[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17734-17736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9524]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67


Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base 
flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The 
base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis 
for the floodplain management measures that

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each 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).

EFFECTIVE DATES: The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance Rate Map 
(FIRM) showing base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations 
for each community. This date may be obtained by contacting the office 
where the maps are available for inspection as indicated on the table 
below.

ADDRESSES: The final 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 table 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, 
Hazards Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA or Agency) makes final determinations listed below of base flood 
elevations and modified base flood elevations for each community 
listed. The proposed base flood elevations and proposed modified base 
flood elevations were published in newspapers of local circulation and 
an opportunity for the community or individuals to appeal the proposed 
determinations to or through the community was provided for a period of 
ninety (90) days. The proposed base flood elevations and proposed 
modified base flood elevations were also published in the Federal 
Register.
    This final rule is issued in accordance with section 110 of the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 
67.
    The Agency has developed criteria for floodplain management in 
floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.
    Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to 
review the proof Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Map 
available at the address cited below for each community.
    The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are 
made final in the communities listed below. Elevations at selected 
locations in each community are shown.

National Environmental Policy Act

    This 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 
rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
because final 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. No regulatory flexibility analysis has been 
prepared.

Regulatory Classification

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

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of 
Executive Order 12778.
    Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.
    Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is 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. 67.11  [Amended]

    2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are 
amended as follows:

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                                                               #Depth in
                                                              feet above
                                                                ground. 
               Source of flooding and location                *Elevation
                                                                in feet 
                                                                (NGVD)  
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                           Georgia                                      
                                                                        
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  Tift County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7243)             
                                                                        
Channel A-1:                                                            
  At confluence with New River..............................        *316
  Approximately 275 feet upstream of Tift Avenue............        *357
Channel A-2:                                                            
  Approximately 1,100 feet downstream of 40th Avenue........        *341
  Approximately 3,000 feet upstream of 40th Street..........        *353
Channel B:                                                              
  Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of confluence with                  
   Little River.............................................        *261
  Approximately 750 feet upstream of Hunt Road..............        *305
New River:                                                              
  Approximately 10 feet upstream of upstream side of                    
   Seaboard Coastline Railroad..............................        *310
  Ferry Lake Road...........................................        *324
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Tift County Zoning                 
 Department, 225 North Tift Avenue, Tifton, Georgia.                    
                                                                        
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      Tifton (City), Tift County (FEMA Docket No. 7243)                 
                                                                        
Channel A-1:                                                            
  Approximately 50 feet downstream of Bill Bowen Road.......        *319
  Approximately 275 feet upstream side of Tift Avenue.......        *357
Channel A-2:                                                            
  At confluence with Channel A..............................        *338
  Approximately 450 feet upstream of 40th Street............        *351
New River:                                                              
  Ferry Lake Road...........................................        *324
  Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of 20th Street bridge...        *362
Channel E:                                                              
  Approximately 100 feet upstream of 16th Street bridge.....        *340
  Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of 28th Street bridge...        *371
Channel E-1:                                                            
  Confluence with Channel E.................................        *355
  Approximately 1,850 feet upstream of 28th Street..........        *366
Channel B:                                                              
  Approximately 900 feet upstream of McCormick Drive........        *294
  Approximately 350 feet upstream of Victory Drive bridge...        *333
Channel G:                                                              
  Just upstream of Ferry Lake Road bridge...................        *324
  Approximately 50 feet upstream of Goff Avenue.............        *329
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the City of Tifton Zoning              
 Department, 130 East First Street, Tifton, Georgia.                    
                                                                        
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                            Maine                                       
                                                                        
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      Union (Town), Knox County (FEMA Docket No. 7235)                  
                                                                        
Medomak River:                                                          
  At downstream county boundary.............................        *137
  At upstream corporate limits..............................        *200
Crawford River:                                                         
  At the confluence with Seven Tree Pond....................         *45
  At the confluence with Crawford Pond......................        *113
St. George River:                                                       
  At the confluence with Round Pond.........................         *45
  At Sennebec Pond Dam......................................         *85
Mill Stream:                                                            
  At downstream corporate limits............................        *113
  At Lermond Pond Dam.......................................        *269
Sennebec Pond: Entire shoreline within community............         *92
Round Pond: Entire shoreline within community...............         *45
Seven Tree Pond: Entire shoreline within community..........         *45
Crawford Pond: Entire shoreline within community............        *113
Lermond Pond: Entire shoreline within community.............        *270
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Union Town Office, 568             
 Common Road, Union, Maine.                                             
                                                                        
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                          Michigan                                      
                                                                        
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  Clinton (Township), Macomb County (FEMA Docket No. 7235)              
                                                                        
Clinton River Middle Branch:                                            
  Approximately 800 feet downstream of Hall Road............        *595

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  At Hall Road..............................................        *595
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Clinton Township                   
 Office, Planning Department, 40700 Romeo Plank Road,                   
 Clinton Township, Michigan.                                            
                                                                        
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                          New York                                      
                                                                        
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  Canton (Town), St. Lawrence County (FEMA Docket No. 7231)             
                                                                        
Grass River:                                                            
  Approximately 1.02 miles downstream of State Route 68.....        *323
  Approximately 200 feet downstream of upstream Town of                 
   Canton corporate limit...................................        *497
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Town of Canton Code                
 Enforcement Office, Canton Municipal Building, 60 Main                 
 Street, Canton, New York.                                              
                                                                        
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                       North Carolina                                   
                                                                        
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 Emerald Isle (Town), Carteret County (FEMA Docket No. 7231)            
                                                                        
Atlantic Ocean:                                                         
  At intersection of Bogue Court and Inlet Drive............         *15
  500 feet south of intersection of Ocean Drive and Sea                 
   Dunes Drive..............................................         *19
Bogue Sound:                                                            
  200 feet north of intersection of Burlington Street and               
   Emerald Drive............................................          *8
  1,000 feet north of the intersection of Bogue Court and               
   Inlet Drive..............................................         *15
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Emerald Isle Town Hall,            
 7500 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle, North Carolina.                      
                                                                        
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Haywood County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7231)            
                                                                        
West Fork Pigeon River:                                                 
  Approximately 200 feet upstream of confluence with East               
   Fork Pigeon River........................................      *2,653
  At confluence with Lake Logan.............................      *2,865
                                                                        
Maps available for inspection at the Haywood County Planning            
 Director's Office, 2143 Asheville Road, Waynesville, North             
 Carolina.                                                              
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: April 2, 1998.
Michael J. Armstrong,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 98-9524 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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