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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-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (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: Oklahoma,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

FEMA makes final determinations listed below of BFEs and modified BFEs for each community listed. The proposed BFEs and proposed modified BFEse 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.

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 Administrator of the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because final or modified base flood elevations 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 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 record keeping 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:
*Elevation in
Source of flooding and location feet (NGVD) Commuities affected of referenced elevation modified

Elm Creek:

Approximately 700 feet *756 (FEMA Docket No. downstream of South Main P7611) City of Street. Grove, Delaware County

Approximately 2,700 feet *837
upstream of N4640 Road.

Flint Creek:

Approximately 6,850 feet *858 Delaware County downstream of U.S. 59.

Approximately 1,100 feet *889
upstream of D579 Road
(Beckwith Bridge).
Grand Lake of the Cherokees: *756 (FEMA Docket No. Entire shoreline. P7611) City of Grove, Town of Bernice, Delaware County Illinois River:

Approximately 7,150 feet *851 Delaware County downstream of the
confluence of Flint Creek.

Approximately 5,850 feet *863
upstream of the confluence
of Flint Creek.
North Tributary to Spring

Branch:

Approximately 350 feet *753 Delaware County upstream of North Cherokee
Street.

Approximately 1,100 feet *756
downstream of North
Cherokee Street.
*National Geodetic Vertical
Datum
Delaware County
Maps are available for inspection at the Floodplain Administrator's Office, County Court House, Delaware County, Jay, Oklahoma. [[Page 4952]]
City of Grove
Maps are available for inspection at the City Manager's Office, City of Grove, 104 West 3rd Street, Grove, Oklahoma.
Town of Bernice
Maps are available for inspection at the Mayor's Office, Town of Bernice, 400 East Main, Bernice, Oklahoma.

Alsuma Creek:

Approximately 200 feet *668 (FEMA Docket No. upstream of Missouri Kansas P7611) City of Texas Railroad. Tulsa

Approximately 150 feet *680
upstream of East 55th
Street.
Audubon Creek:

At the mouth................ *637

Approximately 1,600 feet *673
upstream of East 31st
Street South.
Bell Creek:

At the mouth................ *644

Approximately 1,200 feet *671
upstream of East 41st
Street South.
Bell Creek Tributary:

At the mouth................ *652

Just downstream of 50th *682
Street South.
Brookhollow Creek:

Approximately 150 feet *640
downstream of Mingo Road.

Approximately 150 feet *692
downstream of South 129th
East Avenue.

Catfish Creek:

Approximately 50 feet *688 (FEMA Docket No. upstream of Railroad Bridge. 7611) City of Tulsa

Just downstream of East 61st *678
Street.
Cooley Creek:

At the mouth................ *615

At the county boundary...... *699

Douglas Creek:

At the mouth................ *609 City of Tulsa, Tulsa County

Just downstream of State *630
Highway 11.

Eagle Creek:

At the mouth................ *608 City of Tulsa

Approximately 2,600 feet *655
upstream of East Pine
Street.
Ford Creek:

At the mouth................ *661

Just down of East 51st *719
Street South.
Fulton Creek:

At the mouth................ *647

Approximately 200 feet *666
downstream of 39th Street.

Jones Creek:

At the mouth................ *629 (FEMA Docket No. P7611) City of Tulsa

Approximately 200 feet *686
upstream of 69th East
Avenue.
Little Creek:

Approximately 1,200 feet *602
downstream of Mingo Valley
Expressway (Highway 169).

Just downstream of 129th *649
East Avenue.
Mill Creek:

At the mouth................ *622

Just downstream of East 15th *727
Street.

Mingo Creek:

Approximately 600 feet *589 City of Tulsa, upstream of East 56th Tulsa County Street North.

Approximately 500 feet *724
downstream of South
Memorial Drive.

Quarry Creek:

Approximately 350 feet *604 City of Tulsa upstream of the mouth.

Just downstream of North *680
145th East Avenue.
Southpark Creek:

At the mouth................ *652

Approximately 6,150 feet *688
upstream of Garnett Road.

Sugar Creek:

At the mouth................ *647 (FEMA Docket No. P7611) City of Tulsa

Just downstream of South *692
129th East Avenue.
Tupelo Creek:

Approximately 200 feet *621
upstream of Mingo Road.

Approximately 700 feet *661
upstream of East 16th
Street.
Tupelo Creek Tributary A:

At the mouth................ *647

Just downstream of South *696
129th East Avenue.
Tupelo Creek Tributary C:

Approximately 200 feet *643
downstream of South Garnett
Road.

Just downstream of South *697
129th East Avenue.
*National Geodetic Vertical
Datum
City of Tulsa
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Maps are available for inspection at 200 Civic Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa County
Maps are available for inspection at the Tulsa County Anex Building, 633 West 3rd, Room 140, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')

Dated: January 21, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration. [FR Doc. 032245 Filed 13003; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Michael M. Grimm, Acting Chief, Hazard Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 6462878 or (email) michael.grimm@fema.gov.