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captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, 629 East Main 

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Shandruk, (215) 814–2166, or by 

email at shandruk.irene@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, entitled Control of Volatile 

Organic Compound Emissions from 

Mondele ̄z Global LLC, Inc.—Richmond 

Bakery located in Henrico County, 

Virginia, that is located in the ‘‘Rules 

and Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register publication. 

Dated: April 11, 2014. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09657 Filed 4–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Parts 3100, 3400, and 3500 

[LLWO320000.L13200000.PP0000] 

RIN 1004–AE23 

Waste Mine Methane Capture, Use, 

Sale, or Destruction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) requests comments 

and suggestions that might assist the 

agency in the establishment of a 

program to capture, use, or destroy 

waste mine methane that is released 

into the mine environment and the 

atmosphere as a direct consequence of 

underground mining operations on 

Federal leases for coal and other 

minerals. 

DATES: We will accept comments and 

suggestions on the Advance Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) until June 

30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

and suggestions by any of the following 

methods: 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C 

Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: 

WO–630, Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

Personal or messenger delivery: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, 20 M Street SE., 

Room 2134LM, Attention: WO–630, 

Washington, DC 20003. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Attn: 1004–AE23’’ in 

your comments, regardless of the form 

in which they are submitted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the substance of this 

Advance Notice, please contact William 

Radden-Lesage at (202) 912–7116. For 

information on procedural matters, 

please contact Jean Sonneman at (202) 

912–7405. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individuals during 

business hours. FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

Written comments or suggestions 

should be specific, explain the 

reasoning behind your comments and 

suggestions, and address the issues 

outlined in this Advance Notice. For 

comments and suggestions to be the 

most useful and most likely to influence 

decisions on the content of the proposed 

rule, they should be substantive, and 

facilitate the development and 

implementation of an environmentally 

responsible capture or destruction 

system for methane released in the 

development of federally owned 

mineral resources. 

The BLM is particularly interested in 

receiving comments and suggestions 

about the topics listed in Section III of 

this Advance Notice. All 

communication on these topics should 

refer to RIN 1004–AE23 and may be 

submitted by any one of several 

methods listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this Advance Notice. 

Comments and suggestions received 

after the close of the comment period 

(see DATES) will not necessarily be 

considered or included in the 

Administrative Record for any future 

proposed rule. Likewise, comments and 

suggestions delivered to an address 

other than those listed above (see 

ADDRESSES) need not be considered or 

included in the Administrative Record 

for the proposed rule. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

address listed under ADDRESSES for 

‘‘Personal or messenger delivery’’ 

during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. 

to 4:15 p.m.), Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

II. Background 

Coal, and some other leasable 

minerals, may naturally contain various 

concentrations of methane. Methane can 

be recovered from the coal or other 

mineralized seams without mining 

operations. The recovery of methane 

from coal seams without mining 

operations is known as coalbed methane 

recovery and is common in the United 

States (http://www.epa.gov/cmop/

accomplishments.html and http://

www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/rngr52nus_

1a.htm). For Federal lands, recovery of 

coalbed methane is authorized through 

an oil and gas lease under the Mineral 


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Leasing Act. However, in some cases 

coalbed methane development and 

extraction have not preceded mining, or 

not all of the methane was recovered, 

and through the process of mining, 

methane can be released from the coal 

or other mineralized seam into the mine 

environment and atmosphere. Methane 

in the mine environment can be a 

significant safety issue for underground 

miners in mining operations where the 

mine methane may concentrate in 

underground workings to explosive 

levels. It may also make the air deadly 

for miners to breathe. The Mine Safety 

and Health Administration (MSHA) is 

charged with regulating mine safety, 

including ventilation of underground 

mines for control of methane 

concentrations in the mine 

environment. (See 30 CFR part 75 for 

coal mines and 30 CFR part 57 for other 

types of mines.) The methane that is 

liberated into the mine environment as 

a direct result of mining operations is 

known as waste mine methane (WMM). 

