Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 250 (Monday, December 31, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2012)
Proposed Rules
Pages 76998-77001
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-31409
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1089
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On May 25, 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 29219. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Butler County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Barren River (backwater effects from Green River), Big Bull Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Big Reedy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Deerlick Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Deerlick Creek Tributary 6 (backwater effects from Green River), East Prong Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Gary Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Grassy Lick Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Green River, Hickory Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Hickory Camp Creek Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Green River), Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Lindsey Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Little Bull Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Little Reedy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Meffords Branch (backwater effects from Green River), Meffords Branch Tributary 4 (backwater effects from Green River), Mud River (backwater effects from Green River), Mud River Tributary 17 (backwater effects from Green River), Mud River Tributary 17.2 (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek Tributary 18 (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek Tributary 27 (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek Tributary 39.1 (backwater effects from Green River), Panther Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Pipe Spring Hollow (backwater effects from Green River), Pitman Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Pitman Creek Tributary 3 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 6 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 7 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 8 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 9 (backwater effects from Green River), Rosy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Sandy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Sandy Creek Tributary 5 (backwater effects from Green River), Tallow Branch (backwater effects from Green River), Welch Creek (backwater effects from Green River), West Prong Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), and Wolfpen Hollow (backwater effects from Green River).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before April 1, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1089, 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
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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 29219, in the May 25, 2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Butler County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding sources: Barren River (backwater effects from Green River), Big Bull Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Big Reedy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Deerlick Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Deerlick Creek Tributary 6 (backwater effects from Green River), East Prong Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Gary Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Grassy Lick Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Green River, Hickory Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Hickory Camp Creek Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Green River), Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Lindsey Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Little Bull Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Little Reedy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Meffords Branch (backwater effects from Green River), Meffords Branch Tributary 4 (backwater effects from Green River), Mud River (backwater effects from Green River), Mud River Tributary 17 (backwater effects from Green River), Mud River Tributary 17.2 (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek Tributary 18 (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek Tributary 27 (backwater effects from Green River), Muddy Creek Tributary 39.1 (backwater effects from Green River), Panther Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Pipe Spring Hollow (backwater effects from Green River), Pitman Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Pitman Creek Tributary 3 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 6 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 7 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 8 (backwater effects from Green River), Renfrow Creek Tributary 9 (backwater effects from Green River), Rosy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Sandy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Sandy Creek Tributary 5 (backwater effects from Green River), Tallow Branch (backwater effects from Green River), Welch Creek (backwater effects from Green River), West Prong Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects from Green River), and Wolfpen Hollow (backwater effects from Green River). That table contained inaccurate information as to the communities affected for the flooding source Green River. In this notice, 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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Butler County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas
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Barren River (backwater effects from From the confluence +423 +424 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 0.6
mile upstream of the
confluence with Little
Muddy Creek.
Big Bull Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +428 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 0.5
mile upstream of
Johnson Cemetery Road.
Big Reedy Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +433 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 1,202
feet downstream of the
confluence with Big
Reedy Creek Tributary
4.
Deerlick Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +404 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Mud River to Butler County.
approximately 935 feet
upstream of Penrod
Road.
Deerlick Creek Tributary 6 From the confluence None +404 Unincorporated Areas of
(backwater effects from Green with Deerlick Creek to Butler County.
River). approximately 765 feet
upstream of the
confluence with
Deerlick Creek.
East Prong Indian Camp Creek From the confluence None +415 Unincorporated Areas of
(backwater effects from Green with Indian Camp Creek Butler County.
River). to approximately 1,179
feet downstream of the
confluence with East
Prong Indian Camp
Creek.
Gary Creek (backwater effects from From the confluence None +429 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with Little Reedy Butler County.
Creek to approximately
0.9 mile upstream of
the confluence with
Little Reedy Creek.
Grassy Lick Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with Muddy Creek to Butler County.
approximately 1.1 mile
downstream of Sandy
Creek Road.
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Green River......................... At the confluence with +403 +404 City of Morgantown,
the Mud River. City of Rochester,
City of Woodbury,
Unincorporated Areas
of Butler County.
At approximately 1.7 +437 +438
mile upstream of
Reedyville Road.
Hickory Camp Creek (backwater From the confluence +403 +405 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Panther Creek to Butler County.
approximately 478 feet
upstream of the
confluence with
Hickory Camp Creek
Tributary 1.
Hickory Camp Creek Tributary 1 From the confluence None +405 Unincorporated Areas of
(backwater effects from Green with Hickory Camp Butler County.
River). Creek to approximately
676 feet upstream of
the confluence with
Hickory Camp Creek.
Indian Camp Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +415 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 1.1
mile downstream of
Dexterville-Gilstrap
Road.
Lindsey Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +415 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with East Prong Indian Butler County.
