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J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR
7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Its main provision directs
federal agencies, to the greatest extent
practicable and permitted by law, to
make environmental justice part of their
mission by identifying and addressing,
as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority, lowincome, and Tribal populations in the
United States. During development of
this Transport Rule program inclusive of
this proposal, EPA considered its
impacts on low-income, minority, and
tribal communities in several ways and
provided multiple opportunities for
these communities to meaningfully
participate in the rulemaking process.
As described in section XII.J of the
preamble to the final transport Rule,
EPA believes that the final remedy in
the Transport Rule program inclusive of
this proposal addresses potential
environmental justice concerns about
localized hot spots and reduces ambient
concentrations of pollution where they
are most needed by sensitive and
vulnerable populations.
EPA believes that the vast majority of
communities and individuals in areas
covered by the Transport Rule program
inclusive of this proposal, including
numerous low-income, minority, and
tribal individuals and communities in
both rural areas and inner cities in the
eastern and central U.S., will see
significant improvements in air quality
and resulting improvements in health.
EPA’s assessment of the effects of the
final Transport Rule program inclusive
of this proposal on these communities is
detailed in section XII.J of the preamble
to the final Transport Rule. Based on
this assessment, EPA concludes that we
do not expect disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority, lowincome, or tribal populations in the
United States as a result of
implementing the Transport Rule
program inclusive of this proposal.
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List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Administrative practice and
procedure, Air pollution control,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
oxides, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Regional haze, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
dioxide.
40 CFR Part 97
Administrative practice and
procedure, Air pollution control,
Electric utilities, Nitrogen oxides,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur dioxide.
Dated: July 6, 2011.
Lisa P. Jackson,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket ID FEMA–2011–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1200]
Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
Comments are requested on
the proposed Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFE modifications for the communities
listed in the table below. The purpose
of this proposed rule 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 to 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 October 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding
preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
SUMMARY:
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(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each
community is 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–1200, 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) 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 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.
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.
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.
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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
State
City/town/county
applicable standards of Executive Order
12988.
PART 67—[AMENDED]
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67
1. The authority citation for part 67
continues to read as follows:
Administrative practice and
procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
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.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
§ 67.4
Source of flooding
[Amended]
2. The tables published under the
authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be
amended as follows:
* Elevation in feet (NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet (NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
∧ Elevation in meters
(MSL)
Location **
Existing
Modified
Unincorporated Areas of Solano County, California
California ...............
Unincorporated
Areas of Solano
County.
Sweany Creek ..................
Approximately 375 feet upstream of the
McCune Creek confluence.
None
+64
Approximately 930
Timm Road.
None
+149
feet
upstream
of
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
∧ 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 Solano County
Maps are available for inspection at the Solano County Public Works Department, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533.
Flooding source(s)
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
∧ Elevation in meters
(MSL)
Location of referenced elevation **
Effective
Communities affected
Modified
Sonoma County, California, and Incorporated Areas
Approximately 500 feet upstream of Llano Road ........
None
+80
Naval Creek ..........................
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Colgan Creek ........................
Approximately 0.98 mile upstream of Meda Avenue ...
Approximately 960 feet upstream of Llano Road ........
None
None
+356
+79
Roseland Creek ....................
Approximately 0.57 mile upstream of Wright Road .....
Approximately 0.5 mile downstream of Llano Road ....
None
None
+97
+79
Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of Dutton Avenue
None
+142
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
∧ Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
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City of Santa Rosa, Unincorporated Areas of
Sonoma County.
City of Santa Rosa, Unincorporated Areas of
Sonoma County.
City of Santa Rosa, Unincorporated Areas of
Sonoma County.
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Flooding source(s)
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
∧ Elevation in meters
(MSL)
Location of referenced elevation **
Effective
Communities affected
Modified
** 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
City of Santa Rosa
Maps are available for inspection at 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 3, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Unincorporated Areas of Sonoma County
Maps are available for inspection at 575 Administration Drive, Room 100A, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Wilson County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas
Black Creek ...........................
