[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60986-60988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17278]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7674]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of 
Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.

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 
BFEs 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: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering 
Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

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

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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. As flood elevation determinations are 
not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
    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  [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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                                                                                 City of Durham, North Carolina
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North Carolina.......................  City of Durham, Durham    Third Fork Creek Tributary..............  At the confluence with Third Fork Creek Tributary C........         +275         +273
                                        County.
                                                                                                           Approximately 260 feet upstream of Sherbon Drive...........         None         +328
                                                                 Third Fork Creek Tributary A............  Approximately 1,700 feet upstream of the confluence with            +251         +252
                                                                                                            Third Fork Creek.
                                                                                                           Approximately 200 feet upstream of Southpoint Crossing              +284         +291
                                                                                                            Drive.
                                                                 Third Fork Creek Tributary C............  Approximately 50 feet downstream of Hope Valley Road.......         +259         +258
                                                                                                           Approximately 250 feet upstream of Princeton Avenue........         None         +319
                                                                 Third Fork Creek Tributary D............  Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of the confluence with            +255         +256
                                                                                                            Third Fork Creek.
                                                                                                           Approximately 200 feet upstream of Morningside Drive.......         None         +288
                                                                 Third Fork Creek Tributary E............  Approximately 300 feet upstream of the confluence with              +289         +290
                                                                                                            Third Fork Creek.
                                                                                                           Approximately 250 feet upstream of Ward Street.............         None         +332
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                                                                                            ADDRESSES
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Durham City Hall, Storm Water Services Division, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina.
 
Send comments to The Honorable William Bell, Mayor of the City of Durham, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina 27701.
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                                                                                              Guam
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Guam.................................                            Agana River.............................  At downstream side of Marine Drive (Route 1)...............          *11           *7
                                                                                                           Approximately 350 feet upstream of O'Brien Drive...........          *14          *13
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
 Depth in feet above ground.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
 
                                                                                            ADDRESSES
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Guam Department of Public Works, Government of Guam, 542 North Marine Drive, Building A, Tamuning, Guam.
 
Send comments to The Honorable Felix P. Camacho, Governor of Guam, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Hag[aring]t[ntilde]a, Guam 96932.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: October 4, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-17278 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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