[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66248-66250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19116]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67


Final Flood Elevation Determinations

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 
BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and 
modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that 
each 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:  Effective Dates: The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance 
Rate Map (FIRM) showing BFEs and modified BFEs for each community. This 
date may be obtained by contacting the office where the maps are 
available for inspection as indicated on the table below.

ADDRESSES: The final 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 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.
    This final rule is issued in accordance with Section 110 of the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR Part 
67. The Agency has developed criteria for floodplain management in 
floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR Part 60.
    Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to 
review the proof Flood Insurance Study and FIRM available at the 
address cited below for each community. The BFEs and modified BFEs are 
made final in the communities listed below. Elevations at selected 
locations in each community are shown.
    National Environmental Policy Act. This 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 final 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.

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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

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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.  67.11  [Amended]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.11 are amended 
as follows:

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                                                                        *Elevation  in
                                                                         feet  (NGVD)
                                                                         +Elevation in
                                            Location of referenced       feet  (NAVD)
          Flooding source(s)                       elevation            Depth    Communities affected
                                                                         in feet above
                                                                            ground
                                                                           modified
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                                  Cook County, Illinois and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-P-7921
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Buffalo Creek.........................  Just upstream of Elmhurst Road           *653   Village of Wheeling.
                                        Just downstream of Aptakisic             *667
                                         Road.
Wheeling Drainage Ditch...............  Just downstream of Wolf Road..           *641   Cook County
                                                                                         (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 400 feet                   *652   Village of Wheeling.
                                         downstream of Elmhurst Road.
William Rogers Memorial Diversion       Approximately 300 feet                   *644   Cook County
 Channel.                                upstream of the confluence                      (Unincorporated Areas).
                                         with Des Plaines River.
                                        At divergence from Wheeling              *646   Village of Wheeling.
                                         Drainage Ditch.
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 Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.

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                                                    ADDRESSES
                                  Cook County, Illinois (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at Cook County Building and Zoning Department, 69 West Washington, Suite 2830,
 Chicago, Illinois.
 
Village of Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois
 
Maps are available for inspection at Wheeling Village Hall, Engineer's Office, 255 West Dundee Road, Wheeling,
 Illinois.
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                              Calhoun County, South Carolina and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7462
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Lake Marion...........................  At the Sumter County/Clarendon            +76   Calhoun County
                                         County line.                                    (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        At the Calhoun County/                    +76
                                         Orangeburg County line.
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 Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
                                                    ADDRESSES
                                     Unincorporated Areas of Calhoun County
Maps are available for inspection at Calhoun County, Office of Building and Planning, 102 Courthouse Drive,
 Suite 112, St. Matthews, SC 29135.
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                                 Maury County, Tennessee and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7458
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Duck River............................  Approximately 6,680 feet                 +562   Maury County
                                         downstream of the confluence                    (Unincorporated Areas).
                                         Roberts Bend Branch.
                                        Approximately 2,040 feet                 +576
                                         downstream of the confluence
                                         Little Bigby Creek.
Duck River............................  Approximately 1,800 feet                 +588   Maury County
                                         downstream of the confluence                    (Unincorporated Areas),
                                         Bear Creek.                                     City of Columbia.
                                        Approximately 3,680 feet                 +634
                                         upstream of the confluence
                                         Flat Creek.
Fountain Creek........................  At the confluence of Fountain            +604   Maury County
                                         Creek with Duck River.                          (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 3,000 feet                 +663
                                         upstream of Culleoka Highway.
Silver Creek..........................  At the confluence of Silver              +604   Maury County
                                         Creek with Fountain Creek.                      (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 200 feet                   +661
                                         upstream of Kerr Road.
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 Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
 North America Vertical Datum.
(NOTE: NGVD+.069=NAVD).
                                                    ADDRESSES
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Maury County
Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, County Courthouse, 41 Public Square,
 Columbia, TN 38401.
 
City of Columbia
Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, 707 North Main Street, Columbia, TN 38401.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: November 6, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-19116 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]
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