Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7108]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the

proposed base (100-year) flood elevations and proposed base (100-year)

flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The

base (100-year) flood elevations and modified base (100-year) flood

elevations 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 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 following

table.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael K. Buckley, P.E., Chief,

Hazard Identification Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency

proposes to make determinations of base flood elevations and modified

base flood elevations for each community listed below, 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 base flood and modified base flood elevations,

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 Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, certifies that this

proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act because proposed 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 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.

Sec. 67.4 [Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are

proposed to be amended as follows:

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#Depth in feet above

ground. *Elevation in

State City/town/county Source of flooding Location feet. (NGVD)

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Existing Modified

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California......... San Bernardino Mojave River....... Just upstream of the *2,031 *2,031

County. Marine Corps Supply

Center Limit.

(unincorporated Just downstream of the *2,106 *2,107

areas). Atchison, Topeka and

Santa Fe Railroad.

At the Union Pacific *2,160 *2,158

Railroad Crossing.

Just upstream of *2,176 *2,180

Lenwood Road.

Lenwood Creek...... At the Atchison, Topeka None *2,234

and Santa Fe Railroad.

At Main Street......... *2,244 None

Approximately 5,800 None *2,290

feet upstream of Main

Street.

Horse Canyon Creek. Just downstream of None #1

Antelope Highway.

Approximately 1,400 None #1

feet north of the

intersection of Phelan

Road and Sheep Creek

Road.

Sheep Creek........ Just downstream of None #3

Antelope Highway.

Approximately 2,000 None #2

feet east of the

intersection of Smoke

Tree Road and Silver

Rock Road.

Just upstream of the None #1

California Aqueduct at

a point approximately

6,000 feet east of

Oasis Road.

Maps are available for inspection at 385 North Arrowhead Avenue, San Bernardino County, California.

Send comments to The Honorable Harry Mays, County Administrative Officer, San Bernardino County, 385 North

Arrowhead Avenue, San Bernardino County, California 92415.

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Colorado........... Boulder (City) Twomile Canyon 220 feet upstream of *5,321 *5,321

Boulder County. Creek. Edgewood Drive.

80 feet downstream of *5,508 *5,510

Kalmia Avenue.

At the intersection of #1 *5,427

13th Street and

Hawthorn Avenue.

520 feet upstream of *5,636 *5,635

Lakebriar Drive.

Wonderland Creek... 200 feet downstream of *5,370 *5,370

26th Street.

150 feet upstream of *5,379 *5,380

26th Street.

680 feet upstream of *5,389 *5,389

26th Street.

Maps are available for inspection at the Utilities Administrative Office, 1739 Broadway, Suite 306, Boulder,

Colorado.

Send comments to The Honorable Leslie Durgin, Mayor, City of Boulder, 1739 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80306.

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Louisiana.......... Farmerville (Town). Bayou D'Arbonne At the downstream limit None *87

Lake Tributary 1. of detailed study.

Union Parish....... Approximately 2,700 None *97

feet downstream of

Sterlington Highway.

Approximately 1,200 None *122

feet downstream of

Finley Road.

Just downstream of None *142

Water Chapel Road.

Bayou D'Arbonne Approximately 700 feet None *88

Lake Tributary 2. downstream of Barron

Road.

Approximately 800 feet None *100

upstream of Barron

Road.

Maps are available for inspection at Town Hall, Town of Farmerville, 407 South Main Street, Farmerville,

Louisiana.

Send comments to The Honorable Willie Davis, Jr., Mayor, Town of Farmerville, P.O. Box 427, Farmerville,

Louisiana 71241.

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Oklahoma........... Purcell (City) Canadian River..... Approximately 1,500 *1,033 *1,033

McClain County. feet downstream of

U.S. Highway 77.

Approximately 12,600 *1,042 *1,044

feet upstream of U.S.

Highway 77.

Just downstream of N/A *1,061

Atchison, Topeka and

Santa Fe Railroad.

Canadian River Approximately 200 feet N/A #2

(Shallow Flooding). north of the

intersection of

Atchison, Topeka and

Santa Fe Railroad and

Ninth Avenue Extended.

Canadian River Just upstream of *1,049 *1,057

Overflow. Atchison, Topeka and

Santa Fe Railroad

Relief Bridge.

Walnut Creek....... Approximately 3,400 *1,030 *1,034

feet downstream of

U.S. Highway 77.

Just downstream of U.S. *1,036 *1,038

Highway 77.

Approximately 400 feet *1,040 *1,048

upstream of Interstate

Highway 35.

Approximately 300 feet *1,043 *1,049

downstream of Sunset

Drive Extended.

Approximately 4,850 N/A *1,050

feet upstream of

Interstate Highway 35.

Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, City of Purcell, 230 West Main Street, Purcell, Oklahoma.

Send comments to The Honorable Francis E. Anderson, Mayor, City of Purcell, P.O. Box 71, Purcell, Oklahoma

73080.

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Washington......... Cowlitz County Toutle River....... Approximately 16,600 *88 *88

(Unincorporated feet upstream of the

Areas). confluence with the

Cowlitz River.

Approximately 25,000 None *116

feet upstream of the

confluence with the

Cowlitz River.

Just upstream of Tower None *137

Road.

Approximately 34,800 None *146

feet upstream of the

confluence with the

Cowlitz River.

Maps are available for inspection at Cowlitz County, Department of Building and Planning, 207 Fourth Avenue

North, Kelso, Washington.

Send comments to The Honorable Van A. Youngquist, Chairperson, Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners,

Administration Building, 207 Fourth Avenue North, Kelso, Washington 98626.

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood

Insurance'').

Dated: August 22, 1994.

Richard T. Moore,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 94-21240 Filed 8-26-94; 8:45 am]

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