[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39044-39046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16540]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7635]


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 20472, (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 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.

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    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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                                            *Elevation in feet
   Source of flooding and location of             (NGVD)
          referenced elevation          --------------------------              Communities affected
                                           Existing     Modified
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Solomon River Tributary:
    At Union Pacific Railroad..........       *1,174       *1,172  Dickinson County (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 4,200 feet upstream           None       *1,189  City of Solomon.
     of 7th Street.
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29).
                                                    ADDRESSES
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  Unincorporated areas of Dickinson
   County, Kansas.
 
  Maps are available for inspection at
   109 East First Street, Suite 202,
   Abilene, Kansas.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Leo
   Leffert, Commissioner, Dickinson
   County, PO Box 248, Abilene, Kansas
   67410, City of Solomon, Dickinson
   County, Kansas.
  Maps are available for inspection at
   116 West Main Street, Solomon,
   Kansas.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable
   Michael L. Nusbaum, Mayor, City of
   Solomon, 116 West Main Street,
   Solomon, Kansas 67480.
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Boggy Bayou:
    At confluence with Cypress Bayou...         *159         *160  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish.
    Approximately 3,100 feet downstream         *161         *160
     of the Southern Pacific Railroad
     Bridge.
Brush Bayou:
    At confluence with Boggy Bayou.....         *159         *160  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish.
    Approximately 4,600 feet upstream           *159         *160
     of Confluence with Boggy Bayou.
Buchanan Bayou:
    At confluence with Boggy Bayou.....         *159         *160  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish.
    Approximately 5,400 feet upstream           *159         *160
     of the confluence with Boggy Bayou.
Caddo Lake:
    At Caddo Lake Dam..................         *184         *181  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish, Town of
                                                                    Mooringsport, Town of Oil City.
Cypress Bayou:
    At Wallace Lake Dam................         *159         *160  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish, City of
                                                                    Shreveport.
    Approximately 300 feet upstream of          None         *178
     U.S. Highway 171 Bridge.
Wallace Lake:
    At Wallace Lake Dam................         *159         *160  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish City of
                                                                    Shreveport.
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
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  Unincorporated Areas of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
 
  Maps are available for inspection at 505 Travis Street, 8th Floor, Shreveport, Louisiana.
 
  Send comments to Mr. Robert C. Brown, Parish President, Caddo Parish, 505 Travis Street, Suite 100, 110
   Shreveport, Louisiana 71163.
 
  City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
 
  Maps are available for inspection at 505 Travis Street, 3rd Floor, Shreveport, Louisiana.
  Send comments to The Honorable Keith Hightower, Mayor, City of Shreveport, 505 Travis Street, PO Box 31109,
   Shreveport, Louisiana 71130.
 
  Town of Mooringsport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
 
  Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 122 West Croom Street, Mooringsport, Louisiana.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Lynn R. Porter, Mayor, Town of Mooringsport, 122 West Croom Street,
   Mooringsport, Louisiana 71060.
 
  Town of Oil City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
 
  Maps are available for inspection at 202 Allen Street, Oil City, Louisiana.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Todd Hopkins, Mayor, Town of Oil City, 202 Allen Street, Oil City, Louisiana
   71061.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Dated: June 24, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate.
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