Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations:
Federal Register: August 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 152)
Proposed Rules
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67
Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1060
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
SUMMARY: On July 2, 2009, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in
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lieu of the information published at 74 FR 31656. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Cumberland County, Maine (All Jurisdictions). Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Atlantic Ocean, Bonny Eagle
Pond, Casco Bay, Crescent Lake, Dock Brook, Elkins Brook, Fore River,
Highland Lake, Jackson Brook, Presumpscot River, and Saco Bay.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before November 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B- 1060, to Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch,
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646- 2820 or (e-mail) kevin.long@dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief,
Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2820 or (e-mail) kevin.long@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) publishes proposed determinations of Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs for communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 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 minimum requirements.
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 also are used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, and for the contents in those buildings.
Corrections
In the proposed rule published at 74 FR 31656, in the July 2, 2009, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Cumberland County,
Maine, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding sources: Atlantic Ocean, Casco Bay, Crescent Lake, Fore River, Jackson
Brook, Presumpscot River, and Saco Bay. That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, or communities affected for these flooding sources. In addition, it did not include the following flooding sources: Bonny Eagle Pond, Dock Brook, Elkins Brook, and Highland Lake.
In this notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information, to address these prior errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published.
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation in feet (NAVD)
Location of Referenced
Depth in feet above
Flooding Source(s)
Elevation
ground [caret] Elevation
Communities Affected in meters (MSL)
Effective
Modified
Cumberland County, Maine (All Jurisdictions)
Atlantic Ocean...................... Along the shoreline at
+8
+12 Town of Cape Elizabeth. the intersection of
Hannaford Cove Road,
Cunner Lane, and Rocky
Point Lane.
Along the shoreline,
None
+42 approximately 1,050 feet east of the intersection of Shore
Road and Dyer Pond
Road.
Bonny Eagle Pond.................... Entire shoreline within
None
+268 Town of Standish. the Town of Standish.
Casco Bay........................... Along the shoreline,
+8
+10 City of Portland, City approximately 625 feet
of South Portland, south of the
Town of Cape intersection of
Elizabeth, Town of
Tondreau Point Road
Cumberland, Town of and Birch Run.
Harpswell.
Along the shoreline,
None
+41 approximately 100 feet east of the intersection of Bluff
Road and Cloyster Road.
Crescent Lake....................... Along the shoreline at
None
+278 Town of Casco.
Edwards Road.
Dock Brook.......................... Just upstream of the
None
+384 Town of Bridgton. confluence with Kezar
Pond.
Approximately 1.1 mile
None
+384 northwest of the intersection of White
Mountain Way and
Davids View, at the
Town of Bridgton corporate limits.
Elkins Brook........................ Just upstream of the
None
+384 Town of Bridgton. confluence with Kezar
Pond.
Approximately 1,400
None
+384 feet northeast of High
Street, at the Town of
Bridgton corporate limits.
Fore River.......................... Along the shoreline, at
+9
+10 City of Portland, City the terminus of
of South Portland.
Holyoke Wharf.
Along the shoreline, at
None
+13 the terminus of
Portland Street.
Highland Lake....................... Entire shoreline within
None
+192 Town of Windham. the Town of Windham.
Jackson Brook....................... Approximately 1,500
None
+45 City of Portland. feet south of the intersection of Thomas
Drive and County Road.
Presumpscot River................... Approximately 1,250
None
+225 Town of Standish. feet west of the intersection of
Cardinal Lane and
River Road.
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Saco Bay............................ Along the shoreline,
None
+12 Town of Scarborough. approximately 1,200 feet west of the intersection of Ferry
Road and Black Point
Road.
Along the shoreline at
+8
+24 the intersection of
Black Point Road and
Whittier Lane.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
caret
Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
City of Portland
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101.
City of South Portland
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 25 Cottage Road, South Portland, ME 04106.
Town of Bridgton
Maps are available for inspection at 3 Chase Street, Bridgton, ME 04009.
Town of Cape Elizabeth
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 320 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107.
Town of Casco
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 635 Meadow Road, Casco, ME 04015.
Town of Cumberland
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 290 Tuttle Road, Cumberland, ME 04021.
Town of Harpswell
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 263 Mountain Road, Harpswell, ME 04079.
Town of Scarborough
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 259 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074.
Town of Standish
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Office, 175 Northeast Road, Standish, ME 04084.
Town of Windham
Maps are available for inspection at 8 School Road, Windham, ME 04062.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: July 29, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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