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State and county Location and case 

No. 

Date and name of newspaper 

where notice was published Chief executive officer of community Effective date of modification 

Community 

No. 

Rockingham 

(FEMA Docket No.: B–

7712).

Unincorporated 

areas of Rockingham County (07–

03–0034P).

December 21, 2006; December 

28, 2006; Daily News-Record.

Mr. Joseph S. Paxton, County Administrator, Rockingham County Administration Center, 20 East Gay Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22802.

March 29, 2007 .............. 510133 

Washington: Pierce 

(FEMA Docket 

No.: B–7474).

Unincorporated 

areas of Pierce 

County (06–10–

B193P).

September 21, 2006; September 28, 2006; The News 

Tribune.

The Honorable Shawn Bunney, Pierce 

County Council Chairman, 930 Tacoma 

Avenue South, County-City Building, 

Room 1046, Tacoma, WA 98402–2176.

August 30, 2006 ............. 530138 

Wyoming: 

Laramie (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–7474).

City of Cheyenne 

(06–08–B409P).

September 21, 2006; September 28, 2006; Wyoming 

Tribune-Eagle.

The Honorable Jack R. Spiker, Mayor, 

City of Cheyenne, 2101 O’Neil Avenue, 

Room 310, Cheyenne, WY 82001.

August 29, 2006 ............. 560030 

Laramie (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–7474).

Unincorporated 

areas of Laramie 

County (06–08–

B409P).

September 21, 2006; September 28, 2006; Wyoming 

Tribune-Eagle.

The Honorable Diane Humphrey, Chairman, Laramie County, Board of Commissioners, 309 West 20th Street, 

Cheyenne, WY 82001.

August 29, 2006 ............. 560029 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: May 3, 2007. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Federal Insurance Administrator of the 

National Flood Insurance Program, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 07–2384 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

Final Flood Elevation Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 

BFEs are made final for the 

communities listed below. The BFEs 

and modified BFEs 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). 

DATES: The date of issuance of the Flood 

Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) showing 

BFEs and modified BFEs 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 BFEs 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: 

William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering 

Management Section, Mitigation 

Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) makes the final determinations 

listed below for the modified BFEs for 

each community listed. These modified 

elevations have been published in 

newspapers of local circulation and 

ninety (90) days have elapsed since that 

publication. The Mitigation Division 

Director of FEMA has resolved any 

appeals resulting from this notification. 

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. FEMA 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 FIRM 

available at the address cited below for 

each community. The BFEs and 

modified BFEs are made final in the 

communities listed below. Elevations at 

selected locations in each community 

are shown. 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

This final 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. 

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 13132, Federalism. 

This final rule involves no policies that 

have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. This final 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 

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. 

§ 67.11 [Amended] 

■ 2. The tables published under the 

authority of § 67.11 are amended as 

follows: 


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State City/town/county Source of flooding Location 

Depth in feet 

above ground. 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

Modified 

City of Hamilton, Illinois 

Docket No.: FEMA–P–7917 

Illinois ............................ City of Hamilton ............ Chaney Creek Tributary 1 Approximately 190 feet upstream of the

confluence with Chaney Creek.

+532 

Approximately 1,155 feet upstream of 

Park Drive.

+605 

Cheny Creek Tributary ..... At the confluence with Chaney Creek 

Tributary 1.

+580 

Approximately 20 feet upstream of Hillcrest Drive.+616 

Railroad Creek Tributary 1 Approximately 215 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Railroad Creek.

+558 

Approximately 30 feet upstream of Walnut Street.+612 

Tributary 2 ........................ Approximately 345 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Railroad Creek.

+588 

Approximately 435 feet upstream of 

Broadway Street.

+645 

Tributary 3 ........................ Approximately 200 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Railroad Creek.

+575 

Approximately 60 feet upstream of South 

19th Street.

+635 

Spring Creek .................... Approximately 460 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Chaney Creek.

+561 

Approximately 1,975 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Chaney Creek.

+611 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

ADDRESSES 

City of Hamilton 

Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, City of Hamilton, City Hall, 1010 Broadway, Hamilton, Illinois. 

Hancock County, Illinois (Unincorporated Areas) 

Docket No.: FEMA–P–7917 

Illinois ............................ Hancock County (Unincorporated Areas).Chaney Creek Tributary 1 Approximately 70 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Chaney Creek.

*529 

Approximately 370 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Chaney Creek.

*536 

Railroad Creek Tributary 3 Approximately 2,970 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Railroad Creek.

