................... Entire shoreline within +584 Township of Fruitland,
Community. Township of Laketon.
North Channel.......................... At the Chesapeake and +584 City of Muskegon.
Ohio Railway.
Musekgon River (flooding effects from Approximately 1.3 miles +584 Township of Muskegon.
Muskegon Lake). upstream of the
Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway.
White Lake............................. Entire Shoreline within +584 Township of Fruitland,
community. Township of Whitehall.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
caret Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
ADDRESSES
City of Muskegon
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, MI 49440.
Township of Fruitland
Maps are available for inspection at Fruitland Township Hall, 4545 Nestrom Road, Whitehall, MI 49461.
Township of Laketon
Maps are available for inspection at Laketon Township Hall, 2735 West Giles Road, Muskegon, MI 49445.
Township of Muskegon
Maps are available for inspection at Muskegon Township Hall, 1990 Apple Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49442.
Township of Whitehall
Maps are available for inspection at Township Hall, 7644 Durham Road, Whitehall, MI 49461.
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