[Federal Register: September 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 182)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54851-54852]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified
Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) are made final for the communities listed
below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain
management measures that each 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).
EFFECTIVE DATE: The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) showing BFEs and modified BFEs for each community. This date may
be obtained by contacting the office where the FIRM is available for
inspection as indicated in the table below.
ADDRESSES: The final base flood elevations 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, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-
2903.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
makes the final determinations listed below of BFEs and modified BFEs
for each community listed.
These modified elevations have been published in newspapers of
local circulation and ninety (90) days have elapsed since that
publication. The Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate has resolved any appeals
resulting from this notification..
This final rule is issued in accordance with section 110 of the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and 44 CFR part
67.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed criteria for
floodplain management in floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR
part 60.
Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to
review the proof Flood Insurance Study and FIRM available at the
address cited below for each community.
The BFEs and modified BFEs are made final in the communities listed
below. Elevations at selected locations in each community are shown.
National Environmental Policy Act. This 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
rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
because modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to
establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory
flexibility analysis has been prepared.
Regulatory Classification. This final 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 rule involves no policies
that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612,
Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform. This 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.
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Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 67 is amended to read 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,
[[Page 54852]]
1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p.
376.
Sec. 67.11 [Amended]
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2. The tables published under the authority of `` Sec. 67.11 are
amended as follows:
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Elevation in
Source of flooding and locaiton of referenced feet (NAVD) Communities affected
elevation Modified
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Brushy Bayou:
At confluence with Rambin Bayou................ *168 FEMA Docket No. P7625, De Soto Parish, LA
Approximately 1.31 miles upstream of Interstate *174 .........................................
49.
Cypress Bayou:
At Wallace Lake Dam............................ *160 De Soto Parish, LA, Town of Stonewall, LA
Just upstream of U.S. Highway 171.............. *178 .........................................
Rambin Bayou:
Approximately 1.84 miles downstream of *160 De Soto Parish, LA
Louisiana Highway 175.
Rambin Bayou:
Approximately 1.32 miles upstream of Southbound *172 FEMA Docket No. P7625, De Soto Parish, LA
Interstate 49.
Sabine River:
Approximately 8.23 miles downstream of U.S. *173 De Soto Parish, LA, Town of Logansport,
Highway 84. LA
Approximately 2.44 miles upstream of U.S. *191 .........................................
Highway 84.
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ADDRESSES
De Soto Parish
Maps are available for inspection at the De Soto Parish Courthouse, 101 Franklin Street, Mansfield, Louisiana.
Town of Logansport
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 309 Main Street, Logansport, Louisiana.
Town of Stonewall
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 1318 Highway 171, Stonewall, Louisiana.
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* North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance'')
Dated: September 10, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-23990 Filed 9-18-03; 8:45 am]
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