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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 16, 2008 / Proposed Rules
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
Dated: December 5, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–29763 Filed 12–15–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–12–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief,
Engineering Management Branch,
Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–3151 or (e-mail)
bill.blanton@dhs.gov.
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA–B–1025]
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on
the proposed Base (1 percent annualchance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and
proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed in the table below.
The purpose of this notice is to seek
general information and comment
regarding the proposed regulatory flood
elevations for the reach described by the
downstream and upstream locations in
the table below. The BFEs and modified
BFEs are a part of the floodplain
management measures that the
community is required either to adopt
or show evidence of having in effect in
order to qualify or remain qualified for
participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition,
these elevations, once finalized, will be
used by insurance agents, and others to
calculate appropriate flood insurance
premium rates for new buildings and
the contents in those buildings.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted
on or before March 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding
preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each
community are available for inspection
18:35 Dec 15, 2008
The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(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 BFEs 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.
Comments on any aspect of the Flood
Insurance Study and FIRM, other than
the proposed BFEs, will be considered.
A letter acknowledging receipt of any
comments will not be sent.
Administrative Procedure Act
Statement. This matter is not a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations
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at the community’s map repository. The
respective addresses are listed in the
table below.
You may submit comments, identified
by Docket No. FEMA–B–1025, to
William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief,
Engineering Management Branch,
Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–3151, or (e-mail)
bill.blanton@dhs.gov.
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rulemaking governed by the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5
U.S.C. 553. FEMA publishes flood
elevation determinations for notice and
comment; however, they are governed
by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.
4001 et seq., and do not fall under the
APA.
National Environmental Policy Act.
This proposed rule is categorically
excluded from the requirements of 44
CFR part 10, Environmental
Consideration. An environmental
impact assessment has not been
prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood
elevation determinations are not within
the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, a regulatory
flexibility analysis is not required.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory
Planning and Review. This proposed
rule is not a significant regulatory action
under the criteria of section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866, as amended.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism.
This proposed rule involves no policies
that have federalism implications under
Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice
Reform. This proposed rule meets the
applicable standards of Executive Order
12988.
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.
§ 67.4
[Amended]
2. The tables published under the
authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be
amended as follows:
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City/town/
county
State
Source of
flooding
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* Elevation in feet (NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet (NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
Location **
Existing
Modified
Town of Sparta, New York
New York ........
Town of Sparta ...
Canaseraga
Creek.
Just upstream of State Route 258/Flats Road ......................
None
* 576
Approximately 1.2 miles upstream of White Bridge Road ....
None
* 614
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
** 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 William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Town of Sparta
Maps are available for inspection at 8302 Kysorville-Byersville Road, Dansville, NY 14437.
Flooding source(s)
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
Location of referenced elevation **
Effective
Communities affected
Modified
Powell County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas
Red River (at City of Stanton).
Approximately 800 feet downstream Judy Creek ..............
None
+641
Red River (at Clay City) ........
Approximately 5,400 feet upstream Hatcher Creek ..........
Approximately 3,900 feet downstream Bert T CombsMountain Parkway.
Approximately 5,800 feet downstream Hatton Creek ........
None
None
+651
+623
None
Unincorporated Areas of
Powell County.
+632
Unincorporated Areas of
Powell County.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
** 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 William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Unincorporated Areas of Powell County
Maps are available for inspection at 525 Washington Street, Stanton, KY 40380.
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, and Incorporated Areas
Approximately 3,950 feet downstream from S. Yale Avenue.
None
+622
Approximately 1,377 feet upstream from Lewis Avenue ...
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Duck Creek ...........................
None
Unincorporated Areas of
Okmulgee County, Town
of Liberty.
+642
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
** 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 William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Town of Liberty
Maps are available for inspection at 719 E. 8th St., Okmulgee, OK 74447.
Unincorporated Areas of Okmulgee County
Maps are available for inspection at 719 E. 8th St., Okmulgee, OK 74447.
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 16, 2008 / Proposed Rules
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
Dated: December 5, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–29765 Filed 12–15–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–12–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
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.
The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) publishes proposed
determinations of Base (1% annualchance) 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 the minimum that are required.
