Flood elevation determinations: Various States,

[Federal Register: March 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 47)]

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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 (FEMA), 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).

DATES: 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, 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 for the 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 has resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.

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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 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 13132, Federalism

This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform

This 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 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:

Depth in feet above ground * Elevation in State

City/town/county Source of

Location

feet (NGVD) flooding

modified [diams]Elevation in feet (NAVD) modified

IA............................. West Des Moines Jordan Creek..... Approximately 3,210

[diams]924 (City) Polk and

feet downstream of Dallas Counties

68th Street. (FEMA Docket No. P7687). Approximately 1,950

[diams]970 feet upstream of E.P. True Parkway. Raccoon River Approximately 75 feet

[diams]816 downstream of South First Street. Approximately 1.7

[diams]833 miles upstream of U.S. Interstate 35.

Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, City of West Des Moines, 4200 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa.

NM............................. Espanola (City) Arroyo del Gaucho At the confluence with [diams]5,602 Rio Arriba and

the Rio Grande. Santa Fe Counties (FEMA Docket No. P7671). Approximately 2.04

[diams]5,918 miles upstream of U.S. Highway 84. Arroyo de Guachu Approximately 500 feet [diams]5,585 pangue.

upstream of the confluence with the Rio Grande. Approximately 2,690

[diams]5,683 feet upstream of the confluence of Arroyo de Guachupangue Tributary. Arroyo de Guachu At the confluence with [diams]5,632 pangue Tributary. Arroyo de Guachupangue. Approximately 500 feet [diams]5,642 upstream of the confluence with Arroyo de Guachupangue. Arroyo de

Approximately 2,690

[diams]5,607 Hanchitos.

feet downstream of U.S. Highway 285. Approximately 1,650

[diams]5,680 feet upstream of U.S. Highway 285. Llano Ditch

Approximately 250 feet [diams]5,599 Tributary.

upstream of El Llano Road. Approximately 1.3

[diams]5,705 miles upstream of El Llano Road. Rio Grande.

Approximately 1,650

[diams]5,581 feet downstream of U.S. Highway 84.

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Approximately 0.82

[diams]5,607 mile upstream of the confluence of Arroyo del Gaucho. Rio Grande

At North Railroad

[diams]5,595 Tributary 1. Avenue. Approximately 1,930

[diams]5,673 feet upstream of Onate Street. Santa Cruz River. At the confluence with [diams]5,586 the Rio Grande. Approximately 1,170

[diams]5,692 feet upstream of State Highway 106.

Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, City of Espanola, 405 North Paseo de Onate, Espanola, New Mexico.

TX............................. El Paso (City) El Flow Path No. 28 Just upstream of

[diams]3,665 Paso County (FEMA Mesa Drain and Southern Pacific Docket No. P7683). Interceptor. Railroad. Approximately 2,030

[diams]3,693 feet upstream of Bucher Road. Flow Path No. 29. Approximately 200 feet [diams]3,736 downstream of Del Monte Street. Approximately 250 feet [diams]3,769 upstream of Cimarron Street. Flow Path No. 30. At the confluence of [diams]3,678 Flow Path No. 28 Mesa Drain and Interceptor. Approximately 380 feet [diams]3,721 upstream of North Carolina Drive. Flow Path No. 32. At the confluence with [diams]3,668 Flow Path No. 28 Mesa Drain and Interceptor. Approximately 35 feet [diams]3,714 downstream of Escobar Avenue. Flow Path No. 33 Just upstream of

[diams]3,666 Middle Drain. confluence with Iowenstein Lateral. Approximately 85 feet [diams]3,668 downstream of North Zarogosa Road.

Maps are available for inspection at the City of El Paso, 2 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, Texas.

[diams] North American Vertical Datum of 1988

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'') David I. Maurstad, Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

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