[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2989-2991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1279]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7202]


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

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community. The respective addresses are listed in the following table.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick H. Sharrocks, Jr., Chief, 
Hazard Identification Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2796.

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 Executive 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 feet. (NGVD)  
               State                    City/town/county                Source of flooding                                     Location                         --------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                                       Existing        Modified 
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Colorado...........................  Colorado Springs        Pine Creek.............................  Approximately 950 feet upstream of Interstate 25.........  None...............      *6,319
                                      (City), El Paso                                                                                                                                           
                                      County.                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                      Approximately 480 feet upstream of Academy Boulevard.....  None...............      *6,441
                                                             Pine Creek Tributary...................  Approximately 225 feet above confluence with Pine Creek..  None...............      *6,378
                                                                                                      Approximately 2,100 feet upstream of confluence with Pine  None...............      *6,398
                                                                                                       Creek.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Maps are available for inspection at the City of Colorado Springs Regional Building Department, 101 West Costilla Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado.                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                
  Send comments to The Honorable Robert M. Isaac, Mayor, City of Colorado Springs, P.O. Box 1575, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901-1575.                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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                                     Manitou Springs         Sutherland Creek.......................  Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of confluence with       None...............      *6,267
                                      (City), El Paso                                                  Fountain Creek.                                                                          
                                      County.                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                      Approximately 1,250 feet upstream of Crystal Hills         None...............      *6,505
                                                                                                       Boulevard.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                
  Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                
  Send comments to The Honorable Gherald ``Bud'' Ford, Mayor, City of Manitou Springs, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado 80829.                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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                                     Monument (Town), El     Black Forest-Baptist Road Tributary....  At Baptist Road..........................................  None...............      *7,020
                                      Paso County.                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                      Approximately 120 feet upstream of Baptist Road..........  None...............      *7,022
                                                             Crystal Creek..........................  Approximately 70 feet upstream of confluence with          *6,220.............      *6,923
                                                                                                       Monument Lake.                                                                           

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                                                                                                      Approximately 160 feet downstream of Interstate 25.......  None...............      *7,053
                                                             Dirty Woman Creek......................  At Mitchell Street.......................................  *6,883.............      *6,886
                                                                                                      Just downstream of Westwood Lane.........................  None...............      *6,995
                                                                                                                                                                                                
  Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 166 Second Street, Monument, Colorado.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                
  Send comments to The Honorable Si Bell, Mayor, Town of Monument, 166 Second Street, Monument, Colorado 80132.                                                                                 
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: January 10, 1997.
Richard W. Krimm,
Executive Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 97-1279 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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