Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)
Proposed Rules
Pages 46390-46392
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-18101
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID FEMA-2014-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1175
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On February 16, 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (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 on February 16, 2011. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before November 6, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1175, 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: 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.
In the proposed rule published at 76 FR 8982-8984, in the February 16, 2011, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Montgomery County, Pennsylvania all Jurisdictions'' addressed the flooding sources: Blair Mill Run, Blair Mill Run Tributary, Huntingdon Valley Creek, Meadow Brook, Pennypack Creek, Pennypack Creek Branch, Pennypack Creek Tributary No. 1, Pine Run, Rapp Run, Sandy Run, Sandy Run Tributary No. 1, Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a
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(downstream), Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (upstream), Southampton Creek, Tributary No. 2 to Pine Run, and War Memorial 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 sources Sandy Run, Sandy Run Tributary No. 1 and Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (downstream). In addition, the proposed modifications listed for Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (upstream) has been removed from the table. FEMA is no longer proposing any flood elevation determination changes along Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (upstream) as identified in the above-referenced rulemaking publication. 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.
Correction
In Proposed rule FR Doc. 2011-3420, beginning on page 8978 in the issue of February 16, 2011, make the following correction. On pages 8982-8984, correct the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania table as follows:
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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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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Blair Mill Run...................... At the Pennypack Creek +212 +211 Borough of Hatboro,
confluence. Township of Horsham,
Township of Upper
Moreland.
At the downstream side +259 +261
of County Line Road.
Blair Mill Run Tributary............ At the upstream side of +227 +228 Borough of Hatboro.
West Monument Avenue.
At the downstream side +247 +252
of East County Line
Road.
Huntingdon Valley Creek............. Approximately 800 feet +119 +120 Borough of Bryn Athyn,
downstream of Red Lion Township of Lower
Road. Moreland.
Approximately 0.9 mile +264 +267
upstream of Byberry
Road.
Meadow Brook........................ At the Pennypack Creek +115 +118 Township of Abington,
confluence. Township of Lower
Moreland.
Approximately 1,000 None +287
feet upstream of the
most upstream State
Highway 2017 crossing.
Pennypack Creek..................... Approximately 1,200 +99 +100 Borough of Bryn Athyn,
feet downstream of Borough of Hatboro,
Moredon Road. Township of Abington,
Township of Horsham,
Township of Lower
Moreland, Township of
Upper Dublin, Township
of Upper Moreland.
Approximately 1.0 mile None +359
upstream of Mann Road.
Pennypack Creek Branch.............. Approximately 400 feet +299 +298 Township of Horsham.
downstream of Witmer
Road.
Approximately 0.7 mile None +362
upstream of Witmer
Road.
Pennypack Creek Tributary No. 1..... At the Pennypack Creek +198 +204 Borough of Hatboro,
confluence. Township of Horsham,
Township of Upper
Moreland.
Approximately 0.7 mile None +341
upstream of Dresher
Road.
Pine Run............................ At the upstream side of +171 +176 Township of Upper
State Highway 309. Dublin.
Approximately 800 feet +231 +239
upstream of
Dreshertown Road.
Rapp Run............................ At the Pine Run +177 +183 Township of Upper
confluence. Dublin.
Approximately 0.5 mile +351 +355
upstream of the most
upstream Lexington
Drive crossing.
Sandy Run........................... Approximately 300 feet None +159 Township of Abington,
downstream of Township of
Bethlehem Pike. Springfield, Township
of Upper Dublin,
Township of
Whitemarsh.
Approximately 1,400 None +339
feet upstream of
Roberta Avenue.
Sandy Run Tributary No. 1........... Approximately 150 feet +237 +236 Township of Abington.
upstream of Johnston
Avenue.
Approximately 2,000 None +258
feet upstream of
Johnston Avenue.
Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a Approximately 250 feet +238 +237 Township of Abington.
(downstream). upstream of Fernwood
Avenue.
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Approximately 1,100 None +243
feet upstream of
Fernwood Avenue.
Southampton Creek................... At the Pennypack Creek +176 +177 Borough of Bryn Athyn,
confluence. Township of Lower
Moreland, Township of
Upper Moreland.
At the downstream side +184 +187
of County Line Road.
Tributary No. 2 to Pine Run......... At the Pine Run None +202 Township of Upper
confluence. Dublin.
Approximately 1.1 miles None +232
upstream of the Pine
Run confluence.
War Memorial Creek.................. At the Pennypack Creek +189 +190 Township of Upper
confluence. Moreland.
Approximately 700 feet +265 +267
upstream of Mineral
Avenue.
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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 Maps (FIRMs)
located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. Revised
FIRMs may also be viewed online at http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata.
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 Bryn Athyn
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 2835 Buck Road, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009.
Borough of Hatboro
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 414 South York Road, Hatboro, PA 19040.
Township of Abington
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Building, Engineer's Office, 1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA
19001.
Township of Horsham
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Municipal Building, 1025 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044.
Township of Lower Moreland
Maps are available for inspection at the Lower Moreland Municipal Building, 640 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon
Valley, PA 19006.
Township of Springfield
Maps are available for inspection at the Springfield Township Municipal Building, 1510 Paper Mill Road,
Wyndmoor, PA 19038.
Township of Upper Dublin
Maps are available for inspection at the Upper Dublin Municipal Hall, 801 Loch Alsh Avenue, Fort Washington, PA
19034.
Township of Upper Moreland
Maps are available for inspection at the Upper Moreland Township Building, 117 Park Avenue, Willow Grove, PA
19090.
Township of Whitemarsh
Maps are available for inspection at the Whitemarsh Township Administrative Building, 616 Germantown Pike,
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Date: July 11, 2014.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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