Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)
Proposed Rules
Pages 22551-22556
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-8870
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-7748
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On December 6, 2007, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This document provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published December 6, 2007. The table provided in this document represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Pierce County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Artondale Creek (main stem), Artondale Creek--East Branch, Artondale Creek--West Branch, Canyon Creek, Carbon River (left overbank areas, without consideration of left levees), Carbon River Overflow, Clarks Creek, Clear Creek, Clover Creek, Clover Creek (overflow at 134th Street South), Clover Creek (overflow at designated parkland), Clover Creek (overflow at golf course), Clover Creek (overflow near Lakewood Town Center), Crescent Creek, Crescent Lake, Diru Creek, Diru Creek (104th Street East overflow), Diru Creek (96th Street East overflow), East Fork Clear Creek, East Fork Clear Creek (west stem), Fennel Creek, Gig Harbor, Lacamas Creek, Mashel River, Meeker Ditch, Morey Creek, North Fork Clover Creek, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 1, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 2, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 4, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 5, Puyallup River (overflow through golf course between State Route 162 and Puyallup River), Puyallup River (overflow through golf course to Hylebos Waterway), Puyallup River (overflows to Blair Waterway via numerous flow paths), Puyallup River (with consideration of levees), Puyallup River (without consideration of left levee), Puyallup River (without consideration of right levee), Rody Creek, South Prairie Creek, Spanaway Creek, Swan Creek, Wapato Creek I, Wapato Creek II, West Fork Canyon Creek, White River, Woodland Creek, Woodland Creek (80th Street East overflow), and Woodland Creek (96th Street East overflow).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before July 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
7748, 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) 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
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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 72 FR 68784, in the December 6, 2007, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Pierce County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas,'' addressed the following flooding sources: Artondale Creek (main stem), Artondale Creek--East Branch, Artondale Creek--West Branch, Canyon Creek, Carbon River, Clarks Creek, Clarks Creek--Meeker Ditch, Clover Creek, Crescent Creek, Fennel Creek, Lacamas Creek, Mashel River, Morey Creek, Muck Creek, North Fork Clover Creek, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 1, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 2, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 4, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 5, Puyallup River, South Prairie Creek, Spanaway Creek, Swan Creek, Wapato Creek I, Wapato Creek II, and White River. That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for the following flooding sources: Artondale Creek (main stem), Artondale Creek--East Branch, Artondale Creek--West Branch, Canyon Creek, Carbon River, Clarks Creek, Clarks Creek--Meeker Ditch, Clover Creek, Crescent Creek, Fennel Creek, Lacamas Creek, Mashel River, Morey Creek, North Fork Clover Creek, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 1, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 2, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 4, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 5, Puyallup River, South Prairie Creek, Spanaway Creek, Swan Creek, Wapato Creek I, Wapato Creek II, and White River. It also should not have included the flooding source Muck Creek. In addition, it did not include the following flooding sources: Carbon River (left overbank areas, without consideration of left levees), Carbon River Overflow, Clear Creek, Clover Creek (overflow at 134th Street South), Clover Creek (overflow at designated parkland), Clover Creek (overflow at golf course), Clover Creek (overflow near Lakewood Town Center), Crescent Lake, Diru Creek, Diru Creek (104th Street East overflow), Diru Creek (96th Street East overflow), East Fork Clear Creek, East Fork Clear Creek (west stem), Gig Harbor, Meeker Ditch, Puyallup River (overflow through golf course between State Route 162 and Puyallup River), Puyallup River (overflow through golf course to Hylebos Waterway), Puyallup River (overflows to Blair Waterway via numerous flow paths), Puyallup River (with consideration of levees), Puyallup River (without consideration of left levee), Puyallup River (without consideration of right levee), Rody Creek, West Fork Canyon Creek, Woodland Creek, Woodland Creek (80th Street East overflow), and Woodland Creek (96th Street East overflow). Specifically, the information published in the December 6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule for the Carbon River has been refined and divided into individual descriptions for Carbon River (left overbank areas, without consideration of left levees) and Carbon River Overflow; the information published in the December 6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule for the Puyallup River has been refined and divided into individual descriptions for Puyallup River (overflow through golf course between State Route 162 and Puyallup River), Puyallup River (overflow through golf course to Hylebos Waterway), Puyallup River (overflows to Blair Waterway via numerous flow paths), Puyallup River (with consideration of levees), Puyallup River (without consideration of left levee), and Puyallup River (without consideration of right levee); and the information published in the December 6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule for Clarks Creek and Clarks Creek--Meeker Ditch has been refined and divided into individual descriptions for Clarks Creek and Meeker Ditch. These individual descriptions provide a more detailed representation of changes than originally described for the flooding sources Carbon River, Clarks Creek, Meeker Ditch, and Puyallup River in the December 6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule. In this document, 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 for Pierce County.
