[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73656-73659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25288]


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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.

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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 Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 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 flood-
prone 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 feet
              State                 City/town/county   Source of flooding       Location       (NAVD)  
                                                                                                 Depth in feet
                                                                                                 above ground.
                                                                                                   (modified)
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                                           City of Lynchburg, Virginia
                                            Docket No.: FEMA--B-7715
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Virginia........................  City of Lynchburg..  Burton Creek......  Confluence with                  +660
                                                                            Blackwater Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 1800               +758
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            Wards Ferry Road.
                                                       Burton Creek        Confluence with                  +758
                                                        Tributary No. 1.    Burton Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 1.0                +870
                                                                            mile upstream of
                                                                            confluence with
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                        Tributary No. 2..  Confluence with                  +767
                                                                            Burton Creek
                                                                            Tributary No. 1.
                                                                           Approximately 950                +844
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            Wade Land.
                                                        Tributary No. 3..  Confluence with                  +758
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 2300               +841
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            confluence with
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                        Tributary No. 4..  Confluence with                  +755
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 0.5                +836
                                                                            mile upstream of
                                                                            Wards Ferry Road.
                                                        Tributary No. 5..  Confluence with                  +755
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 850                +768
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            confluence with
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                        Tributary No. 6..  Confluence with                  +720
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 1250               +757
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            confluence with
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                       Rock Castle Creek.  Confluence with                  +740
                                                                            Burton Creek.
                                                                           Just upstream of                 +810
                                                                            Wards Ferry Road.
                                                        Tributary No. 4..  Confluence with                  +758
                                                                            Rock Castle Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 1500               +843
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            railroad spur.
                                                        Tributary No. 5..  Confluence with                  +740
                                                                            Rock Castle Creek.
                                                                           Approximately 200                +783
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            Lynchburg
                                                                            Expressway.
                                                        Tributary No. 6..  Confluence with                  +740
                                                                            Rock Castle Creek.

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                                                                           Approximately 800                +804
                                                                            feet upstream of
                                                                            Edgewood Drive.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
 Depth in feet above ground.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
City of Lynchburg
 
Maps are available for inspection at 900 Church Street, 2nd Floor Planning Division, Lynchburg, VA 24504.
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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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                             Pearl River County, Mississippi, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7720
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East Hobolochitto Creek...............  Just upstream of West Union               +86   Pearl River County
                                         Road.                                           (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 420 feet                   +147
                                         upstream of Savannah Millard
                                         Road.
Jumpoff Creek.........................  At the confluence with East              +162   Pearl River County
                                         Hobolochitto Creek.                             (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Just upstream of Norfolk                 +238
                                         Southern Railroad.
Juniper Creek.........................  At the confluence with East              +166   Pearl River County
                                         Hobolochitto Creek.                             (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 1,900 feet                 +252
                                         upstream of Dupont-Harris
                                         Road.
Long Branch...........................  At the confluence with West               +72   Pearl River County
                                         Hobolochitto Creek.                             (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 6,900 feet                 +161
                                         upstream of Nelle Burkes Road.
Mill Creek No. 1......................  At the Pearl River-Hanconk                +79   Pearl River County
                                         County Boundary.                                (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 4,800 feet                 +175
                                         upstream of Mill Creek 2
                                         Tributary 4.
    No. 3.............................  Approximately 170 feet                    +54   Pearl River County
                                         upstream of Boley Bypass Road.                  (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 14,600 feet                +180
                                         upstream of Highway 11.
    No. 4.............................  Just upstream of the dam......            +91   Pearl River County
                                                                                         (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 6,200 feet                 +143
                                         upstream of Rock Ranch Road.
West Hobolochitto Creek...............  Approximately 600 feet                    +98   Pearl River County
                                         downstream of Henleyfield-                      (Unincorporated Areas).
                                         McNeill Road.
                                        Approximately 200 feet                   +130
                                         upstream of Highway 26.
White Sand Creek......................  At the confluence with West              +129   Pearl River County
                                         Hobolochitto Creek.                             (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Approximately 4,050 feet                 +247
                                         upstream of White Sand Creek
                                         Tributary 7.
Wolf River............................  Approximately 16,100 feet                +120   Pearl River County
                                         downstream of McNeill-McHenry                   (Unincorporated Areas).
                                         Road.
                                        Approximately 2,500 feet                 +241
                                         upstream of Highway 11.
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*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
 

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                                                    ADDRESSES
Pearl River County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
Maps are available for inspection at Department of Planning and Development, 167 Savannah-Millard Road,
 Poplarville, MS 39470.
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                                 Warren County, Virginia, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7705
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North Fork Shenandoah River...........  Confluence with South Fork               +498   Warren County
                                         Shenandoah River.                               (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Town of Front Royal Corporate            +498
                                         Limits (approximately 1.46
                                         miles upstream of confluence
                                         with Shenandoah River).
South Fork Shenandoah River...........  Confluence of Punches Run.....           +500   Warren County
                                                                                         (Unincorporated Areas).
                                        Town of Front Royal Corporate            +506
                                         Limits (just upstream of
                                         Catlett Mountain Road and
                                         Luray Avenue).
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*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
Warren County (Unincorporated Areas)
 
Maps are available for inspection at 220 North Commerce Avenue, Suite 400, Front Royal, VA 22630.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: December 14, 2007.
David I. Maurstad,
Federal Insurance Administrator of the National Flood Insurance 
Program, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.
 [FR Doc. E7-25288 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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