Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-7166]

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 (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base

flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The

base flood elevations and modified base 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 table

below.

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 elevations 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 for Mitigation 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.

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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/country Source of flooding Location feet. (NGVD)

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Existing Modified

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Arizona.............................. Camp Verde (Town) Verde River.............................. Just downstream of State Route 260....................... *3,074 *3,074

Yavapai County.

Just downstream of State Route 260........................ *3,076 *3,075

Just downstream of Montezuma Castle Highway............... *3,096 *3,094

Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of Interstate Highway 17 *3,105 *3,107

Approximately 2.62 miles upstream of Interstate Highway 17 *3,131 *3,132

Cherry Creek At confluence with Verde River............... None *3,164

At State Route 279........................................ None *3,252

At corporate limits (approximately 3,400 feet upstream of None *3,314

State Route 279).

Lucky Canyon Wash........................ At confluence with Verde River............................ None *3,060

At Salt Mine Road......................................... None *3,100

Approximately 930 feet upstream of Salt Mine Road......... None *3,126

Cooper Canyon Wash....................... At confluence with Verde River............................ *None *3,063

At Salt Mine Road......................................... None *3,142

Approximately 980 feet upstream of Salt Mine Road......... None *3,164

Maps are available for inspection at Town Hall, 473 South Main Street, Verde, Arizona.

Send comments to The Honorable Carter Rogers, Mayor, Town of Camp Verde, P.O. Box 710, Camp Verde, Arizona 86322.

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Arizona.............................. Yavapai County Verde River.............................. Just upstream of State Route 260.......................... *3,076 *3,074

(Unincorporated Areas).

Just upstream of Montezuma Castle Highway *3,096 *3,094

Just upstream of Interstate Highway 17 *3,105 *3,107

Just downstream of Middle Verde Indian Reservation *3,132 *3,132

Chino Valley Stream--East................ At confluence with Chino Valley Stream.................... None *4,732

At Center Street.......................................... None *4,760

Approximately 1.55 miles upstream of confluence with Chino None *4,796

Valley Stream.

Approximately 1.79 miles upstream of confluence with Chino None *4,809

Valley Stream.

Approximately 3.69 miles upstream of confluence with Chino None *4,906

Valley Stream.

Miller Creek............................. Approximately 3,400 feet downstream of U.S. Route 89...... *4,458 *4,458

Approximately 2,350 feet downstream of U.S. Route 89...... *4,467 *4,463

Approximately 1300 feet downstream of U.S. Route 89....... *4,470 *4,468

Approximately 300 feet downstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,474 *4,473

Approximately 600 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89.......... *4,478 *4,478

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Approximately 1,250 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,482 *4,483

Approximately 2,250 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,488 *4,488

Approximately 3,100 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,493 *4,493

Approximately 3,800 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,498 *4,498

Approximately 4,350 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,503 *4,503

Approximately 4,900 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,508 *4,508

Approximately 5,600 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,513 *4,513

Approximately 6,400 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,519 *4,519

At corporate limits (upstream of City of Prescott)........ None *5,478

At Idlywild Drive......................................... None *5,517

At Pine Drive............................................. None *5,612

Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of Pine Drive (at limit None *5,672

of detailed study).

Cherry Creek............................. At corporate limits....................................... None *3,314

Approximately 200 feet upstream of corporate limits (at None *3,318

limit of detailed study).

Texas Gulch Main Stem.................... At confluence with Aqua Fria River........................ None *4,490

At Quarter Horse Lane..................................... None *4,536

At confluence of Texas Gulch West Branch.................. None *4,568

Texas Gulch West Branch.................. At confluence with Texas Gluch Main Stem.................. None *4,568

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of confluence with Texas None *4,600

Gulch Main Stem.

Approximately 1.20 mile upstream of confluence with Texas None *4,660

Gulch Main Stem.

Approximately 1.58 mile upstream of confluence with Texas None *4,700

Gulch Main Stem.

Zalesky Wash Main Stem................... Approximately 0.04 mile upstream of confluence with Verde None *3,259

River.

Approximately 0.86 mile upstream of confluence with Verde None *3,293

River.

Robert Wash.............................. At U.S. Route 89.......................................... None *4,394

Approximately 0.25 mile upstream of U.S. Route 89......... None *4,398

Telephone Tank Wash...................... At confluence with Green Wash............................. None *4,394

At U.S. Highway 89........................................ None *4,404

Approximately 0.88 mile upstream of confluence with Green None *4,434

Wash.