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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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Pierce County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas
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Artondale Creek (main stem)......... Approximately 100 feet None +13 City of Fife,
upstream of the Unincorporated Areas
Wollochet Drive of Pierce County.
culvert.
Approximately 200 feet None +39
downstream of the
Artondale Creek--East
Branch and Artondale
Creek--West Branch
confluences.
Artondale Creek--East Branch........ Approximately 320 feet None +40 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of the Pierce County.
Artondale Creek (main
stem) and Artondale
Creek--West Branch
confluences.
Approximately 80 feet None +152
downstream of Hunt
Street Northwest.
Artondale Creek--West Branch........ At the Artondale Creek-- None +39 Unincorporated Areas of
East Branch and Pierce County.
Artondale Creek (main
stem) confluences.
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Approximately in line None +49
with 56th Street
Northwest extended,
between 78th Avenue
Northwest and 72nd
Avenue Northwest.
Canyon Creek........................ Approximately 130 feet None +279 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of 72nd Pierce County.
Street.
Approximately 250 feet None +475
downstream of 128th
Street East.
Carbon River (left overbank areas, At the Puyallup River +121 +122 City of Orting,
without consideration of left confluence. Unincorporated Areas
levees). of Pierce County.
Approximately 1,000 None +460
feet upstream of the
177th Street East
turnaround.
Carbon River Overflow............... Approximately 1.2 miles None 3 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of 226th Pierce County.
Street East along
177th Street East and
Alward Road.
Clarks Creek........................ At the Puyallup River None +30 City of Puyallup,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
Approximately 195 feet +31 +32
west of the west end
of 15th Avenue
Southwest.
Clear Creek......................... From the Puyallup River +17 +24 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence to the Pierce County.
water treatment plant
near the intersection
of Pioneer Way East
and 44th Avenue East.
Clover Creek........................ At the Steilacoom Lake +215 +214 City of Lakewood,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
At the downstream side None +344
of 71st Avenue East.
Clover Creek (overflow at 134th At the upstream side of +308 +307 Unincorporated Areas of
Street South). A Street South. Pierce County.
Approximately 116 feet +308 +309
downstream of the
intersection of B
Street East and 134th
Street Court East.
Clover Creek (overflow at designated At the Clover Creek None +297 Unincorporated Areas of
parkland). confluence. Pierce County.
At the downstream side +313 +312
of 4th Avenue East.
Clover Creek (overflow at golf At the North Fork None +319 Unincorporated Areas of
course). Clover Creek Pierce County.
confluence (in Mayfair
County Park).
Approximately 740 feet None +320
downstream of the
Clover Creek
confluence.
Clover Creek (overflow near Lakewood At the upstream side of None +261 City of Lakewood.
Town Center). 111th Street Southwest.
At the divergence from None +268
Clover Creek (between
Lindale Lane Southwest
and Cochise Lane
Southwest).
Crescent Creek...................... At the Gig Harbor None +12 City of Gig Harbor,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
Approximately 1,050 None +172
feet downstream of
Crescent Valley Drive
Northwest.
Crescent Lake....................... Entire shoreline within None +173 Unincorporated Areas of
community. Pierce County.
Diru Creek.......................... At the upstream side of None +335 Unincorporated Areas of
84th Street East. Pierce County.
At the downstream side None +468
of 128th Street East.
Diru Creek (104th Street East Approximately 530 feet None +414 Unincorporated Areas of
overflow). upstream of 104th Pierce County.
