[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6861-6863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3333]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7556]


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) 646-2878, or (e-mail) [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

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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 (NGVD)
              State                           City/town/county                     Source of flooding                                  Location                         [sbull]Elevation in feet
                                                                                                                                                                                 (NAVD)
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                                                                                                                                                                          Existing     Modified
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Maine............................  Beals (Town), Washington County......  Atlantic Ocean......................  At Alley Point, approximately 2,700 feet west of the            *20          *14
                                                                                                                 intersection of Black Duck Cove Road and Carver
                                                                                                                 Industry Road.
                                                                                                                Approximately 800 feet southeast of the end of Black            *25          *13
                                                                                                                 Field Road.
 
  Maps available for inspection at the Beals Town Office, 11 Big Pond Road, Beals, Maine.
 
  Send comments to Mr. Velton Peabody, Chairman of the Town of Beals Board of Selectmen, PO Box 189, Beals, Maine 04611.
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Ohio.............................  Gallia County (Incorporated Areas)...  Chickamauga Creek...................  At U.S. Route 35......................................         *569         *570
                                                                                                                Approximately 1600 feet upstream of U.S. Route 35.....         *574         *575
                                                                          Tributary C.........................  At confluence with Chickamauga Creek..................         *570         *571
                                                                                                                At Mitchell Extension.................................         *599         *600
                                                                          Tributary D.........................  At confluence with Tributary C........................         *574         *573
                                                                                                                Approximately 100 feet upstream of confluence with             *574         *573
                                                                                                                 Tributary C.
 
  Maps available for inspection at the Gallia County Offices, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio.
 
  Send comments to Mr. William J. Davis, Jr., President of the Gallia County Board of Commissioners, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.
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West Virginia....................  Oceana (Town), Wyoming County........  Clear Fork..........................  Approximately 330 feet downstream of corporate limits.         None       *1,239
                                                                                                                At upstream corporate limits..........................       *1,295       *1,292
                                                                          Laurel Fork.........................  At confluence with Clear Fork.........................       *1,267       *1,265
                                                                                                                Approximately 80 feet upstream of corporate limits....       *1,299       *1,297
 
  Maps available for inspection at the Oceana Town Hall, Route 10, Cook Parkway, Oceana, West Virginia.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable John Steffey, Mayor of the Town of Oceana, P.O. Box 190, Oceana, West Virginia 24870.
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West Virginia....................  Smithers (Town), Fayette and Kanawha   Smithers Creek......................  Approximately 60 feet upstream of confluence with              *627         *626
                                    Counties.                                                                    Kanawha River.
                                                                                                                Approximately 640 feet upstream of County Route 22....         *655         *652
 
  Maps available for inspection at the Smithers Town Hall, 175 Michigan Avenue, Smithers, West Virginia.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Eddie A. Long, Mayor of the Town of Smithers, P.O. Box 489, Smithers, West Virginia 25186.
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Wisconsin........................  Dane County (Unincorporated Areas)...  Vermont Creek.......................  Just upstream of the Sooline Railroad.................         *807         *810
                                                                                                                A point approximately 0.02 mile upstream of County             None         *814
                                                                                                                 Highway KP.
 
  Maps available for inspection at the Dane County City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Madison, Wisconsin.
 
  Send comments to Ms. Kathleen Falk, Dane County Executive, 210 Martin Luther Jr. Boulevard, Madison, Wisconsin 53703.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: February 3, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-3333 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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