[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14360-14362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6060]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1110]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On April 14, 2010, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides 
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information 
published at 75 FR 19320. The table provided here represents the 
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and 
modified elevations, and communities affected for Sumter County, 
Alabama, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the 
following flooding sources: Factory Creek (backwater effects from 
Tombigbee River), Fenache Creek (backwater effects from Tombigbee 
River), Folsum Branch (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), High 
Run (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Jones Creek (backwater 
effects from Tombigbee River), Noxubee River (backwater effects from 
Tombigbee River), Sandy Creek, Sucarnoochee River, Tombigbee River, 
Tombigbee River Tributary 13 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), 
Tombigbee River Tributary 16 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River, 
Tombigbee River Tributary 7 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), 
Tombigbee River Tributary 8 (backwater effects from Tombigbee River), 
Toomsuba Creek, and Whiterock Creek (backwater effects from 
Sucarnoochee River).

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before June 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1110, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal 
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064 or (e-
mail) [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 
Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 646-4064 or (e-mail) [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) publishes proposed determinations of Base (1% annual-chance) 
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs for communities participating 
in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 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 minimum requirements. 
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 
also are used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium 
rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, 
and for the contents in those buildings.

Corrections

    In the proposed rule published at 75 FR 19321, in the April 14, 
2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Sumter County, Alabama, 
and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding sources: 
Factory Creek (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Fenache Creek 
(Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Folsum Branch (Backwater 
effects from Tombigbee River), High Run (Backwater effects from 
Tombigbee River), Jones Creek (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), 
Noxubee River (Backwater effects from Tombigbee River), Sandy Creek, 
Sucarnoochee River, Tombigbee River, Tombigbee River Trib 13 (Backwater 
effects from Tombigbee River), Tombigbee River Trib 16 (Backwater 
effects from Tombigbee River, Tombigbee River Trib 7 (Backwater effects 
from Tombigbee River), Tombigbee River Trib 8 (Backwater effects from 
Tombigbee River), Toomsuba Creek, and Whiterock Creek (Backwater 
effects from Sucarnoochee River). That table contained inaccurate 
information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and 
modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for that 
flooding source. In this notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing 
the accurate information, to address these prior errors. The 
information provided below should be used in lieu of that previously 
published.

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                                                           * Elevation in feet  (NGVD)  +
                                                              Elevation in feet  (NAVD)
                                                             Depth in feet above
        Flooding source(s)               Location of        ground  [caret] Elevation in    Communities affected
                                     referenced elevation           meters  (MSL)
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                                                              Effective       Modified
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                                 Sumter County, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas
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Factory Creek (backwater effects    From the confluence              None            +115  Unincorporated Areas
 from Tombigbee River).              with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
                                     River to
                                     approximately 1,600
                                     feet upstream of
                                     County Road 21.
Fenache Creek (backwater effects    From the confluence              None            +126  Unincorporated Areas
 from Tombigbee River).              with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
                                     River to
                                     approximately 0.5
                                     mile downstream of
                                     County Road 4.
Folsum Branch (backwater effects    From the confluence              None            +120  Town of Gainesville.
 from Tombigbee River).              with the Tombigbee
                                     River to
                                     approximately 500
                                     feet upstream of
                                     Fulson Branch Road.
High Run (backwater effects from    From the confluence              None            +103  Unincorporated Areas
 Tombigbee River).                   with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
                                     River to
                                     approximately 2.3
                                     miles upstream of
                                     the confluence with
                                     the Tombigbee River.
Jones Creek (backwater effects      From the confluence              None            +114  Town of Epes.
 from Tombigbee River).              with the Tombigbee
                                     River to
                                     approximately 2,100
                                     feet upstream of
                                     County Road 20.
Noxubee River (backwater effects    From the confluence              None            +122  Unincorporated Areas
 from Tombigbee River).              with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
                                     River to
                                     approximately 7.3
                                     miles upstream of
                                     County Road 85.
Sandy Creek.......................  Approximately 1 mile             None            +115  Unincorporated Areas
                                     downstream of State                                    of Sumter County.
                                     Route 28.
                                    Approximately 1,673              None            +117
                                     feet downstream of
                                     East Park Road.
Sucarnoochee River................  Approximately 1.6                None            +115  Unincorporated Areas
                                     miles downstream of                                    of Sumter County.
                                     railroad.
                                    Approximately 1.4                None            +120
                                     miles upstream of
                                     U.S. Route 11.
Tombigbee River...................  Approximately 29.4               None             +95  Town of Epes.
                                     miles downstream of
                                     U.S. Route 11.
                                    Approximately 12.7               None            +130
                                     miles upstream of
                                     the Gainesville Dam.
Tombigbee River Tributary 13        From the confluence              None            +108  Unincorporated Areas
 (backwater effects from Tombigbee   with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
 River).                             River to
                                     approximately 585
                                     feet downstream of
                                     Port of Unnamed Road.
Tombigbee River Tributary 16        From the confluence              None            +113  Unincorporated Areas
 (backwater effects from Tombigbee   with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
 River).                             River to
                                     approximately 740
                                     feet downstream of
                                     Port of Epes Highway.
Tombigbee River Tributary 7         From the confluence              None             +96  Unincorporated Areas
 (backwater effects from Tombigbee   with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
 River).                             River to
                                     approximately 1.2
                                     miles downstream of
                                     Pine Top Road.
Tombigbee River Tributary 8         From the confluence              None            +101  Unincorporated Areas
 (backwater effects from Tombigbee   with the Tombigbee                                     of Sumter County.
 River).                             River to
                                     approximately 0.6
                                     mile upstream of
                                     Trails End Road.
Toomsuba Creek....................  Approximately 0.7                None            +148  Unincorporated Areas
                                     mile downstream of                                     of Sumter County.
                                     the railroad.
                                    Approximately 750                None            +164
                                     feet upstream of
                                     U.S. Route 11.
Whiterock Creek (backwater effects  From the confluence              None            +116  Unincorporated Areas
 from Sucarnoochee River).           with the                                               of Sumter County.
                                     Sucarnoochee River
                                     to approximately
                                     1,073 feet
                                     downstream of
                                     Arrington Street.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
 Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.

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** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
 reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
 the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
 
Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
 Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
                                                  Town of Epes
Maps are available for inspection at 40 Carrol Street, Epes, AL 35464.
 
                                               Town of Gainesville
 
Maps are available for inspection at 9380 State Street, Gainesville, AL 35464.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Sumter County
 
Maps are available for inspection at 318 Washington Street, Livingston, AL 35470.
 
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: March 7, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-6060 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am]
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