[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3865]
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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-1170]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On January 7, 2011, FEMA published in the Federal Register a
proposed rule that included an erroneous Base Flood Elevation (BFE) for
the Skykomish River in Snohomish County, Washington. The BFE currently
in effect for the location approximately 216 feet downstream of
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway should have been listed as 355
feet, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
DATES: Comments pertaining to the Skykomish River BFE for the location
approximately 216 feet downstream of Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway are to be submitted on or before May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1170, 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 (e-
mail) rodriguez1@dhs.gov">luis.rodriguez1@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 (e-mail) rodriguez1@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.
Correction
In the proposed rule published at 76 FR 1121, in the January 7,
2011, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Snohomish County,
Washington, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed several flooding
sources, including the Skykomish River. The proposed rule incorrectly
listed the effective BFE for the Skykomish River, for the location
approximately 216 feet downstream of Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway. The effective BFE for that location was listed as 359 feet,
referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The correct
effective BFE is 355 feet, referenced to the North American Vertical
Datum of 1988. The proposed modified BFE was correctly listed as 351
feet, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. This
proposed rule correction is reopening the comment period for the
Skykomish River, for the location approximately 216 feet downstream of
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, due to the error in listing the
effective BFE in the previously published proposed rule at 76 FR 1121.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: February 11, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-3865 Filed 2-18-11; 8:45 am]
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