[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59188-59192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24141]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1133]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory
flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream
locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of
the floodplain management measures that the community is required
either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to
qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once
finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the
contents in those buildings.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before December 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each community is available for
inspection at the community's map repository. The respective addresses
are listed in the table below.
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You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1133, to
Roy E. Wright, Deputy Director, Risk Analysis Division, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461, or (e-
mail) [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy E. Wright, Deputy Director, Risk
Analysis Division, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646-3461, or (e-mail) [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) proposes to make determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs for
each community listed below, 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
also are used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium
rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final,
and for the contents in those buildings.
Comments on any aspect of the Flood Insurance Study and FIRM, other
than the proposed BFEs, will be considered. A letter acknowledging
receipt of any comments will not be sent.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed 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.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This
proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria
of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as amended.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed 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.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 67--[AMENDED]
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. 67.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are
proposed to be amended as follows:
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* Elevation in feet
(NGVD) + Elevation in
feet (NAVD)
Location of referenced Depth in feet above
Flooding source(s) elevation ground [caret] Elevation Communities affected
in meters (MSL)
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Effective Modified
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Tuscola County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions)
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Cass River.......................... Approximately 180 feet +635 +634 City of Vassar,
downstream of the CSX Township of Tuscola,
Railroad crossing.
At Kirk Road, extended. +639 +638 Township of Vassar.
Cat Lake/South Drain................ Approximately 110 feet None +747 Township of Dayton.
downstream of Harmon
Lake Road.
At Cat Lake, None +749
approximately 280 feet
upstream of Lakeview
Drive.
Gibson Drain........................ Approximately 2,680 None +585 Township of Gilford.
feet north of Don Road.
Approximately 1,160 None +585
feet south of M-138.
McPherson Drain..................... At Akron Road.......... None +585 Township of Gilford.
Approximately 260 feet None +585
north of Dutcher Road.
Northwest Drain Outlet No. 1........ At the confluence with None +585 Township of Gilford.
VCCM and S Drain.
Approximately 500 feet None +585
downstream of North
Quanicassee Road.
Reese Drain......................... Upstream of Reese Road, None +603 Township of Denmark,
approximately 310 feet Village of Reese.
south of Dixon Road.
Downstream of Reese None +625
Road, approximately
2,600 feet south of M-
81.
Saginaw Bay......................... Entire shoreline in the None +585 Township of Akron,
Township of Akron. Township of Wisner.
Entire shoreline in the +584 +585
Township of Wisner.
VCCM and S Drain.................... Approximately 300 feet None +585 Township of Gilford.
north of M-138.
At Akron Road.......... None +585
Wiscoggin Drain..................... At Loomis Road......... None +585 Township of Columbia.
Approximately 380 feet None +585
upstream of Loomis
Road.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
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+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Roy E. Wright, Deputy Director, Risk Analysis Division, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
City of Vassar
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 287 East Huron Street, Vassar, MI 48768.
Township of Akron
Maps are available for inspection at 6800 North Vassar Road, Unionville, MI 48767.
Township of Columbia
Maps are available for inspection at 6822 Unionville Road, Unionville, MI 48767.
Township of Dayton
Maps are available for inspection at P.O. Box 305, Mayville, MI 48744.
Township of Denmark
Maps are available for inspection at P.O. Box 44, Reese, MI 48757.
Township of Gilford
Maps are available for inspection at 171 Garner Road, Fairgrove, MI 4873.
Township of Tuscola
Maps are available for inspection at 6697 Buell Road, Vassar, MI 48768.
Township of Vassar
Maps are available for inspection at 4505 West Saginaw Road, Vassar, MI 48768.
Township of Wisner
Maps are available for inspection at 8207 M-25, Akron, MI 48701.
Village of Reese
Maps are available for inspection at 2073 Gates Street, Reese, MI 48757.
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Dakota County, Nebraska, and Incorporated Areas
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Crystal Cove........................ Just upstream of I-129 None +1086 City of South Sioux
along U.S. Route 77. City.
Crystal Lake........................ From just upstream of None +1086 City of South Sioux
152nd Street to just City, Unincorporated
downstream of U.S. Areas of Dakota
Route 77. County.
