[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60860-60861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26828]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67


Final Flood Elevation Determinations

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

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.

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: Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 
Identification Section, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2903.

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

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and Response Directorate, has resolved any appeals resulting from this 
notification.
    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 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 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. This 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.

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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

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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]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.11 are amended 
as follows:

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                                                          Depth
                                                           in feet above
                                                              ground.
                                                           *Elevation in
             Source of Flooding and Location                feet (NGVD)
                                                              [sbull]
                                                           Elevation in
                                                            feet (NAVD)
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                        TENNESSEE
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Bristol (City), Sullivan County (FEMA Docket No. D-7564)
Beaver Creek:
  Approximately 70 feet downstream of State Route 37....  [sbull] 1,436
  Approximately 25 feet downstream of Moore Street......  [sbull] 1,674
Back Creek:
  At the confluence with Beaver Creek...................  [sbull] 1,450
  Approximately 0.28 mile upstream of Sperry Road.......  [sbull] 1,450
Cedar Creek:
  At the confluence with Beaver Creek...................  [sbull] 1,458
  Approximately 0.24 mile downstream of Cedar Creek Road  [sbull] 1,458
Whitetop Creek:
  At the confluence with Beaver Creek...................  [sbull] 1,448
  Approximately 1.15 miles upstream of the confluence     [sbull] 1,448
   with Beaver Creek....................................
 
Maps available for inspection at the City of Bristol
 Department of Development Services, Easley Annex
 Building, 104 8th Street, Bristol, Tennessee.
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                        VIRGINIA
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  Bristol (City), Independent City (FEMA Docket No. D-
                          7564)
Beaver Creek:
  Approximately 0.05 mile upstream of the State boundary  [sbull] 1,672
  Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of Forsythe Road......  [sbull] 1,813
Susong Branch:
  Just upstream of the first crossing of Bob Morrison     [sbull] 1,672
   Boulevard............................................
  Approximately 170 feet upstream of Euclid Avenue......  [sbull] 1,683
Little Creek:
  Just downstream of State Street.......................  [sbull] 1,672
  Approximately 0.76 mile upstream of the 2nd crossing    [sbull] 1,722
   of Commonwealth Avenue...............................
Mumpower Creek:
  Approximately 0.107 mile upstream of the confluence     [sbull] 1,688
   with Beaver Creek....................................
  Approximately 0.035 mile upstream of East Valley Drive  [sbull] 1,733
 
Maps available for inspection at the Bristol City
 Engineer's Office, 41 Piedmont, Bristol, Virginia.
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                      WEST VIRGINIA
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   Reedy (Town), Roane County (FEMA Docket No. D-7564)
Reedy Creek:
  Approximately 650 feet downstream of State Route 14...          *679
  Approximately 170 feet downstream of the confluence of          *680
   Left Fork Reedy Creek................................
Left Fork Reedy Creek:
  At the confluence with Reedy Creek....................          *681
  Approximately 1,600 feet upstream of confluence with            *681
   Reedy Creek..........................................
Right Fork Reedy Creek:
  At confluence with Reedy Creek........................          *680
  At upstream corporate limits..........................          *680
 
Maps available for inspection at the Reedy Town Water
 Office, 118 Main Street, Reedy, West Virginia.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: October 15, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-26828 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]
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