Flood Elevation Determinations:
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2011)
Proposed Rules
Pages 50443-50446
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FR Doc No: 2011-20713
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67
Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-7786
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
SUMMARY: On June 20, 2008, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. FEMA published corrections to that table on September 9, 2008, and on May 12, 2009.
This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 73 FR 35112, at 73 FR 52234, and at 74 FR 22151. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All
Jurisdictions). Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Aassawompsett Pond, Accord Brook, Atlantic Ocean, Bear Swamp,
Doggett Brook, Fall Brook, French Stream, Great Quittacas Pond,
Hathaway Pond, Hockomock River, Matfield River, Meadow Brook, Oldham
Pond, Rocky Meadow Brook, Salisbury Plain River, Satucket River,
Shumatuscacant River, Stream River, Third Herring Brook, Town River,
Tributary A, Tributary to Meadow Brook, and Weweantic River.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before November 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B- 7786, to 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 (e- mail) luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov.
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 (e-mail) luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) publishes proposed determinations of Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs for communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in accordance with section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
These proposed BFEs and modified BFEs, together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are minimum requirements.
They should not be construed to mean that the community must change any existing ordinances that are more stringent in their floodplain management requirements. The community may at any time enact stricter requirements of its own or pursuant to policies established by other
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Federal, State, or regional entities. These proposed elevations are used to meet the floodplain management requirements of the NFIP and also are used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, and for the contents in those buildings.
Corrections
In the proposed rule published at 73 FR 35112, in the June 20, 2008, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the flooding source
Atlantic Ocean. That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for that flooding source. In addition, it did not include the following flooding sources:
Aassawompsett Pond, Accord Brook, Bear Swamp, Doggett Brook, Fall
Brook, French Stream, Great Quittacas Pond, Hathaway Pond, Hockomock
River, Matfield River, Meadow Brook, Oldham Pond, Rocky Meadow Brook,
Salisbury Plain River, Satucket River, Shumatuscacant River, Stream
River, Third Herring Brook, Town River, Tributary A, Tributary to
Meadow Brook, and Weweantic River.
In the correction published at 73 FR 52234, in the September 9, 2008, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table entitled
``Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)'' containing information that addressed the flooding source Atlantic Ocean, to be used in lieu of that published on June 20, 2008.
In the correction published at 74 FR 22151, in the May 12, 2009, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table entitled
``Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)'' containing information that addressed the flooding source Atlantic Ocean, to be used in lieu of that published on September 9, 2008.
In this notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information, to address these prior errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published for Plymouth
County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions).
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation in feet (NAVD)
Location of referenced
Depth in feet above
Flooding source(s)
elevation**
ground [caret] Elevation
Communities affected in meters (MSL)
Effective
Modified
Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
Aassawompsett Pond.................. Entire shoreline within
None
+55 Town of Middleborough. community.
Accord Brook........................ Approximately 3,300
None
+115 Town of Norwell. feet upstream of State
Route 228.
Atlantic Ocean...................... Approximately 150 feet
+17
+19 Town of Hingham, Town south of the
of Hull, Town of intersection of Brant
Marion, Town of
Beach Avenue and Ocean
Mattapoisett, Town of
View Avenue.
Wareham.
Approximately 210 feet
+9
+22 southeast of the intersection of
Highland Avenue and
Mount Pleasant Way.
Bear Swamp.......................... The area around State
None
+14 Town of Rochester.
Route 105.
Doggett Brook....................... The area around State
None
+14 Town of Rochester.
Route 105.
Fall Brook.......................... The low land area
None
+82 Town of Lakeville. between Azel Road and
Howland Road.
French Stream....................... Approximately 1,200
None
+104 Town of Abington. feet upstream of the
Golf Cart Bridge.
Approximately 900 feet
None
+123 downstream of Spruce
Street.
Great Quittacas Pond................ Entire shoreline within
None
+55 Town of Middleborough, community.
Town of Rochester.
