[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50665-50667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20644]
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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-1127]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On September 13, 2010, 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 75 FR 55515. The table provided here represents the
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and
modified elevations, and communities affected for Venango County,
Pennsylvania. Specifically, it addresses the flooding sources Allegheny
River, East Sandy Creek, and Sugar Creek.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before November 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1127, 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: 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
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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 75 FR 55515, in the September 13,
2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Venango County,
Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)'' addressed the flooding sources
Allegheny River, East Sandy Creek, and Sugar 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 source Allegheny 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] Communities affected
elevation ** Elevation in meters
(MSL)
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Effective Modified
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Venango County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Allegheny River..................... Approximately 860 feet None +880 Borough of Emlenton,
upstream of I[dash]80. Township of Clinton,
Township of Richland,
Township of Rockland,
Township of
Scrubgrass, Township
of Victory.
At the confluence of None +949
Sandy Creek.
East Sandy Creek.................... Approximately 460 feet None +961 Township of Rockland.
upstream of the
confluence with the
Allegheny River.
Approximately 1,000 None +961
feet upstream of the
confluence with the
Allegheny River.
Sugar Creek......................... Approximately 0.79 mile None +1201 Township of Plum.
downstream of
Bradleytown Road.
Approximately 0.78 mile None +1201
downstream of
Bradleytown 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.
** 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
Borough of Emlenton
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Building, 511 Hill Street, Emlenton, PA 16373.
Township of Clinton
Maps are available for inspection at the Clinton Township Building, 123 Donaldson Road, Kennerdell, PA 16374.
Township of Plum
Maps are available for inspection at the Plum Township Building, 2360 Sunville Road, Cooperstown, PA 16317.
Township of Richland
Maps are available for inspection at the Richland Township Building, 1740 Rockland Nickleville Road, Emlenton,
PA 16373.
Township of Rockland
Maps are available for inspection at the Rockland Township Building, 1115 Rockland Township Road, Kennerdell, PA
16374.
Township of Scrubgras
Maps are available for inspection at the Scrubgrass Township Office, 4976 Emlenton-Clintonville Road, Emlenton,
PA 16373.
Township of Victory
Maps are available for inspection at the Victory Township Municipal Building, 2794 Old Route 8, Polk, PA 16342.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: August 8, 2012.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-20644 Filed 8-21-12; 8:45 am]
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