Flood elevation determinations: Various States,
[Federal Register: January 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 8)]
[Proposed Rules]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[Docket No. FEMA-D-7548]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the 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: The comment period is ninety (90) days following the second publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation in each community.
ADDRESSES: The proposed 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 following table.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael M. Grimm, Acting Chief, Hazard Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461, or (email) mike.grimm@fema.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA or Agency) proposes to make determinations of base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations for each community listed below, 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 base flood and modified base flood elevations, together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required. 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 are also used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, and for the contents in these buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act
This proposed 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 Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, certifies that this proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because proposed or modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and are required to establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not been prepared.
Regulatory Classification
This proposed 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 proposed rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform
This proposed 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.
Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 67 is proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 67--[AMENDED]
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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. 67.4 [Amended]
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The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are proposed to be amended as follows:
Depth in feet above ground. *Elevation in feet State
City/town/county
Source of flooding
Location
(NGVD) [sbull] Elevation in feet (NAVD)
Existing Modified
Massachusetts........................ Chelmsford (Town),
River Meadow Brook....................... Downstream corporate limit................................
*103
*105 Middlesex County. Approximately 20 feet upstream of Mill Road...............
*115
*117 Putnam Brook............................. At confluence with River Meadow Brook.....................
*111
*112 Approximately 560 feet above confluence with River Meadow
*111
*112 Brook.
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Maps available for inspection at the Chelmsford Town Office, 50 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Send comments to Mr. William Dalton, Chairman of the Town of Chelmsford Board of Selectmen, 50 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824-2777.
Mississippi.......................... Monticello (Town),
Runnels Creek............................ At confluence with Pearl River............................
None
*192 Lawrence County. Just downstream of Thomas E. Jolly Drive..................
None
*205 Runnels Creek Tributary A.
At confluence with Runnels Creek..........................
None
*201 Approximately 1,125 feet upstream of Graham Road..........
None
*204 Runnels Creek Tributary B.
At confluence with Tributary A............................
None
*202 Just downstream of State Route 27.........................
None
*214 Runnels Creek Tributary C.
At confluence with Tributary B............................
None
*206 Just downstream of Thomas E. Jolly Drive..................
None
*212 Maps available for inspection at the Monticello Town Hall, 202 Jefferson Street, Monticello, Mississippi.
Send comments to The Honorable Dave Nichols, III, Mayor of the Town of Monticello, P.O. Box 822, Monticello, Mississippi 39654.
Pennsylvania........................ College (Township), Cedar Run................................ Approximately 60 feet downstream of the confluence with
None *1,036 Centre County.
Spring Creek. At upstream corporate limits..............................
None *1,078 Maps available for inspection at the College Township Municipal Building, 1481 East College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania.
Send comments to Mr. Adam Brumbaugh, College Township Manager, 1481 East College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania 16801.
Pennsylvania......................... Harris (Township),
Cedar Run................................ Approximately 2,680 feet downstream of the railroad.......
None *1,078 Centre County. Approximately 125 feet upstream of Rock Hill Road.........
None *1,114 Mackey's Run............................. At the confluence with Cedar Run..........................
None *1,105 Approximately 217 feet upstream of Rock Hill Road.........
None *1,108 Spring Creek............................. At the corporate limits, coincident with Mary Elizabeth
*1,054 *1,056 Street. Maps available for inspection at the Harris Township Municipal Office, 224 East Main Street, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.
Send comments to Mr. Joseph Chesworth, Chairperson of the Township of Harris, P.O. Box 20, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania 16827.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: December 31, 2002. Anthony S. Lowe, Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
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