[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1549-1550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-605]


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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 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.

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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: Michael M. Grimm, Acting Chief, Hazard 
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) 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 Administrator, Federal Insurance 
and Mitigation Administration, 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. Federal RegisterThis 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.

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 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  *Elevation
    Source of Flooding and       in feet above    in feet   [sbull]Elevation
           Location                 ground.       (NGVD)     in feet (NAVD)
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             MAINE
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  Newry (Town), Oxford County
   (FEMA Docket No. D-7542)
 
Sunday River:
  At downstream corporate               *648
   limits.....................
  At upstream corporate limits          *845
Barkers Brook:
  At the confluence with                *649
   Sunday River...............
  A point approximately 240           *1,112
   feet upstream of Broadway
   Drive......................
Maps available for inspection
 at the Newry Town Hall, 422
 Bear River Road, Newry,
 Maine.
 
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 Turner (Town), Androscog- gin
  County (FEMA Docket No. D-
             7546)
 
Nezinscot River:
  At confluence with                    *274
   Androscoggin River.........
  At upstream corporate limits          *315
Androscoggin River:
  At downstream corporate               *264
   limits.....................
  At upstream corporate limits          *281
Maps available for inspection
 at the Turner Town Office, 11
 Turner Center Road, Turner,
 Maine.
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           NEW YORK
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  Plattsburgh (City), Clinton
  County (FEMA Docket No. D-
             7538)
 
Saranac River:
  Approximately 200 feet                *103
   upstream of Delaware and
   Hudson Railroad............
  At the upstream corporate             *189
   limits.....................
Maps available for inspection
 at the Plattsburgh City
 Building Inspector's Office,
 41 City Hall Place,
 Plattsburgh, New York.
 
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  Plattsburgh (Town), Clinton
  County (FEMA Docket No. D-
             7538)
 
Saranac River:
  Approximately 0.75 mile               *188
   downstream of Indian Rapids
   Dam........................
  Approximately 1.9 mile                *736
   upstream of Harney Bridge
   Road.......................
Maps available for inspection
 at the Plattsburgh Town Hall,
 151 Banker Road, Plattsburgh,
 New York.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: December 31, 2002.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-605 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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