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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
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 maps are available for inspection as indicated on the table below.
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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: Mississippi and Virginia,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below for the 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 FEMA 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. 4104, and 44 CFR part 67. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in flood prone 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 final rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood elevation determinations are not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
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 13132, Federalism. This final rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final rule meets the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.
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 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
feet (NGVD) +
Elevation in feet
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location (NAVD)
Approximately 800 +804
feet upstream of
Edgewood Drive. * National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
ADDRESSES City of Lynchburg
Maps are available for inspection at 900 Church Street, 2nd Floor Planning Division, Lynchburg, VA 24504.
*Elevation in
feet (NGVD)
+Elevation in
Location of referenced feet (NAVD)
Flooding source(s) elevation
Jumpoff Creek......................... At the confluence with East +162 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Just upstream of Norfolk +238
Southern Railroad.
Juniper Creek......................... At the confluence with East +166 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1,900 feet +252
upstream of DupontHarris Road.
Long Branch........................... At the confluence with West +72 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 6,900 feet +161
upstream of Nelle Burkes Road.
Mill Creek No. 1...................... At the Pearl RiverHanconk +79 Pearl River County
County Boundary. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 4,800 feet +175
upstream of Mill Creek 2 Tributary 4.
No. 3............................. Approximately 170 feet +54 Pearl River County upstream of Boley Bypass Road. (Unincorporated Areas). Approximately 14,600 feet +180 upstream of Highway 11.
No. 4............................. Just upstream of the dam...... +91 Pearl River County
(Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 6,200 feet +143
upstream of Rock Ranch Road.
West Hobolochitto Creek............... Approximately 600 feet +98 Pearl River County
downstream of Henleyfield (Unincorporated Areas). McNeill Road.
Approximately 200 feet +130
upstream of Highway 26.
White Sand Creek...................... At the confluence with West +129 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 4,050 feet +247
upstream of White Sand Creek Tributary 7.
Wolf River............................ Approximately 16,100 feet +120 Pearl River County
downstream of McNeillMcHenry (Unincorporated Areas). Road.
Approximately 2,500 feet +241
upstream of Highway 11. *National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.
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ADDRESSES Pearl River County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at Department of Planning and Development, 167 SavannahMillard Road, Poplarville, MS 39470.
Warren County, Virginia, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMAB7705
North Fork Shenandoah River........... Confluence with South Fork +498 Warren County
Shenandoah River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Town of Front Royal Corporate +498
Limits (approximately 1.46
miles upstream of confluence
with Shenandoah River).
South Fork Shenandoah River........... Confluence of Punches Run..... +500 Warren County
(Unincorporated Areas).
Town of Front Royal Corporate +506
Limits (just upstream of
Catlett Mountain Road and Luray Avenue).
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.
ADDRESSES Warren County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at 220 North Commerce Avenue, Suite 400, Front Royal, VA 22630.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: December 14, 2007.
David I. Maurstad,
Federal Insurance Administrator of the National Flood Insurance
Program, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E725288 Filed 122707; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 6463151.
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