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.

FR Doc. 2011-20713 Filed 8-12-11; 8:45 am

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