Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-P-7633]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

Proposed rule.

SUMMARY:

Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the 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 comment period is ninety (90) days following the second publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation in each community.

ADDRESSES:

The proposed 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:

Mary Jean Pajak, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate has resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.

These proposed BFEs and modified BFEs, together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required. 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 are also used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, and for the contents in these buildings.

National Environmental Policy Act.

This proposed 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 Mitigation Division Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate certifies that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

Regulatory Classification.

This proposed 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 proposed 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 proposed to be amended 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.

§ 67.4

[Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be amended as follows:

State

City/town/county

Source of flooding

Location

#Depth in feet above ground. *Elevation in feet.

*(NGVD)

Existing

◆(NAVD)

Modified

IA

Ames (City) Story County

College Creek

Approximately 1,400 feet downstream of South Dakota Avenue

None

*976

Approximately 600 feet upstream of Wilder Boulevard

None

*1,016

Skunk River

Approximately 200 feet downstream of Ken Maril Road

*873

*874

Approximately 3 miles upstream of E. 13th Street

None

*904

Squaw Creek

Approximately 2,000 feet downstream of S. Duff Avenue

*884

*885

Approximately 2,600 feet upstream of confluence with Onion Creek

None

*911

Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Planning and Housing, City Hall, Room 214, 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa.

Send comments to The Honorable Ted Tedesco, Mayor, City of Ames, 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010.

IA

La Porte City (City) Black Hawk County

Cedar River

Approximately 2,100 feet downstream of La Porte Road

None

*814

Approximately 6,500 feet upstream of La Porte Road

None

*815

Wolf Creek

Approximately 2,100 feet downstream of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

*816

*815

Approximately 7,550 feet upstream of Main Street

None

*824

Wolf Creek Overflow

Approximately 2,700 feet downstream of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

None

*815

Approximately 1,750 feet upstream of Commercial Street

None

*823

Maps are available for inspection at the City Hall, 202 Main Street, La Porte City, Iowa.

Send comments to The Honorable Rick Lubben, Mayor, City of La Porte City, City Hall, 202 Main Street, La Porte City, Iowa 50651.

MO

Albany (City) Gentry County

East Fork Grand River

*847

*848

Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 106 East Clay Street, Albany, Missouri.

Send comments to The Honorable John Rieks, Mayor, City of Albany, 106 East Clay Street, Albany, Missouri 64402.

OH

Dublin (City) Franklin County

North Fork Indian Run

Approximately 100 feet upstream of confluence with Indian Run and South Fork Indian Run

*804

*799

At county boundary, approximately 1,000 feet upstream of Wareham Drive

*921

*923

South Fork Indian Run

Approximately 40 feet upstream from confluence with Indian Run and North Fork Indian Run

*804

*799

Approximately 400 feet upstream of confluence with Indian Run and North Fork Indian Run

*817

*818

Approximately 300 feet downstream of Post Road

None

*923

Just downstream of Post Road

None

*927

Indian Run

Approximately 50 feet upstream of North High Street culvert

*778

*781

At confluence of North Fork Indian Run and South Fork Indian Run

*803

*799

Maps are available for inspection at the Dublin Engineering Building, 5800 Shier-Rings Road, Dublin, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable Thomas M. McCash, Mayor, City of Dublin, 5200 Emerald Parkway, Dublin, Ohio 43017.

WI

Fond du Lac County (Unincorporated Areas)

Anderson Creek

Approximately 200 feet upstream of U.S. Highway 45

*751

*750

Just upstream of Melody Lane Crossing about 150 feet east of Pioneer Road

*797

*802

Mosher Creek

Just upstream of U.S. Highway 45

*751

*750

Just downstream of Rolling Meadows Drive

None

*780

Maps are available for inspection at the Municipal Office, City/County Government Center, 160 South Macy Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Send comments to Mr. Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac County Executive, 160 South Macy Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935.

WI

North Fond du Lac (Village)

Anderson Creek

Approximately 1,150 feet upstream of Minnesota Avenue

*773

*772

Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of Minnesota Avenue

*781

*782

Mosher Creek

At the eastern corporate limit, approximately 2,000 feet downstream of Marcoe Street

*754

*753

Approximately 50 feet downstream of Rolling Meadows Drive

None

*780

Lake Winnebago

Shoreline

None

*750

Maps are available for inspection at the Village Municipal Office, 16 Garfield Street, North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Send comments to Mr. Jim Moon, Village President, Village of North Fond du Lac, 16 Garfield Street, North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54937.

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

Dated: June 24, 2003.

Anthony S. Lowe,

Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.

[FR Doc. 03-16539 Filed 6-30-03; 8:45 am]

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