57848 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 4, 2005 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket No. FEMA–P–7901] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Technical information or 

comments are requested on the 

proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed below. The BFEs and modified 

BFEs are the basis for the floodplain 

management measures that the 

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 comment period is ninety 

(90) days following the second 

publication of this proposed rule in a 

newspaper of local circulation in each 

community. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed 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: 

Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 

Identification Section, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20472, (202) 646–2903. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

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 the Emergency Preparedness 

and Response Directorate has resolved 

any appeals resulting from this 

notification. 

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 are also 

used to calculate the appropriate flood 

insurance premium rates for new 

buildings built after these elevations are 

made final, and for the contents in these 

buildings. 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

This proposed rule is categorically 

excluded from the requirements of 44 

CFR Part 10, Environmental 

Consideration. No environmental 

impact assessment has been prepared. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 

Mitigation Division Director of the 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate certifies that this rule is 

exempt from the requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act because 

modified base flood elevations are 

required by the Flood Disaster 

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, 

and are required to maintain community 

eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory 

flexibility analysis has been prepared. 

Regulatory Classification. This 

proposed rule is not a significant 

regulatory action under the criteria of 

Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of 

September 30, 1993, Regulatory 

Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735. 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism. 

This proposed rule involves no policies 

that have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, 

dated October 26, 1987. 

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice 

Reform. This proposed rule meets the 

applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) 

of Executive Order 12778. 

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: 

Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Bayou Two Prairie: 

Approximately 1,330 feet downstream of State Highway 13.None ♦215 City of Carlisle. 

Approximately 2,750 feet downstream of U.S. Highway 

70.

None ♦217 

Candlewood Drain: 

Approximately 880 feet downstream of Kerr Station 

Road.

None ♦271 City of Cabot, Lonoke County, (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 4,120 feet upstream of Kerr Station 

Road.

None ♦295 

Fourmile Creek: 

Approximately 50 feet downstream of State Highway 

321.

None ♦243 City of Austin. 

Approximately 3,250 feet upstream of State Highway 

321.

None ♦246 

Fourmile Creek: 

Approximately 1,250 feet downstream of U.S. Highway 

67/167.

None ♦251 City of Cabot. 

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Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Approximately 50 feet downstream of U.S. Highway 

67/167.

None ♦252 

Hudson Branch: 

Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of the confluence 

with Hudson Branch Creek.

♦256 ♦257 City of Cabot. 

Approximately 800 feet upstream of North Polk Street None ♦270 

Hudson Branch Creek: 

Approximately 950 feet upstream of Union Pacific Railroad.None ♦241 City of Austin, Lonoke County, (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 3,050 feet upstream of State Highway 

321/East Main Street.

None ♦248 

Magness Creek: 

At the confluence with Fourmile Creek .......................... ♦233 ♦234 City of Cabot, Lonoke County, (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1,950 feet upstream of Bailey Road ...... ♦281 ♦282 

White Oak Branch: 

Approximately 320 feet downstream of State Highway 

321/Bill Foster Memorial Highway.

None ♦262 City of Cabot Lonoke County (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 4,860 feet upstream of Grayhawk Road ♦284 ♦287 

ADDRESSES: 

City of Austin, Lonoke County, Arkansas: 

Maps are available for inspection at 202 Hendricks, Austin, Arkansas. 

Send comments to The Honorable Barnie Chamberlain, Mayor, City of Austin, 202 Hendricks, Austin, Arkansas 72207. 

City of Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas: 

Maps are available for inspection at 101 North 2nd Street, Cabot, Arkansas. 

Send comments to The Honorable Mickey Spunbaugh, Mayor, City of Cabot, 101 North 2nd Street, Cabot, Arkansas 72023. 

City of Carlisle, Lonoke County, Arkansas: 

Maps are available for inspection at 122 West Main Street, Carlisle, Arkansas. 

Send comments to The Honorable Bob McCallie, Mayor, City of Carlisle, 122 West Main Street, Carlisle, Arkansas 72024. 

Unincorporated Areas of Lonoke County, Arkansas: 

Maps are available for inspection at Lonoke County Courthouse, 200 North Center Street, Lonoke, Arkansas. 

Send comments to The Honorable Charlie Troutman, County Judge, Lonoke County, Lonoke County Courthouse, 200 North Center Street, 

Lonoke, Arkansas 72086. 