*636 

Approximately 3,170 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Railroad Creek.

*636 

Spring Creek .................... Approximately 70 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Chaney Creek.

*536 

Approximately 460 feet upstream of the 

confluence with Chaney Creek.

*561 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

ADDRESSES 

Hancock County, UIllinois (Unincorporated Areas) 

Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, Hancock County Courthouse, 500 Main Street, Carthage, Illinois. 


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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

*Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

Modified 

Communities affected 

Richmond County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas 

Docket No.: FEMA–D–7686 

Baggetts Creek ...................... At the confluence with Speeds Creek ................................... +135 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At U.S. Highway 1 ................................................................. +159 

Beaver Dam Creek (into 

Rocky Fork Creek).

At the confluence with Rocky Fork Creek ............................. +238 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of Millstone Road (State 

Road 1487).

+315 

Beaverdam Branch ................ Approximately 50 feet upstream of the Railroad .................. +247 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 860 feet upstream of Chalk Road ................. +269 City of Hamlet, City of Rockingham. 

Beaverdam Creek (into Big 

Mountain Creek).

At the confluence with Big Mountain Creek .......................... +341 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 100 feet downstream of Capel Mill Road 

(State Road 1321).

+367 

Bells Creek ............................ At the confluence with Rocky Fork Creek ............................. +270 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of Haywood Parker 

Road (State Road 1441).

+320 

Big Branch ............................. At the confluence with Drowning Creek ................................ +302 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Drowning Creek.

+318 

Big Mountain Creek ............... At the confluence with Mountain Creek and Little Mountain 

Creek.

+246 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 600 feet upstream of the confluence of Silver Creek.+374 

Big Muddy Creek ................... At the Richmond/Scotland County boundary ........................ +311 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), Town of 

Hoffman. 

Approximately 1,500 feet upstream of Blues Bridge Road ... +397 

Black Branch ......................... At the confluence with Solomans Creek ............................... +214 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of U.S. Highway 74 ......... +256 

Bones Fork Creek ................. At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +256 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of Millstone Road 

(State Road 1487).

+276 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Bones Fork Creek ............................ +267 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 600 feet upstream of Millstone Road (State 

Road 1487).

+280 

Buffalo Creek ......................... At the confluence with Little River ......................................... +201 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.7 mile upstream of Cartledge Creek Road 

(State Road 1005).

+262 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Buffalo Creek .................................... +224 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Buffalo Creek.

+238 

Camp Branch ........................ At the confluence with Gum Swamp Creek .......................... +256 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Cognac Road (State 

Road 1605).

+302 

Cartledge Creek .................... At the confluence with Pee Dee River .................................. +152 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,400 feet upstream of John Webb Road 

(State Road 1308).

+294 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Cartledge Creek ............................... +152 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 2.0 miles upstream of the confluence with 

Cartledge Creek.

+219 

Tributary 2 ...................... At the confluence with Cartledge Creek ............................... +168 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 


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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

*Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

Modified 

Communities affected 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Dockery Road (State 

Road 1143).

+218 

Cheek Creek ......................... At the confluence with Little River ......................................... +207 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,800 feet upstream of the confluence with 

Little River.

+207 

Chock Creek .......................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +239 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Gray Woods Road ...... +279 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Chock Creek ..................................... +247 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.0 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Chock Creek.

+260 

Tributary 2 ...................... At the confluence with Chock Creek ..................................... +263 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of Fox Road (State 

Road 1606).

+301 

Colemans Creek .................... At the confluence with Mountain Creek ................................ +193 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.8 miles upstream of Grassy Island Road 

(State Road 1148).

+271 

Cox Pond ............................... At the upstream side of the Railroad .................................... +274 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 150 feet downstream of McDonald Avenue .. +296 

Crawford Branch ................... Approximately 1.2 miles downstream of Old Peggy Mill 

Road (State Road 1610).

+260 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of Old Peggy Mill Road 

(State Road 1610).

+302 

Crooked Creek ...................... At County Line Road (State Road 1803) .............................. +244 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 700 feet downstream of Scholl Shankle 

Road (State Road 1805).

+268 

Drowning Creek ..................... At the Richmond/Scotland/Hoke/Moore County boundaries +268 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the Richmond/Montgomery/Moore County boundary ....... +368 

Gum Swamp Creek ............... At Gum Swamp Road (State Road 1609) ............................ +255 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Marston Road (State 

Road 1001).

