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.

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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 DATES: 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 maps are available for inspection as indicated on 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, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-

3461, or (email) [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA or 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.

The Agency 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 Flood Insurance Rate Map

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, Mitigation Directorate, 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

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National Flood Insurance Program. 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 rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of

Executive Order 12778.

Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is 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. 67.11 [Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are

amended as follows:

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# Depth in

feet above

ground.

Source of flooding and location *Elevation

in feet

(NGVD).

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MICHIGAN

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Nashville (Village), Barry County (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Thornapple River:

Approximately 2,800 feet downstream of the confluence of *813

Quaker Brook Creek.......................................

Approximately 4,050 feet upstream of Main Street.......... *817

Maps available for inspection at the Nashville Village

Office, 206 North Main Street, Nashville, Michigan.

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Northville (City), Wayne and Oakland Counties (FEMA Docket

No. 7275)

Middle River Rouge:

Approximately 150 feet upstream of 8 Mile Road............ *820

Downstream side of Old Novi Road.......................... *824

Thornton Creek Overflow:

At confluence with Middle River Rouge..................... *823

Approximately 30 feet upstream of corporate limits........ *823

Maps available for inspection at the Northville City Hall,

215 West Main Street, Northville, Michigan.

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MINNESOTA

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Sauk Rapids (City), Benton County (FEMA Docket No. 7279)

Mississippi River:

Downstream corporate limits............................... *991

Approximately 1.42 miles upstream of State Highway 152 *999

(1st Street South).......................................

County Ditch No. 3: At confluence with Mississippi River.... *992

Maps available for inspection at the Sauk Rapids City Hall,

115 North 2nd Avenue, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota 56379-1660.

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NORTH CAROLINA

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Leggett (Town), Edgecomb County (FEMA Docket No. 7287)

Swift Creek:

Approximately 1.4 miles downstream of State Route 97...... *53

Approximately 2.1 miles upstream of State Route 97........ *61

Maps available for inspection at the Leggett Town Hall,

Intersection of Highway 33 and 97, Edgecomb, North

Carolina.

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OHIO

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Bay Village (City), Cuyahoga County (FEMA Docket No. 7255)

Wischmeyer Creek:

Approximately 120 feet downstream of West Lake Road....... *605

At the upstream City of Bay Village corporate limits...... *651

Maps available for inspection at the Bay Village City Hall,

350 Dover Center Road, Bay Village, Ohio.

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PENNSYLVANIA

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Smithfield (Township), Monroe County (FEMA Docket No. 7259)

Delaware River:

Approximately 250 feet upstream of downstream corporate *315

limits...................................................

Approximately 1.5 miles downstream of upstream corporate *331

limits...................................................

Shawnee Creek:

At the confluence with the Delaware River................. *325

Approximately 80 feet upstream of River Road.............. *326

Sambo Creek: Approximately 0.9 mile west of the intersection *452

of Valhalla Drive and State Route 209, within the corporate

limits of the Township of Smithfield.......................

Cherry Creek: Approximately 500 feet south of the *322

intersection of Broad Street and Interstate 80, within the

corporate limits at the Township of Smithfield.............

Maps available for inspection at the Smithfield Township

Municipal Building, Route 209, East Stroudsburg,

Pennsylvania.

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RHODE ISLAND

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North Providence (Town), Providence County (FEMA Docket No.

7259)

Centerdale Brook:

Upstream side of Woonasquatucket Avenue................... *120

Approximately 100 feet upstream of South Locust Avenue...... *140

Cranberry Brook:

At confluence with Woonasquatucket River.................. *81

Downstream side of Humbert Street......................... *110

West River:

At downstream corporate limits............................ *78

Approximately 700 feet downstream of Douglas Pike......... *86

Upper Canada Pond Brook:..................................

Downstream at corporate limits............................ *58

Approximately 1,080 feet upstream of corporate limits..... *60

Centerdale Brook (Culvert-zone AO): From Woonasquatucket #1

Avenue to approximately 720 feet downstream of

Woonasquatucket Avenue

Maps available for inspection at the Building Inspector's

Office, 2000 Smith Street, North Providence, Rhode Island.

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SOUTH CAROLINA

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Hollywood (Town), Charleston County (FEMA Docket No. 7287)

Mellichamp Branch:

Approximately 600 feet from the upstream side of a *8

breached dam.............................................

Approximately 0.63 mile upstream of Towles Road bridge.... *811

Maps available for inspection at the Hollywood Town Hall,

6316 Highway 162, Hollywood, South Carolina.

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Ravenel (Town), Charleston County (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Mellichamp Branch:

At downstream side of New Road............................ *27

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Approximately 1.3 miles downstream of State Route 165..... *11

Maps available for inspection at the Ravenel Town Hall, 5962

Highway 165, Suite 100, Ravenel, South Carolina.

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TENNESSEE

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Cheatham County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket Nos.

7279 and 7259)

Harpeth River:

Approximately 0.45 mile upstream of Old Pinnacle Road..... *498

Approximately 4.1 miles upstream of East Kingston Springs *519

Road.....................................................

South Harpeth River:

At the confluence with the Harpeth River.................. *516

Approximately 0.38 mile downstream of Anderson Road....... *516

Sycamore Creek:

At upstream side of Nashville and Ashland City Railroad... *401

At U.S. Route 41A......................................... *491

Sams Creek:

Approximately 0.9 mile downstream of most downstream *404

crossing of Sams Creek Road..............................

