Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 218 (Friday, November 9, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2012)
Proposed Rules
Pages 67325-67327
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-27367
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1229
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On November 14, 2011, 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 at 76 FR 70397. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Sauk County, Wisconsin, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Baraboo River, Devil's Lake Tributary (backwater effects from Baraboo River), Hay Creek (backwater effects from Baraboo River), Little Baraboo River (backwater effects from Baraboo River), Narrows Creek
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(backwater effect from Baraboo River), Plum Creek (backwater effects from Baraboo River), and Seeley Creek (backwater effects from Baraboo River).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before February 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1229, 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 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.
Correction
In the proposed rule published at 76 FR 70397, in the November 14, 2011, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Sauk County, Wisconsin, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the flooding sources: Baraboo River, Devil's Lake Tributary (backwater effects from Baraboo River), Hay Creek (backwater effects from Baraboo River), Little Baraboo River (backwater effects from Baraboo River), Narrows Creek (backwater effect from Baraboo River), Plum Creek (backwater effects from Baraboo River), and Seeley Creek (backwater effects from Baraboo 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 Baraboo River. 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.
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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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Sauk County, Wisconsin and Incorporated Areas
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Baraboo River....................... At the Columbia County +802 +804 City of Baraboo, City
boundary. of Reedsburg,
Unincorporated Areas
of Sauk County,
Village of La Valle,
Village of North
Freedom, Village of
Rock Springs, Village
of West Baraboo
At the Juneau County +910 +912
boundary.
Devil's Lake Tributary (backwater At the Baraboo River +819 +820 City of Baraboo
effects from Baraboo River). confluence.
Approximately 780 feet +819 +820
downstream of Old Lake
Road.
Hay Creek (backwater effects from Approximately 75 feet +881 +882 City of Reedsburg,
Baraboo River). downstream of County Unincorporated Areas
Highway V. of Sauk County
Approximately 1,860 +881 +882
feet upstream of
County Highway V.
Little Baraboo River (backwater At the Baraboo River +892 +895 Unincorpo rated Areas
effects from Baraboo River). confluence. of Sauk County,
Village of La Valle
Approximately 70 feet +892 +895
downstream of State
Highway 58.
Narrows Creek (backwater effects At the Baraboo River +870 +872 Unincorporated Areas of
from Baraboo River). confluence. Sauk County, Village
of Rock Springs
At the downstream side +870 +872
of State Highway 154.
Plum Creek (backwater effects from At the Baraboo River +909 +912 Unincorpo rated Areas
Baraboo River). confluence. of Sauk County
Approximately 0.78 mile +911 +912
upstream of the
Baraboo River
confluence.
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Seeley Creek (backwater effects from At the Baraboo River +864 +865 Unincorporated Areas of
Baraboo River). confluence. Sauk County
Approximately 1,450 +864 +865
feet downstream of
Freedom 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 Baraboo
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 135 4th Street, Baraboo, WI 53913.
City of Reedsburg
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 134 South Locust Street, Reedsburg, WI 53959.
Unincorporated Areas of Sauk County
Maps are available for inspection at West Square Building, 505 Broadway, Baraboo, WI 53913.
Village of La Valle
Maps are available for inspection at Village Hall, 103 West Main Street, La Valle, WI 53941.
Village of North Freedom
Maps are available for inspection at Village Hall, 103 North Maple Street, North Freedom, WI 53951.
Village of Rock Springs
Maps are available for inspection at Village Hall, 101 1st Street, Rock Springs, WI 53961.
Village of West Baraboo
Maps are available for inspection at Village Hall, 500 Cedar Street, Baraboo, WI 53913.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: October 23, 2012.
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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