At the Contentnea Creek confluence ...........................
+69
+66
Black Creek Tributary ...........
Approximately 50 feet upstream of U.S. Route 117 ....
Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of the Black
Creek confluence.
+92
+93
+91
+92
+103
+102
Bloomery Swamp ..................
Approximately 100 feet upstream of the Tributary to
Black Creek Tributary confluence.
Approximately 500 feet upstream of the Bloomery
Swamp Tributary 2 confluence.
+103
+102
Bloomery Swamp Tributary 3
At the Millstone Creek and Juniper Creek confluence
Approximately 50 feet upstream of Alternate U.S.
Route 264.
+156
+133
+155
+130
+151
+150
Contentnea Creek .................
Approximately 1,560 feet upstream of Packhouse
Road (State Route 1382).
Approximately 1,800 feet downstream of North Carolina Highway 58.
+62
+59
+110
+109
Contentnea Creek Tributary
Approximately 0.8 mile downstream of the Little
Swamp confluence.
At the Contentnea Creek confluence ...........................
+76
+77
None
+106
Goss Swamp .........................
Approximately 1,920 feet upstream of Yank Road
(State Route 1615).
At the Toisnot Swamp confluence ...............................
+62
+63
+63
+64
Hog Island Tributary .............
Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the Toisnot
Swamp confluence.
At the Toisnot Swamp confluence ...............................
+99
+98
Approximately 50 feet downstream of Firestone Parkway (State Route 1328).
Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of the Hominy
Swamp confluence.
None
+109
+86
+85
Approximately 75 feet upstream of Tuskeegee Street
Approximately 1.6 miles upstream of the Contentnea
Creek confluence.
Approximately 140 feet upstream of Radio Tower
Road (State Route 1152).
Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the Contentnea
Creek confluence.
Approximately 1,600 feet upstream of the dam ...........
At the Marsh Swamp confluence .................................
None
+117
+131
+116
None
+163
+126
+125
None
+145
+230
+141
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Hominy Swamp Tributary 1 ..
Little Swamp .........................
Marsh Swamp .......................
Marsh Swamp Tributary ........
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Town of Black Creek, Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Town of Lucama, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
Town of Stantonsburg, Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Town of Black Creek, Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Town of Stantonsburg, Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
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Flooding source(s)
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
∧ Elevation in meters
(MSL)
Location of referenced elevation **
Effective
Communities affected
Modified
Approximately 1,830 feet upstream of High Road
(State Route 1148).
Approximately 1,900 feet upstream of the Contentnea
Creek confluence.
Approximately 410 feet upstream of I–95 ....................
At the Bloomery Swamp and Juniper Swamp confluence.
Approximately 530 feet upstream of Countryside
Road (State Route 1302).
Approximately 0.7 mile upstream of the Contentnea
Creek confluence.
None
+196
+107
+108
None
+156
+140
+155
+159
+160
+107
+106
Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Old Raleigh Road
(State Route 1136).
Approximately 1,400 feet upstream of the Contentnea
Creek confluence.
None
+134
+62
+59
Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Lake Wilson
Road.
At the Toisnot Swamp confluence ...............................
+120
+121
+106
+107
Approximately 1.2 miles upstream of the Tributary 2
to Toisnot Swamp Tributary confluence.
At the Toisnot Swamp Tributary confluence ................
+155
+145
+134
+131
Approximately 1,150 feet upstream of Grandy Drive ...
At the Toisnot Swamp Tributary confluence ................
None
+135
+152
+132
Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the Toisnot
Swamp Tributary confluence.
At the Black Creek Tributary confluence .....................
None
+144
+103
+102
None
+118
Whiteoak Swamp ..................
Approximately 330 feet upstream of Little Rock
Church Road (State Route 1649).
At the Buck Branch confluence ....................................
+79
+80
+83
+84
Whiteoak Swamp Tributary ...
Approximately 800 feet upstream of the Mill Branch
(into Whiteoak Swamp) confluence.
