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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

CFR Citation: 44 CFR Part 67

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Flood elevation determinations:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Final Flood Elevation Determinations

EFFECTIVE DATES: The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) showing BFEs and modified BFEs for each community. This date may be obtained by contacting the office where the FIRM is available for inspection as indicated in the table below.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

SUMMARY: Various States,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

FEMA makes the final determinations listed below of BFEs and modified BFEs for each community listed. The proposed BFEs and proposed modified BFEs were published in newspapers of local circulation and an opportunity for the community or individuals to appeal the proposed determinations to or through the community was provided for a period of ninety (90) days. The proposed BFEs and proposed modified BFEs were also published in the Federal Register.

This final rule is issued in accordance with section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 67.

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FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.

Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to review the proof Flood Insurance Study and FIRM available at the address cited below for each community.

The BFEs and modified BFEs are made final in the communities listed below. Elevations at selected locations in each community are shown. National Environmental Policy Act

This rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental Consideration. No environmental impact assessment has been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because final or modified BFEs are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and are required to establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared. Regulatory Classification

This final rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism

This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 1987. Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform

This proposed rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67

Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended to read 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. 67.11 [Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are amended as follows:
#Depth in feet above ground. Source of flooding and location *Elevation in feet (NGVD). CALIFORNIA
Martinez (City), Contra Costa County, (FEMA Docket No. B
7408)
Arroyo Del Hambra Creek:
Just upstream of John Muir Parkway........................ *116 Approximately 2, 000 feet upstream of Alhambra Avenue..... *180 Line A. DA40:
Approximately 950 feet downstream of Howe Road............ *22 Approximately 75 feet downstream of Howe Road............. *23 Maps are available for inspection at City of Martinez, City Hall, 525 Henrietta Street, Martinez, California.
MISSOURI
Newton County (Unincorporated Areas), (FEMA Docket No. B
7258)
Culpepper Creek:
Approximately 1,150 feet downstream of Webert Road........ *1,037 Approximately 100 feet downstream of Old County Highway *1,050 East..................................................... Approximately 2,800 feet upstream of Main Street.......... *1,075 Wolf Creek:
At confluence with Culpepper Creek........................ *1,044 Approximately 3,050 feet upstream of confluence with...... *1,059 Maps are available for inspection at Newton County
Courthouse, Emergency Management Office, 101 South Wood
Street at Main Street, Neosho, Missouri.

Grandby (City), Newton County, (FEMA Docket No. B7270)
Culpepper Creek:
Approximately 400 feet upstream of confluence with Shoal *1,034 Creek.................................................... Approximately 100 feet downstream of Old County Highway E. *1,050 Approximately 120 feet upstream of Main Street............ *1,072 Wolf Creek:
Approximately 3,450 feet downstream of Vance Street....... *1,048 Approximately 1,150 feet upstream of Vance Street......... *1,082 Maps are available for inspection at the City of Grandby,
City Hall, 302 North Main Street, Grandby, Missouri.
OREGON
Gresham (City), Multnomah County, (FEMA Docket No. B7417) Kelly Creek:
Approximately 130 feet downstream of Division Street...... *335 Approximately 400 feet upstream of NE Kane Road........... *353 Approximately 410 feet downstream of SE El Camino Drive... *355 Approximately 430 feet upstream of Powell Valley Road..... *387 Approximately 670 feet downstream of SE Ironwood Way...... *416 Approximately 630 feet upstream of 282nd Street........... *446 Maps are available for inspection at the Community and
Economic Development Department, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway,
Gresham, Oregon.
#Depth in
feet above
ground.
Source of flooding and location *Elevation Communities affected in feet
(NGVD).
IOWA
FEMA Docket No. (B7401)
Missouri River:
Approximately 5.3 miles *1,032 Monona County (Uninc. downstream of McCandles Cleghorn Areas).
outlet.
Approximately 17.9 miles upstream *1,065 Monona County (Uninc. of Iowa Highway 175(I). Areas).
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McCandless Cleghorn Drainage Ditch:
At its confluence with the *1,039 Monona County (Uninc. Missouri River. Areas).
At 235th Street.................. *1,044 Monona County (Uninc. Areas), City of Onawa.
Approximately 1,000 feet *1,051 Monona County (Uninc. downstream of 220th Street. Areas), City of Onawa.
At intersection of West Street *1,058 Monona County (Uninc. and Walnut Street. Areas), City of Whiting. Approximately 1,400 feet upstream *1,061 Monona County (Uninc. of County Highway 45. Areas), City of Whiting. Just downstream of County Highway *1,063 Monona County (Uninc. 45. Areas).

ADDRESSES
Monona County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at the Monona County Zoning Office, Chairman, Monona County Board of Supervisors, 610 Iowa Avenue, Onawa, Iowa.
City of Onawa
Maps are available for inspection at the Leon Valley City Hall, 914 Diamond Street, Onawa, Iowa.
City of Whiting
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 605 Whittier Street, Whiting, Iowa.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')

Dated: December 11, 2001.
Robert F. Shea,
Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration. [FR Doc. 0131033 Filed 121701; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 671804P

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 6463461, or (E mail) matt.miller@fema.gov.