The BLM is considering establishing a 

system for the capture, use, sale, or 

destruction of WMM liberated from 

federally leased lands by active 

underground mines. The purposes of 

this Advance Notice are to summarize 

the general issues, and to ask you to 

inform us as we consider how to 

proceed. 

A. Statutory Authority and Federal 

Policy 

The provisions of the Mineral Leasing 

Act, 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq., provide legal 

authority for the agency to address the 

capture, use, or destruction of waste 

mine methane. 

Section 30 of the MLA, 30 U.S.C. 187, 

provides that: ‘‘Each lease shall contain 

provisions for the purpose of insuring 

the exercise of reasonable diligence, 

skill, and care in the operation of said 

property; a provision that such rules for 

the safety and welfare of the miners and 

for the prevention of undue waste as 

may be prescribed by said Secretary 

shall be observed. . .’’ 

Section 32 of the Mineral Leasing Act 

(MLA), 30 U.S.C. 189, states that the 

Secretary ‘‘is authorized to prescribe 

necessary and proper rules and 

regulations and to do any and all things 

necessary to carry out and accomplish 

the purposes of’’ the provisions of the 

Mineral Leasing Act governing coal 

leasing and other minerals specified 

under that Act. Further, Section 7(a) of 

the MLA, 30 U.S.C. 207, states that coal 

leases, in addition to including lease 

terms about the length of the primary 

term, annual rentals and royalties, 

‘‘shall include such other terms and 

conditions as the Secretary shall 

determine.’’ Section 24 of the MLA, 30 

U.S.C. 262, provides similar discretion 

to the Secretary with regard to sodium 

leases. 

This statutory authority applies to 

federally owned minerals, including 

coal and methane, on approximately 

700 million acres of Federal mineral 

estate. 

These provisions provide the 

Secretary with broad authority to 

include terms and conditions in coal 

and other solid mineral leases that are 

designed to diminish the amount of 

WMM that is vented into the air from 

underground mining operations. 

Section 7(a) of the MLA, 30 U.S.C. 

207(a), also makes terms and conditions 

of the lease subject to readjustment at 

the end of a coal lease’s primary term 

of 20 years and at the end of each 10- 

year period thereafter. Based on the 

readjustment authority, the BLM may 

readjust lease terms to both authorize 

and require lessees to capture otherwise 

vented WMM to use or sell. The BLM 

also has authority under the same 

section of the MLA to include such 

terms and conditions in new coal leases. 

In addition, reducing WMM venting 

would reduce emissions of a potent 

greenhouse gas, consistent with the 

President’s Climate Action Plan— 

Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions 

(March 2014) and Secretarial Order 

3289, Amendment No. 1 (‘‘Addressing 

the Impacts of Climate Change on 

America’s Water, Land, and other 

Natural and Cultural Resources,’’ dated 

February 22, 2010). 

B. Current Practice 

At present, the following methods are 

used to remove WMM from active 

underground mines: 

1. Methane drainage before mining. 

Vertical or horizontal wells are used to 

drain methane from the mineral deposit 

in advance of the mining. Traditional 

methane drainage before mining is 

similar to coalbed methane 

development, with vertical drilling from 

the earth’s surface to intersect the 

methane producing seam and that 

functions independent of any 

underground mining operations. 

Coalbed methane development, and 

similarly methane drainage in advance 

of mining, is authorized for federally 

owned minerals through an oil and gas 

lease. While used less frequently, 

methane recovery can also be developed 

in advance of mining by horizontal 

drilling within the seam being 

developed from within an established 

underground mine. Because this type of 

methane recovery is induced by drilling 

and functions independently of the 

mining operation, recovery from Federal 

lands would require a Federal oil and 

gas lease and would not be considered 

waste mine methane. Under these 

circumstances, the anticipated 

concentrations of methane would be 

greater than 80 percent. A number of 

documents related to drainage and 

degasification techniques can be found 

at http://www.epa.gov/cmop/resources/

drain_degas.html; or http://

www.rpsea.org/media/files/project/

6cb39f9a/07122_27_ts_overview_

current_coalbedf_methane_extraction_

technologies_12_01_08_p.pdf; 

2. Methane drainage during mining. 

Vertical wells are used to drain gob 

(rubble) gas from closed and mined-out 

areas. As underground mining 

progresses, pressure build-up in the 

unmined supporting pillars and in 

surrounding rock will liberate methane 

entrapped in the rock which in turn 

needs to be vented for safety purposes. 

