Federal Register: December 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 241)
DOCID: fr16de10-26 FR Doc 2010-31549
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
CFR Citation: 44 CFR Part 67
Docket ID: [Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1169]
NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES
DOCID: fr16de10-26
DOCUMENT ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 16, 2011.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the
communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory
flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream
locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of
the floodplain management measures that the community is required
either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to
qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood [[Page 78665]]
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once
finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the
contents in those buildings.
SUMMARY:
Flood Elevation Determinations
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) proposes to make determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs for each community listed below, in accordance with section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
These proposed BFEs and modified BFEs, together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required. They should not be construed to mean that the community must change any existing ordinances that are more stringent in their floodplain management requirements. The community may at any time enact stricter requirements of its own or pursuant to policies established by other Federal, State, or regional entities. These proposed elevations are used to meet the floodplain management requirements of the NFIP and also are used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, and for the contents in those buildings.
Comments on any aspect of the Flood Insurance Study and FIRM, other than the proposed BFEs, will be considered. A letter acknowledging receipt of any comments will not be sent.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed 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.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as amended.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed 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 proposed to be 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. 67.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are proposed to be amended as follows:
* Elevation in feet (NGVD) + Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
Lake Ripley/East Lake Ripley........ Entire shoreline within None +1128 Unincorporated Areas of
community. Meeker County. * National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES
Unincorporated Areas of Meeker County
Maps are available for inspection at the Meeker County Courthouse, 325 Sibley Avenue North, Litchfield, MN 55355.
Big Creek (backwater effects from From the Grand River None +649 Unincorporated Areas of
Missouri River). confluence to Carroll County. approximately 2.7
miles upstream of
County Road 335.
Grand River (backwater effects from From the Missouri River None +649 Unincorporated Areas of
Missouri River). confluence to the Carroll County.
upstream side of the railroad.
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Missouri River...................... At the Grand River +646 +645 City of Dewitt, City of
confluence. Norborne, Town of
Carrollton,
Unincorporated Areas
of Carroll County.
At the Ray County +692 +689 boundary.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES City of Dewitt
Maps are available for inspection at the Carroll County Courthouse, 8 South Main Street, Suite 6, Carrollton, MO 64633.
City of Norborne
Maps are available for inspection at the Carroll County Courthouse, 8 South Main Street, Suite 6, Carrollton, MO 64633.
Town of Carrollton
Maps are available for inspection at Carrollton City Hall, 206 West Washington Avenue, Carrollton, MO 64633.
Unincorporated Areas of Carroll County
Maps are available for inspection at the Carroll County Courthouse, 8 South Main Street, Suite 6, Carrollton, MO 64633.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: December 7, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation,
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 201031549 Filed 121510; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 6464064, or (email) luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov.