[Federal Register: December 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 242)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 76324-76325]
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-7795]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On July 23, 2008, FEMA published in the Federal Register a
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information
published at FR Doc. E8-16811. The table provided here represents the
flooding source, location of referenced elevation, effective and
modified elevation, and communities affected for Surry County, North
Carolina. Specifically, it addresses Ararat River.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief,
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-3151 or (e-mail) bill.blanton@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) publishes proposed determinations of Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs for communities participating
in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 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.
Correction
In the proposed rule published at FR Doc. E8-16811 in the July 23,
2008, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Surry County, North
Carolina, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed Ararat River. That table
contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced
elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, or communities
affected for these flooding sources. In this notice, FEMA is publishing
a table containing the accurate information, to address these prior
errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that
previously published.
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* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation in
feet (NAVD)
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced Depth in feet above Communities affected
elevation ground
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Effective Modified
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Surry County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas
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Ararat River........................ At the confluence with None +803 Unincorporated Areas of
Yadkin River. Surry County, City of
Mount Airy.
Approximately 1,500 None +1,094
feet upstream of
Riverside Drive (State
Road 104).
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Dated: December 5, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8-29769 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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