At the Whiteoak Swamp confluence ............................
+81
+82
None
+88
Wiggins Mill Tributary ...........
Approximately 160 feet upstream of Etheridge Road
(State Route 1522).
Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of Forest Hills Road
+100
+99
Approximately 1.7 miles upstream of Forest Hills
Road.
+116
+120
Mill Branch (into Contentnea
Creek).
Millstone Creek .....................
Shepard Branch ....................
Toisnot Swamp .....................
Toisnot Swamp Tributary ......
Tributary 1 to Toisnot Swamp
Tributary.
Tributary 2 to Toisnot Swamp
Tributary.
Tributary to Black Creek Tributary.
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Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Town of
Stantonsburg, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
Town of Lucama, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
Unincorporated Areas of
Wilson County.
City of Wilson, Unincorporated Areas of Wilson
County.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
∧ 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
City of Wilson
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 112 Goldsboro Street, Wilson, NC 27893.
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Flooding source(s)
* Elevation in feet
(NGVD)
+ Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
# Depth in feet above
ground
∧ Elevation in meters
(MSL)
Location of referenced elevation **
Effective
Communities affected
Modified
Town of Black Creek
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 112 West Center Street, Black Creek, NC 27813.
Town of Lucama
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 111 South Main Street, Lucama, NC 27851.
Town of Stantonsburg
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 108 East Commercial Avenue, Stantonsburg, NC 27883.
Unincorporated Areas of Wilson County
Maps are available for inspection at the Wilson County Manager’s Office, 2201 Miller Road South, Wilson, NC 27893.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administrator, Mitigation, Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[Docket No. 0808061074–81147–01]
RIN 0648–AW66
Fisheries in the Western Pacific;
Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine
Prohibited Areas Around American
Samoa
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Disapproval of fishery
ecosystem plan amendment and
withdrawal of proposed rule.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that it has
disapproved proposed Amendment 3 to
the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic
Fisheries of the Western Pacific (FEP)
that would have prohibited purse seine
fishing within 75 nm of shore around
American Samoa. Therefore, NMFS
withdraws the proposed rule for
Amendment 3.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Bailey, NMFS, (808) 944–2248.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
Amendment 3 to the FEP, the Council
recommended that NMFS prohibit purse
seine fishing in the EEZ within 75 nm
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of shore around American Samoa.
Fishing by all U.S. vessels 50 ft and
longer, including purse seiners, is
currently prohibited within 50 nm of
shore. Amendment 3 would have
extended the boundaries of the
prohibited areas offshore an additional
25 nm specifically for purse seine
fishing. The recommended additional
prohibited areas were intended to
prevent localized stock depletion by
purse seine fishing, and to reduce catch
competition and gear conflicts between
U.S. purse seine vessels and American
Samoa-based local longline and trolling
fleets.
NMFS disapproved Amendment 3 on
July 5, 2011, because the proposed
measures were inconsistent with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management
and Conservation Act’s National
Standard 2. National Standard 2
requires conservation and management
measures to be based on the best
scientific information available, and
requires that fishery actions be founded
on thorough analyses that allow NMFS
to conclude that the selected alternative
will accomplish necessary and
appropriate conservation and
management objectives. The Council’s
recommendation found inadequate
support in the scientific evidence
presented to NMFS. As a result of
disapproving Amendment 3, NMFS will
not publish a final rule to implement
the proposed prohibited areas.
