[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10924-10927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5246]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 
BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs 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

[[Page 10925]]

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.

0
Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

0
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]

0
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.11 are amended 
as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Depth in
                                                      feet above ground.
                                                         *Elevation in
                                                          feet (NGVD)
           Source of flooding and location            
                                                       Elevation in feet
                                                        (NAVD)  [sdiam]
                                                       Elevation in feet
                                                             (BCD)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      MARYLAND
-----------------------------------------------------
 
Baltimore County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket
 No. D-7578)
Herbert Run:
 
  Approximately 350 feet upstream of confluence with      [sdiam] 25
   Patapsco River...................................
  At confluence of East and West Branch Herbert Run.      [sdiam] 39
  Baltimore County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
East Branch Herbert Run:
  At confluence with Herbert Run....................      [sdiam] 39
  Approximately 850 feet upstream of Wilkens Avenue.     [sdiam] 159
  Baltimore County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
West Branch Herbert Run:
  At confluence with Herbert Run....................      [sdiam] 39
  Approximately 0.64 mile upstream of Sulphur Spring     [sdiam] 119
   Road.............................................
  Baltimore County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
Arbutus Run:
  At confluence with East Branch Herbert Run........      [sdiam] 79
  Just downstream of Interstate 695.................     [sdiam] 131
  Baltimore County (Unincorporated Areas)
-----------------------------------------------------
Baltimore County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
Maps available for inspection at the Baltimore
 County Office Building, Room 307, 111 West
 Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, Maryland.
-----------------------------------------------------
 
                    PENNSYLVANIA
-----------------------------------------------------
Lycoming County (FEMA Docket Nos. D-7562 and D-7574)
 
Dougherty Run:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *644
  Approximately 185 feet upstream of confluence with            *644
   Lycoming Creek...................................
  Township of Lewis
 
Grays Run:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *719
  Approximately 5 feet upstream of the abandoned                *719
   railroad bridge..................................
  Township of Lewis
 
Gregs Run:
  Approximately 523 feet upstream of the confluence             *560
   with Sugar Run...................................
  Approximately 75 feet downstream of Gregs Run Road            *574
   (Township Route 270).............................
  Township of Wolf
 
Mill Creek No. 2:
  Approximately 150 feet upstream of State Route 87.            *543
  Approximately 1,750 feet upstream of State Route              *549
   87...............................................
  Township of Fairfield
 
Hoagland Run:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *603
  Approximately 1,250 feet upstream of confluence               *603
   with Lycoming Creek..............................
  Township of Lycoming
 
Little Muncy Creek:
  At the confluence with Muncy Creek................            *512
  Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of Tome Road.....            *712

[[Page 10926]]

 
  Townships of Franklin and Muncy Creek
 
Loyalsock Creek:
  Approximately 30 feet upstream of CONRAIL.........            *524
  Approximately 0.56 mile upstream of Dunwoody Road.            *747
  Townships of Gamble, Eldred, Fairfield,
   Montoursville, Loyalsock and Upper Fairfield,
   Borough of Montoursville
Lycoming Creek:
  At upstream side of Memorial Avenue...............            *534
  Approximately 100 feet downstream of County                   *644
   boundary.........................................
  Townships of Hepburn, Lewis, Loyalsock, Lycoming,
   McIntyre, McNette and Old Lycoming, City of
   Williamsport
 
Mill Creek No. 1:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *576
  Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of confluence               *576
   with Lycoming Creek..............................
  Township of Hepburn
 
Mosquito Creek:
  Approximately 25 feet downstream of Edgewood                  *568
   Avenue...........................................
  Approximately 300 feet upstream of Edgewood Avenue            *574
  Borough of Duboistown
 
Muncy Creek:
  At the confluence with West Branch Susquehanna                *505
   River............................................
  Approximately 1.6 miles upstream of Boston Road...            *680
  Townships of Muncy Creek, Penn, Shrewsbury, and
   Wolf, Boroughs of Hughesville and Picture Rocks
 
Rock Run:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *849
  Approximately 600 feet upstream of the confluence             *849
   with Lycoming Creek..............................
  Township of McIntyre
 
Shoemaker Run:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *740
  At Bodines Road...................................            *740
  Township of Lewis
 
Stroehmann Overland Flow:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *568
  Approximately 325 feet upstream of Pleasant Hill              *584
   Road.............................................
  Townships of Lycoming and Old Lycoming
Sugar Run:
  At the confluence with Muncy Creek................            *542
  Approximately 125 feet downstream of confluence of            *559
   Gregs Run........................................
  Township of Wolf
 
Trout Run:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *674
  Approximately 425 feet downstream of State Route              *674
   14...............................................
  Township of Lewis
 
Wallis Run:
  At the confluence with Loyalsock Creek............            *635
  Approximately 3.6 miles upstream of Wallis Run                *639
   Road.............................................
  Townships of Gamble and Cascade
 
