Flood elevation determinations: Massachusetts and North Carolina,
[Federal Register: June 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 112)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket No. FEMA-D-7662]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs 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 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. CFM, Acting Section Chief, Engineering Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA proposes to make determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs 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 BFEs and modified BFEs, 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 Mitigation Division Director certifies that this proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because proposed or modified BFEs 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 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.
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 (NGVD) State
City/town/county
Source of flooding
Location
Elevation in feet (NAVD)
Existing Modified
Massachusetts........................ Plymouth (Town),........ Plymouth................................. At Clarks Island.......................................... 12 10 Plymouth County......... Harbor/Plymouth Bay...................... Approximately 500 feet north of the intersection of State 18 29 Route 3A and Clifford Road.
Maps available for inspection at the Plymouth Town Hall, 11 Lincoln Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Send comments to Mr. Mark Sylvia, Plymouth Town Manager, 11 Lincoln Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360.
North Carolina....................... Atkinson (Town), Pender Mill Branch (of Moores Creek)............ Approximately 0.7 mile downstream of NC Highway 53........
None 43 County. At Church Street (NC Highway 53)..........................
None 64
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Maps available for inspection at the Atkinson Town Hall, 200 North Town Hall Avenue, Atkinson, North Carolina.
Send comments to The Honorable George Stalker, Mayor of the Town of Atkinson, 200 North Town Hall Avenue, Atkinson, North Carolina 28421.
North Carolina....................... Orange County
Haw River................................ At the Orange/Chatham County boundary.....................
None 415 (Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 1.2 miles upstream of East Greensboro-Chapel
None 429 Hill Road.
Maps available for inspection at the Orange County Planning and Inspections Department, 306F Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Send comments to Mr. John M. Link, Jr., Orange County Manager, 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: June 5, 2006. David I. Maurstad, Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-9130 Filed 6-9-06; 8:45 am]
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