[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44632-44634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17033]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-B-7447]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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: 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: FEMA proposes to make determinations of BFEs 
and modified BFEs for each community listed below, in accordance with 
Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 
4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
    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 
proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act because proposed 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 proposed rule is not a significant

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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 recordkeeping 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. (NGVD)
                State                      City/town/county                  Source of flooding                                      Location                              +Elevation in feet
                                                                                                                                                                                 (NAVD)
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                                                                                                                                                                          Existing     Modified
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California...........................  Plumas County...........  Boyle Ravine.............................  Confluence with Nugget Creek..............................         None       +3,409
                                                                                                            Approximately 625 feet upstream of Alder Street...........         None       +3,545
                                                                 Chandler Creek...........................  Confluence with Greenhorn Creek...........................         None       +4,434
                                                                                                            Approximately 320 feet upstream of Chandler Road..........         None       +3,464
                                                                 Clear Stream.............................  Confluence with Spanish Creek.............................         None       +3,404
                                                                                                            Approximately 2,200 feet upstream of conflunce of Gansner          None       +3,427
                                                                                                             Creek.
                                                                 Gasner Creek.............................  Confluence with Clear Stream..............................         None       +3,423
                                                                                                            Approximately 740 feet upstream of Bucks Lake Road........         None       +3,497
                                                                 Greenhorn Creek..........................  Confluence with Spanish Creek.............................         None       +3,401
                                                                                                            Approximately 1,950 feet upstream of Highway 89/70........         None       +3,494
                                                                 Mill Creek...............................  Confluence with Spanish Creek.............................         None       +3,401
                                                                                                            Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of Highway 89/70........         None       +3,555
                                                                 Nugget Creek.............................  Confluence with Mill Creek................................         None       +3,402
                                                                                                            Approximately 200 feet upstream of Nugget Lane............         None       +3,455
                                                                 Spanish Creek............................  At Oakland Camp Road......................................         None       +3,392
                                                                                                            Approximately 11,700 feet upstream of Highway 89/70.......         None       +3,452
                                                                 Taylor Creek.............................  Confluence with Greenhorn Creek...........................         None       +3,446
                                                                                                            Approximately 300 feet upstream of Chandler Road..........         None       +3,491
                                                                 Thompson Creek...........................  Confluence with Greenhorn Creek...........................         None       +3,454
                                                                                                            Approximately 3,400 feet upstream of confluence with               None       +3,548
                                                                                                             Thompson Creek Splitflow.
                                                                 Thompson Creek Splitflow.................  Confluence with Thompson Creek............................         None       +3,488
                                                                                                            Approximately 2,600 feet upstream of confluence with               None       +3,493
                                                                                                             Thompson Creek.
                                                                 Unnamed..................................  Confluence with Boyle Ravine..............................         None       +3,410
                                                                 Tributary to Boyle Ravine................  Approximately 150 feet upstream of Highway 89/70..........         None       +3,417
                                                                 Wolf Creek...............................  Approximately 4,500 feet downstream of Greenville Park             None       +3,534
                                                                                                             Road Bridge.
                                                                                                            Approximately 2 miles upstream of Main Street Bridge......         None       +3,640
 
 + North American Vertical Datum
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Plumas County Planning Department, 520 Main Street, Room 21, Quincy, California 95971.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Kenneth Nelson, Chairman, Plumas County Board of Supervisors, 520 Main Street, Room 121, Quincy, California 95971.
Oregon...............................  Durham (City),..........  Fanno Creek..............................  At confluence with the Tualatin River.....................         *126         *125
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                                       Washington County.......                                             At Burlington Northern Railroad...........................         *126         *125
                                                                 Tualatin River...........................  At Interstate Highway 5...................................         *123         *123
                                                                                                            At Burlington Northern Railroad (Just upstream of                  *126        *125
                                                                                                             confluence with Fanno Creek).

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  *Elevation in feet
 
  Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 17160 Southwest Upper Boones Ferry Road, Durham, Oregon 97281.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Gerry Schirado, Mayor, City of Durham, P.O. Box 23483, Durham, Oregon 97281.
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Oregon...............................  Tigard (City),..........  Ash Creek................................  Confluence with Fanno Creek...............................         *160         *160
                                                                                                            Just upstream of Oak Street...............................         *169         *170
                                       Washington County.......  Fanno Creek..............................  At Burlington Northern Railroad...........................         *126         *126
                                                                                                            At Southwest Scholls Ferry Road...........................         *162         *164
                                                                 Summer Creek.............................  At confluence with Fanno Creek............................         *157         *158
                                                                                                            Just upstream of 135th Avenue.............................         *175         *176
                                                                 Tualatin River...........................  At confluence with Fanno Creek............................         *126         *125
                                                                                                            Approximately 1.6 miles upstream of confluence with Fanno          *127        *127
                                                                                                             Creek.
  *Elevation in feet
 
  Maps are available for inspection at the Engineering Department, City Hall, 13125 Southwest Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon 97223.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable James Griffith, Mayor, City of Tigard, 13125 Southwest Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon 97223.
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Oregon...............................  Beaverton (City),.......  Fanno Creek..............................  Just upstream of Southwest Scholls Ferry Road.............         *163         *165
                                       Washington County.......                                             Approximately 850 feet upstream of Southwest Scholls Ferry         *196        *198
                                                                                                             Road.
  *Elevation in feet
 
  Maps are available for inspection at the Community Development Department, City Hall, 4755 Southwest Griffith Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97076.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Rob Drake, Mayor, City of Beaverton, P.O. Box 4755, Beaverton, Oregon 97076.
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Oregon...............................  Washington County.......  Ash Creek................................  Just upstream of Southwest Hall Boulevard.................         *170         *171
                                                                                                            Just upstream of Hemlock Street...........................         *181         *181
                                                                 Fanno Creek..............................  Just upstream of Scholls Ferry Road.......................         *193         *197
                                                                                                            Approximately 200 feet upstream of Beaverton-Hillsdale             *244        *243
                                                                                                             Highway.
  *Elevation in feet
 
  Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Land Use and Transportation, 155 North First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 12, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Tom Brian, Chairman, Washington County Board of Commissioners, 155 North First Avenue, Suite 300, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: July 20, 2004.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 04-17033 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]
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