Grand Bayou: 

Approximately 50 feet upstream of the confluence with 

Carter Branch.

None ♦223 Bienville Parish (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 80 feet upstream of State Highway 4 .... None ♦253 

Lake Bistineau: 

Entire shoreline with Bienville Parish ............................. None ♦148 Bienville Parish (Unincorporated Areas). 

Mill Creek: 

Approximately 2,890 feet upstream of the confluence 

with Madden Branch.

None ♦154 Town of Ringgold, Bienville Parish, (Unincorporated 

Areas). 

Approximately 2.7 miles upstream of Pleasant Road ... None ♦249 

Saline Bayou: 

Approximately 3.9 miles upstream of the confluence 

with Murry Branch.

None ♦278 Bienville Parish (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 100 feet upstream of State Highway 

151.

None ♦343 

Saline Bayou Tributary 1: 

At the confluence with Saline Bayou ............................. None ♦281 Bienville Parish (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 60 feet upstream of Hazel Street/State 

Highway 9.

None ♦323 

Saline Bayou Tributary 2: 

At the confluence with Saline Bayou ............................. None ♦285 Town of Arcadia, Bienville Parish, (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 90 feet upstream of Richardson Street .. None ♦378 

Saline Bayou Tributary 3: 

At the confluence with Saline Bayou ............................. None ♦295 Town of Arcadia, Bienville Parish, (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 190 feet upstream of State Highway 

151.

None ♦328 

South Mill Creek: 

At the confluence with Mill Creek .................................. None ♦199 Bienville Parish (Unincorporated Areas). 

Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of Ceasar Road ...... None ♦250 

ADDRESSES: 

Town of Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana: 

Maps are available for inspection at 1819 South Railroad Avenue, Arcadia, Louisiana. 

Send comments to The Honorable Eugene Smith, Mayor, Town of Arcadia, Post Office Box 767, Arcadia, Louisiana 71001. 

Unincorporated Areas of Bienville Parish, Louisiana: 

Maps are available for inspection at 100 Courthouse Drive, Arcadia, Louisiana. 

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Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Send comments to Rodney Warrn, Floodplain Administrator, Bienville Parish, Post Office Box 479, Arcadia, Louisiana 71001. 

Town of Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana: 

Maps are available for inspection at 2135 Hall Street, Ringgold, Louisiana. 

Send comments to The Honorable Ben Plunkett, Mayor, Town of Ringgold, Post Office Box 565, Ringgold, Louisiana 71068. 

♦North American Vertical Datum of 1988. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Acting Director, Mitigation Division, 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 05–19819 Filed 10–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket No. FEMA–P–7903] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Technical information or 

comments are requested on the 

proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed below. The BFEs and modified 

BFEs are the basis for the floodplain 

management measures that the 

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 comment period is ninety 

(90) days following the second 

publication of this proposed rule in a 

newspaper of local circulation in each 

community. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed 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: 

Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 

Identification Section, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20472, (202) 646–2903. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

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 the Emergency Preparedness 

and Response Directorate has resolved 

any appeals resulting from this 

notification. 

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 are also 

used to calculate the appropriate flood 

insurance premium rates for new 

buildings built after these elevations are 

made final, and for the contents in these 

buildings. 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

This proposed rule is categorically 

excluded from the requirements of 44 

CFR Part 10, Environmental 

Consideration. No environmental 

impact assessment has been prepared. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 

Mitigation Division Director of the 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate certifies that this rule is 

exempt from the requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act because 

modified base flood elevations are 

required by the Flood Disaster 

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, 

and are required to maintain community 

eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory 

flexibility analysis has been prepared. 

Regulatory Classification. This 

proposed rule is not a significant 

regulatory action under the criteria of 

Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of 

September 30, 1993, Regulatory 

Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735. 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism. 

This proposed rule involves no policies 

that have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, 

dated October 26, 1987. 

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice 

Reform. This proposed rule meets the 

applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) 

of Executive Order 12778. 

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, flood insurance, reporting 

and record keeping 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: 

Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Little Cotton Indian Creek: 

At the confluence with Big Cotton Indian Creek ............ ♦ 654 ♦ 655 Henry County (Unincorporated Areas).