FR Doc E7-18260

[Federal Register: September 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 179)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52796-52820]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr17se07-10]

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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, DHS.

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: 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: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering
Management Section, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(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
FEMA 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. FEMA 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 final 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.
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 13132, Federalism. This final rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final 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.

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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 modified
Flooding Source(s) Location of referenced * Elevation in Communities affected
elevation feet (NGVD) +
Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
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Grafton County, New Hampshire (All Jurisdictions)
Docket No.: FEMA-D-7672
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Ammonoosuc River....................... At the mouth of *428 Towns of Haverhill,
Ammonoosuc River. Lisbon, Landaff, and
Bethlehem.
Approximately 1.14 miles *878
upstream of Littleton
Dam in the Town of
Littleton.
Canaan Street Lake..................... Entire shoreline......... *1,146 Town of Canaan.
Connecticut River...................... Approximately 2.85 miles *411 Town of Piermont.
downstream of State
Route 25 (Bradford--
Piermont bridge).
Approximately 1.48 miles *414
downstream of Bedell
Covered Bridge.
Eastman Pond........................... Entire shoreline......... *1,110 Town of Enfield.
Hewes Brook............................ Approximately 1,700 feet *696 Town of Hanover.
downstream of upstream
crossing of Goose Pond
Road.
At downstream side of *706
upstream crossing of
Goose Pond Road.
Pemigewasset River..................... Approximately 1.41 miles *476 Town of Ashland.
upstream of confluence
of Webster Pond Outlet.
Approximately 1.17 miles *483
downstream of Bridge
Street.
Squam Lake............................. Entire shoreline......... *565 Town of Holderness.
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Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
ADDRESSES

Town of Ashland

Maps are available for inspection on the GRANIT's (Geographically Referenced Analysis and Information Transfer
System) web site at http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/dfirms.

Town of Bethlehem