[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1585-1586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-609]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7548]


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: 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) 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 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, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
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 feet
                State                      City/town/county                  Source of flooding                                      Location                                (NGVD)  [sbull]
                                                                                                                                                                        Elevation in feet (NAVD)
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                                                                                                                                                                          Existing     Modified
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Massachusetts........................  Chelmsford (Town),        River Meadow Brook.......................  Downstream corporate limit................................         *103         *105
                                        Middlesex County.
                                                                                                            Approximately 20 feet upstream of Mill Road...............         *115         *117
                                                                 Putnam Brook.............................  At confluence with River Meadow Brook.....................         *111         *112
                                                                                                            Approximately 560 feet above confluence with River Meadow          *111        *112
                                                                                                             Brook.

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  Maps available for inspection at the Chelmsford Town Office, 50 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
 
  Send comments to Mr. William Dalton, Chairman of the Town of Chelmsford Board of Selectmen, 50 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824-2777.
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Mississippi..........................  Monticello (Town),        Runnels Creek............................  At confluence with Pearl River............................         None         *192
                                        Lawrence County.
                                                                                                            Just downstream of Thomas E. Jolly Drive..................         None         *205
                                                                 Runnels Creek Tributary A.                 At confluence with Runnels Creek..........................         None         *201
                                                                                                            Approximately 1,125 feet upstream of Graham Road..........         None         *204
                                                                 Runnels Creek Tributary B.                 At confluence with Tributary A............................         None         *202
                                                                                                            Just downstream of State Route 27.........................         None         *214
                                                                 Runnels Creek Tributary C.                 At confluence with Tributary B............................         None         *206
                                                                                                            Just downstream of Thomas E. Jolly Drive..................         None        *212
  Maps available for inspection at the Monticello Town Hall, 202 Jefferson Street, Monticello, Mississippi.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Dave Nichols, III, Mayor of the Town of Monticello, P.O. Box 822, Monticello, Mississippi 39654.
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 Pennsylvania........................  College (Township),       Cedar Run................................  Approximately 60 feet downstream of the confluence with            None       *1,036
                                        Centre County.                                                       Spring Creek.
                                                                                                            At upstream corporate limits..............................         None      *1,078
  Maps available for inspection at the College Township Municipal Building, 1481 East College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania.
 
  Send comments to Mr. Adam Brumbaugh, College Township Manager, 1481 East College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania 16801.
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Pennsylvania.........................  Harris (Township),        Cedar Run................................  Approximately 2,680 feet downstream of the railroad.......         None       *1,078
                                        Centre County.
                                                                                                            Approximately 125 feet upstream of Rock Hill Road.........         None       *1,114
                                                                 Mackey's Run.............................  At the confluence with Cedar Run..........................         None       *1,105
                                                                                                            Approximately 217 feet upstream of Rock Hill Road.........         None       *1,108
                                                                 Spring Creek.............................  At the corporate limits, coincident with Mary Elizabeth          *1,054      *1,056
                                                                                                             Street.
  Maps available for inspection at the Harris Township Municipal Office, 224 East Main Street, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.
 
  Send comments to Mr. Joseph Chesworth, Chairperson of the Township of Harris, P.O. Box 20, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania 16827.
 
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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. 03-609 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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