Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 76 Issue 219 (Monday, November 14, 2011)
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2011)
Proposed Rules
Pages 70403-70406
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2011-29203
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1227
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this proposed rule is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents in those buildings.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before February 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each community is available for inspection at the community's map repository. The respective addresses are listed in the table below.
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1227, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (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
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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.
Comments on any aspect of the Flood Insurance Study and FIRM, other than the proposed BFEs, will be considered. A letter acknowledging receipt of any comments will not be sent.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed 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.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as amended.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed 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
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. 67.4 Amended
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are proposed to be amended as follows:
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* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation in
feet (NAVD) Depth in feet above
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced ground caret Communities affected
elevation ** Elevation in meters
(MSL)
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Effective Modified
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Isabella County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions)
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Blanchard Mill Pond................. Entire shoreline....... None +912 Township of Rolland.
Camelot Lake........................ Entire shoreline....... None +706 Township of Chippewa.
Coldwater Lake...................... Entire shoreline within None +866 Township of Nottawa,
community. Township of Sherman.
Halls Lake.......................... Entire shoreline....... None +994 Township of Broomfield.
Indian Lake......................... Entire shoreline....... None +886 Township of Vernon.
Lake Manitonka...................... Entire shoreline within None +936 Township of Sherman.
community (downstream
of North Brinton Road).
Lake Manitonka...................... Entire shoreline within None +941 Township of Coldwater,
community (upstream of Township of Sherman.
North Brinton Road).
Lake Windaga........................ Entire shoreline within None +924 Township of Coldwater,
community. Township of Sherman.
Lake of the Hills................... Entire shoreline within None +894 Township of Nottawa,
community. Township of Sherman.
Littlefield Lake.................... Entire shoreline....... None +911 Township of Gilmore.
Scott Lake Drain.................... Entire shoreline within None +892 Saginaw Chippewa Tribe,
community. Township of Nottawa.
Stevenson Lake...................... Entire shoreline....... None +850 Township of Vernon.
Weidman Mill Pond................... Entire shoreline within None +887 Saginaw Chippewa Tribe,
community. Township of Nottawa,
Township of Sherman.
Woodruff Lake....................... Entire shoreline within None +913 Township of Broomfield,
community. Township of Deerfield.
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* 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 Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe
Maps are available for inspection at the Office of the Tribal Clerk, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, 7070 East
Broadway Street, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858.
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Township of Broomfield
Maps are available for inspection at the Broomfield Township Hall, 2889 South Rolland Road, Remus, MI 49340.
Township of Chippewa
Maps are available for inspection at the Chippewa Township Hall, 11084 East Pickard Road, Mount Pleasant, MI
48858.
Township of Coldwater
Maps are available for inspection at 8328 West Beck Road, Lake, MI 48632.
Township of Deerfield
Maps are available for inspection at the Deerfield Township Hall, 3032 South Winn Road, Mount Pleasant, MI
48858.
Township of Gilmore
Maps are available for inspection at the Gilmore Township Hall, 1998 West Stevenson Lake Road, Farwell, MI
48622.
Township of Nottawa
Maps are available for inspection at the Nottawa Township Hall, 3024 West Weidman Road, Weidman, MI 48893.
Township of Rolland
Maps are available for inspection at 524 Cedar Street, Blanchard, MI 49310.
Township of Sherman
Maps are available for inspection at the Sherman Township Hall, 3550 North Rolland Road, Weidman, MI 48893.
Township of Vernon
Maps are available for inspection at the Vernon Township Hall, 10877 North Lincoln Road, Clare, MI 48617.
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Washoe County, Nevada, and Incorporated Areas
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211 Creek........................... Approximately 400 feet None +5039 City of Reno,
downstream of U.S. Unincorporated Areas
Route 395. of Washoe County.
Approximately 0.42 mile None +5513
upstream of Union
Pacific Railroad.
6015 Creek.......................... At the upstream side of None +5166 City of Reno.
the West Copperfield
Creek confluence.
Approximately 1,500 None +5252
feet upstream of the
West Copperfield Creek
confluence.
6634 Creek.......................... Approximately 1.11 None +5068 City of Reno.
miles downstream of
Union Pacific Railroad.
Approximately 0.47 mile None +5473
upstream of Union
Pacific Railroad.
Copperfield Creek................... Approximately 1,600 None +5040 City of Reno,
feet downstream of the Unincorporated Areas
West Copperfield Creek of Washoe County.
confluence.
Approximately 0.92 mile None +5295
upstream of U.S. Route
395 (southbound on-
ramp).
Evans Creek......................... Approximately 1,700 None +4682 City of Reno,
feet upstream of Unincorporated Areas
Lakeside Drive. of Washoe County.
Approximately 0.52 mile None +5070
upstream of Evans
Creek Drive.
Fat Creek........................... Approximately 460 feet None +5040 City of Reno,
downstream of U.S. Unincorporated Areas
Route 395. of Washoe County.
Approximately 0.62 mile None +5086
upstream of Frontage
Road.
Flat Creek.......................... Approximately 975 feet None +5043 City of Reno,
downstream of the Flat Unincorporated Areas
Creek Split confluence. of Washoe County.
Approximately 0.58 mile None +5177
upstream of the Flat
Creek Split confluence.
Flat Creek Split.................... Approximately 50 feet None +5043 City of Reno,
upstream of Frontage Unincorporated Areas
Road. of Washoe County.
Approximately 130 feet None +5052
downstream of the Flat
Creek confluence.
North Evans Creek................... Approximately 160 feet None +4900 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of the Washoe County.
Evans Creek confluence.
Approximately 0.74 mile None +5094
upstream of the Evans
Creek confluence.
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Short Creek......................... Approximately 1,500 None +5039 City of Reno,
feet downstream of Unincorporated Areas
U.S. Route 395. of Washoe County.
Approximately 0.61 mile None +5153
upstream of Frontage
Road.
West Copperfield Creek.............. Approximately 1,000 None +5060 City of Reno,
feet downstream of Unincorporated Areas
Frontage Road. of Washoe County.
Approximately 1.01 None +5259
miles upstream of
Frontage Road.
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* 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 Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
City of Reno
Maps are available for inspection at the City Hall Annex, 450 Sinclair Street, Reno, NV 89501.
Unincorporated Areas of Washoe County
Maps are available for inspection at the Washoe County Administration Building, 1001 East 9th Street, Reno, NV
89512.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: October 28, 2011.
David L. Miller,
Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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