[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8810-8813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2417]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7909]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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, 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

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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 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 
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 13132, Federalism. This rule involves no policies 
that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
    Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This rule meets the 
applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.

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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                              [ssdiam]Elevation in
   Source of flooding and          feet (NAVD)
   location of referenced    ---------------------- Communities affected
          elevation            Existing   Modified
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Crystal Creek:
    Just upstream of South    [ssdiam]7  [ssdiam]7  Village of
     Harrison Street.                34         35   Algonquin, City of
                                                     Crystal Lake,
                                                     Village of Lake-in-
                                                     the-Hills, McHenry
                                                     County,
                                                     (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas).
    Just downstream of        [ssdiam]8  [ssdiam]8  ....................
     Country Club Road.              92         91
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Village of Algonquin,
 McHenry County, Illinois.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at Community Map
 Repository, 2200 Harnish
 Drive, Algonquin, Illinois.
Send comments to The
 Honorable John Schmidt,
 Acting President, 2200
 Harnish Drive, Algonquin,
 Illinois 60102.
 
Village of Crystal Lake,
 McHenry County, Illinois.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at Community Map
 Repository, Department of
 Planning and Development,
 100 West Municipal Complex,
 Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Aaron Shepley,
 Mayor, Village of Crystal
 Lake, Post Office Box 597,
 100 West Municipal Complex,
 Crystal Lake, Illinois
 60039-0597.
 
Village of Lake-in-the-
 Hills, McHenry County,
 Illinois.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at Community Map
 Repository, Office of
 Community Development, 600
 Harvest Gate, Lake-in-the-
 Hills, Illinois.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Ed Plaza,
 President, Village of Lake-
 in-the-Hills, 600 Harvest
 Gate, Lake-in-the-Hills,
 Illinois 60156.
 
Unincorporated Areas of
 McHenry County, Illinois.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at Community Map
 Repository, Planning and
 Development, 2200 North
 Seminary Avenue,
 Administrative Building,
 Woodstock, Illinois.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Ken Koehler,
 Chairman, McHenry County
 Board, 2200 North Seminary
 Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois
 60098.
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Big Hollow Creek:
    At the confluence with    [ssdiam]7  [ssdiam]7  Taney County,
     Turkey Creek.                   19         20   (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas), City of
                                                     Hollister.
    Approximately 5,540 feet  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]8  ....................
     upstream of Hidden             one         06
     Valley Road.
Happy Hollow Creek:
    At the confluence with    [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]7  Taney County,
     Turkey Creek.                  one         73   (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas).
    Approximately 8,675 feet  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]8  ....................
     upstream of the                one         67
     confluence with Turkey
     Creek.
Kohler Creek:
    Approximately 350 feet    [ssdiam]7  [ssdiam]7  Taney County,
     upstream of the                 24         25   Unincorporated
     confluence with Turkey                          Areas), City of
     Creek.                                          Hollister.
    Approximately 6,370 feet  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]8  ....................
     upstream of Maple              one         69
     Street.
Roark Creek:
    At the confluence with    [ssdiam]7  [ssdiam]7  City of Branson,
     White River.                    14         19   Taney County,
                                                     (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas).
    Approximately 250 feet    [ssdiam]7  [ssdiam]7  ....................
     upstream of U.S.                18         19
     Highway 65.
Swan Creek:
    At the confluence with    [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]6  Taney County,
     White River.                   one         94   (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas), City of
                                                     Forsyth.

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    Approximately 1,250 feet  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]6  ....................
     upstream of Strawberry         one         94
     Road.
Thorp Creek:
    At the confluence with    [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]8  Taney County,
     Turkey Creek.                  one         55   (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas).
    Approximately 6,810 feet  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]9  ....................
     upstream of the                one         07
     confluence with Turkey
     Creek.
Turkey Creek:
    At the confluence with    [ssdiam]7  [ssdiam]7  Taney County,
     White River.                    16         20   (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas), City of
                                                     Hollister.
    Approximately 6,950 feet  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]9  ....................
     upstream of the                one         02
     confluence of Thorp
     Creek.
White River:
    At the southern county    [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]6  Taney County,
     boundary.                      one         92   (Unincorporated
                                                     Areas), City of
                                                     Branson, City of
                                                     Forsyth, City of
                                                     Hollister, Village
                                                     of Merriam Woods,
                                                     Town of Rockaway
                                                     Beach.
    Approximately 5.73 miles  [ssdiam]N  [ssdiam]7  ....................
     upstream of the                one         35
     confluence of Cooper
     Creek.
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City of Branson, Taney
 County, Missouri.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at the Community
 Map Repository, 110 West
 Maddux Street, Suite 215,
 Branson, Missouri.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Louis E. Shaefer,
 Mayor, City of Branson,
 City Hall, 110 West Maddux
 Street, Branson, Missouri
 65616.
 
City of Forsyth, Taney
 County, Missouri.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at the Community
 Map Repository, 15405 U.S.
 Highway 160, Forsyth,
 Missouri.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Karl Smith,
 Mayor, City of Forsyth,
 Post Office Box 545, 15405
 U.S. Highway 160, Forsyth,
 Missouri 65653.
 
City of Hollister, Taney
 County, Missouri.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at the Community
 Map Repository, City Hall,
 312 Esplanade Street,
 Hollister, Missouri.
Send comments to The
 Honorable David G. Tate,
 Mayor, City of Hollister,
 Post Office Box 638,
 Hollister, Missouri 65673.
 
Village of Merriam Woods,
 Taney County, Missouri.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at the Community
 Map Repository, Clerk's
 Office, 4417 State Highway
 176, Merriam Woods,
 Missouri.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Mike Wilkerson,
 Chairman of the Board,
 Village of Merriam Woods,
 Post Office Box 238,
 Merriam Woods, Missouri
 65740.
 
Town of Rockaway Beach,
 Taney County, Missouri.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at the Community
 Map Repository, City Hall,
 2764 State Highway 176,
 Rockaway Beach, Missouri.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Thomas Strom,
 Mayor, Town of Rockaway
 Beach, City Hall, Post
 Office Box 315, Rockaway
 Beach, Missouri 65740.
 
Unincorporated Area of Taney
 County, Missouri.
 
Maps are available for
 inspection at the Community
 Map Repository, 1617 U.S.
 Highway 160, Forsyth,
 Missouri.
Send comments to The
 Honorable Chuck Pennel,
 Presiding Commissioner,
 Taney County, Post Office
 Box 1086, Forsyth, Missouri
 65653.
 
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 [ssdiam] North American Vertical Datum of 1988.


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                               *Elevation in feet
   Source of flooding and            (NGVD)
   location of referenced    ---------------------- Communities affected
          elevation            Existing   Modified
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Skokie River:
    Approximately 3,000 feet       *636       *635  City of Highland
     upstream of Clavey Road.                        Park
    Approximately 4,500 feet       *637       *636
     downstream of Deerfield
     Road.
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City of Highland Park, Illinois.
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Public Works Office, 1150 Half
 Day Road, Highland Park, Illinois.
Send comments to The Honorable Michael D. Belsky, Mayor, City of
 Highland Park, City Hall, 1707 Saint Johns Avenue, Highland Park,
 Illinois 60035.
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*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.


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

    Dated: January 4, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-2417 Filed 2-17-06; 8:45 am]
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