[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16887-16890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9607]



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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7175]


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 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 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

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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 Acting 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 National Flood Insurance Program. As a result, a 
regulatory flexibility analysis has not 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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Illinois.....................  Aroma Park        Iroquois River...........  At the confluence with Kankakee River.............         *613         *608
                                (Village)                                                                                                               
                                Kankakee County.                                                                                                        
                                                                            Approximately 0.3 mile upstream of the confluence          *613         *608
                                                                             with Kankakee River.                                                       
                                                 Kankakee River...........  Approximately 0.5 mile downstream of the                   *613         *608
                                                                             confluence of Iroquois River.                                              
                                                                            At the confluence of Spring Creek.................         *613         *608
                                                                                                                                                        
   Maps available for inspection at the Aroma Park Village Hall, 108 West Front Street, Aroma Park, Illinois.                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to Ms. Roberta Conrad, President of the Village of Aroma Park, P.O. Box 117, Aroma Park, Illinois 60910.                                
                                                                                                                                                        
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Illinois.....................  Aurora (City) Du  Mastadon Lake............  Entire shoreline within the community.............         None         *662
                                Page and Kane                                                                                                           
                                Counties.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Planning Department, Aurora City Hall, 44 East Downer Place, Aurora, Illinois.                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable David Pierce, Mayor of the City of Aurora, 44 East Downer Place, Aurora, Illinois 60507.                               
                                                                                                                                                        
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Illinois.....................  Kankakee County   Kankakee River...........  At the upstream side of Interstate Highway 57.....         *611         *607
                                (Unincorporated                                                                                                         
                                Areas).                                                                                                                 
                                                                            At the State boundary.............................         *631         *630
                                                 Iroquois River...........  At the confluence with Kankakee River.............         *613         *608
                                                                            Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of the confluence          *613         *612
                                                                             with Minnie Creek.                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Kankakee County Administrative Building, 189 East Court Street, Kankakee, Illinois.                              
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to Mr. Russell Thompson, Chairman of the Kankakee County Board, Kankakee County Administration Building, 189 East Court Street,         
   Kankakee, Illinois 60901.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
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Illinois.....................  Momence (City)    Kankakee River (Main       Approximately 0.52 mile downstream of Dixie                *620         *615
                                Kankakee County.  Channel).                  Highway.                                                                   
                                                                            Approximately 625 feet upstream of Union Pacific           *623         *620
                                                                             Railroad.                                                                  
                                                 Kankakee River...........  Just upstream of spillway.........................         *620         *618
                                                 North Channel............  Approximately 475 feet upstream of Union Pacific           *623         *620
                                                                             Railroad.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the City Hall, 123 West River Street, Momence, Illinois.                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable James Moody, Mayor of the City of Momence, City Hall, 123 West River Street, Momence, Illinois 60954.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
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New York.....................  Newport (Town)    West Canada Creek........  Approximately 200 feet downstream of Old State             None         *686
                                Herkimer County.                             Road.                                                                      
                                                                            Approximately 1.02 miles upstream of Old State             None         *696
                                                                             Road.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        

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  Maps available for inspection at the Newport Town Hall, West Street, Newport, New York.                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to Mr. Michael McEvoy, Supervisor of the Town of Newport, Box 519, Newport, New York 13416.                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
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New York.....................  Oyster Bay        Hempstead Harbor.........  Approximately 100 feet west of the intersection of          *14          *16
                                (Town) Nassau                                Glenwood Road and Shore Road.                                              
                                County.                                                                                                                 
                                                 Atlantic Ocean: South      Approximately 525 feet west of the intersection of           *8           *9
                                                  Oyster Bay.                Atwater Place and West Shore Drive.                                        
                                                                            Approximately 250 feet southeast of the                      *9           *8
                                                                             intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Bay Drive.                            
                                                 Beaver Lake..............  Approximately 950 feet northeast of Kentuck Lane..         None          *12
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Oyster Bay Town Department of Planning and Development, 74 Audry Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to Mr. Lewis Yevoli, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor, 54 Audry Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York 11771.                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
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Pennsylvania.................                                                                                                                           
                               Hempfield         Sewickley Creek..........  Approximately 0.5 mile downstream of confluence            None         *930
                                                                            Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of confluence          *933         *932
                                                                             with Buffalo Run.                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at Hempfield Municipal Building, Woodward Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to Mr. Jed Yurt, Supervisor for the Township of Hempfield, R.D. #6, Box 500, Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601.                            
                                                                                                                                                        