Telephone Tank Wash Breakout............. At confluence with Green Wash............................. None *4,388

At confluence of Robert Wash.............................. None *4,394

At divergence from Telephone Tank Wash.................... None *4,430

J. W. Draw............................... At confluence with Green Wash............................. None *4,394

At Bayberry Drive......................................... None *4,412

At Naples Street.......................................... None *4,462

Approximately 0.41 mile upstream of Naples Street......... None *4,488

Green Wash............................... At confluence with Big Chino Wash......................... None *4,364

At Big Chino Road......................................... None *4,388

Just upstream of Grand Canyon Road........................ None *4,398

At Aspen Drive............................................ None *4,460

Approximately 0.36 mile upstream of Enid Drive............ None *4,504

Dry Well Wash............................ At confluence with Clayton Canyon Wash.................... None *4,420

At Patricia Road.......................................... None *4,502

At Barbara Road........................................... None *4,598

Approximately 500 feet upstream of Barbara Road........... None *4,608

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Clayton Canyon Wash...................... Approximately 0.08 mile upstream of confluence with Big None *4,376

Chino Wash.

......................................... .......................................................... None *

Just downstream of Clayton Canyon Dam..................... None *4,480

Just upstream of Clayton Canyon Dam....................... None *4,500

At Barbara Road........................................... None *4,520

Approximately 320 feet upstream of Barbara Road........... None *4,525

Timon Wash............................... Approximately 0.50 mile upstream of confluence with Big None *4,395

Chino Wash.

At Ahonen Road............................................ None *4,438

At Barbara Road........................................... None *4,524

Approximately 320 feet upstream of Barbara Road........... None *4,528

Model Creek.............................. Just upstream of U.S. Route 89............................ *4,453 *4,460

Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,459 *4,461

Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,463 *4,464

Approximately 3,000 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,468 **4,467

Approximately 4,000 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,474 *4,473

Approximately 4,400 feet upstream of U.S. Route 89........ *4,476 *4,476

West Fork Miller Creek................... Approximately 500 feet upstream of confluence with Model None *4,460

Creek.

Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of confluence with Model None *4,463

Creek.

Approximately 2,500 feet upstream of confluence with Model None *4,465

Creek.

Approximately 3,500 feet upstream of confluence with Model None *4,470

Creek.

Approximately 4,500 feet upstream of confluence with Model None *4,474

Creek.

Approximately 4,800 feet upstream of confluence with Model None *4,475

Creek.

Maps are available for inspection at the Yavapai County Flood Control District, 500 South Marina Street, Prescott, Arizona.

Send comments to The Honorable Carlton Camp, Chairman, Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, 255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, Arizona 86301.

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Louisiana.......................................................................................................................................................................................

Maps are available for inspection at the Utility Building, 1546 Jackson Street, Second Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana.

Send comments to The Honorable Edward Randolph, Jr., Mayor, City of Alexandria, P.O. Box 71, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301.

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Louisiana............................ Rapides Parish Chatlin Lake Canal....................... At Chaneyville-Echo Road.................................. None *58

(Unincorporated Areas).

Just upstream of State Highway 457........................ *None *63

Approximately 2,200 feet downstream of State Highway 3170. None *67

Approximately 250 feet downstream of Sugar House Road..... *72 *72

Bayou Boeuf.............................. At Interstate Highway 49.................................. None *71

Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of State Highway 488.. None *74

Approximately 1,600 feet downstream of Massina Road....... None *80

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Bayou Rapides Diversion Channel.......... At confluence with Bayou Boeuf............................ None *71

At State Highway 488...................................... *71 *72

Approximately 7,000 feet downstream of State Highway 28... *72 *73

Bayou Rapides............................ At U.S. Highway 1 (Bolton Avenue)......................... *79 *80

At confluence of Irish Ditch No. 2........................ *79 *81

Approximately 2,500 feet downstream of Robinson Road...... *81 *82

Approximately 5,000 feet downstream of Cooper Road........ None *83

Irish Ditch No. 2........................ At State Highway 498...................................... *79 *81

Approximately 500 feet downstream of Chapel Road.......... *81 *82

Approximately 250 feet downstream of Harold Miles Park *82 *83

Road.