Street East.
Approximately 317 feet None +448
downstream of State
Route 512.
Diru Creek (96th Street East At the downstream side None +398 Unincorporated Areas of
overflow). of 96th Street East. Pierce County.
Approximately 155 feet None +400
upstream of 96th
Street East.
East Fork Clear Creek............... Approximately 200 feet None +352 Unincorporated Areas of
south of 72nd Street Pierce County.
East.
At the downstream side None +453
of 105th Street East.
East Fork Clear Creek (west stem)... Approximately 500 feet None +425 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of 96th Pierce County.
Street East.
Approximately 75 feet None +453
downstream of State
Route 512.
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Fennel Creek........................ Approximately 100 feet None +105 City of Bonney Lake,
downstream of Unincorporated Areas
McCutcheon Road. of Pierce County.
At the upstream side of None +505
Kelley Lake Road.
Gig Harbor.......................... Entire shoreline within None +12 City of Gig Harbor,
community. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
Lacamas Creek....................... Approximately 1,300 +322 +324 City of Roy,
feet downstream of Unincorporated Areas
State Route 507, near of Pierce County.
the southeast corner
of Muck Lake.
Approximately 600 feet +473 +474
south of 304th Street
South.
Mashel River........................ At the upstream side of +739 +738 Town of Eatonville,
Private Road, 1,600 Unincorporated Areas
feet upstream of the of Pierce County.
Little Mashel River
confluence.
Approximately 0.54 mile +862 +866
upstream of Alder
Cutoff Road East.
Meeker Ditch........................ At the upstream side of 1 +31 City of Puyallup.
17th Street Southwest.
Approximately 266 feet None +38
downstream of Fairview
Drive.
Morey Creek......................... Approximately 180 feet None +293 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of the Clover Pierce County.
Creek confluence.
Approximately 140 feet None +300
upstream of Spanaway
Loop Road.
North Fork Clover Creek............. Approximately 115 feet +307 +309 City of Lakewood, City
downstream of B Street of Tacoma,
East. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
At the upstream side of None +391
96th Street East.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary Approximately 270 feet +323 +321 Unincorporated Areas of
1. upstream of the Pierce County.
intersection of 14th
Avenue East and North
Fork Clover Creek.
Approximately 600 feet None +457
downstream of Bingham
Avenue East.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary At the upstream side of None +327 Unincorporated Areas of
2. the North Fork Clover Pierce County.
Creek confluence.
At the upstream side of None +397
the Tacoma Rail
Mountain Division
railroad,
approximately 450 feet
north of the Waller
Road railroad crossing.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary Approximately 0.5 mile None +363 Unincorporated Areas of
4. downstream of 22nd Pierce County.
Avenue Court East.
Approximately 1,050 None +402
feet upstream of 22nd
Avenue Court East.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary At the upstream side of None +368 Unincorporated Areas of
5. Aqueduct Drive East. Pierce County.
Approximately 1,320 None +368
feet upstream of
Aqueduct Drive East.
Puyallup River (overflow through Approximately 90 feet +128 +127 City of Orting,
golf course between State Route 162 upstream of 140th Unincorporated Areas
and Puyallup River). Street East. of Pierce County.
At the downstream side None +164
of Lane Boulevard
Northwest.
Puyallup River (overflow through At the Hylebos Creek None +14 City of Fife, City of
golf course to Hylebos Waterway). confluence. Tacoma, Unincorporated
Areas of Pierce
County.
At the upstream side of None +16
12th Street East.
Puyallup River (overflows to Blair At the Blair Waterway None +12 City of Fife, City of
Waterway via numerous flow paths). confluence. Tacoma.
At the upstream side of None +18
the I-5 ramp to Port
of Tacoma Road.
Puyallup River (with consideration At the Commencement Bay +13 +12 City of Fife, City of
of levees). confluence. Orting, City of
Puyallup, City of
Sumner, Unincorporated
Areas of Pierce
County.
Approximately 1.0 mile +633 +634
upstream of the
Burlington Northern
Railroad/Champion
Bridge.
