Final Flood Elevation Determinations

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations 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).

EFFECTIVE DATE:

The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) showing base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations for each community. This date may be obtained by contacting the office where the FIRM is available for inspection as indicated in the table below.

ADDRESSES:

The final base flood elevations 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:

Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461, or (e-mail) matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency makes final determinations listed below of base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations for each community listed. The proposed base flood elevations and proposed modified base flood elevations were published in newspapers of local circulation and an opportunity for the community or individuals to appeal the proposed determinations to or through the community was provided for a period of ninety (90) days. The proposed base flood elevations and proposed modified base flood elevations were also published in the

Federal Register

.

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 base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final in the communities listed below. Elevations at selected locations in each community are shown.

National Environmental Policy Act

This rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental Consideration. No environmental impact assessment has been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Associate Director for Mitigation certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because final or modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and are required to establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

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 12612, Federalism

This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform

This proposed rule meets the applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR part 67

Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended to read as follows:

PART 67—[AMENDED]

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.

§ 67.11

[Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of § 67.11 are amended as follows:

Source of flooding and location

#Depth in feet above ground *Elevation in feet (NGVD)

ARKANSAS

Benton County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Osage/Turtle Creek:

Just upstream of North 12th Street

*1,325

Approximately 400 feet upstream of North 6th Street

*1,340

Blossom Way Creek:

At its confluence with Osage/Turtle Creek

*1,205

At its intersection with South 26th Street

*1,276

Osage Tributary 1:

At its intersection with (Horsebarn Tributary) Stoney Brook

*1,204

Approximately 700 feet upstream of Horsebarn Road

*1,252

Superior Tributary:

At its confluence with Osage/Turtle Creek to Osage/Turtle Creek

*1,284

Approximately 1,300 feet upstream of Dixieland Road

*1,314

Tributary 1 to Blossom Way Creek:

At its confluence with Blossom Way Creek

*1,288

Approximately 3,300 feet upstream of its confluence with Tributary 2 of Blossom Way Creek

*1,325

Tributary 2 of Blossom Way Creek:

At its confluence with Tributary 1 of Blossom Way Creek

*1,299

Approximately 4,300 feet upstream of Honeysuckle Road

*1,332

Tributary 3 of Blossom Way Creek:

At its confluence with Blossom Way Creek

*1,257

Approximately 1,900 feet upstream from its confluence with Blossom Way Creek

*1,268

Maps for Benton County are available for inspection

at 215 East Central, Suite 8, Room 302, Bentonville, Arkansas.

Maps for the City of Rogers are available for inspection

at 207 South Second, Rogers, Arkansas.

Maps for the City of Lowell are available for inspection

at 214 North Lincoln Street, Lowell, Arkansas.

Maps for the City of Bentonville are available for inspection

at 315 Southwest A Street, Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Crawford County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Tributary 1:

At its confluence with Little Frog Bayou

*413

Approximately 350 feet upstream of East Cherry Street

*431

Tributary 2:

At its confluence with Tributary 1

*418

Approximately 275 feet upstream of East Cherry Street

*429

Tributary 4:

At its confluence with Little Frog Bayou Tributary

*444

Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of its confluence with Little Frog Bayou Tributary

*469

Tributary A:

Approximately 650 feet downstream of the Union Pacific Railroad

*411

Just upstream of Arkansas Highway 64

*434

Lighthouse Drain:

At its confluence with Tributary A

*414

Approximately 100 feet upstream of Lighthouse Drive

*439

Little Frog Bayou Tributary:

At its confluence with Little Frog Bayou

*426

Just upstream of Maple Shade Road

*508

Maps for Crawford County are available for inspection

at 300 Main Street, Room 4, Van Buren, Arkansas.

Maps for the City of Alma are available for inspection

at 804 Fayetteville Avenue, Suite B, Alma, Arkansas 72921.

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City of Russellville, Pope County (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Whig Creek:

At its intersection with the Union Pacific Railroad

*393

Just upstream of Arkansas Highway 64

*416

Whig Creek Tributary No. 1:

At its confluence with Whig Creek

*323

Approximately 500 feet upstream of Arkansas Highway 75

*326

Whig Creek Tributary No. 2:

At its confluence with Whig Creek

*323

Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of the Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad

*323

Prairie Creek:

At its confluence with Prairie Creek Tributary No. 2

*374

Approximately 250 feet upstream of Weir Road

*393

Prairie Creek Tributary No. 2:

At its confluence with Prairie Creek

*374

At its intersection with Weir Road (Arkansas Highway 326)

*382

Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of Weir Road

*394

School Drain:

At its confluence with Prairie Creek

*343

Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of University Drive

*387

Maps are available for inspection

at 205 West Second Street, Russellville, Arkansas.