Big Bayou................................ Approximately 2,500 feet downstream of Jimmy Brown Road... None *83

At confluence of Saline Bayou and Bayou Bertrand.......... None *83

Flagon Bayou............................. Just downstream of Kansas City Southern Railroad.......... *141 *141

Approximately 740 feet upstream of Hooper Road............ *150 *146

Approximately 4,200 feet upstream of Hooper Road at the *154 *151

Grant-Rapides Parish Lane.

Big Creek................................ At State Highway 115...................................... None *62

Cainey Creek............................. At State Highway 1206..................................... None *62

Maps are available for inspection at the Planning Commission, 5610 East Coliseum Boulevar, Alexandria, Louisiana.

Send comments to The Honorable Myron Lawson, President, Rapides Parish Police Jury, Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301.

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New Mexico........................... Bernalillo County and Rio Grande............................... Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of Interstate 25...... *4,902 *4,902

Incorporated Areas.

Approximately 3,000 feet upstream of Interstate 25........ *4,905 *4,906

At confluence with the South Diversion Channel............ *4,924 *4,924

Rio Grande East Overbank................. Approximately 1,300 feet downstream of Interstate 25...... *4,900 *4,900

Just downstream of Interstate 25.......................... *4,900 *4,903

Approximately 3,500 feet upstream of Interstate 25........ *4,904 *4,905

Approximately 20,400 feet upstream of Interstate 25....... *4,922 *4,922

Arroyo A-B............................... Approximately 150 feet nort of Amalia Road................ None *4,970

Approximately 550 feet north of Amalia Road............... None *4,980

Just upstream of Sage Road................................ None *4,995

At ponding area west of the Arenal Canal.................. None *4,951

At ponding area northwest of the intersection of Sage Road None *5,001

and Coors Boulevard.

At ponding area north of Tower Road and west of Coors None *5,029

Boulevard.

Arroyo A-C............................... Approximately 1,140 feet downstream of Gonzales Road...... None *5,006

Just upstream of Gonzales Road............................ None *5,008

Approximately 630 feet upstream of the intersection of None *5,012

Forsythe Road and Corregidor Place.

At ponding area just upstream of Old Coors Road........... *5,013 *5,012

Arroyo B-A............................... Approximately 100 feet upstream of Unser Boulevard........ #2 *5,087

Just upstream of 86th Street.............................. None *5,115

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Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of 86th Street (at limit None *5,133

of detailed study).

At ponding area west of 94th Street and south of Central None *5,169

Avenue.

Arroyo B-B............................... Approximately 650 feet downstream of Unser Boulevard...... #1 *5,081

Just upstream of 86th Street.............................. #1 *5,105

Approximately 400 feet upstream of 90th Street............ #1 *5,135

Approximately 1,900 feet upstream of 90th Street (at limit #1 *5,171

of detailed study).

Shallow flooding between Stinson Street and 300 feet None *5,080

upstream of 75th Street.

Arroyo B-C............................... Just upstream of Unser Boulevard.......................... #1 *5,079

Approximately 80 feet downstream of 86th Street........... #1 *5,093

Approximately 240 feet downstream of 94th Street.......... #1 *5,120

Approximately 1,050 feet upstream of 94th Street (at limit #1 *5,140

of detailed study).

Shallow flooding between Unser Boulevard and Abeyta Road.. *5,076 #1

Ponding Area 18.......................... *5,010 *5,009

Ponding Area............................. Along Trujillo Road approximately 500 feet east of Bataan *5,011 *5,009

Drive.

Ponding Area............................. Along Dennison Road approximately 500 feet east of Bataan *5,011 *5,009

Drive.

Ponding Area............................. North of Eucariz Avenue approximately 500 feet east of None *5,008

Bataan Drive.

Ponding Area............................. Along Yerba Road south of Eucariz Avenue.................. None *5,002

Ponding Area............................. Between Coors Boulevard and Corona Drive and between *4,999 *5,100

Redlands Road and Pheasant Avenue.

Maps are available for inspection at One Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Send comments regarding Bernalillo County to The Honorable Albert Valdez, Chairman, Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners, One Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Send comments regarding the City of Albuquerque to The Honorable Martin J. Chavez, Mayor, City of Albuquerque, P.O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

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

Insurance.'')

Dated: February 9, 1996.

Richard W. Krimm,

Acting Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 96-3852 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]

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