[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 8 (Friday, January 12, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1461-1463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-340]


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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, DHS.

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: 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

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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) 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 of 
FEMA 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. FEMA 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 final rule is categorically 
excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental 
Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not 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 final rule involves no 
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
    Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final 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
          Flooding source(s)               Location of referenced        feet  (NAVD)      Communities affected
                                                 elevation              Depth
                                                                        in feet above
                                                                       ground Modified
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                                   Bexar County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7460
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San Antonio River....................  Approximately 500 feet                      *510  City of San Antonio,
                                        upstream of Rd 3 along River                      Bexar County
                                        Road.                                             (Unincorporated
                                                                                          Areas).
                                       Just downstream of Roosevelt                *579  .......................
                                        Avenue.
                                       Just upstream of Josephine                  *656  .......................
                                        Street.
San Pedro Creek......................  At the confluence with San                  *599  City of San Antonio,
                                        Antonio River.                                    Bexar County.
                                       At confluence with Apache                   *628  .......................
                                        Creek (above Rail Road).
                                       Approximately 100 feet                      *656  .......................
                                        downstream of West Myrtle
                                        Street.
Symphony Lane Spillflow..............  At convergence with San                     *554  City of San Antonio,
                                        Antonio River.                                    Bexar County.
                                       Just upstream of East Pyron                 *558  .......................
                                        Avenue.
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 Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
                                                    ADDRESSES
                                       Bexar County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
Maps are available for inspection at Vista Verde Building, Suite 420, 233 North Pecos St., San Antonio, TX
 78207.
 
City of San Antonio
 
Maps are available for inspection at Municipal Plaza, 114 W. Commerce St., 7th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205.
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                                     Town of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7465
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Atlantic Ocean.......................  At Crockett Cove.............                +10  Town of Vinalhaven.
                                       At Carvers Pond..............                +10  .......................
                                       At Old Harbor, Northern Shore                +11  .......................
                                       At Eastern Shore of Carvers                  +11  .......................
                                        Habor.
                                       At Northern end of Carvers                   +12  .......................
                                        Harbor.
                                       At Coombs Neck, Northern                     +13  .......................
                                        Shore.
                                       At Sand Cove.................                +14  .......................
                                       At Clam Cove of Roberts                      +16  .......................
                                        Harbor.

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                                       At Southern point of                         +18  .......................
                                        Vinalhaven Island opposite
                                        Carvers Island.
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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 Town of Vinalhaven, Town Office, West Main, Vinalhaven, Maine 04863.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: January 5, 2007.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-340 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
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