[Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22151]
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-7786]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On September 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 52234. The table provided here represents the
flooding source, location of referenced elevation, effective and
modified elevation, and communities affected for Plymouth County,
Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions). Specifically, it addresses the
flooding source ``Atlantic Ocean.''
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 (email) 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 73 FR 52234, in the September 9,
2008, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Plymouth County,
Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)'' addressed the flooding source
``Atlantic Ocean.'' That table contained inaccurate information as to
the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation
in feet, or communities affected for this flooding source. 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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Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
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Atlantic Ocean...................... Approximately 150 feet +17 +19 Town of Hingham, Town
south of intersection of Hull, Town of
of Brant Beach Avenue Marion, Town of
and Ocean View Avenue. Mattapoisett, and Town
of Wareham.
Approximately 210 feet +9 +22
southeast of
intersection of
Highland Avenue and
Mount Pleasant Way.
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Dated: April 30, 2009.
Deborah S. Ingram,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-10988 Filed 5-11-09; 8:45 am]
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