+329 

Hitchcock Creek .................... At the confluence with Pee Dee River .................................. +138 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence of Indian Camp Lake.+302 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +186 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 250 feet downstream of Richmond Road ..... +235 

Tributary 2 ...................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +195 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 30 feet downstream of Richmond Road ....... +251 

Tributary 2A .................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek Tributary 2 ............. +195 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of the confluence of 

Hitchcock Creek Tributary 2.

+267 

Tributary 2B .................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek Tributary 2 ............. +241 City of Rockingham. 

Approximately 50 feet downstream of Richmond Road ....... +249 

Tributary 3 ...................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +195 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of Nicholson Road ....... +220 

Tributary 4 ...................... At the confluence with McKinney Lake/Hitchcock Creek ...... +283 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of the confluence with 

McKinney Lake/Hitchcock Creek.

+290 


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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

*Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

Modified 

Communities affected 

Indian Camp Lake ................. At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +287 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.0 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Hitchcock Creek.

+306 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Indian Camp Lake ............................ +296 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.4 miles upstream of the confluence with 

Indian Camp Lake.

+349 

Jennies Branch ...................... At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +159 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 1,300 feet upstream of Patterson Street ....... +276 

Jobs Creek ............................ At the confluence with Little Mountain Creek ....................... +375 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of U.S. Highway 220 ....... +418 

Joes Creek ............................ Approximately 1,700 feet upstream of the confluence with 

Joes Creek Tributary.

+224 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 500 feet upstream of Old Laurinburg Road 

(State Road 1614).

+276 

Tributary ......................... At the County Line Road (State Road 1802 ......................... +261 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.0 mile upstream of County Line Road 

(State Road 1802.

+282 

Kinsman Lake ........................ Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of the confluence with 

South Prong Falling Creek.

+260 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence with 

South Prong Falling Creek.

+276 

Lightwood Knot Creek ........... Approximately 1,800 feet downstream of Ghio Road (State 

Road 1803).

+246 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of Ghio Road (State Road 

1803).

+259 

Little Hamer Creek ................ At the confluence with Wolf Branch Creek and Unnamed 

Tributary of Wolf Branch Creek.

+238 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the Richmond/Montgomery County boundary .................. +241 

Little Mountain Creek ............ The confluence with Mountain Creek and Big Mountain 

Creek.

+246 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 3.6 miles upstream of the confluence of 

Jobs Creek.

+486 

Little River ............................. At the confluence with Pee Dee River .................................. +200 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,900 feet upstream of the confluence of 

Cheek Creek.

+207 

Marks Creek .......................... At the North Carolina/South Carolina State boundary .......... +120 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 2.3 miles upstream of Boyd Lake Road ........ +340 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +193 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Marks Creek.

+210 

Tributary 2 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +212 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Marks Creek.

+246 

Tributary 3 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +217 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of the confluence with 

Marks Creek.

+257 

Tributary 4 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +221 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 500 feet upstream of Homeplace Road 

(State Road 1995).

+247 

Tributary 5 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +225 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.9 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Marks Creek.

+262 


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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

*Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

Modified 

Communities affected 

Tributary 6 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +228 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of NC Highway 177 ......... +244 

Tributary 7 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +233 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of U.S. Highway 74 ......... +282 

Tributary 8 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +242 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.5 miles upstream of the confluence with 

Marks Creek.

+263 

Tributary 9 ...................... At the confluence with Marks Creek ..................................... +294 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of Raintree Road ............. +323 

Middle Prong Hamer Creek .. At the confluence with Little River ......................................... +201 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the Richmond/Montgomery County boundary .................. +246 

Millstone Creek ...................... At the confluence with Rocky Fork Creek/Millstone Lake .... +311 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Rocky Fork Creek/Millstone Lake.

+334 

Mountain Creek ..................... At the confluence with Pee Dee River .................................. +192 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the confluences of Big Mountain Creek and Little Mountain Creek.+246 

Naked Creek (into Drowning 

Creek).

At the confluence with Drowning Creek ................................ +313 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At Research Farm Road (State Road 1527) ........................ +458 

Naked Creek (into Pee Dee 

River).

At the confluence with Pee Dee River .................................. +190 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of Parson Lake Road 

(State Road 1145).

+267 

North Prong Falling Creek .... Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of Long Drive ............... +222 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 1.7 miles upstream of the confluence of 

North Prong Falling Creek Tributary 1.

+295 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with North Prong Falling Creek ................ +256 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence with 

North Prong Falling Creek.