The majority of this methane is 

ventilated through a series of vertical 

ventilation wells that are drilled in 

advance of the mine. As a result of 

venting the methane, the mine 

environment is improved and kept safe 

for the miners. Methane that is vented 

by vertical ventilation wells for miner 

safety can be released to the atmosphere 

(currently the most common approach), 

destroyed by combustion in a flare, or 

captured for beneficial use or 

competitive sale. All of these methods 

must be done in a manner that preserves 

the safety of the miners. Anticipated 

methane concentrations from 

ventilation wells are expected to be less 

than 80 percent. This technology is 

described at the EPA–CMOP Web site 

(http://www.epa.gov/cmop/docs/

ggasrecpv.pdf) or http://www.unece.org/ 

fileadmin/DAM/energy/se/pdfs/cmm/

pub/BestPractGuide_MethDrain_

es31.pdf); or 

3. Treatment of ventilation air 

methane (VAM). Methane released into 

the mine environment is diluted with 

large quantities of fresh air, and fans are 

used to exhaust the air from 

underground mines to the earth’s 

surface. Methane can be released into 

the mine atmosphere from the seam 

being mined as well as from rock above 

and below the mine. Because methane 

in the mine environment can create an 

explosion hazard and reduce air quality 

for underground miners, dilution of the 

methane with large quantities of fresh 

air is necessary in order to mitigate the 

explosion risk and make the work place 

safe. Concentrations of methane are 

regularly monitored and must be 

maintained in accordance with MSHA 

standards. Because the VAM methane 

concentrations are typically less than 

one percent methane, it probably is not 


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1Forster, P. et al. (2007) Changes in Atmospheric 

Constituents and in Radiative Forcing, In: Climate 

Change 2007. The Physical Science Basis. 

Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth 

Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel 

on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. 

Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. 

Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge 

University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and 

New York, NY, USA. 

2O. Boucher, P. Friedlingstein, B. Collins, K.P. 

Shine, The indirect global warming potential and 

global temperature change potential due to methane 

oxidation, Environ. Res. Lett. 4, 044007 (2009). 

worthwhile to collect VAM as an energy 

source. However, methane within the 

VAM can be oxidized by passing the air 

through a high-temperature grid known 

as a regenerative thermal or catalytic 

oxidizer, which will oxidize, or burn, 

low concentrations of methane. The 

greenhouse gas potential of the VAM is 

reduced by this oxidation process. The 

regenerative thermal or catalytic 

oxidizer technology is described at the 

EPA–CMOP Web site http://

www.epa.gov/cmop/docs/2012-VAMupdate.pdf. 

Methane is emitted not only from 

underground coal mines, but also from 

active surface coal mines and postmining operations, as well as 

abandoned or closed underground coal 

mines. In 2003, BLM established a 

policy to alleviate conflicts between 

coalbed methane development by 

federal oil and gas lessees and active 

surface coal mining by federal coal 

lessees. That policy has led to a 

reduction of methane emissions from 

some surface coal mines. Policy and 

Guidance on Conflicts between Coalbed 

Natural Gas (CBNG) and Surface Coal 

Mine Development in the Powder River 

Basin, BLM–WO–IM–2003–253 (Aug. 

21, 2003). More background on mine 

methane can be found at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Coalbed Methane Outreach Program 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/cmop/. 

