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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Base (1% 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).
Effective Date: 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.

SUMMARY: Kansas and Louisiana,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The Federal Emergency Management Agency makes the final determinations listed below of BFEs and modified BFEs for each community listed. These modified elevations have been published in newspapers of local circulation and ninety (90) days have elapsed since that publication. The Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate has resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.

This final rule is issued in accordance with Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and 44 CFR Part 67.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, 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. [[Page 8114]]

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:
*Elevation in
Source of flooding and location feet (NGVD) Communities affected

of referenced elevation Modified

Solomon River Tributary:

At Union Pacific Railroad.. *1,172 FEMA Docket No. P7635 Dickinson County, KS (Unincorporated Areas) City of Solomon, KS

Approximately 4,200 feet *1,189
upstream of 7th Street.
ADDRESSES
Dickinson County, Kansas
Maps are available for inspection at 109 East First Street, Suite 202, Abilene, Kansas.
City of Solomon, Kansas
Maps are available for inspection at 116 West Main Street, Solomon, Kansas.

Boggy Bayou:

At confluence with Cypress *160 FEMA Docket No. P7635 Bayou. Caddo Parish, LA (Unincorporated Areas)

Approximately 3,100 feet *160
downstream of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Bridge.
Brush Bayou:

At confluence with Boggy *160
Bayou.

Approximately 4,600 feet *160
upstream of confluence
with Boggy Bayou.
Buchanan Bayou:

At confluence with Boggy *160
Bayou.

Approximately 5,400 feet *160
upstream of the confluence
with Boggy Bayou.

Caddo Lake:

At Caddo Lake Dam.......... *181 Caddo Parish, LA (Unincorporated Areas) Town of Mooringsport, LA Town of Oil City, LA

Cypress Bayou:

At Wallace Lake Dam........ *160 Caddo Parish, LA (Unincorporated Areas) City of Shreveport, LA

Approximately 300 feet *178
upstream of U.S. Highway
171 Bridge.

Wallace Lake:

At Wallace Lake Dam........ *160 Caddo Parish, LA (Unincorporated Areas) City of Shreveport, LA ADDRESSES
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Maps are available for inspection at 505 Travis Street, 8th Floor, Shreveport, Louisiana.
City of Shreveport, Louisiana
Maps are available for inspection at 505 Travis Street, 3rd Floor, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Town of Mooringsport, Louisiana
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 122 West Croom Street, Mooringsport, Louisiana.
Town of Oil City, Louisiana
Maps are available for inspection at 202 Allen Street, Oil City, Louisiana.

Dated: February 11, 2004.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance'')
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 043815 Filed 22004; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard Identification Section, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 6462903.