Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2010 / Proposed Rules 75945 

Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation ** 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+ Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

∧Elevation in meters 

(MSL) 

Communities affected 

Effective Modified 

L100–00–00 (Little Cypress 

Creek) (backwater effects 

from Cypress Creek).

At the confluence with Cypress Creek ......................... +131 +130 Unincorporated Areas of 

Harris County. 

Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of the confluence 

with Cypress Creek.

+131 +130 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

∧ Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. 

** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at the community map repository (see below) for 

exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. 

Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472. 

ADDRESSES 

City of Houston 

Maps are available for inspection at the Floodplain Management Office, 3300 Main Street, 1st Floor, Houston, TX 77002. 

Unincorporated Areas of Harris County 

Maps are available for inspection at the Harris County Permit Office, 10555 Northwest Freeway, Suite 120, Houston, TX 77092. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Sandra K. Knight, 

Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administrator, Mitigation, Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30609 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2010–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1168] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Comments are requested on 

the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed in the table below. The purpose 

of this notice is to seek general 

information and comment regarding the 

proposed regulatory flood elevations for 

the reach described by the downstream 

and upstream locations in the table 

below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are 

a part of the floodplain management 

measures that the community is 

required either to adopt or to show 

evidence of having in effect in order to 

qualify or remain qualified for 

participation in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, 

these elevations, once finalized, will be 

used by insurance agents and others to 

calculate appropriate flood insurance 

premium rates for new buildings and 

the contents in those buildings. 

DATES: Comments are to be submitted 

on or before March 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The corresponding 

preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 

(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each 

community is available for inspection at 

the community’s map repository. The 

respective addresses are listed in the 

table below. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. FEMA–B–1168, to Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–4064, or (e-mail) 

luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–4064, or (e-mail) 

luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) proposes to make 

determinations of BFEs and modified 

BFEs 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 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 also are 

used to calculate the appropriate flood 

insurance premium rates for new 

buildings built after these elevations are 

made final, and for the contents in those 

buildings. 

Comments on any aspect of the Flood 

Insurance Study and FIRM, other than 

the proposed BFEs, will be considered. 

A letter acknowledging receipt of any 

comments will not be sent. 


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National Environmental Policy Act. 

This proposed rule is categorically 

excluded from the requirements of 44 

CFR part 10, Environmental 

Consideration. An environmental 

impact assessment has not been 

prepared. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood 

elevation determinations are not within 

the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis is not required. 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review. This proposed 

rule is not a significant regulatory action 

under the criteria of section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866, as amended. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism. 

This proposed rule involves no policies 

that have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. This proposed rule meets the 

applicable standards of Executive Order 

12988. 

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: 

Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation** 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+ Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet above 

ground 

∧Elevation in meters 

(MSL) 

Communities affected 

Effective Modified 

Skagit County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 1,400 feet north of the intersection of 

Hickox Road and I–5.

#2 +23 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 300 feet west of the intersection of Anderson Road and Old Highway 99.#2 +24 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 0.43 mile east of the intersection of 

Dike Road and Britt Road.

+19 +24 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 1,500 feet west of the intersection of 

Riverview Lane and Dike Road.

+19 +27 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Just northwest of the intersection of Britt Road and 

Dike Road.

#3 +26 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 250 feet north of Dike Road and approximately 1,000 feet west of Riverview Lane.#3 +28 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 900 feet north of Blackburn Road between 2nd Street and 3rd Street.#1 +25 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the intersection of Freeway Drive and Cameron 

Way.

#1 +39 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Just north of Stewart Road between Riverside Drive 

and the Burlington Northern Railroad.

#3 +41 City of Mount Vernon. 

Just northwest of the intersection of Hoag Road and 

the Burlington Northern Railroad.

#3 +42 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 1.4 miles west of the intersection of I–5 

and State Route 538, at levee.

+34 +40 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the intersection of the Burlington Northern Railroad 

and State Route 538.

+34 +40 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Just north of the intersection of Hickox Road and Dike 

Road.

None +24 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 640 feet west of the intersection of Riverview Lane and Dike Road.None +27 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

At the intersection of I–5 and Anderson Road .............. None +24 City of Mount Vernon. 

At the intersection of I–5 and Section Street ................. None +28 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River/South 

Fork Skagit River.

Just north of Fir Island Road, at the intersection with 

the Burlington Northern Railroad.

#3 +20 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 500 feet south of Hickox Road between 

the levee and the Burlington Northern Railroad.

#3 +23 

Left Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River/South 

Fork Skagit River.

