[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29637-29638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10305]
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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 (FEMA), Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified
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).
DATES: Effective Dates: 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 maps are
available for inspection as indicated on the table below.
ADDRESSES: The final 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 makes the final determinations listed
below for the 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. 4104, and 44 CFR Part
67.
The 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 final 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 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.
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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 as follows:
PART 67--[AMENDED]
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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. 67.11 [Amended]
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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are amended
as follows:
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Depth
in feet above
ground.
Source of flooding and location Elevation in
feet (NGVD)
*Elevation in
feet (NAVD)
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TENNESSEE
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McNairy County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. D-
7614)
Crooked Creek:
At a point approximately 0.9 mile downstream of High *445
School Road..........................................
At a point approximately 0.6 mile upstream of High *460
School Road..........................................
Maps available for inspection at the McNairy County
Courthouse, 170 West Court Avenue, Room 201, Selmer,
Tennessee.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: May 16, 2005.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 05-10305 Filed 5-23-05; 8:45 am]
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