Crystal Lake Northwest.............. From just downstream of None +1093 City of South Sioux
Golf Road to just City.
upstream of 142nd
Street.
Crystal Lake-Sump Area.............. From the intersection None +1098 City of South Sioux
of Old Sawmill Road City.
and unnamed road to
approximately 780 feet
south, extending
approximately 1,050
feet west along Old
Sawmill Road.
Missouri River...................... Approximately 1 mile +1070 +1069 City of Dakota City,
downstream of the City of South Sioux
confluence with Omaha City, Unincorporated
Creek Ditch. Areas of Dakota
County.
Approximately 0.9 mile +1100 +1102
upstream from the
confluence with Aowa
Creek.
Old Silver Lake Creek............... At the confluence with None +1090 City of South Sioux
the Missouri River. City.
Approximately 200 feet None +1092
downstream of West
29th Street.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Roy E. Wright, Deputy Director, Risk Analysis Division, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
City of Dakota City
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Maps are available for inspection at 1511 Broadway Street, Dakota City, NE 68731.
City of South Sioux City
Maps are available for inspection at 1615 1st Avenue, South Sioux City, NE 68776.
Unincorporated Areas of Dakota County
Maps are available for inspection at 1601 Broadway Street, Dakota City, NE 68731.
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Sussex County, New Jersey (All Jurisdictions)
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Delaware River...................... At the Warren County None +352 Township of Walpack.
boundary.
At the Township of None +376
Sandyston boundary.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Roy E. Wright, Deputy Director, Risk Analysis Division, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Township of Walpack
Maps are available for inspection at the Walpack Township Municipal Building, 9 Main Street, Walpack Center, NJ
07881.
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Clark County, Nevada, and Incorporated Areas
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Las Vegas Wash...................... At the mouth of the Las +1425 +1431 City of Henderson, City
Vegas Wash (Lake Las of Las Vegas, City of
Vegas Parkway). North Las Vegas,
Unincorporated Areas
of Clark County.
Approximately 375 feet +1854 +1852
upstream of North Las
Vegas Boulevard.
Unnamed Tributary to Las Vegas Wash Approximately 1,000 +1857 +1857 City of North Las
A Channel. feet upstream of the Vegas.
intersection of Las
Vegas Wash and Las
Vegas Boulevard.
Approximately 400 feet +1890 +1886
downstream of
I[dash]15.
Unnamed Wash Along Gowan Road....... Approximately 180 feet None +2256 City of Las Vegas,
upstream of the Unincorporated Areas
intersection of North of Clark County.
Rancho Drive and West
Gowan Road.
At the intersection of None +2311
West Gowan Road and
U.S. Route 95.
Unnamed Wash Along Maverick Street Approximately 300 feet None +2258 City of Las Vegas,
and Duncan Drive. upstream of the Unincorporated Areas
intersection of Duncan of Clark County.
Drive and North Rancho
Drive.
Approximately 150 feet None +2280
downstream of the
intersection of West
Gowan Road and
Maverick Street.
Unnamed Wash Along North Rancho Approximately 300 feet None +2209 City of Las Vegas, City
Drive. upstream of the of North Las Vegas.
intersection of North
Rancho Drive and North
Decatur Boulevard.
Approximately 250 feet +2300 +2298
upstream of the
intersection of North
Rancho Drive and West
Craig Road.
Unnamed Wash along U.S. Route 95.... At the intersection of +2318 +2317 City of Las Vegas.
West Gowan Street and
U.S. Route 95.
Approximately 950 feet +2326 +2325
upstream of the
intersection of U.S.
Route 95 and West
Craig Road.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Roy E. Wright, Deputy Director, Risk Analysis Division, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
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ADDRESSES
City of Henderson
Maps are available for inspection at the Public Works Department, 240 Water Street, Henderson, NV 89015.
City of Las Vegas
Maps are available for inspection at the Public Works Department, 400 Stewart Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101.
City of North Las Vegas
Maps are available for inspection at the Public Works Department, 2200 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas, NV
89030.
Unincorporated Areas of Clark County
Maps are available for inspection at the Public Works Department, 500 South Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, NV
89155.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: September 13, 2010
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-24141 Filed 9-24-10; 8:45 am]
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