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Washington County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Middle Fork White River:

Approximately 3,700 feet upstream of its confluence with Koger Branch

Stokenbury Creek:

At its confluence with the White River

*1,199

Just upstream of Stokenbury Road

*1,446

Koger Branch:

At its confluence with the Middle Fork White River

*1,202

Approximately 2,700 feet upstream of South Harris Drive

*1,220

Faubus Creek:

At its confluence with the White River

*1,211

Approximately 4,300 feet upstream of South Center Street

*1,255

Maps for the City of Elkins are available for inspection

at 130 West First Street, Elkins, Arkansas.

Maps for Washington County are available for inspection

at 4 South College Avenue, Suite 205, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

NORTH DAKOTA

Benson County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Silver Lake:

Entire shoreline of Silver Lake

*1,450

Pelican Lake:

South shoreline of Pelican Lake

*1,450

Spring Lake:

Spring Lake shoreline

*1,450

Devils Lake:

Northwest shoreline of Grahms Island

*1,450

Devils Lake shoreline adjacent to Minnewaukan

*1,451

Area east of U.S. Route 281, south of intersection with State Route 19

*1,453

West side Woods Rutten Causeway

*1,454

West side of State Route 57 Causeway south of the Narrows State Recreation Area

*1,455

Maps are available for inspection

at the Benson County Courthouse, Tax Equalization Office, 311 B Avenue South, Minnewaukan, North Dakota.

Maps for the City of Minnewaukan are available for inspection

at the City Office, 230 Main Street East, Minnewaukan, North Dakota 58351.

Maps for Spirit Lake Tribe are available for inspection

at the Floodplain Emergency Management-Bureau of Indian Affairs Realty Office, Highway 57, Fort Totten, North Dakota.

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Ramsey County and Incorporated Areas (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Lake Irvine:

Entire shoreline Lake Irvine

*1,450

Lake Alice:

Entire shoreline Lake Alice

*1,450

Chain Lake:

Entire shoreline Chain Lake

*1,450

Mikes Lake:

Entire shoreline Mikes Lake

*1,450

Dry Lake:

Entire shoreline of Dry Lake

*1,450

Stone Lake:

Entire shoreline of Stone Lake

*1,450

Pelican Lake:

North shoreline of Pelican Lake

*1,450

Sixmile Bay:

Northernmost point of Sixmile Bay

*1,450

West shore of Sixmile Bay

*1,450

East shore of Sixmile Bay two miles south of State Route 19

*1,451

Creel Bay:

Entire western shore of Creel Bay

*1,450

Bay side of levee, east shoreline of Creel Bay, one mile north of Lakewood Park

*1,452

Bay side of levee located at southwest side of Devils Lake Municipal Airport

*1,455

Devils Lake:

Approximately 7,000 feet west of 8th Avenue South

*1,451

Approximately 7,000 feet east of 8th Avenue South

*1,452

West Side State Route 57 Causeway south of the Narrows State Recreational Area

*1,455

East Devils Lake:

North shoreline of East Devils Lake

*1,450

Maps for Benson County, Township of Coulee and Township of Creel are available for inspection

at Ramsey County Emergency Management Office, 524 4th Avenue, Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Maps are available for inspection

at the Post Office c/o Bill Bartle, 304 Orvis Avenue, Church's Ferry, North Dakota.

Maps are available for inspection

at the City Offices, 423 6th Street, Devils Lake, North Dakota.

WASHINGTON

Okanogan County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7322)

Twisp River:

Approximately 2.18 miles above mouth

*1,677

Approximately 2.23 miles above mouth

*1,679

At its intersection with the Poorman Creek Cutoff Road Bridge

*1,830

Maps are available for inspection

at Okanogan County Planning and Development Office, 237 Fourth Avenue, Okanogan, Washington.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, “Flood Insurance.”)

Dated: October 20, 2000.

Michael J. Armstrong,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 00-27644 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]

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