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Puyallup River (without At the Tacoma City None +12 City of Orting, City of
consideration of left levee). Waterway confluence. Puyallup, City of
Tacoma, Unincorporated
Areas of Pierce
County.
At the southern end of +501 +498
169th Avenue East.
Puyallup River (without At the upstream side of None +17 City of Edgewood, City
consideration of right levee). I-5. of Fife, City of
Puyallup, City of
Sumner, City of
Tacoma, Unincorporated
Areas of Pierce
County.
Approximately 700 feet None +446
south of the southern
end of Neadham Road
East.
Rody Creek.......................... At the Clarks Creek None +30 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence (at 66th Pierce County.
Avenue East).
Approximately 70 feet None +452
downstream of 128th
Street East.
South Prairie Creek................. At the Carbon River +301 +302 Town of South Prairie,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
Approximately 2,000 +452 +449
feet upstream of State
Route 162.
Spanaway Creek...................... Approximately 55 feet +287 +286 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of Spanaway Pierce County.
Loop Road South.
Approximately 355 feet +323 +325
upstream of Military
Road South.
Swan Creek.......................... At the upstream side of None +22 City of Tacoma,
Pioneer Way East. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
At the upstream side of None +419
112th Street East.
Wapato Creek I...................... Approximately 125 feet None +12 City of Edgewood, City
upstream of Marshall of Fife, City of
Avenue. Puyallup, City of
Tacoma, Unincorporated
Areas of Pierce
County.
Approximately 120 feet None +40
upstream of 7th Street
Northwest.
Wapato Creek II..................... Approximately 500 feet None +49 City of Edgewood, City
north of Valley Avenue of Puyallup,
Northeast and Unincorporated Areas
approximately 670 feet of Pierce County.
east of North Meridian
Avenue.
Approximately 1,825 +53 +56
feet upstream of 114th
Avenue Court East.
West Fork Canyon Creek.............. At the Canyon Creek None +387 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pierce County.
Approximately 400 feet None +464
upstream of 116th
Street East.
White River......................... Approximately 380 feet +47 +51 City of Puyallup, City
downstream of State of Sumner,
Route 410. Unincorporated Areas
of Pierce County.
Approximately 0.4 mile None +74
upstream of 8th Street
East.
Woodland Creek...................... At the Clarks Creek None +30 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Pierce County.
At the downstream side None +411
of 106th Street East.
Woodland Creek (80th Street East At the Woodland Creek None +35 Unincorporated Areas of
overflow). confluence. Pierce County.
At the upstream side of None +96
80th Street East.
Woodland Creek (96th Street East At the Woodland Creek None +305 Unincorporated Areas of
overflow). divergence. Pierce County.
At the downstream side None +346
of the Woodland Creek
confluence.
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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.
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** 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 Bonney Lake
Maps are available for inspection at the City Hall Annex, 8720 Main Street East, Bonney Lake, WA 98391.
City of Edgewood
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 2224 104th Avenue East, Edgewood, WA 98372.
City of Fife
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 5411 23rd Street East, Fife, WA 98424.
City of Gig Harbor
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Building Department, 3510 Grandview Street, Gig Harbor, WA
98335.
City of Lakewood
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Public Works Department, 6000 Main Street Southwest, Lakewood,
WA 98499.
City of Orting
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 110 Train Street Southeast, Orting, WA 98360.
City of Puyallup
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Development Services Department, 333 South Meridian, Puyallup,
WA 98371.
City of Roy
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 216 McNaught Street South, Roy, WA 98580.
City of Sumner
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Community Development Department, 1104 Maple Street, Sumner, WA
98390.
City of Tacoma
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Building and Land Use Department, 747 Market Street, Tacoma, WA
98402.
Town of Eatonville
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 201 Center Street West, Eatonville, WA 98328.
Town of South Prairie
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 121 Northwest Washington Street, South Prairie, WA 98385.
Unincorporated Areas of Pierce County
Maps are available for inspection at the Pierce County Surface Water Management Division, Tacoma Mall Plaza,
2702 South 42nd Street, Suite 201, Tacoma, WA 98409.
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Dated: April 2, 2012.
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