[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2012)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 66785-66788] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-27116] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67 [Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket Nos. FEMA-B-7759, FEMA-B-1138 and FEMA-B-1208] Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On January 24, 2008, September 27, 2010, and August 3, 2011, FEMA published proposed rules in the Federal Register. The August 3, 2011 proposed rule contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table and combines all three notices to be used in lieu of the information published at 73 FR 4144, 75 FR 59192 and 76 FR 46705. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Acadiana Coulee, Anselm Coulee, Bayou Carencro, Bayou Parc Perdue, Bayou Queue De Tortue, Beau Basin Coulee, Broadmoor Coulee, Coulee Des Poches, Coulee Fortune North, Coulee Fortune South, Coulee Ile Des Cannes, Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 1, Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 2, Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 3, Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 4, Coulee Lantier, Coulee LaSalle, Coulee Mine, Dan Dabaillion Coulee, Darby Coulee, Edith Coulee, Grand Avenue Coulee, Isaac Verot Coulee, Isaac Verot Coulee--Lateral 2, Isaac Verot Coulee-- Lateral 2A, Isaac Verot Coulee--Lateral 3, Jupiter Street Coulee, Manor Park Coulee, Point Brule Coulee, Vermillion River, Webb Coulee (Lower Reach), and West Coulee Mine. DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before February 5, 2013. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket Nos. FEMA-B- 7759, FEMA-B-1138 and FEMA-B-1208, 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) [email protected]. 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) [email protected]. 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 76 FR 46705, in the August 3, 2011 issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table entitled ``Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the flooding sources Anselm Coulee, Coulee Des Poches, Coulee LaSalle, Coulee Mine, Isaac Verot Coulee, Isaac Verot Coulee--Lateral 2, Vermillion River, and Webb Coulee Lower Reach. The table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation and effective and modified elevation in feet. In addition, it did not include several affected communities. In this notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information, to address these errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of the previously published notices for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, and Incorporated Areas that are referenced in the summary. [[Page 66786]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Elevation in feet (NGVD) + Elevation in feet (NAVD)Location of referenced Depth in feet above Flooding source(s) elevation ** ground [and] Elevation Communities affected in meters (MSL) -------------------------- Effective Modified ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, and Incorporated Areas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acadiana Coulee..................... At the Vermillion River +15 +16 City of Lafayette, confluence. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 1,189 +27 +25 ....................... feet upstream of Guidry Road. Anselm Coulee....................... At the upstream side of None +14 City of Youngsville, the Vermillion River Unincorporated Areas confluence. of Lafayette Parish. At the downstream side None +25 ....................... of the Isaac Verot Coulee confluence. Bayou Carencro...................... Approximately 1,135 +23 +22 Unincorporated Areas of upstream of Rue Carnot Lafayette Parish. Road. At the downstream side None +42 ....................... of Billeaux Road. Bayou Parc Perdue................... Approximately 1.03 None +17 City of Youngsville, miles downstream of Unincorporated Areas Chemin Agreable Road. of Lafayette Parish. At the Isaac Verot None +25 ....................... Coulee--Lateral 3 confluence. Bayou Queue De Tortue............... Approximately 2.18 None +17 Town of Duson, miles downstream of Unincorporated Areas State Route 35. of Lafayette Parish. At the intersection None +37 ....................... with Whitmore Road. Beau Basin Coulee................... At the Vermillion River None +20 City of Carencro, confluence. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 881 feet +40 +49 ....................... upstream of I-49. Broadmoor Coulee.................... At the Vermillion River None +16 City of Lafayette. confluence. At the intersection None +26 ....................... with Ambassador Caffery Parkway. Coulee Des Poches................... At the Vermillion River +17 +18 City of Broussard, City confluence. of Lafayette, Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 125 feet None +31 ....................... upstream of the South Pacific Railroad. Coulee Fortune North................ Approximately 400 feet +18 +15 City of Broussard, downstream of Bayou Unincorporated Areas Tortue Road. of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 0.76 mile +30 +27 ....................... upstream of South Morgan Street. Coulee Fortune South................ Approximately 700 feet None +20 City of Broussard, downstream of U.S. Unincorporated Areas Route 90 East. of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 0.57 mile None +27 ....................... upstream of Heart D Farm Road. Coulee Ile Des Cannes............... At the Vermilion River None +16 City of Lafayette, City confluence. of Scott, Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 0.53 mile None +39 ....................... upstream of Cocodrill Road. Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 1.... At the Coulee Ile Des None +19 Unincorporated Areas of Cannes confluence. Lafayette Parish. Approximately 0.70 mile None +28 ....................... upstream of South Fieldspan Road. Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 2.... At the Coulee Ile Des +25 +24 City of Lafayette, City Cannes confluence. of Scott, Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 1.27 +30 +29 ....................... miles upstream of Ridge Road. Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 3.... Approximately 0.94 mile +29 +28 City of Lafayette, City upstream of Coulee Ile of Scott, Des Cannes confluence. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 500 feet +36 +35 ....................... upstream of Mills Road. Coulee Ile Des Cannes--Lateral 4.... At the Coulee Ile Des None +27 Unincorporated Areas of Cannes confluence. Lafayette Parish. [[Page 66787]] Approximately 0.66 mile None +34 ....................... upstream of D Arceneaux Road. Coulee LaSalle...................... Approximately 0.3 mile None +24 City of Broussard, City downstream of Le of Youngsville, Triomphe Parkway. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 0.65 mile None +25 ....................... upstream of Cane Brake Road. Coulee Lantier...................... At the Vermillion River None +20 Unincorporated Areas of confluence. Lafayette Parish. Approximately 1,600 None +21 ....................... feet upstream of Magellan Road. Coulee Mine......................... At the Vermillion River +16 +17 City of Lafayette, City confluence. of Scott, Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. At the downstream side None +46 ....................... of Malapart Road. Dan Dabaillion Coulee............... At the Vermillion River +17 +19 City of Carencro, City confluence. of Lafayette. At the upstream side of None +49 ....................... Guidry Lane. Darby Coulee........................ At the Vermillion River None +14 Unincorporated Areas of confluence. Lafayette Parish. At the downstream side None +19 ....................... of State Route 339. Edith Coulee........................ At the upstream side of None +15 Unincorporated Areas of State Route 92. Lafayette Parish. At the upstream side of None +21 ....................... East Broussard Road. Grand Avenue Coulee................. Approximately 0.42 mile +23 +17 City of Lafayette. downstream of Johnston Street. At the upstream side of +30 +29 ....................... Crawford Street. Isaac Verot Coulee.................. At the Vermillion River +15 +16 City of Lafayette, confluence. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. At the upstream side of None +24 ....................... the Anselm Coulee confluence. Isaac Verot Coulee--Lateral 2....... At the Isaac Verot None +24 City of Broussard, City Coulee confluence. of Lafayette, Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. At the downstream side None +36 ....................... of State Highway 89. Isaac Verot Coulee--Lateral 2A...... At the Isaac Verot None +28 City of Lafayette, Coulee--Lateral 2 Unincorporated Areas confluence. of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 800 feet None +30 ....................... upstream of Becky Lane. Isaac Verot Coulee--Lateral 3....... At the Isaac Verot None +25 Unincorporated Areas of Coulee--Lateral 2 Lafayette Parish. confluence. Approximately 250 feet None +28 ....................... upstream of Bonin Road. Jupiter Street Coulee............... At the Webb Coulee +30 +27 City of Lafayette, confluence. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. At the upstream side of +40 +39 ....................... the Southern Pacific Railroad. Manor Park Coulee................... At the Vermillion River +18 +19 City of Lafayette, confluence. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 0.68 mile +18 +19 ....................... upstream of Parklane Road. Point Brule Coulee.................. Approximately 0.82 mile +22 +21 Unincorporated Areas of downstream of State Lafayette Parish. Route 1252. Approximately 0.57 mile +22 +21 ....................... upstream of State Route 1252. Vermillion River.................... Approximately 600 feet +14 +15 City of Lafayette, upstream of the Anselm Unincorporated Areas Coulee confluence. of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 1.5 miles +22 +21 ....................... upstream of State Route 726. Webb Coulee (Lower Reach)........... Approximately 0.75 mile +15 +16 City of Lafayette, upstream of the Unincorporated Areas Vermillion River of Lafayette Parish. confluence. At the Jupiter Street +30 +27 ....................... Coulee confluence. [[Page 66788]] West Coulee Mine.................... At the Coulee Mine +36 +35 City of Lafayette, City confluence. of Scott, Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish. Approximately 1.29 +36 +37 ....................... miles upstream of I-10. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. + North American Vertical Datum. Depth in feet above ground. [and] 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, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472. ADDRESSES City of Broussard Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 416 East Main Street, Broussard, LA 70518. City of Carencro Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 210 East Saint Peter Street, Carencro, LA 70520. City of Lafayette Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 705 West University Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70506. City of Scott Maps are available for inspection at 445 Lions Club Road, Scott, LA 70583. City of Youngsville Maps are available for inspection at 305 Iberia Street, Youngsville, LA 70592. Town of Duson Maps are available for inspection at Town Hall, 806 First Street, Duson, LA 70529. Unincorporated Areas of Lafayette Parish Maps are available for inspection at Lafayette City Hall Annex, 220 West Willow Street, Building B, Lafayette, LA 70502. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'') Dated: October 12, 2012. James A. Walke, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2012-27116 Filed 11-6-12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-12-P