Flood elevation determinations: Various States,
[Federal Register: March 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 45)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 67
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations 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 base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations 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: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646- 3461, or (e-mail) matt.miller@fema.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency makes final determinations listed below of base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations for each community listed. The proposed base flood elevations and proposed modified base flood elevations were published in newspapers of local circulation and an opportunity for the community or individuals to appeal the proposed determinations to or through the community was provided for a period of ninety (90) days. The proposed base flood elevations and proposed modified base flood elevations were also published in the Federal Register.
This final rule is issued in accordance with Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR Part 67.
FEMA 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 base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations 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 Associate Director for Mitigation certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because final 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. 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 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.
Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 67 is amended to read 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. 67.11 [Amended]
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The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are amended as follows:
*Elevation in feet (NGVD)
Arkansas
Washington County (and Incorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7262)
Scull Creek: Approximately 250 feet upstream of confluence with Mud
*1,179 Creek.................................................... Approximately 1,650 feet upstream of Sycamore Street...... *1,294 Approximately 650 feet upstream of College Avenue......... *1,399 Clabber Creek Tributary C-2: At confluence with Clabber Creek.......................... *1,161 Approximately 2,200 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,201 Clabber Creek............................................ Hamestring Creek Tributary HS2: Approximately 200 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,192 Hamestring Creek......................................... Approximately 3,200 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,237 Hamestring Creek......................................... Clabber Creek Tributary C-1:
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Approximately 200 feet upstream of confluence with Clabber *1,160 Creek.................................................... Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,203 Tributary C1-A........................................... Clabber Creek Tributary C1-A: Approximately 100 feet upstream of confluence of Clabber
*1,173 Creek Tributary C1....................................... Approximately 540 feet upstream of County Road 707........ *1,203 Middle Fork Hamestring Creek: Approximately 200 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,220 Hamestring Creek......................................... Approximately 100 feet upstream of Porter House Road...... *1,247 North Fork Hamestring Creek: Approximately 20 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,209 Hamestring Creek......................................... Approximately 500 feet upstream of Route 71............... *1,256 Clabber Creek: Approximately 20 feet upstream of confluence with
*1,144 Hamestring Creek......................................... Approximately 1,250 feet downstream of Thuckers Drive..... *1,197 Approximately 100 feet upstream of Highway 71............. *1,223 South Fork Hamestring Creek: Just above confluence with Hamestring Creek............... *1,237 Approximately 2,300 feet upstream of Highway 71........... *1,273 Town Branch: Approximately 1,250 feet downstream of Armstrong Avenue... *1,189 Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of Highway 71........... *1,273 Owl Creek Tributary 2: At confluence with Owl Creek.............................. *1,230 Approximately 3,000 feet upstream of confluence with Owl
*1,252 Creek.................................................... Owl Creek Tributary 1: At confluence with Owl Creek.............................. *1,227 Approximately 3,100 feet upstream of confluence with Owl
*1,242 Creek.................................................... Hamestring Creek: Approximately 200 feet downstream of County Road 881...... *1,118 Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of Wedington Drive...... *1,250 Scull Creek Tributary 2: At confluence with Scull Creek............................ *1,214 Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of confluence with Scull *1,225 Creek.................................................... Sublet Creek: At confluence with Scull Creek............................ *1,232 Approximately 1,750 feet upstream of Sycamore Street...... *1,383 Scull Creek Tributary 1: At confluence with Scull Creek............................ *1,195 Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of Futrail Drive........ *1,228 Hamestring Creek Tributary HS3: At confluence with Hamestring Creek....................... *1,236 Approximately 125 feet upstream of Mount Comfort Road..... *1,260 Hamestring Creek Tributary HS1: Approximately 600 feet downstream of County Road 882...... *1,126 Approximately 220 feet upstream of Double Tree Drive...... *1,223 Cato Springs Branch: At confluence with Town Branch............................ *1,221 Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of Arkansas and Missouri *1,252 Railroad................................................. Owl Creek: Approximately 700 feet downstream of Double Springs Road
*1,173 (CR 27).................................................. Approximately 2,100 feet upstream of Rupple Road.......... *1,247 Mud Creek Tributary: At confluence with Mud Creek.............................. *1,226 Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of Azalea Drive......... *1,316 Approximately 2,400 feet upstream of Sycamore Street...... *1,443
Maps are available for inspection at the Washington County Planning Office, Four South College Avenue, Suite 205, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Maps are available for inspection at 113 West Mountain, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Maps are available for inspection at 2904 Main Drive, Johnson, Arkansas.
LOUISIANA
Hammond (City), Tangipahoa Parish (FEMA Docket No. 7262)
Ponchatoula Creek: Upstream of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad bridge.........
*45 Approximately 4,000 feet upstream of Yellow Water
*46 Diversion Canal..........................................
Maps are available for inspection at the City of Hammond City Hall, 310 East Charles, Hammond, Louisiana.
Ponchatoula (City), Tangipahoa Parish (FEMA Docket No. 7262)
Ponchatoula Creek: At U.S. Highway 51........................................
*17 Approximately 6,200 feet upstream of U.S. Highway 51
*21 bridge...................................................
Maps are available for inspection at 125 West Hickory, Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
TEXAS
Caldwell County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7246)
San Marcos River: At confluence of Plum Creek...............................
*341 Just upstream of U.S. Highway 10..........................
*355 Just upstream of U.S. Highway 90..........................
*379 Just upstream of State Highway 671........................
*409 Just upstream of State Highway 20.........................
*442 Just upstream of Farm-to-Market Road 1977.................
*485 Just upstream of County Road 21...........................
*564 Bypass Creek: At confluence with San Marcos River.......................
*553 Approximately 150 feet upstream of Camp Gary Access Road..
*577 Martindale Diversion: Approximately 2.8 miles downstream of Farm-to-Market Road
*500 1979 at the convergence with San Marcos River............ Just downstream of Farm-to-Market Road 1979 at the
*522 divergence from San Marcos River......................... Brushy Creek: Approximately 1 mile downstream of Highway 21.............
*539 Just upstream of Highway 21 at the northwest county
*542 boundary................................................. Maps are available for inspection at the Caldwell County Courthouse, Main and San Antonio Streets, Lockhart, Texas.
Victoria (City), Victoria County (FEMA Docket No. 7262) Whispering Creek: Just upstream of John Stockbauer Drive....................
*108 Just downstream of Loop 463...............................
*114 Approximately 3,640 feet upstream of Loop 463.............
*118
Maps are available for inspection at the City of Victoria City Hall, 700 Main Center, Suite 115, Victoria, Texas.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance'')
Dated: March 2, 1999. Michael J. Armstrong, Associate Director for Mitigation.
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