Camp Creek to
approximately 0.4 mile
downstream of
Brownsville Road.
Little Bull Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +425 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 0.6
mile upstream of the
confluence with Tallow
Branch.
Little Reedy Creek (backwater From the confluence None +429 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 0.9
mile upstream of the
confluence with Rosy
Creek.
Meffords Branch (backwater effects From the confluence None +404 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Mud River to Butler County.
approximately 1,425
feet upstream of Perry
Harper Road.
Meffords Branch Tributary 4 From the confluence None +404 Unincorporated Areas of
(backwater effects from Green with Meffords Branch Butler County.
River). to approximately 0.6
mile upstream of the
confluence with
Meffords Branch.
Mud River (backwater effects from From the confluence +403 +404 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with the Green River Butler County, City of
to approximately 2.2 Rochester.
miles upstream of the
confluence with
Deerlick Creek.
Mud River Tributary 17 (backwater From the confluence +403 +404 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with the Green River Butler County, City of
to approximately 314 Rochester.
feet upstream of
Rochester Road.
Mud River Tributary 17.2 (backwater From the confluence None +404 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Mud River Butler County.
Tributary 17 to
approximately 312 feet
upstream of Rochester
Road.
Muddy Creek (backwater effects from From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 877
feet upstream of the
confluence with Muddy
Creek Tributary 18.
Muddy Creek Tributary 18 (backwater From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Muddy Creek to Butler County.
approximately 1,306
feet upstream of the
confluence with Muddy
Creek.
Muddy Creek Tributary 27 (backwater From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Muddy Creek to Butler County.
approximately 1,421
feet downstream of
Muddy Creek Tributary
27.2.
Muddy Creek Tributary 39.1 From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
(backwater effects from Green with Muddy Creek to Butler County.
River). approximately 669 feet
downstream of Muddy
Creek Tributary 39.1.
Panther Creek (backwater effects From the confluence +403 +405 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 1,550
feet downstream of G.
Southerland Road.
Pipe Spring Hollow (backwater From the confluence +409 +408 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to just downstream of
William H. Natcher
Parkway.
Pitman Creek (backwater effects from From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with Welch Creek to Butler County.
approximately 554 feet
upstream of the
confluence with Pitman
Creek Tributary 3.
Pitman Creek Tributary 3 (backwater From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Pitman Creek to Butler County.
approximately 280 feet
upstream of the
confluence with Pitman
Creek.
Renfrow Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to approximately 177
feet downstream of
Bowling Green Road.
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Renfrow Creek Tributary 6 (backwater From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Renfrow Creek to Butler County.
approximately 1,236
feet downstream of
Embry Way.
Renfrow Creek Tributary 7 (backwater From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Renfrow Creek to Butler County.
just downstream of
South Main Street.
Renfrow Creek Tributary 8 (backwater From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Renfrow Creek to Butler County.
approximately 0.5 mile
upstream of the
confluence with
Renfrow Creek.
Renfrow Creek Tributary 9 (backwater From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Renfrow Creek to Butler County.
just upstream of East
Whalen Road.
Rosy Creek (backwater effects from From the confluence None +429 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with Little Reedy Butler County.
Creek to approximately
0.7 mile upstream of
the confluence with
Little Reedy Creek.
Sandy Creek (backwater effects from From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with Muddy Creek to Butler County.
approximately 494 feet
downstream of Martin
Road.
Sandy Creek Tributary 5 (backwater From the confluence None +407 Unincorporated Areas of
effects from Green River). with Sandy Creek to Butler County.
just upstream of
Dunbar-Leetown Road.
Tallow Branch (backwater effects From the confluence None +426 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with Little Bull Creek Butler County.
to approximately 0.5
mile upstream of the
confluence with Little
Bull Creek.
Welch Creek (backwater effects from From the confluence None +419 Unincorporated Areas of
Green River). with the Green River Butler County.
to just downstream of
Brownsville Road.
West Prong Indian Camp Creek From the confluence None +414 Unincorporated Areas of
(backwater effects from Green with Indian Camp Creek Butler County.
River). to approximately 3.7
miles upstream of the
confluence with Indian
Camp Creek.
Wolfpen Hollow (backwater effects From the confluence None +415 Unincorporated Areas of
from Green River). with East Prong Indian Butler County.
Camp Creek to
approximately 1,205
feet downstream of
McKendree Chapel 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 Woodbury
Maps are available for inspection at 1 Lock 4 Road, Woodbury, KY 42288.
City of Morgantown
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 117 North Main Street, Morgantown, KY 42261.
City of Rochester
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 672 Russellville Street, Rochester, KY 42273.
Unincorporated Areas of Butler County
Maps are available for inspection at the County Courthouse, 110 North Main Street, Morgantown, KY 42261.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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