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Deerfoot Drive......... *515

Dry Creek:

Approximately 220 feet upstream of Sams Creek Road........ *404

Approximately 300 feet upstream of Dry Creek Road......... *425

Pond Creek:

Approximately 1,700 feet upstream of River Road........... *404

At Natier Road............................................ *536

West Fork Pond Creek:

At confluence with Pond Creek............................. *413

Approximately 1.17 miles upstream of Pond Creek Road...... *456

Maps available for inspection at the Cheatham County

Building Commissioner's Office, 210 South Main Street,

Ashland City, Tennessee.

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Fayetteville (City), Lincoln County (FEMA Docket No. 7287)

Wells Creek:

At the confluence of the Elk River........................ *673

Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of confluence with the *674

Elk River................................................

Elk River:

Approximately 350 feet downstream of confluence of Wells *673

Creek....................................................

Approximately 4.73 miles upstream of confluence of Stuart *686

Creek....................................................

Maps available for inspection at the Fayetteville City Hall,

110 South Elk Avenue, Fayetteville, Tennessee.

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Kingston Springs (Town), Cheatham County (FEMA Docket No.

7259)

Buffalo Gap Cutoff:

At the confluence with the Harpeth River.................. *499

Approximately 0.40 mile upstream of East Kingston Springs *513

Road.....................................................

Harpeth River:

Approximately 0.45 mile upstream of Old Pinnacle Road..... *498

Approximately 0.03 mile upstream of Interstate Route 40... *513

Maps available for inspection at the Kingston Springs Town

Hall, 396 Spring Street, Kingston Springs, Tennessee.

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Lincoln County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7287)

Norris Creek:

Approximately 1,450 feet downstream of Old Marrs Road..... *680

Approximately 40 feet upstream of Old Marrs Road.......... *682

Cotton Mill Branch:

Approximately 600 feet downstream of Brookside Drive...... *681

Approximately 0.71 mile upstream of Cedarwood Street...... *711

Boonshill Road Branch:

At confluence with the Elk River.......................... *665

At Old Boonshill Road..................................... *674

Wells Creek:

At confluence with Elk River.............................. *673

Approximately 898 feet upstream of Private Road........... *693

Elk River:

Approximately 1.1 miles downstream of the confluence with *663

Boonshill Road Branch....................................

Approximately 5.0 miles upstream of the confluence of *686

Stuart Creek.............................................

Maps available for inspection at the Lincoln County

Courthouse, County Executive's Office, 112 Main Avenue,

South, Fayetteville, Tennessee.

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Pegram (Town), Cheatham County (FEMA Docket No. 7259)

Harpeth River:

Approximately 0.21 mile upstream of Riveview Drive........ *527

Approximately 0.1 mile downstream of East Kingston Springs *508

Road.....................................................

Maps available for inspection at the Pegram City Hall, 482

Thompson Road, Pegram, Tennessee.

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VERMONT

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Bellows Falls (Village), Windham County (FEMA Docket No.

7283)

Connecticut River:

At a point approximately 0.85 mile upstream from Bellows *299

Falls Dam................................................

At a point approximately 500 feet upstream of Bellows *296

Falls Dam................................................

Maps available for inspection at the Town of Rockingham,

Town Clerk's Office, Village Square, Rockingham, Vermont.

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Rockingham (Town), Windham County (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Connecticut River:

Approximately 0.77 mile upstream of NEPCO dam............. *299

Approximately 1.34 miles upstream of confluence of *306

Commissarry Brook........................................

Williams River:

At the confluence with Connecticut River.................. *303

Approximately 1,350 feet upstream of U.S. Route 5 bridge.. *303

Maps available for inspection at the Town of Rockingham,

Town Clerk's Office, Village Square, Rockingham, Vermont.

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Springfield (Town), Windsor County (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Connecticut River:

At a point approximately 2.2 miles downstream from *306

Cheshire Bridge (State Route 11).........................

At a point approximately 4.2 miles upstream from Cheshire *308

Bridge (State Route 11)..................................

Black River:

At the confluence with Connecticut River.................. *306

Approximately 550 feet downstream of Old State Route 11 *306

bridge...................................................

Maps available for inspection at the Springfield Town Hall,

Zoning Administrator's Office, 96 Main Street, Springfield,

Vermont.

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Thetford (Town), Orange County (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Abbott Brook:

At confluence with West Branch Ompompanoosuc River........ *692

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Approximately 280 feet upstream of State Route 132........ *705

Ompompanoosuc River:

At downstream corporate limits............................ *412

At upstream corporate limits.............................. *684

West Branch Ompompanoosuc River:

Approximately 100 feet upstream of Gove Hill Road......... *576

At confluence with Abbott Brook........................... *692

Lake Fairlee:

At Lake Fairlee Dam....................................... *681

Approximately 700 feet upstream of corporate limits....... *681

Maps available for inspection at the Thetford Town Office,

Route 113, Thetford Center, Vermont.

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WISCONSIN

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Grant County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Wisconsin River:

Approximately 1.4 miles upstream of Burlington Northern *628

Railroad.................................................

At upstream county boundary............................... *680

Crooked Creek:

Confluence with the Wisconsin River....................... *654

At a point approximately 600 feet upstream of the *655

confluence with the Wisconsin River......................

Maps available for inspection at the Grant County Zoning

Office, 125 South Monroe, Lancaster, Wisconsin.

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Ozaukee County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA Docket No. 7283)

Lake Michigan:

Approximately 2,200 feet east of the intersection of Sandy *587

Beach Road and Sunny Ridge Road..........................

Approximately 1,900 feet east of the intersection of *588

Silver Beach Road and Sauk Trail Road....................

Maps available for inspection at the Ozaukee County

Department of Environmental Health, 121 West Main Street,

Room 223, Port Washington, Wisconsin.

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

Insurance.'')

Dated: July 19, 1999.

Michael J. Armstrong,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 99-19570 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]

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