Wolf Run No. 1:
  Approximately 1,710 feet upstream of John Brady               *505
   Drive............................................
  Approximately 1,760 feet upstream of John Brady               *505
   Drive............................................
  Township of Muncy
 
Wolf Run No. 2:
  At the confluence with Lycoming Creek.............            *657
  Approximately 15 feet downstream of abandoned                 *663
   railroad bridge..................................
  Township of Lewis
 
Pine Creek:
  Approximately 1.66 miles upstream of confluence               *554
   with West Branch Susquehanna River...............
  Approximately 1,950 feet upstream of State Route              *628
   44...............................................
  Townships of Cummings, Porter, and Watson
 
Nichols Run:
  At the confluence with Pine Creek.................            *555
  Approximately 1,510 feet upstream of Algonquin                *557
   Trail............................................
  Township of Porter, Borough of Jersey Shore
 
Little Pine Creek:
  At the confluence with Pine Creek.................            *622
  Approximately 2,450 feet upstream of confluence               *622
   with Pine Creek..................................
  Township of Cummings
 
Township of Cascade
 
Maps available for inspection at the Cascade
 Township Office, 33 Kelly Road, Trout Run,
 Pennsylvania.
Township of Cummings
 
Maps available for inspection at the Cummings
 Township Office, 10978 North Route 44 Highway,
 Waterville, Pennsylvania.
 
Borough of Duboistown
 
Maps available for inspection at the Duboistown
 Borough Office, 2651 Euclid Avenue, Duboistown,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Eldred
 
Maps available for inspection at the Eldred Township
 Fire Department, 5556 Warrensville Road,
 Montoursville, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Fairfield
 
Maps available for inspection at the Fairfield
 Township Office, 238 Fairfield Church Road,
 Montoursville, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Franklin
 
Maps available for inspection at the Franklin
 Township Office, 61 School Lane, Lairdsville,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Gamble
 
Maps available for inspection at the Gamble Township
 Office, 7670 Wallis Run Road, Trout Run,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Hepburn
 
Maps available for inspection at the Hepburn
 Township Office, 615 Route 973 East, Cogan Station,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Borough of Hughesville
 
Maps available for inspection at the Hughesville
 Borough Office, 147 South Fifth Street,
 Hughesville, Pennsylvania.
 
Borough of Jersey Shore
 
Maps available for inspection at the Jersey Shore
 Borough Office, 232 Smith Street, Jersey Shore,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Lewis
 
Maps available for inspection at the Lewis Township
 Office, 69 Main Street, Trout Run, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Loyalsock
 
Maps available for inspection at the Loyalsock
 Township Building, 2501 East Third Street,
 Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Lycoming
 
Maps available for inspection at the Lycoming
 Township Office, 328 Dauber Road, Cogan Station,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of McIntyre
 
Maps available for inspection at the McIntyre
 Township Office, 47 Thompson Street, Roaring
 Branch, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of McNett
 
Maps available for inspection at the McNett Township
 Office, 385 Yorktown Road, Roaring Branch,
 Pennsylvania.
 

[[Page 10927]]

 
Borough of Montoursville
 
Maps available for inspection at the Montoursville
 Borough Office, 617 North Loyalsock Avenue,
 Montoursville, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Muncy
 
Maps available for inspection at the Muncy Township
 Office, 1922 Pond Road, Pennsdale, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Muncy Creek
 
Maps available for inspection at the Muncy Creek
 Township Office, 575 Route 442 Highway, Muncy,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Old Lycoming
 
Maps available for inspection at the Old Lycoming
 Township Office, 1951 Green Avenue, Williamsport,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Penn
 
Maps available for inspection at the Penn Township
 Office, 4600 Beaver Lake Road, Hughesville,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Borough of Picture Rocks
 
Maps available for inspection at the Picture Rocks
 Borough Office, 113 Main Street, Picture Rocks,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Plunketts Creek
 
Maps available for inspection at the Plunketts Creek
 Township Office, 179 Dunwoody Road, Williamsport,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Porter
 
Maps available for inspection at the Porter Township
 Office, 5 Shaffer Lane, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Shrewsbury
 
Maps available for inspection at the Shrewsbury
 Township Office, 143 Point Bethel Road,
 Hughesville, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Upper Fairfield
 
Maps available for inspection at the Upper Fairfield
 Township Building, 4090 Route 87 Highway,
 Montoursville, Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Watson
 
Maps available for inspection at the Watson Township
 Office, 1710 Ridge Road, Jersey Shore,
 Pennsylvania.
 
City of Williamsport
 
Maps available for inspection at the Williamsport
 City Office, 245 West Fourth Street, Williamsport,
 Pennsylvania.
 
Township of Wolf
 
Maps available for inspection at the Wolf Township
 Office, 695 Route 405 Highway, Hughesville,
 Pennsylvania.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: March 3, 2004.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 04-5246 Filed 3-8-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-12-P