III. Description of Information 

Requested 

General Questions 

As an aid to establishing a safe and 

effective system for capture, use, sale, or 

disposal of WMM from Federal lands, 

we encourage members of the public to 

provide comments and suggestions on 

the following key components: 

(1) Technologies and methods for 

capture, processing, use, transport of 

methane gas (by pipeline, railroad, or 

truck), or transmission of methanegenerated electricity; 

(2) Methane destruction as an 

alternative to productive use or release; 

(3) Economics of capture, use, and 

destruction; 

(4) Possible incentives that BLM 

could offer to encourage methane 

destruction, capture, or use; and 

(5) Destruction of ventilation air 

methane. 

The BLM is particularly interested in 

receiving comments on the following 

questions relating to policy or 

regulations it may develop concerning 

WMM capture, use, or destruction: 

1. What steps might the Bureau take 

to reduce WMM emissions from mining 

on Federal lands? 

2. What technologies and methods 

exist for the capture and use or 

destruction of high, medium, and low 

quality mine methane? What are the 

design, economic, and specific 

operational considerations of each 

technology or method? 

3. What are the acquisition and 

operation costs for equipment and 

facilities that can be used for the 

capture, use, or destruction of WMM? 

Please also qualify your response with 

the size or capacity of the respective 

equipment you suggest. 

4. What are the possible financial 

impacts of incentives for the capture, 

use, or destruction of WMM? 

5. Would cooperative ventures or 

partnerships encourage methane capture 

and use, and how could the BLM assist 

with their formation? 

6. What are the barriers to WMM 

capture on Federal land and how might 

the BLM reduce these barriers to 

facilitate methane capture and use: 

a. From drainage wells? 

b. From gob gas? 

c. From ventilation air (ventilation air 

methane or VAM)? 

7. Should WMM capture be mandated 

wherever technically and economically 

feasible and consistent with safe 

operating practices, or should BLM 

consider the use of incentives to 

encourage mine operators to invest 

capital for the acquisition of equipment 

and infrastructure required for the 

capture and use or destruction of WMM 

collected from Federal lands? To the 

extent the BLM may consider using 

incentives, including but not limited to 

royalty rate reductions, for methane gas 

or source minerals, or both, what 

incentive(s) would be most effective in 

achieving WMM capture objectives 

while balancing this objective with the 

need for transparency and a fair return 

to taxpayers from Federal mineral 

production? 

8. What kinds of surface disturbances 

and environmental impacts might be 

caused by methane capture activities, 

including the installation of collection 

pipes, pumps, or other equipment? 

9. Is there a reason to believe 

incentives for mine methane recovery 

from drainage wells would affect, either 

positively or negatively, mine safety or 

coal production and royalty revenues? 

10. How should Best Practices for 

methane management on Federal lands 

be defined and in what ways should the 

BLM encourage Best Practices for 

methane management on Federal lands? 

Feasibility 

Other important considerations in 

developing a program for the capture of 

WMM are the economic impacts on 

prospective projects, impacts on the 

return to taxpayers from Federal leases, 

and potential offsetting effects on net 

methane emissions. Any shift in mining 

activities away from Federal lands and 

toward lands with fewer operating 

requirements could reduce the net 

emissions benefit of requiring WMM 

capture on Federal leases. There is also 

the potential for Federal royalty 

revenues and bonuses to be reduced. 

However, if operators could sell (or use 

on-site) the captured WMM, requiring 

capture may increase Federal royalty 

revenues. The BLM is interested in your 

thoughts and comments about these 

issues. 

