Flood elevation determinations: Mississippi and Virginia,

[Federal Register: December 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 248)]

[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, DHS.

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: 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.

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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 Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (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 of FEMA 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. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in flood- prone 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 final rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not 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 final rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final 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 feet State

City/town/county Source of flooding Location (NAVD) Depth in feet above ground. (modified)

City of Lynchburg, Virginia Docket No.: FEMA--B-7715

Virginia........................ City of Lynchburg.. Burton Creek...... Confluence with

+660 Blackwater Creek. Approximately 1800

+758 feet upstream of Wards Ferry Road. Burton Creek

Confluence with

+758 Tributary No. 1. Burton Creek. Approximately 1.0

+870 mile upstream of confluence with Burton Creek. Tributary No. 2.. Confluence with

+767 Burton Creek Tributary No. 1. Approximately 950

+844 feet upstream of Wade Land. Tributary No. 3.. Confluence with

+758 Burton Creek. Approximately 2300

+841 feet upstream of confluence with Burton Creek. Tributary No. 4.. Confluence with

+755 Burton Creek. Approximately 0.5

+836 mile upstream of Wards Ferry Road. Tributary No. 5.. Confluence with

+755 Burton Creek. Approximately 850

+768 feet upstream of confluence with Burton Creek. Tributary No. 6.. Confluence with

+720 Burton Creek. Approximately 1250

+757 feet upstream of confluence with Burton Creek. Rock Castle Creek. Confluence with

+740 Burton Creek. Just upstream of

+810 Wards Ferry Road. Tributary No. 4.. Confluence with

+758 Rock Castle Creek. Approximately 1500

+843 feet upstream of railroad spur. Tributary No. 5.. Confluence with

+740 Rock Castle Creek. Approximately 200

+783 feet upstream of Lynchburg Expressway. Tributary No. 6.. Confluence with

+740 Rock Castle Creek.

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Approximately 800

+804 feet upstream of Edgewood Drive.

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

ADDRESSES

City of Lynchburg

Maps are available for inspection at 900 Church Street, 2nd Floor Planning Division, Lynchburg, VA 24504.

*Elevation in feet (NGVD) +Elevation in Location of referenced

feet (NAVD) Flooding source(s)

elevation

Depth Communities affected in feet above ground (modified)

Pearl River County, Mississippi, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-7720

East Hobolochitto Creek............... Just upstream of West Union

+86 Pearl River County Road.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 420 feet

+147 upstream of Savannah Millard Road. Jumpoff Creek......................... At the confluence with East

+162 Pearl River County Hobolochitto Creek.

(Unincorporated Areas). Just upstream of Norfolk

+238 Southern Railroad. Juniper Creek......................... At the confluence with East

+166 Pearl River County Hobolochitto Creek.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 1,900 feet

+252 upstream of Dupont-Harris Road. Long Branch........................... At the confluence with West

+72 Pearl River County Hobolochitto Creek.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 6,900 feet

+161 upstream of Nelle Burkes Road. Mill Creek No. 1...................... At the Pearl River-Hanconk

+79 Pearl River County County Boundary.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 4,800 feet

+175 upstream of Mill Creek 2 Tributary 4.

No. 3............................. Approximately 170 feet

+54 Pearl River County upstream of Boley Bypass Road.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 14,600 feet

+180 upstream of Highway 11.

No. 4............................. Just upstream of the dam......

+91 Pearl River County (Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 6,200 feet

+143 upstream of Rock Ranch Road. West Hobolochitto Creek............... Approximately 600 feet

+98 Pearl River County downstream of Henleyfield-

(Unincorporated Areas). McNeill Road. Approximately 200 feet

+130 upstream of Highway 26. White Sand Creek...................... At the confluence with West

+129 Pearl River County Hobolochitto Creek.

(Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 4,050 feet

+247 upstream of White Sand Creek Tributary 7. Wolf River............................ Approximately 16,100 feet

+120 Pearl River County downstream of McNeill-McHenry

(Unincorporated Areas). Road. Approximately 2,500 feet

+241 upstream of Highway 11.

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

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ADDRESSES Pearl River County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps are available for inspection at Department of Planning and Development, 167 Savannah-Millard Road, Poplarville, MS 39470.

Warren County, Virginia, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-7705

North Fork Shenandoah River........... Confluence with South Fork

+498 Warren County Shenandoah River.

(Unincorporated Areas). Town of Front Royal Corporate

+498 Limits (approximately 1.46 miles upstream of confluence with Shenandoah River). South Fork Shenandoah River........... Confluence of Punches Run.....

+500 Warren County (Unincorporated Areas). Town of Front Royal Corporate

+506 Limits (just upstream of Catlett Mountain Road and Luray Avenue).

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

ADDRESSES

Warren County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps are available for inspection at 220 North Commerce Avenue, Suite 400, Front Royal, VA 22630.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')

Dated: December 14, 2007. David I. Maurstad, Federal Insurance Administrator of the National Flood Insurance Program, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. E7-25288 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]

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