[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5949-5953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7669]


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.

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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: 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.
    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  

    2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.4 are 
proposed to be amended as follows:

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                                              [sdiam]Elevation in feet (NGVD)
    Source of flooding and location of           *Elevation in feet (NGVD)
           referenced elevation           ---------------------------------------      Communities affected
                                                   Existing            Modified
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Cobb Creek:
    At the confluence with Florida Creek.  None....................  [sdiam]1,09  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
                                                                               9   Areas).
    Approximately 7,850 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,23
     County Road 50.                                                           7
County Ditch No. 5:
    At the confluence with West Branch     None....................  [sdiam]1,09  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     Lac Qui Parle River.                                                      6   Areas).
    At the western county boundary.......  None....................  [sdiam]1,14
                                                                               0
Florida Creek:
    At the confluence with West Branch     None....................  [sdiam]1,09  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     Lac Qui Parle River.                                                      4   Areas).
    Approximately 2,300 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,18  ..............................
     the southern county boundary.                                             1
Florida Creek Tributary:
    At the confluence with Florida Creek.  None....................  [sdiam]1,13  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
                                                                               7   Areas).
    At the southern county boundary......  None....................  [sdiam]1,20
                                                                               8
Judicial Ditch No. 4:
    At the confluence with West Branch     [sdiam]1,044............  [sdiam]1,04  City of Dawson, Lac Qui Parle
     Lac Qui Parle River.                                                      5   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Just upstream of Ninth Street........  [sdiam]1,044............  [sdiam]1,04
                                                                               5
Lac Qui Parle River:
    Approximately 350 feet downstream of   None....................  [sdiam] 963  City of Dawson, Lac Qui Parle
     County Road 20.                                                               (Unincorporated Areas).
    At the southern county boundary......  None....................  [sdiam]1,09
                                                                               3
Lazarus Creek:
    Approximately 9,660 feet downstream    None....................  [sdiam]1,10  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     of U.S. Interstate 75.                                                    5   Areas).
    Approximately 12,100 feet upstream of  None....................  [sdiam]1,13
     County Road 52 (2nd crossing).                                            5
Lost Creek:
    At the confluence with West Branch     None....................  [sdiam]1,11  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     Lac Qui Parle River.                                                      1   Areas).
    At the western county boundary.......  None....................  [sdiam]1,19
                                                                               3
Minnesota River:
    Approximately 7.4 miles downstream of  None....................  [sdiam] 934  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     County Road 18.                                                               Areas).
    Approximately 6.9 miles upstream of    None....................  [sdiam] 962
     County Road 15.
Minnesota River Tailwaters:

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    At the confluence with Minnesota       None....................  [sdiam] 949  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     River.                                                                        Areas).
    Approximately 430 feet upstream of     None....................  [sdiam] 950
     U.S. Interstate 75.
North Fork Yellow Bank River:
    At the confluence with Main Fork       None....................  [sdiam]1,00  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     Yellow Bank River.                                                        2   Areas).
    At the western county boundary.......  None....................  [sdiam]1,03
                                                                               6
Tenmile Creek:
    Approximately 1,800 feet downstream    None....................  [sdiam]1,04  City of Boyd, Lac Qui Parle
     of County Road 2.                                                         6   (Unincorporated Areas).
Tenmile Creek:
    Approximately 9,100 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,05  City of Boyd, Lac Qui Parle
     County Road 29.                                                           6   (Unincorporated Areas).
Tributary to South Fork Yellow Bank
 River:
    At the confluence with South Fork      None....................  [sdiam]1,08  City of Nassau, Lac Qui parle
     Yellow Bank River.                                                        9   (Unincorporated Areas).
    At the western county boundary.......  None....................  [sdiam]1,11
                                                                               3
West Branch Lac Qui Parle River:
    At the confluence with Lac Qui Parle   [sdiam]1,043............  [sdiam]1,04  City of Dawson, Lac Qui Parle
     River.                                                                    1   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Just upstream of County Road 7.......  None....................  [sdiam]1,19
                                                                               2
Yellow Bank River (Main and South Forks):
    Approximately 100 feet downstream of   None....................   [sdiam]971  Lac Qui Parle (Unincorporated
     County Road 40.                                                               Areas).
    Approximately 14,450 feet upstream of  None....................  [sdiam]1,12
     County Road 7.                                                            3
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City of Boyd:
 
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 117 Third Street, Boyd, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Vern Lein, Mayor, City of Boyd, City Hall, 117 Third Street, Boyd, Minnesota
 56218.
 
