[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 73396-73398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29699]


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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-1089]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On May 25, 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 29219. The table provided here represents the 
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and 
modified elevations, and communities affected for Scott County, 
Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the 
following flooding

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sources: Dry Run, Dry Run Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Dry Run), 
Hall Branch (backwater effects from Eagle Creek), Lane Run, McCracken 
Creek (backwater effects from North Elkhorn Creek), Royal Springs Creek 
(backwater effects from North Elkhorn Creek), South Elkhorn Creek, 
Spoon Branch (backwater effects from Eagle Creek), and Town Branch 
(backwater effects from South Elkhorn Creek).

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

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1089, 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 29219, in the May 25, 2010, 
issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Scott County, Kentucky, 
and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding sources: Dry 
Run, Dry Run Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Dry Run), Hall Branch 
(backwater effects from Eagle Creek), Lane Run, McCracken Creek 
(backwater effects from North Elkhorn Creek), Royal Springs Creek 
(backwater effects from North Elkhorn Creek), South Elkhorn Creek, 
Spoon Branch (backwater effects from Eagle Creek), and Town Branch 
(backwater effects from South Elkhorn Creek). That table contained 
inaccurate information as to the affected communities for the flooding 
source Spoon Branch (backwater effects from Eagle Creek). 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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                                 Scott County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas
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Dry Run........................  Approximately 0.5 mile               +800               +801  City of
                                  upstream of the North                                         Georgetown,
                                  Elkhorn Creek                                                 Unincorporated
                                  confluence.                                                   Areas of Scott
                                                                                                County.
                                 Approximately 1.2                    None               +880
                                  miles upstream of
                                  Burton Pike.
Dry Run Tributary 1 (backwater   From the Dry Run                     None               +828  Unincorporated
 effects from Dry Run).           confluence to                                                 Areas of Scott
                                  approximately 0.3                                             County.
                                  mile downstream of I-
                                  75.
Hall Branch (backwater effects   From the Eagle Creek                 None               +780  Unincorporated
 from Eagle Creek).               confluence to                                                 Areas of Scott
                                  approximately 0.3                                             County.
                                  mile upstream of
                                  Hinton-Sadieville
                                  Road.
Lane Run.......................  At the North Elkhorn                 +812               +811  City of
                                  Creek confluence.                                             Georgetown,
                                                                                                Unincorporated
                                                                                                Areas of Scott
                                                                                                County.
                                 Approximately 850 feet               None               +889
                                  upstream of Delaplain
                                  Road.
McCracken Creek (backwater       From the North Elkhorn               None               +782  City of
 effects from North Elkhorn       Creek confluence to                                           Georgetown,
 Creek).                          approximately 269                                             Unincorporated
                                  feet downstream of                                            Areas of Scott
                                  the McCracken Creek                                           County.
                                  Tributary 2
                                  confluence.
Royal Springs Creek (backwater   From the North Elkhorn               None               +798  City of
 effects from North Elkhorn       Creek confluence to                                           Georgetown,
 Creek).                          approximately 0.4                                             Unincorporated
                                  mile upstream of                                              Areas of Scott
                                  Paddler Lane.                                                 County.
South Elkhorn Creek............  Just downstream of                   None               +813  Unincorporated
                                  South Weisenberger                                            Areas of Scott
                                  Mill Road.                                                    County.
                                 At the Town Branch                   None               +816
                                  confluence.
Spoon Branch (backwater effects  From the Eagle Creek                 None               +778  City of
 from Eagle Creek).               confluence to                                                 Sadieville,
                                  approximately 783                                             Unincorporated
                                  feet upstream of                                              Areas of Scott
                                  Sadieville Road.                                              County.

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Town Branch (backwater effects   From the South Elkhorn               None               +816  Unincorporated
 from South Elkhorn Creek).       Creek confluence to                                           Areas of Scott
                                  approximately 0.4                                             County.
                                  mile upstream of the
                                  South Elkhorn Creek
                                  confluence.
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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 Georgetown
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 100 Court Street, Georgetown, KY 40324.
City of Sadieville
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 605 Pike Street, Sadieville, KY 40370.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Scott County
 
Maps are available for inspection at 100 East Main Street, Georgetown, KY 40324.
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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.
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