Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7083]

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 flood

elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The 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

(FEMA or Agency) proposes to make determinations of base (100-year)

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 Federal Emergency Management Agency 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

National Flood Insurance Program. As a result, a regulatory flexibility

analysis has not been prepared.

Regulatory Impact Analysis

This proposed rule is not a major rule under Executive Order 12291,

February 17, 1981. No regulatory impact analysis has been prepared.

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.

Source or flooding and location *Elevation

in feet

(NGVD).

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MAINE

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Calais, City (Washington County)

St. Croix River:

Calais-Robbinston corporate limits........................ *15

Calais-Baring Plantation corporate limits................. *80

Maps available for inspection at the Calais City Hall,

Community Development Office, Church Street, Calais, Maine.

Send comments to The Honorable Harold Clark, Mayor of the

City of Calais, Washington County, Calais City Hall, Church

Street, Calais, Maine 04619.

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Sec. 67.4 [Amended]

3. 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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Illinois........... Morris (City) Nettle Creek.................... Approximately 200 feet upstream of Illinois *503 *506

Grundy County. Michigan Canal.

At upstream corporate limits...................... *506 *507

East Fork Nettle Creek.......... At confluence with Nettle Creek................... *503 506

Approximately 150 feet upstream of Gore Road...... *548 *547

East Fork Nettle Creek Tributary At the upstream side of Illinois Highway 47....... None *517

Approximately 200 feet upstream of upstream None *520

corporate limits.

Maps available for inspection at the Morris City Hall, 320 Wauponsee Street, Morris, Illinois.

Send comments to the Honorable Robert T. Feeney, Mayor of the City of Morris, Grundy County, 320 Wauponsee Street, Morris, Illinois 60450.

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Illinois........... Mundelein (Village) Diamond Lake Drain.............. Approximately 250 feet downstream of corporate *714 *721

Lake County. limit.

Approximately 100 feet upstream of Diamond Lake *742 *744

Road.

Diamond Lake.................... For entire shoreline within community............. *742 *744

Maps available for inspection at the Mundelein Village Hall, 440 East Hawley Street, Mundelein, Illinois.

Send comments to Ms. Marilyn Sindels, Mundelein Village President, 440 East Hawley Street, Mundelein, Illinois 60060.

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Maine.............. Phillips (Town) Sandy River..................... Approximately 0.45 mile downstream of Bridge None *543

Franklin County. Street.

At upstream corporate limit....................... None *818

Orbeton Stream.................. At confluence with Sandy River.................... None *718

Upstream side of Toothaker Pond Road.............. None *737

South Branch Sandy River........ At confluence with Sandy River.................... None *745

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Boise Cascade None *913

Road.

Toothaker Pond.................. Entire shoreline within community................. None *795

Maps available for inspection at the Town Hall, Phillips, Maine.

Send comments to Mr. Gordon Davenport, Chairman of the Town of Phillips Board of Selectmen, Franklin County, P.O. Box 96, Phillips, Maine 04966.

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Massachusetts...... Easton (Town) Queset Brook.................... Approximately 125 feet upstream of Dean Pond Dam.. *96 *97

Bristol County.

Approximately 0.28 mile upstream of Canton Street None *183

Gowards Brook................... Approximately 0.46 mile downstream of Norton None *94

Avenue.

Upstream side of State Route 106.................. None *147

Whitman Brook................... At confluence with Queset Brook................... None *122

Approximately 0.37 mile upstream of Conrail....... None *135

Maps available for inspection at the Planning and Zoning Office, 136 Elm Street, Easton, Massachusetts.

Send comments to Mr. Kevin Paicos, Easton Town Administrator, 136 Elm Street, Easton, Massachusetts 02356.

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Michigan........... Dearborn (City) River Rouge..................... Approximately 450 feet downstream of Evergreen None *587

Wayne County. Road (North Bound).

Approximately 100 feet upstream of Ford Road (West None *597

Bound).

Lower River Rouge............... At the confluence with River Rouge................ None *589

At the Gulley Road................................ None *603

North Branch Ecorse Creek....... At the Southfield Freeway......................... None *601

Approximately 1,300 feet downstream of Madison None *611

Street.

Maps available for inspection at the Dearborn City Hall West, Office of City Engineer, 4500 Maple Street, Dearborn, Michigan.

Send comments to the Honorable Michael Guido, Mayor of the City of Dearborn, 13615 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48126.

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New York........... Hamburg (Town) Erie Buttermilk Falls Creek.......... Approximately 800 feet downstream of Lakeview Road *727 *726

County.

At Heltz Road..................................... None *742

Maps available for inspection at the Building Inspection Office, S-6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York.

Send comments to Mr. John A. Michalek, Hamburg Town Supervisor, S-6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York 14075.

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

Insurance.'')

Dated: January 14, 1994.

Robert H. Volland,

Acting Deputy Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.

[FR Doc. 94-2856 Filed 2-7-94; 8:45 am]

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