[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5249-5251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2663]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7520]


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: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, 
Hazards Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 646-3461, or (email) [email protected].

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

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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 Acting 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. 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
         Source of flooding                   Location                feet (NGVD)          Communities affected
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                                                                 Existing     Modified
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                                                    ILLINOIS
                                      (City of Columbia and Monroe County)
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Carr Creek..........................  Approximately 275 feet          *421         *422  City of Columbia,
                                       upstream of of Bluff                               Unincorporated Areas
                                       Road.                                              of Monroe County
                                      Approximately 600 feet          None         *449
                                       upstream of Gall Road.
Carr Creek Tributary................  At the confluence with          None         *446  City of Columbia,
                                       Carr Creek.                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Monroe County
                                      Approximately 1,620             None         *448
                                       feet upstream of
                                       confluence with Carr
                                       Creek.
Palmer Creek........................  Approximately 0.66 mile         None         *402  City of Columbia,
                                       downstream of Union                                Unincorporated Areas
                                       Pacific Railroad.                                  of Monroe County
                                      At Rueck Road..........         *455         *454
Palmer Creek Tributary..............  At the confluence with          *435         *431  City of Columbia,
                                       Palmer Creek.                                      Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Monroe County
                                      Approximately 760 feet          *474         *473
                                       upstream of abandoned
                                       railroad.
Rueck Creek.........................  At the confluence with          None         *432  City of Columbia,
                                       Palmer Creek.                                      Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Monroe County
                                      Approximately 0.83 mile         None         *452
                                       upstream of confluence
                                       with Palmer Creek.
Wilson Creek........................  At the confluence with          None         *429  City of Columbia
                                       Carr Creek.
                                      Approximately 500 feet          None        *482
                                       upstream of South Main
                                       Street.
Monroe County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps available for inspection at the Monroe County Zoning Office, Monroe County Courthouse, 100 South Main
 Street, Waterloo, Illinois.
Send comments to Mr. Robert Rippelmeyer, Chairman of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, Monroe County
 Courthouse, 100 South Main Street, Waterloo, Illinois 62298.
City of Columbia
Maps available for inspection at the Columbia City Hall, 208 South Rapp Avenue, Columbia, Illinois.
Send comments to The Honorable Lester Schneider, Mayor of the City of Columbia, 208 South Rapp Avenue, Columbia,
 Illinois 62236.
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                                                    VIRGINIA
                                    Southampton County and Town of Courtland
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Blackwater River....................  At the confluence with           *11          *14  Southampton County
                                       Chowan River.

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                                      Approximately 6,700             None          *36  (Unincorporated Areas)
                                       feet upstream of State
                                       Route 620 (Broadwater
                                       Road).
Nottoway River......................  At the confluence with           *11          *14  Southampton County
                                       Chowan River.
                                      Approximately 2,400              *26          *27  (Unincorporated Areas);
                                       feet upstream of                                   Courtland (Town)
                                       Norfolk Franklin &
                                       Danville Railroad.
Southampton County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps available for inspection at the Southampton County Administrator's Office, 26022 Administration Center
 Driver, Courtland, Virginia.
Send comments to Mr. Michael W. Johnson, Southampton County Administrator, 26022 Administration Center Drive,
 Courtland, Virginia 23837.
Town of Courtland
Maps available for inspection at the Courtland Town Office, 22219 Meherrin Road, Courtland, Virginia.
Send comments to The Honorable Lewis H. Davis, Sr., Mayor of the Town of Courtland, P.O. Box 39, Courtland,
 Virginia 23837.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')
    Dated: January 29, 2002.
Robert F. Shea,
Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-2663 Filed 2-4-02; 8:45 am]
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