[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66023-66024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29356]


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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 (BFEs) and modified 
BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood 
elevations and modified BFEs 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 BFEs and modified BFEs 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 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: Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 
Identification Section, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-
2903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA 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.
    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 FIRM available at the 
address cited below for each community.
    The BFEs and modified BFEs 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 BFEs 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.
            Source of flooding and location               *Elevation in
                                                           feet (NGVD)
                                                        [sbull]Elevation
                                                         in feet (NAVD)
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                     MASSACHUSETTS
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Chelmsford (Town), Middlesex County (FEMA Docket No. D-
                         7548)
 
River Meadow Brook:
  Downstream corporate limit..........................           *105
  Approximately 20 feet upstream of Mill Road.........           *117
Putnam Brook:
  At confluence with River Meadow Brook...............           *112
  Approximately 560 feet above confluence with River             *112
   Meadow Brook.......................................
 
Maps available for inspection at the Chelmsford Town
 Office, 50 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
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                         OHIO
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  Bloomingburg (Village), Fayette County (FEMA Docket
                      No. D-7580)
 
East Fork Paint Creek:
  Upstream side of Midland Avenue (State Route 38)....     [sbull]973
  Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of State Route 38...     [sbull]974
 
Maps available for inspection at the Bloomingburg
 Village Hall, 62 Main Street, Bloomingburg, Ohio.
 
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Fayette County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No.
                        D-7528)
 
East Fork Paint Creek:
  Approximately 300 feet upstream of confluence with       [sbull]954
   Paint Creek........................................
  Approximately 0.90 mile upstream of Greene Road.....   [sbull]1,026
Rattlesnake Creek:
  At Milledgeville-Octa Road..........................   [sbull]1,038
  Approximately 130 feet upstream of State Route 734..   [sbull]1,058
Sugar Creek:
  Approximately 150 feet downstream of Parrott Station   [sbull]1,026
   Road...............................................

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  Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of Main Street....   [sbull]1,047
 
Maps available for inspection at the Fayette County
 Building Department, 121 E. East Street, Washington
 Court House, Ohio.
 
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  Octa (Village), Fayette County (FEMA Docket No. D-
                         7528)
 
Rattlesnake Creek:
  At the downstream side of Allen Road................   [sbull]1,041
  Approximately 175 feet upstream of Allen Road.......   [sbull]1,041
 
Maps available for inspection at the Village of Octa
 Council House, Allen Street, Milledgeville, Ohio.
 
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  Washington Court House (City), Fayette County (FEMA
                  Docket No. D-7528)
 
East Fork Paint Creek:
  Approximately 1,375 feet downstream of Washington        [sbull]954
   Avenue.............................................
  Approximately 1.2 miles upstream of Washington           [sbull]959
   Avenue.............................................
 
Maps available for inspection at the Washington Court
 House City Hall, 105 North Main Street, Washington
 Court House, Ohio.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Dated: November 18, 2003.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-29356 Filed 11-24-03; 8:45 am]
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