[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 14360-14362] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-6060] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67 [Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1110] Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On April 14, 2010, 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 75 FR 19320. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Sumter County, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Factory Creek (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Fenache Creek (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Folsum Branch (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), High Run (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Jones Creek (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Noxubee River (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Sandy Creek, Sucarnoochee River, Tombigbee River, Tombigbee River Tributary 13 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Tombigbee River Tributary 16 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River, Tombigbee River Tributary 7 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Tombigbee River Tributary 8 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Toomsuba Creek, and Whiterock Creek (backwater effects from Sucarnoochee River). DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before June 14, 2011. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B- 1110, 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) 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 minimum requirements. 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. Corrections In the proposed rule published at 75 FR 19321, in the April 14, 2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Sumter County, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding sources: Factory Creek (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Fenache Creek (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Folsum Branch (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), High Run (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Jones Creek (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Noxubee River (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Sandy Creek, Sucarnoochee River, Tombigbee River, Tombigbee River Trib 13 (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Tombigbee River Trib 16 (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River, Tombigbee River Trib 7 (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Tombigbee River Trib 8 (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Toomsuba Creek, and Whiterock Creek (Backwater effects from Sucarnoochee River). That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for that 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. [[Page 14361]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Elevation in feet (NGVD) + Elevation in feet (NAVD)Depth in feet above Flooding source(s) Location of ground [caret] Elevation in Communities affected referenced elevation meters (MSL) -------------------------------- Effective Modified ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sumter County, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Factory Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +115 Unincorporated Areas from Tombigbee River). with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River to approximately 1,600 feet upstream of County Road 21. Fenache Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +126 Unincorporated Areas from Tombigbee River). with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River to approximately 0.5 mile downstream of County Road 4. Folsum Branch (backwater effects From the confluence None +120 Town of Gainesville. from Tombigbee River). with the Tombigbee River to approximately 500 feet upstream of Fulson Branch Road. High Run (backwater effects from From the confluence None +103 Unincorporated Areas Tombigbee River). with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River to approximately 2.3 miles upstream of the confluence with the Tombigbee River. Jones Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +114 Town of Epes. from Tombigbee River). with the Tombigbee River to approximately 2,100 feet upstream of County Road 20. Noxubee River (backwater effects From the confluence None +122 Unincorporated Areas from Tombigbee River). with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River to approximately 7.3 miles upstream of County Road 85. Sandy Creek....................... Approximately 1 mile None +115 Unincorporated Areas downstream of State of Sumter County. Route 28. Approximately 1,673 None +117 feet downstream of East Park Road. Sucarnoochee River................ Approximately 1.6 None +115 Unincorporated Areas miles downstream of of Sumter County. railroad. Approximately 1.4 None +120 miles upstream of U.S. Route 11. Tombigbee River................... Approximately 29.4 None +95 Town of Epes. miles downstream of U.S. Route 11. Approximately 12.7 None +130 miles upstream of the Gainesville Dam. Tombigbee River Tributary 13 From the confluence None +108 Unincorporated Areas (backwater effects from Tombigbee with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River). River to approximately 585 feet downstream of Port of Unnamed Road. Tombigbee River Tributary 16 From the confluence None +113 Unincorporated Areas (backwater effects from Tombigbee with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River). River to approximately 740 feet downstream of Port of Epes Highway. Tombigbee River Tributary 7 From the confluence None +96 Unincorporated Areas (backwater effects from Tombigbee with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River). River to approximately 1.2 miles downstream of Pine Top Road. Tombigbee River Tributary 8 From the confluence None +101 Unincorporated Areas (backwater effects from Tombigbee with the Tombigbee of Sumter County. River). River to approximately 0.6 mile upstream of Trails End Road. Toomsuba Creek.................... Approximately 0.7 None +148 Unincorporated Areas mile downstream of of Sumter County. the railroad. Approximately 750 None +164 feet upstream of U.S. Route 11. Whiterock Creek (backwater effects From the confluence None +116 Unincorporated Areas from Sucarnoochee River). with the of Sumter County. Sucarnoochee River to approximately 1,073 feet downstream of Arrington Street. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. + North American Vertical Datum. Depth in feet above ground. [caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. [[Page 14362]] ** 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 Town of Epes Maps are available for inspection at 40 Carrol Street, Epes, AL 35464. Town of Gainesville Maps are available for inspection at 9380 State Street, Gainesville, AL 35464. Unincorporated Areas of Sumter County Maps are available for inspection at 318 Washington Street, Livingston, AL 35470. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'') Dated: March 7, 2011. Sandra K. Knight, Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2011-6060 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-12-P