Approximately 0.75 mile south of the intersection of 

Milltown Road and Pioneer Highway.

+13 +16 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the intersection of State Route 534 and I–5 ............. +13 +20 


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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2010 / Proposed Rules 75947 

Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation** 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+ Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet above 

ground 

∧Elevation in meters 

(MSL) 

Communities affected 

Effective Modified 

Left Bank Overflow North 

Fork Skagit River.

Just east of the levee, approximately 350 feet northeast of the intersection of Moore Road and Polson 

Road.

#1 +16 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Just east of the levee, approximately 450 feet north of 

Moore Road.

#1 +18 

Main Stem Skagit River ..... At the confluence with the North Fork Skagit River and 

South Fork Skagit River.

+27 +30 City of Burlington, City of 

Mount Vernon, City of 

Sedro-Woolley, Town of 

La Conner, Unincorporated Areas of Skagit 

County. 

Just downstream of the Burlington Northern Railroad ... +49 +52 

North Fork Skagit River ...... At the confluence with Skagit Bay ................................. +14 +16 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the confluence with the Main Stem Skagit River and 

South Fork Skagit River.

+27 +30 

Overflow from the Main 

Stem Skagit River between the North Fork 

Skagit River and the 

South Fork Skagit River.

At the confluence with Skagit Bay ................................. +12 +14 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the intersection of Moore Road and Dry Slough 

Road.

+13 +18 

Overflow from the Main 

Stem Skagit River between the North Fork 

Skagit River and the 

South Fork Skagit River 

Padilla Bay.

Approximately 200 feet north of Moore Road between 

the North Fork Skagit River and Dry Slough Road.

#3 +18 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 880 feet southwest of the confluence 

with North Fork Skagit River and the South Fork 

Skagit River.

#3 +21 

Approximately 1,000 feet northwest of the intersection 

of Highway 20 and Padilla Heights Road.

None +13 Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community. 

Approximately 100 feet north of the crossing at State 

Route 20 and the Swinomish Channel.

None +13 

Right Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 0.36 mile west of the intersection of 

Penn Road and Calhoun Road.

#3 +21 City of Mount Vernon, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 400 feet south of the levee between 

Moores Garden Road and Baker Street.

#3 +30 

Right Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 300 feet north of the intersection of 

Dunbar Avenue and Avon Allen Road.

#3 +24 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Aproximately 500 feet east of Avon Allen Road between Bennett Road and State Route 536.#3 +31 

Right Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 400 feet northeast of the intersection of 

Bennett Road and State Route 536.

#3 +25 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 500 feet southeast of the intersection of 

Bennett Road and Silver Lane.

#3 +34 

Right Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River.

Approximately 400 feet west of the intersection of 

Pulver Road and McCorquedale Road.

#3 +32 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 400 feet east of Pulver Road between 

Whitemarsh Road and McCorquedale Road.

#3 +34 

Right Bank Overflow Main 

Stem Skagit River/North 

Fork Skagit River Right 

Bank Overflow North 

Fork Skagit River.

At Kamb Road approximately 0.47 mile south of Calhoun Road.#3 +19 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 0.38 mile southeast of the intersection 

of Calhoun Road and Kamb Road.

#3 +20 

Just south of Kamb Road approximately 0.66 mile east 

of Beaver Marsh Road.

#3 +19 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 1,600 feet east of the intersection of 

Beaver Marsh Road and Marsh Road.

#3 +19 


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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation** 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+ Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet above 

ground 

∧Elevation in meters 

(MSL) 

Communities affected 

Effective Modified 

Right Bank Overflow South 

Fork Skagit River Samish 

Bay.

Between Moore Road and Polson Road Approximately 

870 feet south of Moore Road, at levee.

#1 

#1 

+17 

+18 

Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the intersection of Chuckanut Drive and South Blanchard Drive.+12 +13 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Samish Bay/Padilla Bay 

Simlik Bay.

At the intersection of Bayview-Edison Road and 

Samish Island Road.

+12 +13 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Approximately 0.32 mile southwest of the intersection 

of Snee-Oosh Road and Snee-Oosh Lane.

None +12 Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community. 

Approximately 100 feet southwest of the intersection of 

Reservation Road and Simlik Bay Road.

None +12 

Skagit Bay .......................... Approximately 0.36 mile northwest of the intersection 

of Pioneer Highway and Milltown Road.

+15 +14 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the confluence of Ishois Slough and Tom Moore 

Slough.

+17 +14 

Skagit Bay .......................... Approximately 200 feet northwest of the intersection of 

Sherman Avenue and Chilberg Avenue.