City of Dawson:
 
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 675 Chestnut Street, Dawson, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Glenn Dunham, Mayor, City of Dawson, City Hall, 675 Chestnut Street, Dawson,
 Minnesota 56232.
 
City of Nassau:
 
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 229 Fifth Street, Nassau, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Linda Wildung, Mayor, City of Nassau, City Hall, 229 Fifth Street, Nassau,
 Minnesota 56257.
 
Lac Qui Parle County (Unincorporated Areas):
 
Maps are available for inspection at Lac Qui Parle County Courthouse, 600 West Sixth Street, Madison, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Vonderharr, Chairperson, County Commissioners, County Courthouse, 600 West Sixth
 Street, Madison, Minnesota 56256.
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Artichoke Creek:
    Approximately 2,500 feet downstream    None....................       *1,072  Swift County (Unincorporated
     of 225th Avenue Northwest.                                                    Areas).
    Just upstream of 260th Avenue          None....................       *1,085
     Northwest.
Chippewa River:
    Just downstream of County Road 75....  None....................       *1,028  City of Benson, Swift County
                                                                                   (Unincorporated Areas).
    At the confluence of East Branch,      None....................       *1,036
     Chippewa River.
Cottonwood Creek:
    Approximately 8,170 feet downstream    None....................         *991  City of Holloway, Swift County
     of County Road 2.                                                             (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 4,600 feet upstream of   None....................       *1,020
     County Road 9.
County Ditch No. 2:
    At County Route 54...................  None....................       *1,006  Swift County (Unincorporated
                                                                                   Areas).
County Ditch No. 2:
    Approximately 1,250 feet upstream of   None....................       *1,006  Swift County (Unincorporated
     County Route 54.                                                              Areas).
East Branch Chippewa River:
    At the confluence with the Chippewa    None....................       *1,036  City of Benson Swift County
     River.                                                                        (Unincorporated Areas).
    Just downstream of State Road 29.....  None....................       *1,036
Judicial Ditch No. 19:
    Approximately 18,250 feet upstream of  None....................       *1,040  Swift County (Unincorporated
     the confluence with East Branch                                               Areas).
     Chippewa River.
    Approximately 39,350 feet upstream of  None....................       *1,049
     the confluence with East Branch
     Chippewa River.
Lake Malachy Outlet:
    Approximately 320 feet above           None....................       *1,035  City of Clontarf Swift County
     confluence with Lake Malachy.                                                 (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 100 feet upstream of     None....................       *1,043
     Grace Avenue.
Minnesota River:
    At Marsh Lake Dam....................  *946....................         *948  Swift County (Unincorporated
                                                                                   Areas).

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    Approximately 4,750 feet upstream of   *946....................         *948
     March Lake Dam.
Pomme De Terre River:
    Approximately 11,700 feet downstream   *972....................         *975  City of Appleton Swift County
     of the Union Pacific Railroad.                                                (Unincorporated Areas).
Pomme De Terre River:
    Approximately 15,800 feet upstream of  None....................       *1,008  City of Appleton Swift County
     North Herrington Road.                                                        (Unincorporated Areas).
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City of Appleton:
 
 Maps are available for inspection at the City Office, 323 West Schlieman Avenue, Appleton, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable William Fliflet, Mayor, City of Appleton, 323 West Schlieman Avenue, Appleton,
 Minnesota 56208.
 
City of Benson:
 
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 1410 Kansas Avenue, Benson, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Paul Kittleson, Mayor, City of Benson, 1410 Kansas Avenue, Benson, Minnesota
 56215.
 