Hathaway Pond....................... The area around State
None
+14 Town of Rochester.
Route 105.
Hockomock River..................... At the Town River
None
+63 Town of Bridgewater. confluence.
Approximately 1,000
None
+63 feet downstream of the
Maple Street Bridge.
Matfield River...................... At the Bridge Street
None
+33 Town of East bridge.
Bridgewater.
Approximately 260 feet
None
+33 upstream of the Bridge
Street bridge.
Meadow Brook........................ Approximately 300 feet
None
+75 Town of Whitman. downstream of State
Route 18.
Oldham Pond......................... Entire shoreline within
None
+59 Town of Hanson. community.
Rocky Meadow Brook.................. At the Weweantic River
None
+77 Town of Middleborough. confluence.
Approximately 0.75 mile
None
+84 upstream of France
Street.
Salisbury Plain River............... Approximately 1 mile
None
+67 Town of West downstream of the
Bridgewater.
Sergents Way Bridge.
Approximately 3,200
None
+70 feet downstream of the
Sergents Way Bridge.
Satucket River...................... Just upstream of the
None
+42 Town of Halifax.
Pond Street Bridge.
Shumatuscacant River................ Approximately 1,000
None
+78 Town of Whitman. feet upstream of the
Essex Street Bridge.
Approximately 3,000
None
+80 feet upstream of the
Essex Street Bridge.
Stream River........................ At the Shumatuscacant
None
+80 Town of Whitman.
River confluence.
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Approximately 400 feet
None
+80 upstream of the
Shumatuscacant River confluence.
Third Herring Brook................. From downstream of the
None
+8 Town of Hanover.
River Street Bridge to the North River confluence.
Town River.......................... Approximately 1,200
None
+47 Town of Bridgewater. feet upstream of the
High Street Bridge.
Approximately 1,500
None
+48 feet upstream of the
High Street Bridge.
Approximately 1,100
None
+62 feet upstream of the
Forest Road Bridge.
At the Hockomock River
None
+63 confluence.
Tributary A..................... Just upstream of the
None
+71 Town of Hanover.
Summer Street Bridge.
Tributary to Meadow Brook........... Approximately 1,300
None
+75 Town of Whitman. feet upstream of the
Meadow Brook confluence.
Approximately 1,600
None
+75 feet upstream of the
Meadow Brook confluence.
Weweantic River..................... Approximately 1 mile
None
+63 Town of Middleborough, downstream of State
Town of Wareham.
Route 58.
At the Rocky Meadow
None
+77
Brook confluence.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
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.
Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Town of Abington
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 500 Gliniewicz Way, Abington, MA 02351.
Town of Bridgewater
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 66 Central Square, Bridgewater, MA 02324.
Town of East Bridgewater
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 175 Central Street, East Bridgewater, MA 02333.
Town of Halifax
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 499 Plymouth Street, Halifax, MA 02338.
Town of Hanover
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 550 Hanover Street, Suite 29, Hanover, MA 02339.
Town of Hanson
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 542 Liberty Street, Hanson, MA 02341.
Town of Hingham
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 210 Central Street, Hingham, MA 02043.
Town of Hull
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 253 Atlantic Avenue, Hull, MA 02045.
Town of Lakeville
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 346 Bedford Street, Lakeville, MA 02347.
Town of Marion
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 2 Spring Street, Marion, MA 02738.
Town of Mattapoisett
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 16 Main Street, Mattapoisett, MA 02739.
Town of Middleborough
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA 02346.
Town of Norwell
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 345 Main Street, Norwell, MA 02061.
Town of Rochester
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 1 Constitution Way, Rochester, MA 02770.
Town of Wareham
Maps are available for inspection at the Memorial Town Hall, Administration Department, 54 Marion Road, Wareham,
MA 02571.
Town of West Bridgewater
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 65 North Main Street, West Bridgewater, MA 02379.
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Town of Whitman
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 54 South Avenue, Whitman, MA 02382.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: August 5, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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