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Pennsylvania.................  Rostraver         Speers Run...............  Approximately 0.2 mile downstream of State Route           *808         *811
                                (Township)                                   200.                                                                       
                                Westmoreland                                                                                                            
                                County.                                                                                                                 
                                                                            At confluence of Speers Run Tributary 2 and 3.....         *896         *903
                                                 Speers Run...............  At confluence with Speers Run.....................         *896         *903
                                                 Tributary 2..............  At downstream side of Norfolk and Western Railway          *993         *990
                                                                             culvert.                                                                   
                                                 Speers Run...............  At confluence with Speers Run.....................         *896         *903
                                                 Tributary 3..............  Approximately 0.3 mile upstream of Norfolk and             *932         *931
                                                                             Western Railway.                                                           
                                                 Speers Run...............  At confluence with Speers Run.....................         *843         *844
                                                 Tributary 4..............  Approximately 40 feet downstream of Norfolk and            *862         *863
                                                                             Western Railway.                                                           
                                                 Monongahela River........  At county boundary................................         *756         *757
                                                                            At upstream side of Interstate Route 70...........         *762         *764
                                                 Youghiogheny River.......  At the downstream corporate limits (in the area of         None         *769
                                                                             Collinsburg Road).                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Rostraver Township Municipal Building, R.D.#4 Port Royal Road, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania.                       
  Send comments to Mr. Austin A. Cratty, President of the Rostraver Township Board of Supervisors, R.D.#4 Municipal Building, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
   15012.                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
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Pennsylvania.................  South Huntingdon  Sewickley Creek..........  Approximately 0.5 feet downstream of confluence            None         *930
                                (Township).                                  with Buffalo Run.                                                          
                               Westmoreland                                 Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of confluence          *933         *932
                                County.                                      with Buffalo Run.                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the South Huntingdon Township Hall, 75 Supervisor Drive, West Newton, Pennsylvania.                                  
  Send comments to Mr. Scott Painter, Chairman of the South Huntingdon Board of Supervisors, 75 Supervisor Drive, West Newton, Pennsylvania 15089.      
                                                                                                                                                        
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Tennessee....................  Shelbyville       Duck Creek...............  Approximately 0.6 mile downstream of Sims Road             None          719
                                (City) Bedford                                                                                                          
                                County.                                                                                                                 
                                                                            Approximately 0.65 mile upstream of the confluence         None          747
                                                                             of Bomar Creek.                                                            
                                                 Bomar Creek..............  At confluence with Duck River.....................         None         *745
                                                                            Approximately 750 feet upstream of State Route 64          None         *750
                                                                             (Wartrace Pike).                                                           
                                                 Flat Creek...............  At the confluence with Duck River.................         None         *730
                                                                            Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of U.S. Route 231         None         *740
                                                                             (South Cannon Boulevard).                                                  
                                                 Pettus Branch............  Approximately 700 feet upstream of River Road.....         None         *731

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                                                                            At Cemetery Road..................................         None         *753
                                                 Little Hurricane Creek...  At Peacock Lane...................................         None         *749
                                                                            Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of State Route 10          None         *780
                                                                             and 82 (U.S. Route 231).                                                   
                                                 Tributary to Little        At confluence with Little Hurricane Creek.........         None         *761
                                                  Hurricane Creek.                                                                                      
                                                                            At Fairfield Pike.................................         None         *785
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Shelbyville City Hall, 109 Lane Parkway, Shelbyville, Tennessee.                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable Albert C. Stephenson, Mayor of the City of Shelbyville, 109 Lane Parkway, Shelbyville, Tennessee 37160.                
                                                                                                                                                        
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Wisconsin....................  Chetek (City)     Lake Chetek..............  Entire shoreline within corporate limits..........         None        *1040
                                Barron County.                                                                                                          
                                                 Prairie Lake.............  Entire shoreline within corporate limits..........         None        *1040
                                                                                                                                                        
  Maps available for inspection at the Chetek City Clerk's Office, 220 Stout Street, Chetek, Wisconsin.                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
  Send comments to The Honorable Shirley A. Webb, Mayor of the City of Chetek, P.O. Box 194, Chetek, Wisconsin 54728.                                   
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Dated: April 9, 1996.
Richard W. Krimm,
Acting Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 96-9607 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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