NMFS hereby withdraws the
proposed rule (76 FR 23964, April 29,
2011).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 5, 2011.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
RIN 0648–XA421
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Scallops
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a fishery
management plan amendment; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces
that the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) has
submitted Amendment 13 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Scallop fishery
off Alaska (FMP) for review by the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary). If
approved, Amendment 13 would
implement an annual catch limit (ACL)
and accountability measures (AMs) to
prevent overfishing in the target fishery
for weathervane scallops. Implementing
these measures would require revising
the maximum sustainable yield (MSY)
and the optimum yield (OY) for
weathervane scallops to account for
total catch. Amendment 13 would also
clarify that, in the absence of a
statewide estimate of spawning biomass
for weathervane scallops, the
overfishing level (OFL) is specified as
the MSY. Under Amendment 13, scallop
species not targeted in the fishery would
be classified as Ecosystem Component
(EC) species. Amendment 13 is intended
to promote the goals and objectives of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), the FMP, and
other applicable laws.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1200]
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% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this proposed
rule 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 to 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 October 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each community is 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-1200, 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) 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
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.
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.
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.
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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)
Depth in feet above
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location ** ground [caret]
Elevation in meters
(MSL)
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Existing Modified
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Unincorporated Areas of Solano County, California
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California........................... Unincorporated Areas of Sweany Creek............................. Approximately 375 feet upstream of the McCune Creek None +64
Solano County. confluence.
Approximately 930 feet upstream of Timm Road.............. None +149
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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 Solano County
Maps are available for inspection at the Solano County Public Works Department, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533...............................................................
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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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Sonoma County, California, and Incorporated Areas
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Colgan Creek........................ Approximately 500 feet None +80 City of Santa Rosa,
upstream of Llano Road. Unincorporated Areas
of Sonoma County.
Approximately 0.98 mile None +356
upstream of Meda
Avenue.
Naval Creek......................... Approximately 960 feet None +79 City of Santa Rosa,
upstream of Llano Road. Unincorporated Areas
of Sonoma County.
Approximately 0.57 mile None +97
upstream of Wright
Road.
Roseland Creek...................... Approximately 0.5 mile None +79 City of Santa Rosa,
downstream of Llano Unincorporated Areas
Road. of Sonoma County.
Approximately 1,000 None +142
feet upstream of
Dutton Avenue.
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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.
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** 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
City of Santa Rosa
Maps are available for inspection at 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 3, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Unincorporated Areas of Sonoma County
Maps are available for inspection at 575 Administration Drive, Room 100A, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
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Wilson County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas
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Black Creek......................... At the Contentnea Creek +69 +66 Town of Black Creek,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 50 feet +92 +91
upstream of U.S. Route
117.
Black Creek Tributary............... Approximately 1,500 +93 +92 Town of Lucama,
feet upstream of the Unincorporated Areas
Black Creek confluence. of Wilson County.
Approximately 100 feet +103 +102
upstream of the
Tributary to Black
Creek Tributary
confluence.
Bloomery Swamp...................... Approximately 500 feet +103 +102 City of Wilson,
upstream of the Unincorporated Areas
Bloomery Swamp of Wilson County.
Tributary 2 confluence.
At the Millstone Creek +156 +155
and Juniper Creek
confluence.
Bloomery Swamp Tributary 3.......... Approximately 50 feet +133 +130 City of Wilson,
upstream of Alternate Unincorporated Areas
U.S. Route 264. of Wilson County.
Approximately 1,560 +151 +150
feet upstream of
Packhouse Road (State
Route 1382).
Contentnea Creek.................... Approximately 1,800 +62 +59 Town of Stantonsburg,
feet downstream of Unincorporated Areas
North Carolina Highway of Wilson County.
58.
Approximately 0.8 mile +110 +109
downstream of the
Little Swamp
confluence.
Contentnea Creek Tributary.......... At the Contentnea Creek +76 +77 Town of Black Creek,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 1,920 None +106
feet upstream of Yank
Road (State Route
1615).
Goss Swamp.......................... At the Toisnot Swamp +62 +63 Town of Stantonsburg,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 0.8 mile +63 +64
upstream of the
Toisnot Swamp
confluence.
Hog Island Tributary................ At the Toisnot Swamp +99 +98 City of Wilson,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 50 feet None +109
downstream of
Firestone Parkway
(State Route 1328).
Hominy Swamp Tributary 1............ Approximately 0.5 mile +86 +85 City of Wilson,
upstream of the Hominy Unincorporated Areas
Swamp confluence. of Wilson County.
