[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 73398-73400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29684]


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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-1085]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On February 5, 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 5909. The table provided here represents the 
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and 
modified elevations, and communities affected for Webster County, 
Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the 
following flooding sources: Bailey Ditch (backwater effects from Green 
River), Deer Creek (backwater effects from Green River), East Fork Deer 
Creek Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Green River), Green River, 
Green River Tributary 219 (backwater effects from Green River), Groves 
Creek (backwater effects from Green River), Knoblick Creek (backwater 
effects from Green River), Mock Roy Creek (backwater effects from Green 
River), and Pitman Creek (backwater effects from Green River).

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before March 11, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1085, 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 
(email) [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 (email) [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 5909, in the February 5, 
2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Webster County, 
Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding 
sources: Bailey Ditch (backwater effects from Green River), Deer Creek 
(backwater effects from Green River), East Fork Deer Creek Tributary 1 
(backwater effects from Green River), Green River, Green River

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Tributary 219 (backwater effects from Green River), Groves Creek 
(backwater effects from Green River), Knoblick Creek (backwater effects 
from Green River), Mock Roy Creek (backwater effects from Green River), 
and Pitman Creek (backwater effects from Green River). That table 
contained inaccurate information as to the communities affected for the 
flooding sources Green River and Mock Roy Creek (backwater effects from 
Green River). 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)  
                                 Location of referenced   Depth in feet above ground  [caret]     Communities
       Flooding source(s)               elevation              Elevation in meters (MSL)            affected
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                                                             Effective           Modified
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                                Webster County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas
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Bailey Ditch (backwater effects  From the confluence                  None               +387  Unincorporated
 from Green River).               with Knoblick Creek                                           Areas of Webster
                                  to approximately 0.93                                         County.
                                  mile upstream of the
                                  confluence with
                                  Knoblick Creek.
Deer Creek (backwater effects    From the confluence                  None               +387  Unincorporated
 from Green River).               with East Fork Deer                                           Areas of Webster
                                  Creek to                                                      County.
                                  approximately 1.5
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with East
                                  Fork Deer Creek.
East Fork Deer Creek Tributary   From the confluence                  None               +387  Unincorporated
 1 (backwater effects from        with Deer Creek to                                            Areas of Webster
 Green River).                    approximately 2.7                                             County.
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with Deer
                                  Creek.
Green River....................  At approximately 1.5                 None               +386  City of Sebree,
                                  miles downstream of                                           Unincorporated
                                  the confluence with                                           Areas of Webster
                                  Groves Creek.                                                 County.
                                 At approximately 5.2                 None               +388
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with Deer
                                  Creek.
Green River Tributary 219        From the confluence                  None               +387  Unincorporated
 (backwater effects from Green    with the Green River                                          Areas of Webster
 River).                          to approximately 1.5                                          County.
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with the
                                  Green River.
Groves Creek (backwater effects  From the confluence                  None               +386  Unincorporated
 from Green River).               with the Green River                                          Areas of Webster
                                  to approximately 5.9                                          County.
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with the
                                  Green River.
Knoblick Creek (backwater        From the confluence                  None               +387  Unincorporated
 effects from Green River).       with Deer Creek to                                            Areas of Webster
                                  approximately 2.8                                             County.
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with Deer
                                  Creek.
Mock Roy Creek (backwater        From the confluence                  None               +386  City of Sebree,
 effects from Green River).       with the Green River                                          Unincorporated
                                  to approximately 2.5                                          Areas of Webster
                                  miles upstream of the                                         County.
                                  confluence with the
                                  Green River.
Pitman Creek (backwater effects  Approximately 1,690                  None               +388  Unincorporated
 from Green River).               feet upstream of KY-                                          Areas of Webster
                                  370.                                                          County.
                                 At approximately 3.8                 None               +388
                                  miles upstream of the
                                  confluence with the
                                  Green River.
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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.
** 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
City of Sebree
Maps are available for inspection at 36 South Spring Street, Sebree, KY 42455.
 
                                     Unincorporated Areas of Webster County
 
Maps are available for inspection at 35 South U.S. Route 41A, Dixon, KY
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: November 8, 2012.
James A. Walke,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-29684 Filed 12-7-12; 8:45 am]
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