Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)
Federal Register Volume 78, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)
Proposed Rules
Pages 14738-14740
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2013-05309
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2013-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1145
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On October 7, 2010, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. On September 11, 2012, a correction to that original notice was published in the Federal Register. This notice provides corrections to that initial table and the correction notice, to be used in lieu of the information published at 75 FR 62061 and at 77 FR 55785. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions). Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Good Spring Creek, Little Schuylkill River, Mahanoy Creek, Schuylkill River, and West Branch Schuylkill River.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before June 5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1145, 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.
Corrections
In the proposed rule published at 75 FR 62061, in the October 7, 2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. Corrections to that table were subsequently published at 77 FR 55785 in the September 11, 2012 issue of the Federal Register under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The corrected table, entitled ``Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, (All Jurisdictions)'' addressed the following flooding sources: Good Spring Creek, Little Schuylkill River, Mahanoy Creek, Schuylkill River, and West Branch Schuylkill 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 flooding source Schuylkill River. In addition, several of the map repository addresses and the community name of the Borough of Middleport included in the notice were incorrect. In this notice, FEMA is publishing the accurate information, to address these prior errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published.
In proposed rule FR Doc. 12-22302, beginning on page 55785 in the issue of September 11, 2012, make the following correction. On pages 55785 and 55786, correct the table to read as follows:
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* Elevation in feet (NGVD)
+Elevation in feet (NAVD)
Depth in feet
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced above ground caret Communities affected
elevation ** Elevation in meters (MSL)
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Effective Modified
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Good Spring Creek.................. Approximately 1,580 None +810 Township of Frailey.
feet upstream of
Locust Street.
Approximately 977 feet None +815
upstream of Spruce
Street.
Little Schuylkill River............ Approximately 1,750 None +548 Township of East
feet downstream of Brunswick.
the State Route 895
bridge.
At the upstream side None +560
of the railroad
bridge.
Mahanoy Creek...................... Approximately 0.71 None +781 Township of Butler.
mile upstream of Rice
Road.
Approximately 560 feet None +811
upstream of the
railroad bridge.
Schuylkill River................... Approximately 1,349 None +594 Borough of
feet upstream of Mechanicsville,
Mount Carbon Arch Borough of Palo Alto.
Road.
Approximately 100 feet None +631
upstream of Coal
Street.
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Schuylkill River................... An area bound by a None +722 Borough of
point approximately Middleporrt.
31 feet south of
State Route 209; a
point approximately
618 feet south of
State Route 209; and
a point approximately
639 feet southwest of
State Route 209.
Schuylkill River................... An area bound by a None +733 Borough of Middleport.
point approximately
475 feet northwest of
State Route 209; a
point approximately
472 feet northeast of
State Route 209; and
a point approximately
367 feet south of
State Route 209.
Schuylkill River................... Approximately 0.5 mile None +747 Township of
downstream of Schuylkill.
Franklin Street.
Approximately 0.4 mile None +748
downstream of
Franklin Street.
West Branch Schuylkill River....... Approximately 1,582 None +702 Township of Branch,
feet upstream of East Township of New
Sunbury Street. Castle, Township of
Norwegian.
Approximately 169 feet None +848
upstream of the
intersection of
Greenbury Road and
State Route 4002.
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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 Mechanicsville
Maps are available for inspection at the Mechanicsville Borough Hall, 1342 Pottsville Street, Pottsville, PA
17901.
Borough of Middleport
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 27 Washington Street, Middleport, PA 17953.
Borough of Palo Alto
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 142 East Bacon Street, Palo Alto, PA 17901.
Township of Branch
Maps are available for inspection at the Branch Township Municipal Building, 25 Carnish Street, Pottsville, PA
17901.
Township of Butler
Maps are available for inspection at the Butler Township Municipal Building, 211 Broad Street, Ashland, PA
17921.
Township of East Brunswick
Maps are available for inspection at the East Brunswick Township Municipal Building, 55 West Catawissa Street,
New Ringgold, PA 17960.
Township of Frailey
Maps are available for inspection at the Frailey Township Municipal Building, 23 Maryland Street, Donaldson, PA
17981.
Township of New Castle
Maps are available for inspection at the New Castle Township Municipal Building, 248-250 Broad Street, Saint
Clair, PA 17970.
Township of Norwegian
Maps are available for inspection at the Norwegian Township Municipal Building, 506 Maple Avenue, Mar Lin, PA
17951.
Township of Schuylkill
Maps are available for inspection at the Schuylkill Township Municipal Building, 675 Walnut Street, Mary-D, PA
17952.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
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Roy Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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