[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8984-8986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3508]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1182]
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 proposed
rule 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 May 17, 2011.
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.
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1182, to
Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500
C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (e-mail)
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646-4064, 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
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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] Communities affected
Elevation in feet (MLLW)
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Effective Modified
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City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska
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Auke Bay............................ At Smugglers Cove, None [caret]25 City and Borough of
approximately 640 feet Juneau.
southeast of the
intersection of Fox
Farm Trail and Fritz
Cove Road.
Approximately 550 feet [caret]25 [caret]27
northeast of the
intersection of Point
Louisa Road and
Glacier Highway.
At the Auke Bay ferry [caret]22 [caret]29
terminal.
Duck Creek.......................... At the downstream side [caret]20 [caret]23 City and Borough of
of Radcliffe Road. Juneau.
Approximately 350 feet [caret]48 [caret]52
upstream of Taku
Boulevard.
East Fork Duck Creek................ Approximately 150 feet [caret]31 [caret]34 City and Borough of
downstream of Nancy Juneau.
Street.
Approximately 200 feet [caret]31 [caret]34
downstream of Trinity
Drive.
Fritz Cove.......................... At the southern end of None [caret]23 City and Borough of
Mendenhall Peninsula. Juneau.
Approximately 870 feet None [caret]26
south of the
intersection of Fritz
Cove Road and Fox Farm
Trail.
Gastineau Channel, Douglas Island At the north end of None [caret]23 City and Borough of
Side. Douglas Island, Juneau.
opposite the airport.
At the west end of None [caret]25
Douglas Island, west
of North Douglas Road.
At the Paris Creek [caret]26 [caret]25
confluence.
At the eastern end of [caret]26 [caret]29
Juneau Island next to
Douglas Marina.
Gastineau Channel, Juneau Side...... Approximately 0.3 mile None [caret]25 City and Borough of
southeast of the Juneau.
intersection of
Engineers Cutoff Road
and Mendenhall
Peninsula Road.
Approximately 0.5 mile [caret]31 [caret]26
southwest of the
intersection of Point
Lena Loop Road and
Towers Road.
At the end of Thane None [caret]27
Road, at the Little
Sheep Creek confluence.
Approximately 0.55 mile None [caret]28
southeast of the
intersection of Mill
Street and Thane Road.
Jordan Creek........................ Approximately 1,080 None [caret]25 City and Borough of
feet downstream of Juneau.
Yandukin Drive.
Approximately 0.23 mile [caret]30 [caret]31
upstream of Egan Drive.
Lemon Creek......................... Approximately 0.27 mile None [caret]23 City and Borough of
downstream of Glacier Juneau.
Highway.
Approximately 1.4 miles None [caret]106
upstream of Glacier
Highway.
Mendenhall River.................... Approximately 1.14 None [caret]23 City and Borough of
miles downstream of Juneau.
Glacier Highway.
At the upstream side of [caret]55 [caret]56
Mendenhall Loop Road.
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Unnamed Tributary to Duck Creek..... At the downstream side None [caret]42 City and Borough of
of El Camino Street. Juneau.
At the upstream side of None [caret]46
Mendenhall Loop Road.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Lower Low Water.
** 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 Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
City and Borough of Juneau
Maps are available for inspection at 155 South Seward Street, Juneau, AK 99801.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: February 7, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-3508 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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