Document ID: FEMA-2015-0001-0069
Agency: fema
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2015-06-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32335-32336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13863]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA-2015-0001; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1145]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On October 7, 2010, and June 13, 2014, FEMA published in the 
Federal Register a proposed rule and a proposed rule correction, 
respectively, that contained erroneous information. This notice 
provides corrections to the table as amended by the proposed rule 
correction, to be used in lieu of the information published at 75 FR 
62062-62063 and 79 FR 33878-33879. The table provided here represents 
the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and 
modified elevations, and communities affected for Clay County, 
Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the 
following flooding sources: Cypress Creek Ditch and Sugar Creek and 
Tributary 2.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before September 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1145, 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: 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.
    In the proposed rule published at 75 FR 62062-62063, in the October 
7, 2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under 
the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. That table was amended by the proposed 
rule correction published at 79 FR 33878-33879, in the June 13, 2014, 
issue of the Federal Register. In this document, FEMA is publishing a 
table containing the accurate information, to address previous 
inaccuracies. The information provided below should be used in lieu of 
that previously published.

Correction

    This proposed rule provides corrections to the table as amended by 
the proposed rule correction, to be used in lieu of the information 
previously published. Correct the Clay County, Arkansas table as 
follows.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: May 21, 2015.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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                                                                  * Elevation in feet
                                                                (NGVD)  + Elevation in
                                                               feet  (NAVD)  # Depth in
                                       Location of referenced      feet above ground
         Flooding source(s)                elevation * *         [caret] Elevation in      Communities affected
                                                                     meters (MSL)
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                                  Clay County, Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas
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Cypress Creek Ditch.................  Approximately 150 feet          None         +281  City of Corning.
                                       east of Southwest 11th
                                       Street to
                                       approximately 400 feet
                                       east of Southwest 11th
                                       Street.
                                      Approximately 120 feet          None         +281
                                       south of Lucien Avenue
                                       to approximately 580
                                       feet north of Lucien
                                       Avenue.
Cypress Creek Ditch.................  Approximately 100 feet          None         +281  City of Corning.
                                       north of Bryan Avenue
                                       to approximately 160
                                       feet south of Bryan
                                       Street.
                                      Approximately 430 feet          None         +281
                                       west of Southwest 6th
                                       Street to
                                       approximately 600 feet
                                       west of Southwest 6th
                                       Street.
Sugar Creek.........................  Approximately 1,255             None         +282  Unincorporated areas of
                                       feet downstream of                                 Clay County.
                                       Pfeiffer Street.
                                      Approximately 0.57 mile         None         +317
                                       upstream of the
                                       confluence with Club
                                       Drain.
Tributary 2.........................  Approximately 1,350             None         +329  Unincorporated areas of
                                       feet upstream of West                              Clay County.
                                       Jackson Street.
 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 Corning
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 304 Southwest 2nd Street, Corning, AR 72422.
 
Unincorporated Areas of Clay County
Maps are available for inspection at the Clay County Courthouse, 168 East Main Street, Piggott, AR 72454.
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[FR Doc. 2015-13863 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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