Approximately 75 feet None +131
upstream of Tuskeegee
Street.
Little Swamp........................ Approximately 1.6 miles +117 +116 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of the Wilson County.
Contentnea Creek
confluence.
Approximately 140 feet None +163
upstream of Radio
Tower Road (State
Route 1152).
Marsh Swamp......................... Approximately 0.6 mile +126 +125 Unincorporated Areas of
upstream of the Wilson County.
Contentnea Creek
confluence.
Approximately 1,600 None +230
feet upstream of the
dam.
Marsh Swamp Tributary............... At the Marsh Swamp +145 +141 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Wilson County.
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Approximately 1,830 None +196
feet upstream of High
Road (State Route
1148).
Mill Branch (into Contentnea Creek). Approximately 1,900 +107 +108 Unincorporated Areas of
feet upstream of the Wilson County.
Contentnea Creek
confluence.
Approximately 410 feet None +140
upstream of I-95.
Millstone Creek..................... At the Bloomery Swamp +156 +155 Unincorporated Areas of
and Juniper Swamp Wilson County.
confluence.
Approximately 530 feet +159 +160
upstream of
Countryside Road
(State Route 1302).
Shepard Branch...................... Approximately 0.7 mile +107 +106 City of Wilson,
upstream of the Unincorporated Areas
Contentnea Creek of Wilson County.
confluence.
Approximately 0.8 mile None +134
upstream of Old
Raleigh Road (State
Route 1136).
Toisnot Swamp....................... Approximately 1,400 +62 +59 City of Wilson, Town of
feet upstream of the Stantonsburg,
Contentnea Creek Unincorporated Areas
confluence. of Wilson County.
Approximately 0.8 mile +120 +121
upstream of Lake
Wilson Road.
Toisnot Swamp Tributary............. At the Toisnot Swamp +106 +107 City of Wilson,
confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 1.2 miles +155 +145
upstream of the
Tributary 2 to Toisnot
Swamp Tributary
confluence.
Tributary 1 to Toisnot Swamp At the Toisnot Swamp +134 +131 City of Wilson,
Tributary. Tributary confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 1,150 None +152
feet upstream of
Grandy Drive.
Tributary 2 to Toisnot Swamp At the Toisnot Swamp +135 +132 City of Wilson,
Tributary. Tributary confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 0.6 mile None +144
upstream of the
Toisnot Swamp
Tributary confluence.
Tributary to Black Creek Tributary.. At the Black Creek +103 +102 Town of Lucama,
Tributary confluence. Unincorporated Areas
of Wilson County.
Approximately 330 feet None +118
upstream of Little
Rock Church Road
(State Route 1649).
Whiteoak Swamp...................... At the Buck Branch +79 +80 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Wilson County.
Approximately 800 feet +83 +84
upstream of the Mill
Branch (into Whiteoak
Swamp) confluence.
Whiteoak Swamp Tributary............ At the Whiteoak Swamp +81 +82 Unincorporated Areas of
confluence. Wilson County.
Approximately 160 feet None +88
upstream of Etheridge
Road (State Route
1522).
Wiggins Mill Tributary.............. Approximately 0.4 mile +100 +99 City of Wilson,
upstream of Forest Unincorporated Areas
Hills Road. of Wilson County.
Approximately 1.7 miles +116 +120
upstream of Forest
Hills 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
City of Wilson
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 112 Goldsboro Street, Wilson, NC 27893.
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Town of Black Creek
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 112 West Center Street, Black Creek, NC 27813.
Town of Lucama
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 111 South Main Street, Lucama, NC 27851.
Town of Stantonsburg
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 108 East Commercial Avenue, Stantonsburg, NC 27883.
Unincorporated Areas of Wilson County
Maps are available for inspection at the Wilson County Manager's Office, 2201 Miller Road South, Wilson, NC
27893.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-17342 Filed 7-8-11; 8:45 am]
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