[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43637-43639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18351]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1038]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On March 25, 2009, FEMA published in the Federal Register a
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information
published at 74 FR 12799. The table provided here represents the
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and
modified elevations, and communities affected for Monroe County,
Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the
following flooding sources: Bailey Branch (backwater effects from
Cumberland River), Butler Branch (backwater effects from Cumberland
River), Cumberland River, McFarland Creek (backwater effects from
Cumberland River), Meredith Creek (backwater effects from Cumberland
River), Meshack Creek (backwater effects from Cumberland River), Murphy
Branch (backwater effects from Cumberland River), and Ward Branch
(backwater effects from Cumberland River).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before October 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1038, 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) 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) luis.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
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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 74 FR 12799 in the March 25,
2009, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Monroe County,
Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the flooding source
Cumberland River. That table contained inaccurate information as to the
location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in
feet, and/or communities affected for that flooding source. In
addition, it did not include the following flooding sources: Bailey
Branch (backwater effects from Cumberland River), Butler Branch
(backwater effects from Cumberland River), McFarland Creek (backwater
effects from Cumberland River), Meredith Creek (backwater effects from
Cumberland River), Meshack Creek (backwater effects from Cumberland
River), Murphy Branch (backwater effects from Cumberland River), and
Ward Branch (backwater effects from Cumberland River). In this notice,
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.
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*Elevation in feet
(NGVD) +Elevation in
feet (NAVD) Depth in feet above
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced ground [caret]Elevation Communities affected
elevation** in meters (MSL)
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Effective Modified
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Monroe County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas
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Bailey Branch (backwater effects From the Cumberland None +526 Unincorporated Areas of
from Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 950 feet
upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
Butler Branch (backwater effects From the Cumberland None +534 Unincorporated Areas of
from Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 0.6 mile
upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
Cumberland River.................... Approximately 5,200 None +518 Unincorporated Areas of
feet downstream of the Monroe County.
McFarland Creek
confluence.
At the Glasscock Creek None +536
confluence.
McFarland Creek (backwater effects From the Cumberland None +519 Unincorporated Areas of
from Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 0.5 mile
upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
Meredith Creek (backwater effects From the Cumberland None +524 Unincorporated Areas of
from Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 0.7 mile
upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
Meshack Creek (backwater effects From the Cumberland None +531 Unincorporated Areas of
from Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 1,700
feet upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
Murphy Branch (backwater effects From the Cumberland None +522 Unincorporated Areas of
from Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 0.5 mile
upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
Ward Branch (backwater effects from From the Cumberland None +528 Unincorporated Areas of
Cumberland River). River confluence to Monroe County.
approximately 1,450
feet upstream of the
Cumberland River
confluence.
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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
Unincorporated Areas of Monroe County
Maps are available for inspection at the Monroe County Courthouse, 200 North Main Street, Tompkinsville, KY
42167.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: April 8, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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