City of Clontarf:
 
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 221 Clonmel Street, Clontarf, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Tom Staton, Mayor, City of Clontarf, 221 Clonmel Street, Clontarf, Minnesota
 56226.
 
City of Holloway:
 
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 220 DePue Street, Holloway, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Merlin Schultz, Mayor, City of Holloway, 220 DePue Street, Holloway, Minnesota
 56249.
 
Swift County (Unincorporated Areas):
 
Maps are available for inspection at 301 14th Street North, Benson, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Gary Hendrickx, Chairman, Swift County Board of Commissioners, 222 North Miles
 Street, Appleton, Minnesota 56208.
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Florida Creek:
    At the northern county boundary......  None....................  [sdiam]1,17  Yellow Medicine
                                                                               5   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 50 feet upstream of      None....................  [sdiam]1,23  ..............................
     County Road 14.                                                           8
Florida Creek Tributary:
    Approximately 25 feet downstream of    None....................  [sdiam]1,20  Yellow Medicine
     the northern county boundary.                                             9   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 6,100 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,24  ..............................
     County Road 14.                                                           4
Lac Qui Parle River:
    At the northern county boundary......  None....................  [sdiam]1,09  Yellow Medicine
                                                                               3   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 6,750 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,24  ..............................
     State Highway 68.                                                         1
Lazarus Creek:
    At confluence with Lac Qui Parle       None....................  [sdiam]1,09  Yellow Medicine
     River.                                                                    5   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 6,270 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,25  ..............................
     County Road E2.                                                           8
Minnesota River:
    Approximately 31,200 feet downstream   [sdiam]873..............   [sdiam]877  Yellow Medicine
     of State Highway 67.                                                          (Unincorporated Areas)
                                                                                   Granite Falls.
    Approximately 1,580 feet upstream of   [sdiam]932..............   [sdiam]934  Upper Sioux Community.
     U.S. Highway 59/212.
Minnesota River Overflow Channel:
    At the confluence with the Minnesota   [sdiam]894..............   [sdiam]896  Yellow Medicine
     River.                                                                        (Unincorporated Areas)
                                                                                   Granite Falls.
Minnesota River Overflow Channel:
    Approximately 890 feet upstream the    [sdiam]898..............   [sdiam]899  Yellow Medicine
     confluence with the Minnesota River.                                          (Unincorporated Areas)
                                                                                   Granite Falls.
Tenmile Creek:
    Approximately 113,370 feet upstream    None....................  [sdiam]1,05  Yellow Medicine
     of the confluence with Lac Qui Parle                                      6   (Unincorporated Areas).
     River.
    Approximately 117,250 feet upstream    None....................  [sdiam]1,05  ..............................
     of the confluence with Lac Qui Parle                                      6
     River.
Yellow Medicine River:
    Approximately 36,700 feet downstream   None....................  [sdiam]1,05  Yellow Medicine
     of County Road 8.                                                         8   (Unincorporated Areas).
    Approximately 3,400 feet upstream of   None....................  [sdiam]1,10
     the southern county boundary.                                             0
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City of Granite Falls:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 885 Prentice Street, Granite Falls, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to The Honorable David Smiglewski, Mayor, City of Granite Falls, 885 Prentice Street, Granite
 Falls, Minnesota 56241.
 
Upper Sioux Community:
 
Maps are available for inspection at Office of the Tribal Council Secretary/FDPO Administrator, Upper Sioux
 Community Board of Trustees, Granite Falls, Minnesota.
 
Send comments to Helen M. Blue-Redner, Tribal Chairman, Upper Sioux Community Board of Trustees, P.O. Box 147,
 Granite Falls, Minnesota 56241.
 
Yellow Medicine County:
 

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Maps are available for inspection at the Planning and Zoning Office, 1000 10th Avenue, Clarkfield, Minnesota.
Send comments to The Honorable John Chattin, County Administrator, County Administrator's Office, 415 9th
 Avenue, Granite Falls, Minnesota 56241.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Dated: January 28, 2005.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 05-2118 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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