FR Doc 04-17033

[Federal Register: July 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 143)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 44632-44634]
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

[Docket No. FEMA-B-7447]

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) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and
modified 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, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 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.
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. No
regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.
Regulatory Classification. This proposed rule is not a significant

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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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California........................... Plumas County........... Boyle Ravine............................. Confluence with Nugget Creek.............................. None +3,409
Approximately 625 feet upstream of Alder Street........... None +3,545
Chandler Creek........................... Confluence with Greenhorn Creek........................... None +4,434
Approximately 320 feet upstream of Chandler Road.......... None +3,464
Clear Stream............................. Confluence with Spanish Creek............................. None +3,404
Approximately 2,200 feet upstream of conflunce of Gansner None +3,427
Creek.
Gasner Creek............................. Confluence with Clear Stream.............................. None +3,423
Approximately 740 feet upstream of Bucks Lake Road........ None +3,497
Greenhorn Creek.......................... Confluence with Spanish Creek............................. None +3,401
Approximately 1,950 feet upstream of Highway 89/70........ None +3,494
Mill Creek............................... Confluence with Spanish Creek............................. None +3,401
Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of Highway 89/70........ None +3,555
Nugget Creek............................. Confluence with Mill Creek................................ None +3,402
Approximately 200 feet upstream of Nugget Lane............ None +3,455
Spanish Creek............................ At Oakland Camp Road...................................... None +3,392
Approximately 11,700 feet upstream of Highway 89/70....... None +3,452
Taylor Creek............................. Confluence with Greenhorn Creek........................... None +3,446
Approximately 300 feet upstream of Chandler Road.......... None +3,491
Thompson Creek........................... Confluence with Greenhorn Creek........................... None +3,454
Approximately 3,400 feet upstream of confluence with None +3,548
Thompson Creek Splitflow.
Thompson Creek Splitflow................. Confluence with Thompson Creek............................ None +3,488
Approximately 2,600 feet upstream of confluence with None +3,493
Thompson Creek.
Unnamed.................................. Confluence with Boyle Ravine.............................. None +3,410
Tributary to Boyle Ravine................ Approximately 150 feet upstream of Highway 89/70.......... None +3,417
Wolf Creek............................... Approximately 4,500 feet downstream of Greenville Park None +3,534
Road Bridge.
Approximately 2 miles upstream of Main Street Bridge...... None +3,640

+ North American Vertical Datum

Maps are available for inspection at the Plumas County Planning Department, 520 Main Street, Room 21, Quincy, California 95971.

Send comments to The Honorable Kenneth Nelson, Chairman, Plumas County Board of Supervisors, 520 Main Street, Room 121, Quincy, California 95971.
Oregon............................... Durham (City),.......... Fanno Creek.............................. At confluence with the Tualatin River..................... *126 *125
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Washington County....... At Burlington Northern Railroad........................... *126 *125
Tualatin River........................... At Interstate Highway 5................................... *123 *123
At Burlington Northern Railroad (Just upstream of *126 *125
confluence with Fanno Creek).

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*Elevation in feet

Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 17160 Southwest Upper Boones Ferry Road, Durham, Oregon 97281.

Send comments to The Honorable Gerry Schirado, Mayor, City of Durham, P.O. Box 23483, Durham, Oregon 97281.
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Oregon............................... Tigard (City),.......... Ash Creek................................ Confluence with Fanno Creek............................... *160 *160
Just upstream of Oak Street............................... *169 *170
Washington County....... Fanno Creek.............................. At Burlington Northern Railroad........................... *126 *126
At Southwest Scholls Ferry Road........................... *162 *164
Summer Creek............................. At confluence with Fanno Creek............................ *157 *158
Just upstream of 135th Avenue............................. *175 *176
Tualatin River........................... At confluence with Fanno Creek............................ *126 *125
Approximately 1.6 miles upstream of confluence with Fanno *127 *127
Creek.
*Elevation in feet

Maps are available for inspection at the Engineering Department, City Hall, 13125 Southwest Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon 97223.

Send comments to The Honorable James Griffith, Mayor, City of Tigard, 13125 Southwest Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon 97223.
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Oregon............................... Beaverton (City),....... Fanno Creek.............................. Just upstream of Southwest Scholls Ferry Road............. *163 *165
Washington County....... Approximately 850 feet upstream of Southwest Scholls Ferry *196 *198
Road.
*Elevation in feet

Maps are available for inspection at the Community Development Department, City Hall, 4755 Southwest Griffith Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97076.

Send comments to The Honorable Rob Drake, Mayor, City of Beaverton, P.O. Box 4755, Beaverton, Oregon 97076.
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Oregon............................... Washington County....... Ash Creek................................ Just upstream of Southwest Hall Boulevard................. *170 *171
Just upstream of Hemlock Street........................... *181 *181
Fanno Creek.............................. Just upstream of Scholls Ferry Road....................... *193 *197
Approximately 200 feet upstream of Beaverton-Hillsdale *244 *243
Highway.
*Elevation in feet

Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Land Use and Transportation, 155 North First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 12, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124.

Send comments to The Honorable Tom Brian, Chairman, Washington County Board of Commissioners, 155 North First Avenue, Suite 300, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

Dated: July 20, 2004.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 04-17033 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]

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