None +12 Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community. 

Approximately 0.32 mile southwest of the intersection 

of Snee-Oosh Road and Snee-Oosh Lane.

None +12 

Skagit Bay .......................... Approximately 400 feet northwest of Pull and Be 

Damned Point Road.

None +14 Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community. 

Approximately 200 feet southwest of the intersection of 

Sherman Avenue and Chilberg Avenue.

None +14 

Skagit Bay/Swinomish 

Channel.

Approximately 600 feet southwest of the intersection of 

North Pearle Jensen Way and East Pearle Jensen 

Way.

None +12 Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community. 

Approximately 400 feet west of Pull and Be Damned 

Point Road.

None +12 

Skagit River ........................ Just upstream of the Burlington Northern Railroad ....... +49 +52 City of Sedro-Woolley, 

Town of Concrete, Town 

of Hamilton, Town of 

Lyman, Unincorporated 

Areas of Skagit County. 

Approximately 1.0 mile upstream of the confluence 

with the Baker River.

+197 +198 

Skagit River Delta 

Overbank Flowpath 1.

Just upstream of Pulver Road ....................................... +27 +32 City of Burlington, Unincorporated Areas of Skagit 

County. 

Approximately 1,170 feet southeast of the intersection 

of Lafayette Road and Peter Anderson Road.

+45 +46 

Skagit River Delta 

Overbank Flowpath 2 

Skagit River Delta 

Overbank Flowpath 3.

At the confluence with Samish Bay ............................... +12 +13 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Just downstream of Pulver Road ................................... +27 +32 

At the confluence with the Swinomish Channel ............ +12 +15 Town of La Conner, Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

Just downstream of Pulver Road ................................... +27 +32 

South Fork Skagit River ..... At the confluence with Ishois Slough and Tim Moore 

Slough.

+17 +14 Unincorporated Areas of 

Skagit County. 

At the confluence with the Main Stem Skagit River and 

the North Fork Skagit River.

+27 +30 

Swinomish Channel ............ Just north of Highway 20 ............................................... None +11 Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community. 

Approximately 600 feet northwest of the intersection of 

North Pearle Jensen Way and East Pearle Jensen 

Way.

None +11 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

∧ Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. 

** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at the community map repository (see below) for 

exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2010 / Proposed Rules 75949 

Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation** 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+ Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet above 

ground 

∧Elevation in meters 

(MSL) 

Communities affected 

Effective Modified 

Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472. 

ADDRESSES 

City of Burlington 

Maps are available for inspection at 900 East Fairhaven Avenue, Burlington, WA 98233. 

City of Mount Vernon 

Maps are available for inspection at 910 Cleveland Avenue, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. 

City of Sedro-Woolley 

Maps are available for inspection at 720 Murdock Street, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284. 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 

Maps are available for inspection at 11404 Moorway Way, La Conner, WA 98257. 

Town of Concrete 

Maps are available for inspection at 45672 Main Street, Concrete, WA 98237. 

Town of Hamilton 

Maps are available for inspection at 584 Maple Street, Hamilton, WA 98255. 

Town of La Conner 

Maps are available for inspection at 204 Douglas Street, La Conner, WA 98257. 

Town of Lyman 

Maps are available for inspection at 8224 South Main Street, Lyman, WA 98263. 

Unincorporated Areas of Skagit County 

Maps are available for inspection at 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Sandra K. Knight, 

Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administrator, Mitigation, Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30613 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2010–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1161] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Comments are requested on 

the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed in the table below. The purpose 

of this notice is to seek general 

information and comment regarding the 

proposed regulatory flood elevations for 

the reach described by the downstream 

and upstream locations in the table 

below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are 

a part of the floodplain management 

measures that the community is 

required either to adopt or to show 

evidence of having in effect in order to 

qualify or remain qualified for 

participation in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, 

these elevations, once finalized, will be 

used by insurance agents and others to 

calculate appropriate flood insurance 

premium rates for new buildings and 

the contents in those buildings. 

DATES: Comments are to be submitted 

on or before March 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The corresponding 

preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 

(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each 

community is available for inspection at 

the community’s map repository. The 

respective addresses are listed in the 

table below. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. FEMA–B–1161, to Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–4064, or (e-mail) 

luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–4064, or (e-mail) 

luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) proposes to make 

determinations of BFEs and modified 

BFEs 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 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 also are 

used to calculate the appropriate flood 

insurance premium rates for new 

buildings built after these elevations are 

made final, and for the contents in those 

buildings. 


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