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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7083]

 

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the 
proposed base (100-year) flood elevations and proposed base flood 
elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base 
(100-year) flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management 
measures that the 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: The comment period is ninety (90) days following the second 
publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation 
in each community.

ADDRESSES: The proposed base flood elevations for each community are 
available for inspection at the office of the Chief Executive Officer 
of each community. The respective addresses are listed in the following 
table.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael K. Buckley, P.E., Chief, 
Hazard Identification Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA or Agency) proposes to make determinations of base (100-year) 
flood elevations and modified base flood elevations 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 base flood and modified base flood elevations, 
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 are also used to calculate the 
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after 
these elevations are made final, and for the contents in these 
buildings.

National Environmental Policy Act

    This proposed 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency certifies that this 
proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act because proposed 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 
National Flood Insurance Program. As a result, a regulatory flexibility 
analysis has not been prepared.

Regulatory Impact Analysis

    This proposed rule is not a major rule under Executive Order 12291, 
February 17, 1981. No regulatory impact analysis has been prepared.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism

    This proposed rule involves no policies that have federalism 
implications under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 
1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform

    This proposed 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 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:

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                                                               #Depth in
                                                              feet above
                                                                ground. 
              Source or flooding and location                 *Elevation
                                                                in feet 
                                                                (NGVD). 
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                            MAINE                                       
                                                                        
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              Calais, City (Washington County)                          
                                                                        
St. Croix River:                                                        
  Calais-Robbinston corporate limits........................        *15 
  Calais-Baring Plantation corporate limits.................        *80 
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Calais City Hall,                  
 Community Development Office, Church Street, Calais, Maine.            
Send comments to The Honorable Harold Clark, Mayor of the               
 City of Calais, Washington County, Calais City Hall, Church            
 Street, Calais, Maine 04619.                                           
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Sec. 67.4  [Amended]

    3. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are 
proposed to be amended as follows: 

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                                                                                                                                  #Depth in feet above  
                                                                                                                                  ground. *Elevation in 
       State           City/town/county          Source of flooding                              Location                              feet (NGVD)      
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                                                                                                                                 Existing     Modified  
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Illinois...........  Morris (City)        Nettle Creek....................  Approximately 200 feet upstream of Illinois                *503         *506
                      Grundy County.                                         Michigan Canal.                                                            
                                                                            At upstream corporate limits......................         *506         *507
                                          East Fork Nettle Creek..........  At confluence with Nettle Creek...................         *503          506
                                                                            Approximately 150 feet upstream of Gore Road......         *548         *547
                                          East Fork Nettle Creek Tributary  At the upstream side of Illinois Highway 47.......         None         *517
                                                                            Approximately 200 feet upstream of upstream                None         *520
                                                                             corporate limits.                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
   Maps available for inspection at the Morris City Hall, 320 Wauponsee Street, Morris, Illinois.                                                       
  Send comments to the Honorable Robert T. Feeney, Mayor of the City of Morris, Grundy County, 320 Wauponsee Street, Morris, Illinois 60450.            
                                                                                                                                                        
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Illinois...........  Mundelein (Village)  Diamond Lake Drain..............  Approximately 250 feet downstream of corporate             *714         *721
                      Lake County.                                           limit.                                                                     
                                                                            Approximately 100 feet upstream of Diamond Lake            *742         *744
                                                                             Road.                                                                      
                                          Diamond Lake....................  For entire shoreline within community.............         *742         *744
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Mundelein Village Hall, 440 East Hawley Street, Mundelein, Illinois.                                             
  Send comments to Ms. Marilyn Sindels, Mundelein Village President, 440 East Hawley Street, Mundelein, Illinois 60060.                                 
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Maine..............  Phillips (Town)      Sandy River.....................  Approximately 0.45 mile downstream of Bridge               None         *543
                      Franklin County.                                       Street.                                                                    
                                                                            At upstream corporate limit.......................         None         *818
                                          Orbeton Stream..................  At confluence with Sandy River....................         None         *718
                                                                            Upstream side of Toothaker Pond Road..............         None         *737
                                          South Branch Sandy River........  At confluence with Sandy River....................         None         *745
                                                                            Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Boise Cascade           None         *913
                                                                             Road.                                                                      
                                          Toothaker Pond..................  Entire shoreline within community.................         None         *795
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Town Hall, Phillips, Maine.                                                                                      
  Send comments to Mr. Gordon Davenport, Chairman of the Town of Phillips Board of Selectmen, Franklin County, P.O. Box 96, Phillips, Maine 04966.      
                                                                                                                                                        
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Massachusetts......  Easton (Town)        Queset Brook....................  Approximately 125 feet upstream of Dean Pond Dam..          *96          *97
                      Bristol County.                                                                                                                   
                                                                             Approximately 0.28 mile upstream of Canton Street         None         *183
                                          Gowards Brook...................  Approximately 0.46 mile downstream of Norton               None          *94
                                                                             Avenue.                                                                    
                                                                            Upstream side of State Route 106..................         None         *147
                                          Whitman Brook...................  At confluence with Queset Brook...................         None         *122
                                                                            Approximately 0.37 mile upstream of Conrail.......         None         *135
                                                                                                                                                        
   Maps available for inspection at the Planning and Zoning Office, 136 Elm Street, Easton, Massachusetts.                                              
  Send comments to Mr. Kevin Paicos, Easton Town Administrator, 136 Elm Street, Easton, Massachusetts 02356.                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
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Michigan...........  Dearborn (City)      River Rouge.....................  Approximately 450 feet downstream of Evergreen             None         *587
                      Wayne County.                                          Road (North Bound).                                                        
                                                                            Approximately 100 feet upstream of Ford Road (West         None         *597
                                                                             Bound).                                                                    
                                          Lower River Rouge...............  At the confluence with River Rouge................         None         *589
                                                                            At the Gulley Road................................         None         *603
                                          North Branch Ecorse Creek.......  At the Southfield Freeway.........................         None         *601
                                                                            Approximately 1,300 feet downstream of Madison             None         *611
                                                                             Street.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   Maps available for inspection at the Dearborn City Hall West, Office of City Engineer, 4500 Maple Street, Dearborn, Michigan.                        
  Send comments to the Honorable Michael Guido, Mayor of the City of Dearborn, 13615 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48126.                         
                                                                                                                                                        
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New York...........  Hamburg (Town) Erie  Buttermilk Falls Creek..........  Approximately 800 feet downstream of Lakeview Road         *727         *726
                      County.                                                                                                                           
                                                                            At Heltz Road.....................................         None        *742 
  Maps available for inspection at the Building Inspection Office, S-6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York.                                         
  Send comments to Mr. John A. Michalek, Hamburg Town Supervisor, S-6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York 14075.                                    
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: January 14, 1994.
Robert H. Volland,
Acting Deputy Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 94-2856 Filed 2-7-94; 8:45 am]
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