[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63358-63359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25960]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-D-7542]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the
proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base
flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The
base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management
measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show
evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain
qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
DATES: The comment period is ninety (90) days following the second
publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation
in each community.
ADDRESSES: The proposed base flood elevations for each community are
available for inspection at the office of the Chief Executive Officer
of each community. The respective addresses are listed in the following
table.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief,
Hazards Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646-3461, or (e-mail) matt.miller@fema.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA or Agency) proposes to make determinations of base flood
elevations and modified base flood elevations for each community listed
below, 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 base flood and modified base flood elevations,
together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR
60.3, are the minimum that are required. 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 are also used to calculate the
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after
these elevations are made final, and for the contents in these
buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act
This proposed rule is categorically excluded from the requirements
of 44 CFR Part 10, Environmental Consideration. No environmental impact
assessment has been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
certifies that this proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act because proposed or modified base flood
elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
42 U.S.C. 4104, and are required to establish and maintain community
eligibility in the NFIP. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis
has not been prepared.
Regulatory Classification
This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the
criteria of Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of September 30,
1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735.
Executive Order 12612, Federalism
This proposed rule involves no policies that have federalism
implications under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26,
1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform
This proposed rule meets the applicable standards of Section
2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778.
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67
Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 67 is proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 67--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 67 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR,
1979 Comp., p. 376.
Sec. 67.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are
proposed to be amended as follows:
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Depth in feet
above ground. *
Elevation in feet (NGVD)
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location [sbull] Elevation in
feet (NAVD)
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Existing Modified
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Connecticut.......................... Newtown (Town), Pond Brook............................... Approximately 850 feet downstream of Currituck Road....... None *331
Fairfield County.
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Approximately 440 feet upstream of U.S. Route 6........... None *403
Maps available for inspection at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, Newtown, Connecticut.
Send comments to Mr. Robert Rosenthal, Town of Newtown First Selectman, 45 Main Street, Newtown, Connecticut 06470.
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Maine................................ Newry (Town), Oxford Sunday River............................. At downstream corporate limits............................ None *648
County.
At upstream corporate limits.............................. None *845
Barkers Brook............................ At the confluence with Sunday River....................... None *651
A point approximately 240 feet upstream of Broadway Drive. None *1,112
Maps available for inspection at the Newry Town Hall, 422 Bear River Road, Newry Maine.
Send comments to Mr. Stephen Wight, Chairman of the Town of Newry Board of Selectmen, 422 Bear River Road, Newry, Maine 04261.
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New Jersey........................... Estell Manor (City), Tuckahoe River........................... Approximately 0.7 mile upstream of Cumberland Avenue...... None *56
Atlantic County.
At State Route 49......................................... None *22
Great Egg Harbor......................... At the confluence of Great Egg Harbor River and South None *9
River.
Maps available for inspection at the Estell Manor City Municipal Building, 148 Cumberland Avenue, Estell Manor, New Jersey.
Send commments to The Honorable Gary Buck, Mayor of the City of Estell Manor, P.O. Box 102, 148 Cumberland Avenue, Estell Manor, New Jersey 08319.
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Tennessee............................ Rockwood (City), Roane North Fork Black Creek................... Approximately 300 feet downstream of South Front Avenue... *875 *872
County.
Approximately 200 feet upstream of South Lenoir Avenue.... *885 *882
East Fork Black Creek.................... At the upstream side of West Wheeler Street............... *879 *880
Approximately 380 feet upstream of North Front Avenue..... *915 *912
Black Creek Side......................... At the confluence with Black Creek........................ *868 *866
Channel.................................. At the divergence from North Fork Black Creek............. *875 *872
Black Creek.............................. Approximately 1,580 feet upstream of U.S. Route 70........ *858 *854
Approximately 220 feet upstream of West Rockwood Street... 877 *878
Middle Fork Black Creek.................. Approximatley 140 feet downstream of North Chamberlain *879 *878
Avenue.
Approximately 2,420 feet upstream of Strang Street........ None *924
Maps available for inspection at the City Hall Building, 110 North Chamberlain Avenue, Rockwood, Tennessee 37854.
Send comments to The Honorable Mike Miller, Mayor of the City of Rockwood, 110 North Chamberlain Avenue, Rockwood, Tennessee 37854.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance'')
Dated: September 30, 2002.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-25960 Filed 10-10-02; 8:45 am]
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