[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64386-64388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27644]


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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 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 DATE: 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 FIRM is available for inspection as indicated in 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, or (e-mail) [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management 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.
    FEMA 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 FIRM 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 for Mitigation 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 NFIP. 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 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 amended to read 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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                          ARKANSAS
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 Benton County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)
 
Osage/Turtle Creek:
  Just upstream of North 12th Street........................      *1,325
  Approximately 400 feet upstream of North 6th Street.......      *1,340
Blossom Way Creek:
At its confluence with Osage/Turtle Creek                         *1,205
  At its intersection with South 26th Street................      *1,276
Osage Tributary 1:
  At its intersection with (Horsebarn Tributary) Stoney           *1,204
   Brook....................................................
  Approximately 700 feet upstream of Horsebarn Road.........      *1,252

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Superior Tributary:
  At its confluence with Osage/Turtle Creek to Osage/Turtle       *1,284
   Creek....................................................
  Approximately 1,300 feet upstream of Dixieland Road.......      *1,314
Tributary 1 to Blossom Way Creek:
  At its confluence with Blossom Way Creek..................      *1,288
  Approximately 3,300 feet upstream of its confluence with        *1,325
   Tributary 2 of Blossom Way Creek.........................
Tributary 2 of Blossom Way Creek:
  At its confluence with Tributary 1 of Blossom Way Creek...      *1,299
  Approximately 4,300 feet upstream of Honeysuckle Road.....      *1,332
Tributary 3 of Blossom Way Creek:
  At its confluence with Blossom Way Creek..................      *1,257
  Approximately 1,900 feet upstream from its confluence with      *1,268
   Blossom Way Creek........................................
 
Maps for Benton County are available for inspection at 215
 East Central, Suite 8, Room 302, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Maps for the City of Rogers are available for inspection at
 207 South Second, Rogers, Arkansas.
Maps for the City of Lowell are available for inspection at
 214 North Lincoln Street, Lowell, Arkansas.
Maps for the City of Bentonville are available for
 inspection at 315 Southwest A Street, Bentonville,
 Arkansas.
 
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   Crawford County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No.
                            7322)
 
Tributary 1:
  At its confluence with Little Frog Bayou..................        *413
  Approximately 350 feet upstream of East Cherry Street.....        *431
Tributary 2:
  At its confluence with Tributary 1........................        *418
  Approximately 275 feet upstream of East Cherry Street.....        *429
Tributary 4:
  At its confluence with Little Frog Bayou Tributary........        *444
  Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of its confluence with          *469
   Little Frog Bayou Tributary..............................
Tributary A:
  Approximately 650 feet downstream of the Union Pacific            *411
   Railroad.................................................
  Just upstream of Arkansas Highway 64......................        *434
Lighthouse Drain:
  At its confluence with Tributary A........................        *414
  Approximately 100 feet upstream of Lighthouse Drive.......        *439
Little Frog Bayou Tributary:
  At its confluence with Little Frog Bayou..................        *426
  Just upstream of Maple Shade Road.........................        *508
 
Maps for Crawford County are available for inspection at 300
 Main Street, Room 4, Van Buren, Arkansas.
Maps for the City of Alma are available for inspection at
 804 Fayetteville Avenue, Suite B, Alma, Arkansas 72921.
 
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  City of Russellville, Pope County (FEMA Docket No. 7322)
 
Whig Creek:
  At its intersection with the Union Pacific Railroad.......        *393
  Just upstream of Arkansas Highway 64......................        *416
Whig Creek Tributary No. 1:
  At its confluence with Whig Creek.........................        *323
  Approximately 500 feet upstream of Arkansas Highway 75....        *326
Whig Creek Tributary No. 2:
  At its confluence with Whig Creek.........................        *323
  Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of the Dardanelle and           *323
   Russellville Railroad....................................
Prairie Creek:
  At its confluence with Prairie Creek Tributary No. 2......        *374
  Approximately 250 feet upstream of Weir Road..............        *393
Prairie Creek Tributary No. 2:
  At its confluence with Prairie Creek......................        *374
  At its intersection with Weir Road (Arkansas Highway 326).        *382
  Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of Weir Road............        *394
School Drain:
  At its confluence with Prairie Creek......................        *343
  Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of University Drive.....        *387
 
Maps are available for inspection at 205 West Second Street,
 Russellville, Arkansas.
 
