[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70712-70713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29961]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7617]


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 (BFEs) and proposed 
BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and 
modified BFEs 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 BFEs 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: Michael M. Grimm, Acting Chief, 
Hazards Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2878 or (e-
mail) [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA proposes to make determinations of BFEs 
and modified BFEs 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 BFEs and modified BFEs, 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

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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 Administrator for Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration certifies that this proposed rule is exempt from the 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because proposed or 
modified BFEs 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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                                                                             *Elevation in feet
                                                                                   (NGVD)            Communities
         Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation         --------------------------   affected
                                                                            Existing     Modified
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Scioto River:
    Approximately 260 feet upstream of Trabue Road......................         *744         *743         (\1\)
    Approximately 870 feet downstream of Frank Road/Highway 104.........         *713         *714
Barnes Ditch:
    At the confluence of Scioto River and Barnes Ditch..................         *737          735
    Approximately 800 feet upstream of McKinley Avenue..................         *737         *736
Dry Run:
    At confluence of Scioto River and Dry Run...........................         *731         *729
    Just downstream of culvert at Conrail crossing......................         *731         *729
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 Franklin County
 
Maps are available for inspection at 280 East Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
 
Send comments to Mr. Dewey R. Stokes, President, Franklin County Board of Commissioners, 373 High Street, 26th
 Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
 
City of Columbus
 
Send comments to the Honorable Michael B. Coleman, Mayor, City of Columbus, 90 West Broad Street, Room 247,
 Columbus, Ohio 43215-9015.
 
Village of Marble Cliffs
 
Send comments to The Honorable Frank G. Monaco, Mayor, Village of Marble Cliff, 1600 Fernwood Avenue, Columbus,
 Ohio 43212.
 
City of Upper Arlington
 
Maps are available for inspection at 3600 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, Ohio 43221.
 
Send comments to Mr. Richard King, City Manager, City of Upper Arlington, 3600 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington,
 Ohio 43221.
 
City of Grandview Heights
 
Send comments to The Honorable N. Colleen Sexton, Mayor, City of Grandview Heights, 1016 Grandview Avenue,
 Grandview Heights, Ohio 43212.
 
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 * National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
\1\ Franklin County, OH (Unincorporated Areas), City of Columbus, OH, Village of Marble Cliff, OH, City of Upper
  Arlington, OH, City of Grandview Heights, OH, City of Columbus, OH.


(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: November 13, 2002.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-29961 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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