[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 244-245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31283]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1022]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 9, 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 73 FR 74673. The table provided here represents the 
flooding source, location of referenced elevation, effective and 
modified elevation, and communities affected for the City of Mosinee, 
City of Schofield, City of Wausau, Village of Kronenwetter, Village of 
Rothschild and the Unincorporated Areas of Marathon County, Wisconsin. 
Specifically, it addresses flooding sources Bull Junior Creek, Eau 
Claire River and Wisconsin 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) [email protected].

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 73 FR 74673, in the December 9, 
2008 issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Marathon County, 
Wyoming and Incorporated Areas'' addressed flooding sources Bull Junior 
Creek, Eau Claire River and Wisconsin 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 sources             Location of referenced     Depth in feet above      Communities affected
                                             elevation                  ground
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                               Marathon County, Wisconsin, and Incorporated Areas
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Bull Junior Creek...................  At the mouth of the            +1150        +1147  City of Mosinee.
                                       Wisconsin River.
                                      Approximately 450 feet         +1150        +1149
                                       downstream of Old U.S.
                                       Highway 51.
Eau Claire River....................  At Brooks and Ross Dam.        +1167        +1168  City of Schofield, City
                                                                                          of Wausau.
                                      Approximately 1.1 miles        +1171        +1169
                                       upstream of Brooks and
                                       Ross Dam.
Wisconsin River.....................  Just upstream of the           +1150        +1147  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Dam in the City of                                 Marathon County, City
                                       Mosinee.                                           of Mosinee, Villate of
                                                                                          Kronenwetter, Village
                                                                                          of Rothschild.
                                      Just downstream of             +1160        +1159
                                       Rothschild Dam.
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    Dated: December 22, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8-31283 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]
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