[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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