Document ID: FEMA-2011-0002-0038
Agency: fema
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2011-03-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16722-16723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7082]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Docket No. FEMA-B-1021]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On November 24, 2008, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides 
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information 
published at 73 FR 70944. The table provided here represents the 
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and 
modified elevations, and communities affected for White County, 
Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the 
following flooding sources: Deener Creek, Gum Creek Flooding Effects, 
Little Red River, Overflow Creek Tributary, Red Cut Slough, Red Cut 
Slough Tributary, Red Cut Slough Tributary 2, and Red Cut Slough 
Tributary A.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before June 23, 2011.

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 (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% annual-chance) 
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 73 FR 70944, in the November 24, 
2008, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``White County, Arkansas, 
and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the flooding source Deener Creek. 
That table contained inaccurate information as to the location of 
referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, or 
communities affected for that flooding source. In addition, it did not 
include the following flooding sources: Gum Creek Flooding Effects, 
Little Red River, Overflow Creek Tributary, Red Cut Slough, Red Cut 
Slough Tributary, Red Cut Slough Tributary 2, and Red Cut Slough 
Tributary A. In this notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the 
accurate information, to address these prior errors. The information 
provided below should be used in lieu of that previously published.

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                                                                  * Elevation in feet
                                                                (NGVD)  + Elevation in
                                                                feet (NAVD)  
                                                                  Depth in feet above
         Flooding source(s)            Location of referenced       ground  [caret]        Communities affected
                                            elevation**           Elevation in meters
                                                                         (MSL)
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                                 White County, Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas
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Deener Creek........................  Approximately 2.08              None         +237  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       miles upstream of the                              White County.
                                       Rocky Branch
                                       confluence.
                                      Approximately 2.42              None         +240
                                       miles upstream of the
                                       Rocky Branch
                                       confluence.
Gum Creek Flooding Effects..........  Just upstream of                None         +213  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Collins Road.                                      White County.
                                      Approximately 0.55 mile         None         +228
                                       upstream of Missouri
                                       Pacific Railroad.
Little Red River....................  Just upstream of U.S.           None         +211  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Route 67.                                          White County.
                                      Approximately 850 feet          None         +215
                                       upstream of Davis
                                       Drive.

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Overflow Creek Tributary............  Approximately 500 feet          None         +216  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       downstream of State                                White County.
                                       Highway 367.
                                      Approximately 850 feet          None         +234
                                       upstream of State
                                       Highway 367.
Red Cut Slough......................  Just upstream of                None         +220  City of Beebe,
                                       Missouri Pacific                                   Unincorporated Areas
                                       Railroad.                                          of White County.
                                      Approximately 1,044             None         +220
                                       feet downstream of the
                                       Red Cut Slough
                                       Tributary confluence.
Red Cut Slough Tributary............  Just upstream of State          None         +224  City of Beebe,
                                       Highway 367.                                       Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of White County.
                                      Just upstream of West           None         +235
                                       Mississippi Street.
Red Cut Slough Tributary 2..........  At the Red Cut Slough           None         +220  City of Beebe,
                                       confluence.                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of White County.
                                      Approximately 1,050             None         +230
                                       feet downstream of
                                       West Center Street.
Red Cut Slough Tributary A..........  Just upstream of                None         +224  City of Beebe,
                                       Missouri Pacific                                   Unincorporated Areas
                                       Railroad.                                          of White County.
                                      Approximately 128 feet          None         +229
                                       upstream of California
                                       Street.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
 Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
 reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
 the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.
 
Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
 Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
City of Beebe
Maps are available for inspection at 321 North Elm Street, Beebe, AR 72012.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of White County
Maps are available for inspection at 119 West Arch Avenue, Searcy, AR 72143.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: February 7, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-7082 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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