Final Flood Elevation Determinations

Federal Register: March 11, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 47)

Rules and Regulations

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67

Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003

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 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: Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief,

Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646-2820.

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 Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administrator 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

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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

(NAVD)

Flooding source(s)

Location of referenced

Depth in feet

Communities affected elevation

above ground

caret

Elevation in meters (MSL)

Modified

Mobile County, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA-B-7732

Branch B............................... Approximately 2,900 feet

+87 City of Mobile, City of downstream of Golfway

Prichard.

Street.

Approximately 3,300 feet

+172 downstream of Golfway

Street.

Branch C............................... Approximately 50 feet

+42 City of Prichard. downstream of U.S. Route 45.

Approximately 1,200 feet

+91 upstream of West Meyers

Road.

Branch D............................... Approximately 100 feet

+56 City of Prichard. downstream of West

Meyers Road.

Approximately 500 feet

+117 upstream of Cochran Road.

Branch D Tributary..................... At the confluence with

+88 City of Prichard.

Branch D.

Approximately 1,100 feet

+127 upstream of the confluence with Branch D.

Branch E............................... Approximately 2,100 feet

+18 City of Prichard. upstream of the confluence with

Eightmile Creek.

Approximately 1,800 feet

+35 upstream of Aldock Road.

Branch F............................... Approximately 1,100 feet

+15 City of Prichard. upstream of the confluence with

Eightmile Creek.

Approximately 3,800 feet

+32 upstream of the confluence with

Eightmile Creek.

Branch G............................... Approximately 800 feet

+28 City of Prichard. downstream of West Main

Street.

Approximately 250 feet

+44 upstream of Wolf Ridge

Road.

Gum Tree Branch........................ Approximately 100 feet

+25 City of Prichard. upstream of Turner Road.

Approximately 600 feet

+29 upstream of Caledonia

Street.

Miller Creek........................... Approximately 2,600 feet

+153 Unincorporated Areas of upstream of Snow Road.

Mobile County.

Approximately 12,420 feet

+183 upstream of Snow Road.

Unnamed Branch......................... Approximately 100 feet

+88 City of Prichard. downstream of Bear Fork

Road.

Approximately 1,100 feet

+149 upstream of Forrest Park

Road.

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

+ North American Vertical Datum.

Depth in feet above ground.

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Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.

ADDRESSES

City of Mobile

Maps are available for inspection at 205 Government Street, 3rd Floor, Mobile, AL 36602.

City of Prichard

Maps are available for inspection at 216 East Prichard Avenue, Mobile, AL 36610.

Unincorporated Areas of Mobile County

Maps are available for inspection at 1110 Schillinger Road, Suite 100, Mobile, AL 36608.

Madison County, Mississippi, and Incorporated Areas

Docket No.: FEMA-B-1022

Bear Creek............................. 9,400 feet upstream of

+266 Unincorporated Areas of

Weiss Road.

Madison County.

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1,600 feet downstream of

+287

Reunion Parkway.

Beaver Creek........................... 400 feet upstream of U.S.

+316 City of Ridgeland.

Route 51. 400 feet upstream of

+323

Planters Grove.

Brashear Creek......................... 1,800 feet downstream of

+328 City of Madison,

Grandview Boulevard.

Unincorporated Areas of

Madison County. 100 feet upstream of

+350

Highland Colony Parkway.

Panther Creek.......................... 1,800 feet upstream of

+214 Unincorporated Areas of

Stokes Road.

Madison County. City of

Ridgeland. 5,000 feet downstream of

+240

Catlett Road.

Purple Creek........................... 2,000 feet downstream of

+314 .........................

U.S. Route 51. 1,500 feet downstream of

+332

I-55.

Reunion Lake 1................ Entire shoreline.........

+327 Unincorporated Areas of

Madison County.

Reunion Lake 2................ Entire shoreline.........

+327 Unincorporated Areas of

Madison County.

School Creek........................... 500 feet upstream of Old

+298 City of Ridgeland.

Canton Road. 1,100 feet downstream of

+309

Lake Harbour Drive.

School Creek Tributary 1............... 600 feet downstream of

+312 City of Ridgeland.

Lake Harbour Drive. 700 feet upstream of

+328

Wendover Way.

School Creek Tributary 2............... 750 feet downstream of

+325 City of Ridgeland.

Camellia Lane. 350 feet downstream of

+328

Camellia Lane.

Stream 0............................... 200 feet upstream of I-55

+270 Unincorporated Areas of

Madison County. 200 feet downstream of

+272

Gluck stadt Road.

Stream Q............................... 1,800 feet upstream of I-

+274 Unincorporated Areas of 55.

Madison County. 800 feet upstream of

+295

Gluckstadt Road.

Stream R............................... 4,500 feet downstream of

+299 Unincorporated Areas of

Dewees Road.

Madison County. 1,100 feet downstream of

+304

Dewees Road.

White Oak Creek Tributary 1............ 250 feet upstream of

+360 City of Ridgeland.

Oakhurst Trail. 600 feet downstream of

+375

Bridgewater Road.

* 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 Madison

Maps are available for inspection at 525 Post Oak Road, Madison, MS 39110.

City of Ridgeland

Maps are available for inspection at 304 U.S. Route 51, Ridgeland, MS 39157.

Unincorporated Areas of Madison County

Maps are available for inspection at 146 West Center Street, Canton, MS 39046.

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

Insurance.'')

Dated: March 3, 2010.

Sandra K. Knight,

Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,

Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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