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  Washington County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No.
                            7322)
 
Middle Fork White River:
  Approximately 3,700 feet upstream of its confluence with
   Koger Branch
Stokenbury Creek:
  At its confluence with the White River....................      *1,199
  Just upstream of Stokenbury Road..........................      *1,446
Koger Branch:
  At its confluence with the Middle Fork White River........      *1,202
  Approximately 2,700 feet upstream of South Harris Drive...      *1,220
Faubus Creek:
  At its confluence with the White River....................      *1,211
  Approximately 4,300 feet upstream of South Center Street..      *1,255
 
Maps for the City of Elkins are available for inspection at
 130 West First Street, Elkins, Arkansas.
Maps for Washington County are available for inspection at 4
 South College Avenue, Suite 205, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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                        NORTH DAKOTA
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Silver Lake:
  Entire shoreline of Silver Lake...........................      *1,450
Pelican Lake:
  South shoreline of Pelican Lake...........................      *1,450
Spring Lake:
  Spring Lake shoreline.....................................      *1,450
Devils Lake:
  Northwest shoreline of Grahms Island......................      *1,450
  Devils Lake shoreline adjacent to Minnewaukan.............      *1,451
  Area east of U.S. Route 281, south of intersection with         *1,453
   State Route 19...........................................
  West side Woods Rutten Causeway...........................      *1,454
  West side of State Route 57 Causeway south of the Narrows       *1,455
   State Recreation Area....................................
Maps are available for inspection at the Benson County
 Courthouse, Tax Equalization Office, 311 B Avenue South,
 Minnewaukan, North Dakota.
Maps for the City of Minnewaukan are available for
 inspection at the City Office, 230 Main Street East,
 Minnewaukan, North Dakota 58351.
Maps for Spirit Lake Tribe are available for inspection at
 the Floodplain Emergency Management-Bureau of Indian
 Affairs Realty Office, Highway 57, Fort Totten, North
 Dakota.
 
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 Ramsey County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)
 
Lake Irvine:
  Entire shoreline Lake Irvine..............................      *1,450
Lake Alice:
  Entire shoreline Lake Alice...............................      *1,450
Chain Lake:
  Entire shoreline Chain Lake...............................      *1,450

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Mikes Lake:
  Entire shoreline Mikes Lake...............................      *1,450
Dry Lake:
  Entire shoreline of Dry Lake..............................      *1,450
Stone Lake:
  Entire shoreline of Stone Lake............................      *1,450
Pelican Lake:
  North shoreline of Pelican Lake...........................      *1,450
Sixmile Bay:
  Northernmost point of Sixmile Bay.........................      *1,450
  West shore of Sixmile Bay.................................      *1,450
  East shore of Sixmile Bay two miles south of State Route        *1,451
   19.......................................................
Creel Bay:
  Entire western shore of Creel Bay.........................      *1,450
  Bay side of levee, east shoreline of Creel Bay, one mile        *1,452
   north of Lakewood Park...................................
  Bay side of levee located at southwest side of Devils Lake      *1,455
   Municipal Airport........................................
Devils Lake:
  Approximately 7,000 feet west of 8th Avenue South.........      *1,451
  Approximately 7,000 feet east of 8th Avenue South.........      *1,452
  West Side State Route 57 Causeway south of the Narrows          *1,455
   State Recreational Area..................................
East Devils Lake:
  North shoreline of East Devils Lake.......................      *1,450
 
Maps for Benson County, Township of Coulee and Township of
 Creel are available for inspection at Ramsey County
 Emergency Management Office, 524 4th Avenue, Devils Lake,
 North Dakota.
Maps are available for inspection at the Post Office c/o
 Bill Bartle, 304 Orvis Avenue, Church's Ferry, North
 Dakota.
Maps are available for inspection at the City Offices, 423
 6th Street, Devils Lake, North Dakota.
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                         WASHINGTON
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   Okanogan County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No.
                            7322)
 
Twisp River:
  Approximately 2.18 miles above mouth......................      *1,677
  Approximately 2.23 miles above mouth......................      *1,679
  At its intersection with the Poorman Creek Cutoff Road          *1,830
   Bridge...................................................
 
Maps are available for inspection at Okanogan County
 Planning and Development Office, 237 Fourth Avenue,
 Okanogan, Washington.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: October 20, 2000.
Michael J. Armstrong,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
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