50446 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2011 / Proposed Rules 

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 

Town of Whitman 

Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 54 South Avenue, Whitman, MA 02382. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: August 5, 2011. 

Sandra K. Knight, 

Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administrator, Mitigation, Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20713 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2010–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1126] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On June 3, 2010, FEMA 

published in the Federal Register a 

proposed rule that included an 

erroneous Base Flood Elevation (BFE) 

description for Rowell Creek and 

erroneous BFEs for Sal Taylor Creek 

Tributary 2 in Duval County, Florida. 

This notice corrects the errors 

previously published for Rowell Creek 

and Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 2 in 

Duval County, Florida. 

DATES: Comments pertaining to the 

Rowell Creek BFEs, from the location 

approximately 650 feet upstream of 

Secluded Avenue to the location 

approximately 0.51 mile upstream of the 

intersection of Inspiration Avenue and 

D Avenue, and comments pertaining to 

the Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 2 BFEs, 

from the location at the confluence with 

Sal Taylor Creek to the location 

approximately 1,500 feet upstream of 

the confluence with Sal Taylor Creek 

Tributary 3, are to be submitted on or 

before November 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. FEMA–B– 

1126, 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) publishes proposed 

determinations of Base (1% annualchance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and 

modified BFEs for communities 

participating in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP), 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 minimum requirements. 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. 

Corrections 

In the proposed rule published at 75 

FR 31347, in the June 3, 2010, issue of 

the Federal Register, FEMA published a 

table under the authority of 44 CFR 

67.4. The table, entitled ‘‘Duval County, 

Florida, and Incorporated Areas’’ 

addressed a number of flooding sources, 

including Rowell Creek and Sal Taylor 

Creek Tributary 2. 

The proposed rule incorrectly listed 

the Rowell Creek location description 

for the modified BFE of 80 feet, 

referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988, as being 

approximately 650 feet upstream of 

Secluded Avenue. The correct location 

of this modified BFE is approximately 

0.51 mile upstream of the intersection of 

Inspiration Avenue and D Avenue. The 

proposed rule also incorrectly listed the 

modified BFEs for Sal Taylor Creek 

Tributary 2, for both the location at the 

confluence with Sal Taylor Creek and 

the location approximately 1,500 feet 

upstream of the confluence with Sal 

Taylor Creek Tributary 3. The modified 

BFE for the location at the confluence 

with Sal Taylor Creek was listed as 61 

feet, referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988. The correct 

modified BFE for that location is 62 feet, 

referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988. The modified 

BFE for the location approximately 

1,500 feet upstream of the confluence 

with Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 3 was 

listed as 67 feet, referenced to the North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988. The 

correct modified BFE for that location is 

68 feet, referenced to the North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988. The 

effective BFEs were listed correctly in 

the proposed rule. 

This proposed rule correction is 

reopening the comment period for 

Rowell Creek, for the proposed BFE at 

the location approximately 650 feet 

upstream of Secluded Avenue, where a 

modified BFE of 67 feet, referenced to 

the North American Vertical Datum of 

1988, is proposed, due to the error in 

listing the location description for the 

Rowell Creek BFE of 80 feet, referenced 

to the North American Vertical Datum 

of 1988, in the previously published 

proposed rule at 75 FR 31347. This 

proposed rule also is opening a 

comment period for Rowell Creek from 

the location approximately 650 feet 

upstream of Secluded Avenue to the 

location approximately 0.51 mile 

upstream of the intersection of 


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Inspiration Avenue and D Avenue, 

where a modified BFE of 80 feet, 

referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988, is proposed, 

due to the error in listing the location 

description for the Rowell Creek BFE of 

80 feet, referenced to the North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988, in the 

previously published proposed rule at 

75 FR 31347. In addition, this proposed 

rule is reopening the comment period 

for Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 2, from 

the location at the confluence with Sal 

Taylor Creek, where a modified BFE of 

62 feet, referenced to the North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988, is 

proposed, to the location approximately 

1,500 feet upstream of the confluence 

with Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 3, 

where a modified BFE of 68 feet, 

referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988, is proposed, 

due to the error in listing the modified 

BFEs for this flooding source in the 

previously published proposed rule at 

75 FR 31347. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: August 5, 2011. 

Sandra K. Knight, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administrator, Mitigation, Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20715 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Parts 223 and 224 

RIN 0648–XA619 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

5-Year Reviews for 5 Evolutionarily 

Significant Units of Pacific Salmon and 

1 Distinct Population Segment of 

Steelhead in California 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 5-year 

reviews. 

