Flood elevation determinations: Missouri and Texas,

[Federal Register: April 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 65)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (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).

EFFECTIVE DATE: 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 FIRM is available for inspection as indicated in the table below.

ADDRESSES: The final base flood elevations 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: Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard Identification Section, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency makes the final determinations listed below of BFEs and 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 Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate 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. 4105, and 44 CFR Part 67.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR Part 10, Environmental Consideration. No environmental impact assessment has been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

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 12612, Federalism. This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive

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Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform. This rule meets the applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778.

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 to read 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 Source of flooding and location of referenced feet (NGVD)

Communities affected elevation

modified

Mile Branch:

Approximately 1,320 feet downstream of the

*993 FEMA Docket No. P7631 City of Bolivar, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.

Polk County (Unincorporated Areas).

Approximately 1,050 feet upstream of 103rd

*1,075 Road. Mile Branch Tributary No. 2:

Approximately 775 feet downstream of West

*1,005 City of Bolivar, Polk County Parkview.

(Unincorporated Areas).

Approximately 1,520 feet upstream of West

*1,046 Parkview. Mile Branch Tributary No. 3:

At confluence with Mile Branch................

*1,012 City of Bolivar.

At Limit of Detailed Study....................

*1,056 Mile Branch Tributary No. 4:

At confluence with Mile Branch................

*1,024

At Limit of Detailed Study....................

*1,060 Mile Branch Tributary No. 6:

At confluence with Mile Branch................

*1,046

At Limit of Detailed Study....................

*1,064 Mile Branch Tributary No. 7:

At confluence with Mile Branch................

*1,068

At Limit of Detailed Study....................

*1,078 Southern Tributary to Town Branch:

Approximately 2,440 feet downstream of Buffalo

*996 City of Bolivar, Polk County Street.

(Unincorporated Areas).

Approximately 600 feet upstream of Circle

*1,052 Drive. Southern Tributary to Town Branch-Tributary No. 1:

At confluence with Southern Tributary to Town

*1,036 City of Bolivar. Branch.

At Limit of Detailed Study....................

*1,061 Town Branch:

Approximately 1,750 feet downstream of

*980 City of Bolivar, Polk County Broadway Street (State Highway 32).

(Unincorporated Areas).

Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of Lakewood

*1,081 Drive. Town Branch Tributary No. 1:

Approximately 150 feet downstream of East

*1,027 City of Bolivar. Walnut Street.

Approximately 50 feet upstream of Buffalo

*1,049 Street. Town Branch Tributary No. 2:

Approximately 135 feet downstream from

*1,033 Jefferson Street.

At Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.....

*1,055 Town Branch Tributary No. 3:

At confluence with Town Branch................

*1,070

At Limit of Detailed Study....................

*1,081

ADDRESSES

Polk County (Unincorporated Areas):

Maps are available for inspection at 102 East Broadway Street, Room 11, Bolivar, Missouri.

City of Bolivar:

Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 345 South Main Street, Bolivar, Missouri.

Hutchins Creek:

Just downstream of Langdon Drive..............

*399 FEMA Docket No. P7641 Dallas County, Texas (Unincorporated Areas).

Approximately 915 feet upstream of North JJ

*484 City of Hutchins, Texas. Lemmon Street. Rawlins Creek:

Approximately 100 feet downstream of the

*396 Dallas County, Texas (Unincorporated confluence of Stream 4B4.

Areas).

Approximately 2,350 feet upstream of South

*490 City of Hutchins, Texas. Miller Ferry Road. Stream 4B4:

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Approximately 500 feet upstream of the

*396 Dallas County, Texas (Unincorporated confluence with Rawlins Creek.

Areas).

Approximately 425 feet upstream of North

*469 City of Hutchins, Texas. Denton Street.

ADDRESSES

City of Hutchins, Dallas County, Texas:

Maps are available for inspection at Gross and Associates Real Estate, 206 North Pacific Street, Hutchins, Texas.

Unincorporated Areas of Dallas County, Texas:

Maps are available for inspection at the County Records Building, 509 Main Street, Dallas, Texas.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')

Dated: March 24, 2004. Anthony S. Lowe, Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.

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