Federal Register, Volume 75 Issue 116 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34415-34417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14558]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1114]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory
flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream
locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of
the floodplain management measures that the community is required
either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to
qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once
finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the
contents in those buildings.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before September 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The corresponding preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each community is available for
inspection at the community's map repository. The respective addresses
are listed in the table below.
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1114, to
Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2820, or (e-mail) kevin.long@dhs.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief,
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-2820, or (e-mail) kevin.long@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) proposes to make determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs 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 BFEs and modified BFEs, 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
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.
Comments on any aspect of the Flood Insurance Study and FIRM, other
than the proposed BFEs, will be considered. A letter acknowledging
receipt of any comments will not be sent.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed rule is
categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10,
Environmental Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not
been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood elevation determinations are
not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This
proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria
of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as amended.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed rule
meets the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.

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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* 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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Elmore County, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas
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Tallapoosa River.................... Approximately 3.0 miles None +210 City of Tallassee.
downstream of the
Thurlow Dam.
Approximately 1.7 mile None +214
downstream of the
Thurlow Dam.
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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 Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.

ADDRESSES

City of Tallassee
Maps are available for inspection at 3 Freeman Avenue, Tallassee, AL 36078.
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Darke County, Ohio, and Incorporated Areas
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Indian Creek........................ Approximately 300 feet None +968 Village of Versailles.
upstream of the
confluence with Swamp
Creek.
Approximately 1,000 None +968
feet upstream of the
confluence with Swamp
Creek.
Painter Creek....................... Approximately 50 feet None +1,030 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of State Darke County.
Highway 49.
Just downstream of None +1,049
Hollansburg-Sampson
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.

Send comments to Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.

ADDRESSES

Unincorporated Areas of Darke County
Maps are available for inspection at 520 South Broadway Street, Greenville, OH 45331.

Village of Versailles
Maps are available for inspection at 177 North Center Street, Versailles, OH 45380.
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Cass County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas
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Black Bayou......................... Just upstream of FM 251 None +227 Unincorporated Areas of
Cass County.
Approximately 1 mile None +237
upstream of U.S. Route
59.
Hurricane Creek..................... Approximately 250 feet None +237 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of East Cass County.
Pinecrest Drive.
Just downstream of None +269
North Holly Street.
South Tributary to Black Bayou...... At the confluence with None +228 Unincorporated Areas of
Black Bayou. Cass County.
Approximately 800 feet downstream of None................... +239
Salmon 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.

Send comments to Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.

ADDRESSES

Unincorporated Areas of Cass County
Maps are available for inspection at the Cass County Courthouse, 604 Highway 8 North, Linden, TX 75563.
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Hood County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas
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Brazos River........................ Approximately 3.4 miles +696 +695 City of Granbury,
upstream of the Bend Unincorporated Areas
Dam. of Hood County.
At the northern county +711 +710
boundary.
Lambert Branch...................... Just upstream of U.S. None +790 Unincorporated Areas of
Route 377. Hood County.
Approximately 1,830 None +819
feet upstream of
Holmes Drive.
Stream LB-2......................... Just upstream of U.S. None +774 Unincorporated Areas of
Route 377. Hood County.
Approximately 550 feet None +833
upstream of Ross Lane.
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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.

Send comments to Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.

ADDRESSES

City of Granbury
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 116 West Bridge Street, Granbury, TX 76048.

Unincorporated Areas of Hood County
Maps are available for inspection at 100 East Pearl Street, Granbury, TX 76048
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

Dated: June 4, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-14558 Filed 6-16-10; 8:45 am]
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