Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)
Proposed Rules
Pages 73394-73396
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-29682
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1127
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On September 13, 2010, 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 lieu of the information published at 75 FR 55515. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Mercer County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions). Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Baker Run, Little Shenango River, Munnell Run, Neshannock Creek, Otter Creek, Sawmill Run, Shenango River, and Wolf Creek.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1127, 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.
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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.
Corrections
In the proposed rule published at 75 FR 55515, in the September 13, 2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Mercer County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)'' addressed the following flooding sources: Baker Run, Little Shenango River, Munnell Run, Neshannock Creek, Otter Creek, Sawmill Run, Shenango River, and Wolf Creek. That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for the flooding source, the Shenango River. 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) Location of referenced Depth in feet above
Flooding source(s) elevation ** ground caret Elevation Communities affected
in meters (MSL)
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Effective Modified
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Mercer County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Baker Run........................... Approximately 55 feet None + 1114 City of Sharon.
upstream of Highland
Road.
Approximately 30 feet None + 1117
downstream of Richmond
Drive.
Little Shenango River............... Approximately 0.94 mile None + 968 Township of Sugar
downstream of the Grove.
confluence with Little
Shenango River
Tributary 1.
Approximately 0.9 mile None + 968
downstream of the
confluence with Little
Shenango River
Tributary 1.
Munnell Run......................... Approximately 0.31 mile None + 1125 Township of Findley.
upstream of Home
Street.
Approximately 0.21 mile None + 1131
downstream of Franklin
Street.
Neshannock Creek.................... Approximately 425 feet None + 1093 Township of Findley.
downstream of the
intersection of
Plantation Drive and
Cypress Lane.
Approximately 0.3 mile None + 1095
upstream of the
intersection of
Schaffer Road and
Grove City Road.
Otter Creek......................... Approximately 0.28 mile None + 1099 Township of Findley.
upstream of the
confluence with
Munnell Run.
Approximately 0.3 mile None + 1099
upstream of the
confluence with
Munnell Run.
Sawmill Run......................... Approximately 0.35 mile None + 1164 Township of Sandy Lake.
upstream of the
confluence with
Sawmill Run Tributary
1.
Approximately 0.46 mile None + 1165
upstream of the
confluence with
Sawmill Run Tributary
1.
Sawmill Run......................... Approximately 0.23 mile None + 1167 Borough of Stoneboro.
downstream of Franklin
Street (just below
Maple Street).
Approximately 305 feet None + 1167
upstream of Franklin
Street.
Shenango River...................... Approximately 690 feet None + 930 Borough of Greenville,
upstream of the Township of West
confluence with Big Salem.
Run No. 1.
Approximately 295 feet None + 943
upstream of the
intersection of
Clinton Street and
Canal Street.
Shenango River...................... Approximately 275 feet None + 835 Municipality of
upstream of the Hermitage.
confluence with
Shenango River
Tributary 3.
Approximately 490 feet None + 845
downstream of the
confluence with Little
Yankee Run.
Just downstream of None + 856
Clark Street.
Approximately 820 feet None + 859
upstream of the
confluence with Big
Run No. 2.
Shenango River...................... Approximately 2,400 + 832 + 833 Township of Shenango.
feet upstream of I-80.
Approximately 1.1 miles + 832 + 833
upstream of I-80.
Shenango River...................... Approximately 645 feet None + 833 Township of Wheatland.
downstream of Sieg
Hill Road.
Approximately 1,000 None + 834
upstream of Sieg Hill
Road.
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Shenango River...................... Approximately 0.34 mile None + 949 Township of West Salem.
upstream of the
confluence with the
Little Shenango River.
Approximately 200 feet None + 951
downstream of Porter
Road.
Wolf Creek.......................... Approximately 0.21 mile None + 1220 Township of Pine.
upstream of the
confluence with
Barmore Run.
Approximately 0.34 mile None + 1226
downstream of the
intersection of Craig
Street and Garden
Avenue.
Approximately 0.2 mile None + 1226
downstream of the
intersection of Craig
Street and Garden
Avenue.
Approximately 0.38 mile None + 1226
downstream of State
Route 58 (Main Street).
Approximately 0.22 mile None + 1245
downstream of the
confluence with Black
Run.
Approximately 0.21 mile None + 1245
downstream of the
confluence with Black
Run.
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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
Borough of Greenville
Maps are available for inspection at 125 Main Street, Greenville, PA 16125.
Borough of Stoneboro
Maps are available for inspection at 59 Lake Street, Stoneboro, PA 16153.
City of Sharon
Maps are available for inspection at the Municipal Building, 155 West Connelly Boulevard, Sharon, PA 16146.
Municipality of Hermitage
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 800 North Hermitage Road, Hermitage, PA 16148.
Township of Findley
Maps are available for inspection at the Findley Township Building, 369 McClelland Road, Mercer, PA 16137.
Township of Pine
Maps are available for inspection at the Pine Township Building, 545 Barkeyville Road, Grove City, PA 16127.
Township of Sandy Lake
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Building, 3271 South Main Street, Sandy Lake, PA 16145.
Township of Shenango
Maps are available for inspection at the Shenango Township Building, 3439 Hubbard-West Middlesex Road, West
Middlesex, PA 16159.
Township of Sugar Grove
Maps are available for inspection at 359 Groover Road, Greenville, PA 16125.
Township of West Salem
Maps are available for inspection at the West Salem Township Building, 610 Vernan Road, Greenville, PA 16125.
Township of Wheatland
Maps are available for inspection at the Wheatland Township Building, 739 Kilgore Road, Jackson Center, PA
16133.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: November 8, 2012.
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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