[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22660-22662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10487]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7623]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

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: Mary Jean Pajak, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20742, (202) 646-
2831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
makes the final determinations listed below for the modified BFEs for 
each community listed. These modified elevations have been published in 
newspapers of local circulation and ninety (90) days have elapsed since 
that publication. The Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency 
Preparedness and Response Directorate, has resolved any appeals 
resulting from this notification.
    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 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

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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 Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, certifies that this rule is exempt from the 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because modified base 
flood elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to 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 record keeping 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] (NAVD)
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                                                                                     Existing        Modified
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IL..................  Monmouth, (City)    Unnamed Creek.....  ..................        *699-766
                       (Warren County).
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  Maps are available for inspection at the Zoning Office, City of Monmouth, 100 East Broadway, Monmouth,
   Illinois.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable John R. Reitman, Mayor, City of Monmouth, 100 East Broadway, Monmouth, Illinois
   61462.
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IA..................  Hancock County      Bear Creek........  ..................          *1,205
                       (Unincorporated
                       Areas).
                      Winnebago River     ..................  ..................    *1,199-1,205
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  Maps are available for inspection at the Hancock County Courthouse, 855 State Street, Garner, Iowa.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable John Torkelson, Chairman, Hancock County, 855 State Street, Garner, Iowa 50438.
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OH..................  Brunswick (City)    Plum Creek........  Just upstream of              None          *1,115
                       (Medina County).                        Carpenter Road.
                                                              Just downstream of            None          *1,122
                                                               Interstate 71.
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  Maps are available for inspection City Hall, City of Brunswick, 4095 Center Street, Brunswick, Ohio.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Robert Trimble, City Manager, City of Brunswick, City Hall, 4095 Center Road,
   Brunswick, Ohio 44212.
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OH..................  Elk City (City)     Elk Creek.........  Approximately 90              None         *1873.9
                       (Beckham County).                       feet downstream
                                                               of Hughes Access
                                                               Road.
                                                              At confluence of              None         *1890.2
                                                               East and West
                                                               Forks Elk Creek.
                                          East Fork Elk       At confluence with            None         *1890.2
                                           Creek.              Elk Creek.
                                                              Approximately \1/             None         *1930.6
                                                               2\ mile upstream
                                                               of Westbound
                                                               Oklahoma Highway
                                                               34/66.
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                                                                                     *Elevation in feet (NAVD)
        State          City/town/county   Source of flooding       Location      -------------------------------
                                                                                     Existing        Modified
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OK..................  Elk City (City)     West Fork Elk       At confluence with            None         *1890.2
                       (Beckham County)    Creek.              Elk Creek.
                       (Cont'd).
                                                              Approximately 0.3             None         *1948.0
                                                               miles upstream of
                                                               Lori Lane.
                                          Tributary No. 1...  At confluence with            None         *1919.5
                                                               West Fork Elk
                                                               Creek.
                                                              Approximately 30              None         *1936.7
                                                               feet upstream of
                                                               Hoover Drive.

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                                          Tributary No. 2...  At confluence with            None         *1882.1
                                                               Elk Creek.
                                                              Approximatley 160             None         *1979.1
                                                               feet upstream of
                                                               Cedar Village
                                                               Trailer Park.
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  Maps are available for inspection at 120 South Jefferson Street, Elk City, Oklahoma.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Theresa Mullikan, Mayor, City of Elk City, P.O. Box 236, Elk City, Oklahoma
   73648.
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                                                                                   Depth in feet above
                                                                                    ground. *Elevation in feet
        State          City/town/county   Source of flooding       Location           *(NGVD)  [sbull] (NAVD)
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                                                                                     Existing        Modified
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WI..................  Darlington (City)   Pecatonica River..  Approximately 200             *822            *823
                       (Lafayette                              feet downstream
                       County).                                of main Street.
                      Darlington (City)   Pecatonica River..  At upstream                   *826            *827
                       (cont'd)                                corporate limit,
                       (Lafayette                              approximately
                       County).                                1,650 feet
                                                               upstream of the
                                                               Union Pacific
                                                               Railroad.
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  Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 627 Main Street, Darlington, Wisconsin.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Dave Breunig, Mayor, City of Darlington, 627 Main Street, Darlington, Wisonsin
   53530.
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WI..................  Lafayette County    Pecatonica River..  Approximately                 *821            *822
                       (Unincorporated                         1,000 feet
                       Areas).                                 upstream of the
                                                               confluence of
                                                               Vinegar Branch of
                                                               the City of
                                                               Darlington
                                                               corporate limits.
                      ..................  ..................  Just downstream of            *840            *841
                                                               the Union Pacific
                                                               Railroad,
                                                               approximately
                                                               2,500 feet
                                                               downstream of
                                                               Ferndale Road.
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  Maps are available for inspection at Lafayette County Court House, 627 Washington Street, Darlington,
   Wisconsin.
 
    Send comments to The Honorable George Williams, Lafayette County Board Chairman, 627 Washington Street,
   Darlington, Wisconsin 53530.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: April 23, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-10487 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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