+265 

Paradise Creek ...................... At the confluence with Rocky Fork Creek ............................. +351 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of Fire Tower Road (State 

Road 1455).

+369 

Pee Dee River ....................... At the North Carolina/South Carolina State boundary .......... +110 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the Montgomery/Richmond County boundary .................. +220 

Rocky Fork Creek ................. At the confluence with Ledbetter Lake .................................. +238 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of O.G. Reynolds Road 

(State Road 1457).

+499 

Rocky Branch ........................ At the confluence with Hitchcock Creek ............................... +159 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Rockingham. 

Approximately 0.4 mile upstream of Sandhill Road (State 

Road 1971).

+263 

Rocky Fork Creek Tributary 1 At the confluence with Rocky Fork Creek ............................. +262 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence with 

Rocky Fork Creek.

+288 

Silver Creek ........................... At the confluence with Big Mountain Creek .......................... +373 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of County Line Road 

(State Road 1153).

+398 

Solomans Creek .................... At the confluence with Pee Dee River .................................. +132 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 


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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

*Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

Modified 

Communities affected 

Approximately 900 feet upstream of Stokes Road (State 

Road 1992).

+259 

South Prong Cartledge Creek At the confluence with Cartledge Creek ............................... +228 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,600 feet upstream of Sandy Ridge Church 

Road (State Road 1305).

+302 

South Prong Falling Creek .... At the upstream side of the Richmond College Lake Dam .. +276 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of Wire Grass Road ..... +297 

Tributary 1 ...................... At the confluence with South Prong Falling Creek/Richmond College Lake.+276 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas), City of 

Hamlet. 

Approximately 1,800 feet upstream of the confluence with 

South Prong Falling Creek/Richmond College Lake.

+295 

Speeds Creek ........................ At the confluence with Solomans Creek ............................... +135 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Sandhill Road (State 

Road 1971).

+176 

Treeces Branch ..................... At the confluence with Cartledge Creek ............................... +184 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 780 feet upstream of Cartledge Creek Road 

(State Road 1005).

+242 

Unnamed Tributary to Wolf 

Branch Creek.

At the confluence with Wolf Branch Creek and Little Hamer 

Creek.

+238 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the Richmond/Montgomery County boundary .................. +245 

Watery Branch ....................... At the confluence with Speeds Creek ................................... +145 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,900 feet upstream of the confluence with 

Speeds Creek.

+165 

White Creek Tributary ........... Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of Osborne Road 

(State Road 1803).

+198 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Osborne Road (State 

Road 1803).

+207 

Wolf Branch Creek ................ At the confluence with Middle Prong Hamer Creek .............. +220 Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas). 

At the confluence of Little Hamer Creek and Unnamed 

Tributary of Wolf Branch Creek.

+238 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

ADDRESSES 

City of Hamlet 

Maps are available for inspection at the Hamlet City Hall, 201 Main Street, Hamlet, North Carolina. 

City of Rockingham 

Maps are available for inspection at the Rockingham City Hall, Planning Department, 514 Rockingham Road, Rockingham, North Carolina. 

Town of Hoffman 

Maps are available for inspection at the Hoffman Town Hall, 2176 Caddell Road, Hoffman, North Carolina. 

Richmond County (Unincorporated Areas) 

Maps are available for inspection at the Richmond County Planning Department, 221 South Hancock Street, Rockingham, North Carolina. 


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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: May 3, 2007. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Federal Insurance Administrator of the 

National Flood Insurance Program, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 07–2385 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 070510101–7101–01] 

RIN 0648–AV57 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; a 

Temporary Rule 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; emergency 

action; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes a temporary 

rule to prohibit any vessel from 

participating in either the mothership, 

catcher-processor or shoreside delivery 

sector of the directed Pacific whiting 

(whiting) fishery off the West Coast in 

2007 if it does not have a history of 

sector-specific participation in the 

whiting fishery between January 1, 

1997, and January 1, 2007. This rule is 

intended to prevent serious 

conservation and management problems 

that could be caused by new entrants in 

2007 and to maintain the status quo 

while the Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council) addresses the issue of 

increased effort in the whiting fishery 

through an amendment to the Pacific 

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) for the long term. 

DATES: The amendments in this rule are 

effective May 14, 2007 through 

November 13, 2007, except for 

amendments to §§ 660.333 and 660.335, 

which are effective May 14, 2007. 

