[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30658-30660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10613]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7618]


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)

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Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the 
communities listed below. The 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, FEMA, 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 base flood 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. As a 
result, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not 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  [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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Connecticut.................  South Windsor (Town),    Podunk River.............................  At a point just downstream           None         *266
                               Hartford County.                                                    of Foster Road.                     None         *301
                                                                                                  At a point approximately 160
                                                                                                   feet upstream of Miller
                                                                                                   Road.
                                                       Quarry Brook.............................  At a point approximately              *57          *58
                                                                                                   1,056 feet upstream of the          None         *108
                                                                                                   confluence with Podunk
                                                                                                   River.
                                                                                                  Approximately 53 feet
                                                                                                   upstream of Clark Street.
                                                       Plum Gully Brook.........................  Approximately 528 feet                *58          *57
                                                                                                   upstream of the confluence          None        *185
                                                                                                   with Podunk River.
                                                                                                  Approximately 280 feet
                                                                                                   upstream of Nevers Road.
Maps available for inspection at the South Windsor Town Hall, 1540 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, Connecticut.
 
Send comments to Mr. Matthew B. Galligan, South Windsor Town Manager, South Windsor Town Hall, 1540 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, Connecticut 06074.
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Florida.....................  Clearwater (City),       Ponding Area No. 18......................  Approximately 100 feet east          None  45
                               Pinellas County.                                                    of the intersection of
                                                                                                   Hamlet Avenue and Wildwood
                                                                                                   Way.
Maps available for inspection at the City of Clearwater Engineering Department, 100 South Myrtle Avenue, Suite 220, Clearwater, Florida.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Brian Aungst, Mayor of the City of Clearwater, P.O. Box 4748, Clearwater, Florida 33758-4748.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: May 18, 2005.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 05-10613 Filed 5-26-05; 8:45 am]
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