[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46085-46087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21922]



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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7153]


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 (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base 
flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The 
base flood elevations and modified base 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 
proposes to make determinations of base 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 Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, 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 
NFIP. No regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

Regulatory Classification

    This proposed 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 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. *Elevation in 
       State           City/town/county          Source of flooding                              Location                             feet. (NGVD)      
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                                                                                                                                  Existing     Modified 
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Kansas.............  Derby (City),        Spring Creek....................  Just upstream of State Highway 15.................       *1,251       *1,251
                      Sedgwick County.                                                                                                                  
                                                                            At the confluence of Dry Creek....................       *1,266       *1,265
                                                                            Just downstream of Rock Road......................         None       *1,269
                                                                            Approximately 4,300 feet upstream of Rock Road, at         None       *1,275
                                                                             the City of Derby corporate limits.                                        
                                          Dry Creek.......................  Approximately 1,300 feet downstream of Meadowlark        *1,283       *1,284
                                                                             Road.                                                                      
                                                                            Just downstream of Meadowlark Road................       *1,287       *1,287
                                                                            Approximately 4,500 feet downstream of 63rd Street         None       *1,296
                                                                            Just downstream of 63rd Street....................         None       *1,307
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps are available for inspection at Derby City Hall, 611 North Mulberry, Derby, Kansas.                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable K.O. LaVergne, Mayor, City of Derby, 611 North Mulberry, Derby, Kansas 67037.                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
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Oklahoma...........  Pauls Valley         Rush Creek......................  Approximately 2,700 feet downstream of the Gulf,           *856         *856
                      (City), Garvin                                         Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, at the                                     
                      County.                                                extraterritorial limits.                                                   
                                                                            At U.S. Highway 77 (Chickasaw Avenue).............         *873         *873
                                                                            Just downstream of South Paul Street..............         *878         *877
                                                                            Approximately 500 feet upstream of Interstate              *884         *886
                                                                             Highway 35.                                                                
                                                                            Approximately 1,800 feet upstream of Interstate            *885         *887
                                                                             Highway 35.                                                                
                                          Rush Creek (Area North of Levee)  On the projection of Leslie Avenue, between Rush           *869         *869
                                                                             Creek and the railroad.                                                    
                                                                            At intersection of Garvin Avenue and Chickasaw             *871         *873
                                                                             Street.                                                                    
                                                                            At intersection of Grant Avenue and Pine Street...         None         *875
                                                                            At intersection of Agnew Avenue and Pine Street...         None         *878
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, City of Pauls Valley, 220 West Paul Avenue, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable Kirk Dunham, Mayor, City of Pauls Valley, P.O. Box 778, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma 73075.                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
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Oklahoma...........  Stillwater (City),   Boomer Creek....................  At confluence with Stillwater Creek...............         *857         *858
                      Payne County.                                                                                                                     
                                                                            Just upstream of East 19th Avenue (corporate               *859         *859
                                                                             limits).                                                                   
                                                                            Approximately 500 feet upstream of East 12th               *862         *863
                                                                             Avenue.                                                                    
                                                                            Approximately 950 feet downstream of South Perkins         *865         *865
                                                                             Road.                                                                      
                                                                            At confluence of East and West Boomer Creeks......         *870         *866
                                          East Boomer Creek...............  At confluence with Boomer Creek...................         *870         *866
                                                                            Approximately 100 feet upstream of Virginia Avenue         *876         *872
                                                                            Approximately 100 feet upstream of Hall of Fame            *878         *877
                                                                             Avenue.                                                                    
                                                                            Approximately 300 feet downstream of East McElroy          *880         *880
                                                                             Road.                                                                      
                                          West Boomer Creek...............  At confluence with Boomer Creek...................         *870         *866
                                                                            Approximately 100 feet upstream of Virginia Avenue         *876         *876
                                                                            Approximately 200 feet upstream of South Husband           *885         *885
                                                                             Street.                                                                    
                                                                            Approximately 200 feet downstream of Knoblock              *893         *892
                                                                             Street.                                                                    
                                                                            Just downstream of Moore Avenue...................         *899         *904
                                                                            Approximately 700 feet upstream of Washington              *905         *906
                                                                             Street.                                                                    
                                                                            Approximately 50 feet upstream of Lakeview Road...         *913         *915
                                                                                                                                                        

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  Maps are available for inspection at the Public Works Department, City of Stillwater, 723 South Lewis Street, Stillwater, Oklahoma.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable Terry Miller, Mayor, City of Stillwater, City Hall, P.O. Box 1449, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076.                         
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: August 28, 1995.
Richard T. Moore,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 95-21922 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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