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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).
dates: 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: Oklahoma and Texas,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The Federal Emergency Management Agency makes the final determinations listed below for the 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. 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:
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Depth in feet above ground. *Elevation in State City/town/county Source of flooding Location feet (NGVD) Modified [sdiam]Elevation in feet (NAVD) Modified OK........................... McAlester (City) Tributary A..................... Approximately 4,875 feet downstream of Village [sdiam]682 Pittsburg Boulevard. [sdiam]756 County (FEMA Approximately 2,100 feet upstream of Crooked Oak Docket No. Lane. P7663).
OK........................... McAlester (City) Tributary AA.................... At the confluence with Tributary A................ [sdiam]698 Pittsburg Approximately 3,275 feet upstream of U.S. Highway [sdiam]754 County (FEMA 69. Docket No.
P7663).
Tributary B..................... Approximately 490 feet downstream of South C. [sdiam]687 Street. Approximately 300 feet upstream of U.S. Highway 69 [sdiam]741 Service Road (2nd crossing). Tributary C..................... Just upstream of Union Pacific Railroad........... [sdiam]646 Approximately 550 feet upstream of East Monroe [sdiam]686 Avenue. Tributary D..................... Just upstream of South F Street................... [sdiam]678 Approximately 1,375 feet upstream of East South [sdiam]726 Avenue. Tributary DD.................... At the confluence with Tributary D................ [sdiam]703 Approximately 325 feet upstream of East Seminole [sdiam]715 Avenue. Maps are available for inspection at 28 East Washington Street, McAlester, Oklahoma. TX........................... Eagle Pass Eagle Pass Creek................ At the confluence with Rio Grande................. [sdiam]716 (City) Maverick Approximately 200 feet upstream of Vista Hermosa [sdiam]790 County (FEMA Drive. Docket No.
P7663).
Eagle Pass Creek Tributary 1.... Just upstream of Union Pacific Railroad........... [sdiam]726 Approximately 330 feet upstream of Travis Street.. [sdiam]741 Eagle Pass Creek Tributary 2.... Just upstream of the confluence with Eagle Pass [sdiam]741 Creek. Approximately 2,100 feet upstream of North Bibb [sdiam]799 Avenue. Rio Grande...................... Approximately 1,950 feet downstream of [sdiam]710 International Union Pacific Railroad Bridge. Approximately 1,950 feet upstream of East Garrison [sdiam]722 Street. Tributary to East Seco Creek.... Approximately 100 feet downstream of U.S. Highway [sdiam]736 277. Approximately 1,185 feet upstream of U.S. Highway [sdiam]744 277. OK........................... Eagle Pass Unnamed Tributary of Rio Grande. Approximately 1,620 feet downstream of FM 3443 [sdiam]739 (City) Maverick (1st Crossing). [sdiam]772 County (FEMA Approximately 1,620 feet upstream of East Main Docket No. Street. P7663).
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 100 South Monroe Street, Eagle Pass, Texas. [[Page 37056]]
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')

Dated: June 22, 2005.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.
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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.