Flood elevation determinations: Various States,

[Federal Register: November 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 219)]

[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 (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 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 Dates: 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 maps are available for inspection as indicated on the table below.

ADDRESSES: The final BFEs 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: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA makes the final determinations listed below for the 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.

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. The 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. As flood elevation determinations are not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601- 612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.

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 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 feet (NGVD) +Elevation in Location of referenced feet (NAVD) Flooding source(s)

elevation

Depth Communities affected in feet above ground modified

Cook County, Illinois and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-P-7921

Buffalo Creek......................... Just upstream of Elmhurst Road

*653 Village of Wheeling. Just downstream of Aptakisic

*667 Road. Wheeling Drainage Ditch............... Just downstream of Wolf Road..

*641 Cook County (Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 400 feet

*652 Village of Wheeling. downstream of Elmhurst Road. William Rogers Memorial Diversion Approximately 300 feet

*644 Cook County Channel.

upstream of the confluence

(Unincorporated Areas). with Des Plaines River. At divergence from Wheeling

*646 Village of Wheeling. Drainage Ditch.

Depth in feet above ground. * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. + North American Vertical Datum.

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ADDRESSES Cook County, Illinois (Unincorporated Areas) Maps are available for inspection at Cook County Building and Zoning Department, 69 West Washington, Suite 2830, Chicago, Illinois.

Village of Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois

Maps are available for inspection at Wheeling Village Hall, Engineer's Office, 255 West Dundee Road, Wheeling, Illinois.

Calhoun County, South Carolina and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-7462

Lake Marion........................... At the Sumter County/Clarendon

+76 Calhoun County County line.

(Unincorporated Areas). At the Calhoun County/

+76 Orangeburg County line.

Depth in feet above ground. * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. + North American Vertical Datum. ADDRESSES Unincorporated Areas of Calhoun County Maps are available for inspection at Calhoun County, Office of Building and Planning, 102 Courthouse Drive, Suite 112, St. Matthews, SC 29135.

Maury County, Tennessee and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-7458

Duck River............................ Approximately 6,680 feet

+562 Maury County downstream of the confluence

(Unincorporated Areas). Roberts Bend Branch. Approximately 2,040 feet

+576 downstream of the confluence Little Bigby Creek. Duck River............................ Approximately 1,800 feet

+588 Maury County downstream of the confluence

(Unincorporated Areas), Bear Creek.

City of Columbia. Approximately 3,680 feet

+634 upstream of the confluence Flat Creek. Fountain Creek........................ At the confluence of Fountain

+604 Maury County Creek with Duck River.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 3,000 feet

+663 upstream of Culleoka Highway. Silver Creek.......................... At the confluence of Silver

+604 Maury County Creek with Fountain Creek.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 200 feet

+661 upstream of Kerr Road.

Depth in feet above ground. * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. North America Vertical Datum. (NOTE: NGVD+.069=NAVD). ADDRESSES Unincorporated Areas of Maury County Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, County Courthouse, 41 Public Square, Columbia, TN 38401.

City of Columbia Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, 707 North Main Street, Columbia, TN 38401.

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

Dated: November 6, 2006. David I. Maurstad, Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. E6-19116 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]

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