[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 67834-67836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19829]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7678]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

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, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
(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 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:

                                                                                   City of New York, New York
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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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New York............................  New York (City).......  Amboy Road Wetland (Staten Island).....  Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None          *50
                                                              Arbutus Creek (Staten Island)..........  Approximately 530 feet upstream of Hylan Boulevard.............          *15          *16
                                                                                                       Approximately 980 feet upstream of Amboy Road..................         None          *57
                                                              Blue Heron Main Branch (Staten Island).  Approximately 100 feet upstream of Hylan Boulevard.............          *10          *17
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,700 feet upstream of Tallman Street............         None          *70
                                                              Blue Heron Tributary (Staten Island)...  At the confluence with Blue Heron Main Branch..................         None          *36
                                                                                                       Approximately 35 feet upstream of Holbridge Avenue.............         None          *70
                                                              Bronx River (Bronx)....................  Approximately 600 feet upstream of Tremont Street..............          *14          *15
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,650 feet upstream of East 24th Street..........          *73          *74

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                                                              Butler Manor (Staten Island)...........  Approximately 75 feet upstream of the confluence with Raritan            *12          *10
                                                                                                        Bay.
                                                                                                       Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence with Raritan          None          *33
                                                                                                        Bay.
                                                              Cleveland Avenue Wetland (Staten         Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None          *58
                                                               Island).
                                                              Colon Tributary (Staten Island)........  At the confluence with Sweet Brook.............................          *14          *15
                                                                                                       Approximately 145 feet upstream of Pemberton Avenue............          *44          *41
                                                              D Street Brook (Staten Island).........  At D Street....................................................         None          *97
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,530 feet upstream of D Street..................         None         *155
                                                              Denise Tributary (Staten Island).......  Approximately 260 feet upstream of the confluence of Arbutus             *17          *18
                                                                                                        Creek.
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,205 feet upstream of Jansen Street.............          *48          *49
                                                              Eibs Pond (Staten Island)..............  Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None          *87
                                                              Eltingville Tributary (Staten Island)..  At the confluence with Sweet Brook.............................          *39          *38
                                                                                                       Approximately 406 feet upstream of Ratan Avenue................         None          *45
                                                              Foresthill Road Brook (Staten Island)..  Approximately 1,450 feet downstream of Foresthill Road.........         None           *5
                                                                                                       Approximately 3,070 feet upstream of Alaska place..............         None          *74
                                                              Hillside Avenue Wetland (Staten Island)  Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None          *56
                                                              Jacks Pond (Staten Island).............  Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None          *52
                                                              Jansen Tributary (Staten Island).......  Approximately 330 feet upstream of confluence with Arbutus               *26          *25
                                                                                                        Creek.
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,340 feet upstream of confluence with Arbutus             *37          *41
                                                                                                        Creek.
                                                              Lemon Creek (Staten Island)............  Approximately 40 feet upstream of Staten Island Rapid Transit            *10          *17
                                                                                                        Bridge.
                                                                                                       Approximately 350 feet upstream of Rossville Avenue............         *102         *101
                                                              Mill Creek (Staten Island).............  Approximately 80 feet downstream of Richmond Valley Road.......          *10          *11
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,320 feet upstream of West Veterans Road........         None          *77
                                                              Mill Creek Tributary 1 (Staten Island).  At the confluence with Mill Creek..............................         None          *41
                                                                                                       Approximately 230 feet from the downstream side of the West             None          *60
                                                                                                        Shore Expressway.
                                                              Mill Creek Tributary 2 (Staten Island).  At the confluence with Mill Creek..............................         None          *10
                                                                                                       At the confluence with Mill Creek Tributary 3..................         None          *13
                                                              Mill Creek Tributary 3 (Staten Island).  At the confluence with Mill Creek Tributary 2..................         None          *13
                                                                                                       Approximately 860 feet upstream of confluence with Mill Creek           None          *22
                                                                                                        Tributary 2.
                                                              Richmond Creek (Staten Island).........  Approximately 510 feet downstream of Richmond Hill Road........         None           *6
                                                                                                       Approximately 0.86 mile upstream of Rockland Avenue............         None         *254
                                                              Sandy Brook (Staten Island)............  Approximately 190 feet upstream of Richmond Parkway............          *42          *39
                                                                                                       Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of Bloomingdale Road.........          *85          *84
                                                              Stump Pond (Staten Island).............  Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None         *271
                                                              Sweet Brook (Staten Island)............  Approximately 3,200 feet downstream of Genesee Avenue..........          *14          *12

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                                                                                                       Approximately 1,050 feet upstream of Richmond Avenue/Drumgoogle          *95          *99
                                                                                                        Avenue.
                                                              Wolfes Pond (Staten Island)............  Approximately 1,175 feet upstream of Seguine Avenue............          *12          *10
                                                                                                       Approximately 175 feet upstream of Hylan Boulevard.............         None          *21
                                                              Wood Duck Pond (Staten Island).........  Entire shoreline within the community..........................         None          *54
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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 New York City Planning Department, Waterfront and Open Space Division, 22 Reade Street, Room 6E, New York, New York.
Send comments to The Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, New York City Hall, 52 Chambers Street, New York, New York 10007.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: November 13, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
 [FR Doc. E6-19829 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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