[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30658-30660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10613]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-D-7618]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual chance)
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Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain
management measures that the community is required either to adopt or
to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or
remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP).
DATES: The comment period is ninety (90) days following the second
publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation
in each community.
ADDRESSES: The proposed BFEs for each community are available for
inspection at the office of the Chief Executive Officer of each
community. The respective addresses are listed in the table below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard
Identification Section, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-
2903.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 base flood 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 are also used to calculate the appropriate
flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these
elevations are made final, and for the contents in these buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed rule is
categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR Part 10,
Environmental Consideration. No environmental impact assessment has
been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act. The Mitigation Division Director of the
Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate certifies that this
proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because proposed or modified BFEs are required by the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and are required
to establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. As a
result, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not been prepared.
Regulatory Classification. This proposed rule is not a significant
regulatory action under the criteria of Section 3(f) of Executive Order
12866 of September 30, 1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR
51735.
Executive Order 12612, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612,
Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed rule
meets the applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) of Executive Order
12778.
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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Depth in feet
above ground *Elevation
in feet (NGVD)
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location Elevation in feet (NAVD)
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Existing Modified
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Connecticut................. South Windsor (Town), Podunk River............................. At a point just downstream None *266
Hartford County. of Foster Road. None *301
At a point approximately 160
feet upstream of Miller
Road.
Quarry Brook............................. At a point approximately *57 *58
1,056 feet upstream of the None *108
confluence with Podunk
River.
Approximately 53 feet
upstream of Clark Street.
Plum Gully Brook......................... Approximately 528 feet *58 *57
upstream of the confluence None *185
with Podunk River.
Approximately 280 feet
upstream of Nevers Road.
Maps available for inspection at the South Windsor Town Hall, 1540 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, Connecticut.
Send comments to Mr. Matthew B. Galligan, South Windsor Town Manager, South Windsor Town Hall, 1540 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, Connecticut 06074.
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Florida..................... Clearwater (City), Ponding Area No. 18...................... Approximately 100 feet east None 45
Pinellas County. of the intersection of
Hamlet Avenue and Wildwood
Way.
Maps available for inspection at the City of Clearwater Engineering Department, 100 South Myrtle Avenue, Suite 220, Clearwater, Florida.
Send comments to The Honorable Brian Aungst, Mayor of the City of Clearwater, P.O. Box 4748, Clearwater, Florida 33758-4748.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: May 18, 2005.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 05-10613 Filed 5-26-05; 8:45 am]
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