Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)
Proposed Rules
Pages 74142-74144
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-29953
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1100 and FEMA-B-1222
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On May 25, 2010 and October 6, 2011, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to those tables, to be used in lieu of the information previously published. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Iron County, Utah, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Coal Creek, Coal Creek Overflow, Coal Creek to Fiddlers Split, Cross Hollow, Greens Lake, North Airport Canal, Old Quichapa Creek Lower, Old Quichapa Creek Upper, Parowan Creek, Quichapa Channel, Quichapa West, Red Creek, Shurtz Creek, Shurtz Creek Shallow, Squaw Creek and Water Canyon.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 13, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1100 and FEMA-B-1222, 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@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@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 75 FR 29238 and 76 FR 62006, in the May 25, 2010 and October 6, 2011, issues of the Federal Register, respectively, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The tables, entitled ``Iron County, Utah, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding sources: Coal Creek, Coal Creek Overflow, Coal Creek to Fiddlers Split, Cross Hollow, Greens Lake, North Airport Canal, Old Quichapa Creek Lower, Old Quichapa Creek Upper, Parowan Creek, Quichapa Channel, Quichapa West, Red Creek,
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Shurtz Creek, Shurtz Creek Shallow, Squaw Creek and Water Canyon. The tables contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for that flooding source. In this notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information, to address these errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published in both tables.
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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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Iron County, Utah, and Incorporated Areas
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Coal Creek.......................... Approximately 0.8 mile None +5542 City of Cedar City,
downstream of West Unincorporated Areas
6600 North. of Iron County.
Approximately 680 feet None +5889
upstream of the Squaw
Creek confluence.
Coal Creek Overflow................. Approximately 1,750 None +5502 Unincorporated Areas of
feet downstream of Iron County.
West 3200 North.
Approximately 480 feet None +5656
downstream of Bulldog
Road.
Coal Creek to Fiddlers Split........ Approximately 370 feet None +5500 City of Cedar City,
upstream of Midvalley Unincorporated Areas
Road. of Iron County.
Approximately 925 feet None +5554
upstream of West 3000
North.
Cross Hollow........................ Approximately 250 feet None +5750 City of Cedar City.
downstream of Cross
Hollow Road.
At the upstream side of None +6000
I-15.
Greens Lake......................... At the upstream side of None +6000 City of Cedar City,
I-15. Unincorporated Areas
of Iron County.
Approximately 0.66 None +6046
miles upstream of Fir
Street.
North Airport Canal................. Approximately 175 feet None +5593 City of Cedar City.
upstream of North
Bauer Road West.
Approximately 125 feet None +5611
downstream of Airport
Road.
Old Quichapa Creek Lower............ Approximately 0.6 mile None +5462 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of South Iron County.
6100 West.
At the Old Quichapa None +5494
Creek Upper confluence.
Old Quichapa Creek Upper............ At the Old Quichapa None +5494 Unincorporated Areas of
Creek Lower confluence. Iron County.
Approximately 750 feet None +5521
upstream of 400 South.
Parowan Creek....................... At the upstream side of None +5806 City of Parowan.
I-15.
Approximately 1.41 None +6237
miles upstream of Old
Highway 91.
Quichapa Channel.................... Approximately 0.53 mile None +5458 City of Cedar City,
downstream of 800 Unincorporated Areas
South. of Iron County.
At the downstream side +5683 +5682
of I-15.
Quichapa West....................... Approximately 0.4 mile None +5466 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of South Iron County.
6400 West.
Approximately 740 feet None +5493
downstream of 5300
West.
Red Creek........................... Approximately 0.36 mile None +5900 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of Center Iron County.
Street.
Approximately 40 feet None +6061
upstream of Red Creek
Road.
Shurtz Creek........................ At the Old Quichapa None +5472 City of Cedar City,
Creek Lower confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Iron County.
Approximately 485 feet None +5772
downstream of Triple
Road.
Shurtz Creek Shallow................ Approximately 1,800 None +5462 Unincorporated Areas of
feet downstream of Iron County.
6100 West.
Approximately 75 feet None +5693
downstream of I-15.
Squaw Creek......................... At the Coal Creek None +5876 City of Cedar City.
confluence.
Approximately 0.71 mile None +6085
upstream of 200 South
Street.
Water Canyon........................ Approximately 60 feet None +5850 Unincorporated Areas of
downstream of 100 West Iron County.
Street.
Approximately 0.34 mile None +5918
upstream of Main
Street.
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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 Cedar City
Maps are available for inspection at 10 North Main Street, Cedar City, UT 84720.
City of Parowan
Maps are available for inspection at 5 South Main, Parowan, UT 84761.
Unincorporated Areas of Iron County
Maps are available for inspection at the Iron County Engineering Department, 82 North 100 East , Suite 104,
Cedar City, UT 84720.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: September 3, 2012.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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