They should not be construed to mean
that the community must change any
existing ordinances that are more
In the proposed rule published at FR
Doc. E8–16811 in the July 23, 2008,
issue of the Federal Register, FEMA
published a table under the authority of
44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ‘‘Surry
County, North Carolina, and
Incorporated Areas’’ addressed Ararat
River. That table contained inaccurate
information as to the location of
referenced elevation, effective and
modified elevation in feet, or
communities affected for these flooding
sources. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA–B–7795]
Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
SUMMARY: On July 23, 2008, 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 FR
Flooding source(s)
Doc. E8–16811. The table provided here
represents the flooding source, location
of referenced elevation, effective and
modified elevation, and communities
affected for Surry County, North
Carolina. Specifically, it addresses
Ararat River.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief,
Engineering Management Branch,
Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–3151 or (e-mail)
bill.blanton@dhs.gov.
Correction
* Elevation in feet (NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet (NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
Location of referenced elevation
Effective
Communities affected
Modified
Surry County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas
VerDate Aug<31>2005
17:08 Dec 15, 2008
At the confluence with Yadkin River ............................
None
+803
Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of Riverside Drive
(State Road 104).
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Ararat River ...........................
None
+1,094
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Unincorporated Areas of
Surry County, City of
Mount Airy.
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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 16, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76322-76324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29765]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-B-1025]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1 percent annual-
chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory
flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream
locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of
the floodplain management measures that the community is required
either to adopt or show evidence of having in effect in order to
qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once
finalized, will be used by insurance agents, and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the
contents in those buildings.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each community are available for
inspection at the community's map repository. The respective addresses
are listed in the table below.
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1025, to
William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch,
Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151, or (e-mail)
bill.blanton@dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief,
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-3151 or (e-mail) bill.blanton@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(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 BFEs 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.
Comments on any aspect of the Flood Insurance Study and FIRM, other
than the proposed BFEs, will be considered. A letter acknowledging
receipt of any comments will not be sent.
Administrative Procedure Act Statement. This matter is not a
rulemaking governed by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553. FEMA publishes flood elevation determinations for notice and
comment; however, they are governed by the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., and do not fall under the APA.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed rule is
categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10,
Environmental Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not
been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood elevation determinations are
not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This
proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria
of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as amended.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed rule
meets the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.
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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* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation in
feet (NAVD)
State City/town/ Source of Location ** Depth in feet above
county flooding ground
-------------------------
Existing Modified
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Town of Sparta, New York
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New York..................... Town of Sparta.. Canaseraga Just upstream of None * 576
Creek. State Route 258/
Flats Road.
Approximately 1.2 None * 614
miles upstream of
White Bridge Road.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
** 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 William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Town of Sparta
Maps are available for inspection at 8302 Kysorville-Byersville Road, Dansville, NY 14437.
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* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation
in feet (NAVD)
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced Depth in Communities affected
elevation ** feet above ground
----------------------
Effective Modified
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Powell County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Red River (at City of Stanton)...... Approximately 800 feet None +641 Unincorporated Areas
downstream Judy Creek. of Powell County.
Approximately 5,400 feet None +651
upstream Hatcher Creek.
Red River (at Clay City)............ Approximately 3,900 feet None +623 Unincorporated Areas
downstream Bert T Combs- of Powell County.
Mountain Parkway.
Approximately 5,800 feet None +632
downstream Hatton Creek.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
** 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 William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Unincorporated Areas of Powell County
Maps are available for inspection at 525 Washington Street, Stanton, KY 40380.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, and Incorporated Areas
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duck Creek.......................... Approximately 3,950 feet None +622 Unincorporated Areas
downstream from S. Yale of Okmulgee County,
Avenue. Town of Liberty.
Approximately 1,377 feet None +642
upstream from Lewis Avenue.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
** 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 William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Town of Liberty
Maps are available for inspection at 719 E. 8th St., Okmulgee, OK 74447.
Unincorporated Areas of Okmulgee County
Maps are available for inspection at 719 E. 8th St., Okmulgee, OK 74447.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: December 5, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8-29765 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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