Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations; Correction
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)
Proposed Rules
Pages 55785-55787
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-22302
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003: Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1145
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations; Correction
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On October 7, 2010, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 75 FR 62061. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions). Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Good Spring Creek, Little Schuylkill River, Mahanoy Creek, Schuylkill River, and West Branch Schuylkill River.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before December 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1145, 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 (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.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 (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.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 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 75 FR 62061, in the October 7, 2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)'' addressed the following flooding sources: Little Schuylkill River, Mahanoy Creek, Schuylkill River, and West Branch Schuylkill River. That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, or communities affected for the flooding sources Schuylkill River, Little Schuylkill River and West Branch Schuylkill River. In addition, it did not include the flooding source Good Spring Creek. 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.
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* 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)
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Effective Modified
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Good Spring Creek................... Approximately 1,580 None +810 Township of Frailey.
feet upstream of
Locust Street.
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Approximately 977 feet None +815
upstream of Spruce
Street.
Little Schuylkill River............. Approximately 1,750 None +548 Township of East
feet downstream of the Brunswick.
State Route 895 bridge.
At the upstream side of None +560
the railroad bridge.
Mahanoy Creek....................... Approximately 0.71 mile None +781 Township of Butler.
upstream of Rice Road.
Approximately 560 feet None +811
upstream of the
railroad bridge.
Schuylkill River.................... Approximately 1,349 None +594 Borough of
feet upstream of Mount Mechanicsville,
Carbon Arch Road. Borough of Palo Alto.
Approximately 100 feet None +631
upstream of Coal
Street.
Schuylkill River.................... An area bounded None +722 City of Middleport.
approximately 31 feet
south of State Route
209; approximately 618
feet south of State
Route 209; and
approximately 639 feet
southwest of State
Route 209.
Schuylkill River.................... An area bounded None +733 City of Middleport.
approximately 475 feet
northwest of State
Route 209;
approximately 472 feet
northeast of State
Highway 209; and
approximately 367 feet
south of State Route
209.
Schuylkill River.................... Approximately 0.5 mile None +747 Township of Schuylkill.
downstream of Franklin
Street.
Approximately 0.4 mile None +748
downstream of Franklin
Street.
West Branch Schuylkill River........ Approximately 1,582 None +702 Township of Branch,
feet upstream of East Township of New
Sunbury Street. Castle, Township of
Norwegian.
Approximately 169 feet None +848
upstream of the
intersection of
Greenbury Road and
State Route 4002.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
+ 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.
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
Borough of Mechanicsville
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 1342 Pottsville Street, Mechanicsville, PA 17901.
Borough of Palo Alto
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 142 East Bacon Street, Palo Alto, PA 17901.
Township of Branch
Maps are available for inspection at the Branch Township Municipal Building, 25 Carnish Street, Pottsville, PA
17901
Township of Butler
Maps are available for inspection at the Butler Township Municipal Building, 211 Broad Street, Ashland, PA
17921.
Township of East Brunswick
Maps are available for inspection at the East Brunswick Township Municipal Building, 55 West Catawissa Street,
New Ringgold, PA 17960.
Township of Frailey
Maps are available for inspection at the Frailey Township Municipal Building, 23 Maryland Street, Donaldson, PA
17960.
Township of New Castle
Maps are available for inspection at the New Castle Township Municipal Building, 248-250 Broad Street, Saint
Clair, PA 17970.
Township of Norwegian
Maps are available for inspection at the Norwegian Township Municipal Building, 506 Maple Avenue, Marlin, PA
17951.
Township of Schuylkill
Maps are available for inspection at the Schuylkill Township Municipal Building, 15 West Washington Street,
Shenandoah, PA 17976.
City of Middleport
Maps are available for inspection at the City Hall, 81 Washington Street, Middleport, PA 17953.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: September 3, 2012.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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