Comments must be received by June 

18, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

management measures and the related 

environmental assessment (EA) may be 

sent to Frank Lockhart, Assistant 

Regional Administrator for Sustainable 

Fisheries, Northwest Region, NMFS, 

7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 

98115–0070, fax: 206–526–6376. 

Comments may be submitted via 

e-mail at 

Whiting.emergencyrule2007@noaa.gov 

or at the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.Regulations.gov. 

Copies of the FONSI and its 

supporting EA and other documents 

cited in this document are available 

from Frank Lockhart at the address 

Assistant Regional Administrator for 

Sustainable Fisheries, Northwest 

Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way 

NE., Seattle, WA 98115–0070. 

Information presented by the Council 

for this temporary rule is available for 

public review during business hours at 

the office of the Council at 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Portland, OR 97220, 

phone: 503–820–2280. Copies of 

additional reports or testimony 

referenced in this document may also be 

obtained from the Council. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Frank 

Lockhart (Northwest Region, NMFS), 

phone: 206–526–6142; fax: 206–526–

6736) and e-mail: 

Frank.Lockhart@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

The temporary rule also is accessible 

via the Internet at the Office of the 

Federal Register’s Web site at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

Background information and 

documents, including the EA, are 

available at the Council’s Web site at 

http://pcouncil.org. 

Background 

The whiting fishery off the West Coast 

is managed under the Groundfish FMP 

prepared by the Council and approved 

by the Secretary of Commerce under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Council has 

adopted a formal process through 

which, every two years, it establishes 

allowable catches and associated fishery 

conservation and management measures 

for most of the groundfish fishery 

sectors for a biennial management cycle. 

The whiting fishery is managed 

somewhat differently because there is 

an annual stock assessment on which 

the Council bases an annual 

determination of the U.S. optimum 

yield (OY) and the sub-quotas of the 

U.S. OY. Beginning in 1997, the Council 

makes annual allocations of the U.S. OY 

available to each of three directed 

fishing sectors: Mothership, catcherprocessor, and shoreside delivery. 

Further, the directed whiting fishery has 

a distinct seasonal structure, with the 

primary season start dates for each of 

the three commercial sectors being the 

same since 1997. The primary seasons 

for the non-tribal catcher/processor and 

mothership sectors begins May 15. The 

shoreside primary season in most of the 

Eureka statistical area (between 42° 

north latitude (N. lat.) and 40°30′ N. lat.) 

begins on April 1, and the fishery south 

of 40°30′ N. lat. begins April 15. The 

Pacific whiting shoreside fishery north 

of 42° N. lat. begins on June 15. No more 

than five percent of the shore-based 

sector allocation may be taken in the 

early season fishery off California before 

the primary season north of 42° N. lat. 

opens on June 15. This is intended to 

ensure an opportunity for all sectors of 

the shoreside industry to have fair 

opportunity to engage in the fishery 

when fish are available to them without 

excessive risk that any one area will 

receive disproportionately large 

opportunities. It also supports efforts to 

minimize bycatch of rockfish and 

salmon. 

The current management regime with 

specific sector allocations and 

differences in area and sector season 

start dates was first implemented for the 

1997 fishery (Federal Register: May 20, 

1997 (Volume 62, Number 97)). At that 

time, the benefits of the sector 

allocations were to: Reduce the 

uncertainty of the amounts available for 

each sector, make the fishery easier to 

monitor, and eliminate the ‘‘first-comefirst-serve’’ derby style incentives in the 

fishery associated with the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative as separate allocations 

encourage each sector to operate at a 

more leisurely and safe pace. By 

reducing the race for fish, separate 

sector allocations would provide greater 

incentives for vessels to move to other 

fishing grounds if necessary to lower 

bycatch levels, particularly of yellowtail 

rockfish and salmon. In addition, with 

separate allocations, each sector would 

have greater accountability and 

opportunity to minimize bycatch while 

providing each sector the flexibility of 

starting at different times without losing 

any competitive advantage. It also 

supported efforts to minimize bycatch of 

rockfish and salmon. 

Since 1997, when sector specific 

allocations were made, the fishery has 

been fairly stable except for a few recent 

instances where additional rules had to 

be put in place to protect overfished 

species (2004) and endangered salmon 

(2005). As in many fisheries, when the 

fishery is stable, most of the participants 

know each other and have a shared 

interest in maintaining a stable 

situation. In this instance, cooperation 

includes a common interest in ensuring 

that bycatch is limited because 

excessive bycatch could close the 

fishery before the whiting quota is 

reached. Therefore, there is frequent 

sharing of information to ensure that 


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