The BLM is also interested in your 

views on the technological and 

economic feasibility of various methods 

of reducing WMM emissions, including 

the following: 

1. Abatement by Conversion to 

Carbon Dioxide or By Other Means. If 

there are no cost-effective end-uses for 

WMM (either on-site or off-site sales), 

methane destruction using a flare or 

oxidizer is preferred to releasing the 

WMM to the atmosphere. Conversion of 

methane into carbon dioxide and water 

through combustion or oxidation 

reduces the greenhouse potential of this 

waste gas. Carbon dioxide, also a 

greenhouse gas, is produced in the 

combustion of methane (whether 

through flaring or in a combined-cycle 

engine). However, based on the Global 

Warming Potential (GWP) (a measure of 

the climate impact of different gases that 

combines lifetime with radiative 

efficiency in the atmosphere), methane 

is many times more potent per pound 

than carbon dioxide.1 In addition, the 

greenhouse potential of methane is 21 

times that of carbon dioxide with a 12- 

year life in the atmosphere. http://

www.epa.gov/climatechange/

ghgemissions/gases/ch4.html. Also 

important to note is that most methane 

released into the atmosphere is 

eventually oxidized to carbon dioxide in 

any case.2 Therefore, combustion of 

methane through flaring or other means 

has an order of magnitude lower impact 


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on climate than release of that methane 

unburned. 

2. Processing for Pipeline Quality 

Gas—Methane is the principal 

component of natural gas, which is used 

for heating and industrial purposes. 

WMM may be contaminated with air (or 

other materials) to various degrees when 

it is released and collected. 

Contaminants may need to be removed 

from the methane before it can be sold 

as natural gas. A general reference 

concerning the upgrade of WMM to 

pipeline-quality gas is available from 

the EPA at http://www.epa.gov/cmop/

docs/red24.pdf. 

3. Other Mine Methane End Uses— 

New technologies and innovative use of 

existing technologies are always 

evolving. The BLM is also interested in 

receiving comments regarding other 

potential WMM reduction methods or 

technologies that could be applicable to 

its mineral leasing programs. 

Please send or deliver comments to 

one of the addresses listed under 

ADDRESSES. Please refer to RIN 1004– 

AE23 in your correspondence. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land 

and Minerals Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2014–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1021] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations for Dona Ana County, 

New Mexico and Incorporated Areas 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

withdrawing its proposed rule 

concerning proposed flood elevation 

determinations for Dona Ana County, 

New Mexico and Incorporated Areas. 

DATES: This withdrawal is effective on 

April 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. FEMA–B– 

1021, 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 (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.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 (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 24, 2008, FEMA published a 

proposed rulemaking at 73 FR 70948, 

proposing flood elevation 

determinations along one or more 

flooding sources in Dona Ana County, 

New Mexico. Because FEMA has or will 

be issuing a Revised Preliminary Flood 

Insurance Rate Map, and if necessary a 

Flood Insurance Study report, featuring 

updated flood hazard information, the 

proposed rulemaking is being 

withdrawn. A Notice of Proposed Flood 

Hazard Determinations will be 

published in the Federal Register and in 

the affected community’s local 

newspaper. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4104; 44 CFR 67.4. 

Dated: April 14, 2014. 

Roy E. Wright, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Mitigation, Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09746 Filed 4–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2014–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1068] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations for Natchitoches 

Parish, Louisiana, and Incorporated 

Areas 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

withdrawing its proposed rule 

concerning proposed flood elevation 

determinations for Natchitoches Parish, 

Louisiana, and Incorporated Areas. 

DATES: This withdrawal is effective 

April 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. FEMA–B– 

1068, 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 (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.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 (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 15, 2009, FEMA published a 

proposed rulemaking at 74 FR 47182, 

proposing flood elevation 

determinations along one or more 

flooding sources in Natchitoches Parish, 

Louisiana. FEMA is withdrawing the 

proposed rulemaking and is no longer 

proposing flood elevation determination 

changes along the flooding sources 

identified in the above-referenced 

rulemaking publication. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4104; 44 CFR 67.4. 

Dated: April 14, 2014. 

Roy E. Wright, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Mitigation, Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09736 Filed 4–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2014–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–7756] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On January 16, 2008, the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) published in the Federal 

Register a proposed rule that included 

modified Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) for the 

locations at the intersection with IH 440 

and at the confluence with Palarm Creek 

along the Arkansas River in Pulaski 

County, Arkansas. FEMA is no longer 

proposing these flood elevation 

determination changes along the 


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