[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9758-9760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2693]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7907]


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

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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 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 record keeping 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
                                                     Source of                              *Elevation in feet
            State              City/town/county      flooding            Location                 (NGVD)
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                                                                                           Existing     Modified
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OH...........................  Madison County    Big Darby Creek.  Approximately 300     *None              *917
                                (Unincorporated                     feet downstream of
                                Areas).                             Conrail.
                                                                   Approximately 100     *None              *919
                                                                    feet upstream of
                                                                    Plain City-Dublin
                                                                    Road/State Route
                                                                    161.
                                                 Sugar Run.......  At confluence with    *None              *911
                                                                    Big Darby Creek.
                                                                   Approximately 300     *None              *918
                                                                    feet downstream of
                                                                    Plain City-Dublin
                                                                    Road/State Route
                                                                    161.
 
   Maps are available for inspection at 1 North Main Street, Room 208, London, Ohio.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable David Dhume, Madison County Commissioner, 1 North Main Street, Post Office Box
   618, London, Ohio 43140-0618.
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OH...........................  Plain City        Big Darby Creek.  Approximately 1,000   *921               *917
                                (Village)                           feet downstream of
                                Madison and                         Conrail.
                                Union Counties.
                                                                   Approximately 300     *926               *921
                                                                    feet downstream of
                                                                    Noteman Road/State
                                                                    Route 23.
                                                 Sugar Run.......  At the northern       *None              *920
                                                                    Corporate Limit.
                                                                   Approximately 350     *None              *919
                                                                    feet downstream of
                                                                    southern Corporate
                                                                    Limit.
 
   Maps are available for inspection at 213 South Chillicothe Street, Plain City, Ohio.
 
  Send comments to Mr. John Jordan, Jr., Public Works Supervisor, Village of Plain City, 213 South Chillicothe
   Street, Plain City, Ohio 43064.
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OH...........................  Union County      Big Darby Creek   Approximately 3,250   *None              *919
                                (Unincorporated   (Near the         feet downstream of
                                Areas)..          Village of        Noteman Road.
                                                  Plain City).
                                                                   Approximately 7,250   *None              *930
                                                                    feet upstream of
                                                                    U.S. 42.
 
   Maps are available for inspection at 233 West Sixth, Marysville, Ohio.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable Gary Lee, Chairman, Union County Board of Commissioners, 233 West Sixth,
   Marysville, Ohio 43040.
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WI...........................  Pleasant Prairie  Des Plaines       At Wisconsin/         *674               *676
                                (Village)         River.            Illinois State Line.
                                Kenosha County.
                                                                   Just upstream of      *None              *679
                                                                    120th Avenue.

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                                                 Unnamed           At Wisconsin/         *None              *676
                                                  Tributary No. 1   Illinois State
                                                  to Des Plaines    Line..
                                                  River.
                                                                   Approximately 11,000  *None              *713
                                                                    feet upstream of
                                                                    Wisconsin/Illinois
                                                                    State Line.
                                                 Unnamed           At confluence with    *None              *677
                                                  Tributary No.     Unnamed Tributary
                                                  1A to Des         No. 1 to Des
                                                  Plaines River.    Plaines River.
                                                                   At Wisconsin/         *None              *717
                                                                    Illinois State Line.
                                                 Unamed Tributary  At confluence with    *None              *684
                                                  No. 1B to Des     Unnamed Tributary
                                                  Plaines River.    No. 1 to Des
                                                                    Plaines River.
                                                                   Just downstream of    *None              *699
                                                                    confluence of
                                                                    Unnamed Tributary
                                                                    No. 1C to Des
                                                                    Plaines River.
                                                 Unnamed           At confluence with    *None              *699
                                                  Tributary No.     Unnamed Tributary
                                                  1C to Des         1B to Des Plaines
                                                  Plaines River.    River.
                                                                   Approximately 1.5     *None              *737
                                                                    miles upstream of
                                                                    confluence with
                                                                    Unnamed Tributary
                                                                    1B to Des Plaines
                                                                    River.
                                                 Unnamed           Approximately 6,850   *None              *677
                                                  Tributary No.     feet upstream of
                                                  1E to Des         the confluence with
                                                  Plaines River.    Des Plaines River.
                                                                   Approximately 2,757   *None              *725
                                                                    feet upstream of
                                                                    U.S. Interstate 94.
                                                 Unnamed           Approximately 400     *None              *692
                                                  Tributary No.     feet upstream of
                                                  1F to Des         the confluence with
                                                  Plaines River.    Unnamed Tributary
                                                                    No. 1E to Des
                                                                    Plaines River.
                                                 Unnamed           Approximately 1,600   *None              *707
                                                  Tributary No.     feet upstream of
                                                  1F to Des         the confluence with
                                                  Plaines River.    Unnamed Tributary
                                                                    No. 1E to Des
                                                                    Plaines River.
                                                 Unnamed           At the confluence     *None              *676
                                                  Tributary No. 2   with Unnamed
                                                  to Des Plaines    Tributary No. 1E to
                                                  River.            Des Plaines River.
                                                                   Approximately 5,100   *None              *749
                                                                    feet upstream of
                                                                    U.S. Interstate 94.
 
   *National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
 
  Maps are available for inspection at the Village Office, 9915 39th Avenue, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
 
  Send comments to The Honorable John P. Steinbrink, Village President, Village Office, 9915 39th Avenue,
   Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 53158.
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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. E6-2693 Filed 2-24-06; 8:45 am]
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