SUMMARY: We, the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southwest 

Region, announce the availability of 

5-year reviews for five ESUs of Pacific 

salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) and one 

DPS of steelhead (Oncorhynchus 

mykiss) in California, as required by the 

ESA. After reviewing the best available 

scientific and commercial data, our 5- 

year reviews indicate that these species 

should remain listed as determined in 

2005 and 2006, respectively. Our 

reviews recommend that the southward 

extension of boundaries for California 

Coastal Chinook salmon and Central 

California Coast coho salmon should be 

considered. Our 5-year review also 

recommends that six hatchery stocks 

should be removed from the California 

Coastal Chinook salmon ESU because 

those hatchery programs have been 

terminated. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about the 5-year review process, 

including copies of the 5-year review 

reports, may be obtained by visiting the 

NMFS Southwest Regional Office Web 

site at http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ or by 

writing to us at: NMFS Southwest 

Region, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802; Attn: Craig 

Wingert. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Wingert at the above address or at 

(562) 980–4021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the ESA, a list of endangered 

and threatened wildlife and plant 

species must be maintained. The list is 

published at 50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) 

and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) 

of the ESA requires that NMFS conduct 

a review of listed species under its 

jurisdiction at least once every 5 years 

(‘‘5-year reviews’’). Pursuant to section 

4(c)(2)(B) of the ESA, we determine 

whether any species should be delisted 

and removed from the list, reclassified 

from endangered to threatened, or 

reclassified from threatened to 

endangered on the basis of such 

reviews. In conducting 5-year reviews, 

we consider the best scientific and 

commercial data, including new 

information that has become available 

since the last listing determination or 

most recent status review of a species. 

On March 18, 2010, NMFS announced 

the initiation of 5-year reviews for listed 

Pacific salmon ESUs and steelhead 

DPSs in California, Oregon, Washington, 

and Idaho (75 FR 13082). Both ESUs 

and DPSs are treated as ‘‘species’’ under 

the ESA and we use the term ‘‘species’’ 

to refer to both in the remainder of this 

notice. In the March 18, 2010 

announcement, we requested new 

information regarding the biological 

status of these ESUs and DPSs and the 

factors that affect them from the public, 

concerned governmental agencies, 

Tribes, the scientific community, 

environmental entities, and other 

interested parties. 

This notice of availability addresses 

our completed 5-year reviews for: (1) 

Southern Oregon/Northern California 

coho salmon; (2) California Coastal 

Chinook salmon; (3) Central California 

Coast coho salmon; (4) Sacramento 

River winter-run Chinook salmon; (5) 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon; and (6) Central Valley 

steelhead. The results of 5-year reviews 

for the other ESUs and DPSs discussed 

in the March 18, 2010 notice of 

initiation will be announced in 

forthcoming notices from the NMFS 

Southwest and Northwest Regions, 

respectively. 

We used a two-step process to 

complete the reviews. First, we asked 

scientists from our Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center to collect and analyze 

new information about each species’ 

viability. To evaluate each species’ 

viability, our scientists applied the 

agency’s Viable Salmonid Population 

(VSP) framework, which relies on 

evaluating four key population 

parameters (abundance, productivity, 

spatial structure, and diversity). Using 

this framework, they compiled and 

evaluated all new relevant information 

on these four parameters and then 

updated the overall viability status of 

each species. They also considered new 

genetic and biogeographic information 

related to each species’ freshwater and 

estuarine geographic boundaries. At the 

end of this process, the Center prepared 

a report detailing the results and 

conclusions from their analyses. 

Fishery biologists from the Southwest 

Region and its field offices completed 

the second step in the review process. 

These biologists reviewed new 

information on the five ESA 4(a)(1) 

factors considered when determining if 

a species should be listed as threatened 

or endangered, including: (1) The 

present or threatened destruction, 

modification, or curtailment of its 

habitat or range; (2) overutilization for 

commercial, recreational, scientific, or 

educational purposes; (3) disease or 

predation; (4) inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms; and, (5) other 

natural or man-made factors affecting its 

continued existence. They also 

evaluated new information on hatchery 

programs associated with each species 

to inform an updated assessment about 

whether specific hatchery programs 

should be considered part of the species 

that were evaluated. In doing so, they 

applied our Policy Addressing the Role 

of Artificially Propagated Pacific 

Salmon and Steelhead in Listing 

Determinations under the ESA (70 FR 

37204). The 5-year review reports 

prepared by the Southwest Region, the 

Southwest Science Center’s updated 


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