Document ID: FEMA-2011-0002-0154
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2011-12-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76055-76060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31276]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002]

Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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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 in 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: 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) 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 Deputy Federal Insurance and 
Mitigation Administrator 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]

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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.

Sec.  67.11  [Amended]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.11 are amended 
as follows:

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                                                                      * Elevation in
                                                                     feet  (NGVD)  +
                                                                    Elevation in feet
                                                                      (NAVD)   Depth in feet
           Flooding source(s)                    elevation             above ground       Communities affected
                                                                    [caret] Elevation
                                                                     in  Meters (MSL)
                                                                         Modified
 
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                                  Boone County, Indiana, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1148
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Etter Ditch............................  Approximately 530 feet                  +914  Town of Whitestown,
                                          downstream of Wilson                          Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Road.                                         Boone County.
                                         Just upstream of                        +928
                                          Indianapolis Road.
Fishback Creek.........................  Approximately 0.53 mile                 +897  City of Lebanon, Town of
                                          downstream of County                          Whitestown,
                                          Road 550 South.                               Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Boone County.
                                         Approximately 0.61 mile                 +949
                                          upstream of County Road
                                          400 East.
Green Ditch............................  At the confluence with                  +916  Town of Whitestown.
                                          Etter Ditch.
                                         Just upstream of South                  +922
                                          Cozy Lane.

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Mann Ditch.............................  At the confluence with                  +932  City of Lebanon,
                                          Prairie Creek.                                Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Boone County.
                                         Approximately 0.46 mile                 +933
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Prairie
                                          Creek.
Prairie Creek..........................  Approximately 1,320 feet                +875  City of Lebanon,
                                          downstream of 221st                           Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Street.                                       Boone County.
                                         Approximately 0.94 mile                 +945
                                          upstream of Indianapolis
                                          Road.
White Lick Creek.......................  Approximately 0.22 mile                 +929  Town of Whitestown,
                                          downstream of County                          Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Road 650 South.                               Boone County.
                                         Approximately 0.53 mile                 +947
                                          upstream of State Road
                                          267.
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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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
City of Lebanon
Maps are available for inspection at the Municipal Building, 401 South Meridian Street Lebanon, IN 46052.
 
Town of Whitestown
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 3 South Main Street Whitestown, IN 46075.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Boone County
Maps are available for inspection at the Boone County Area Plan Commission, 116 West Washington Street Lebanon,
 IN 46052.
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                                  Lake County, Indiana, and Incorporated Areas
                                            Docket No.: FEMA-B-1076
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Dyer Ditch.............................  Just upstream of 213th                  +619  Town of Dyer, Town of
                                          Street.                                       Schererville,
                                                                                        Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Lake County.
                                         Just upstream of 77th                   +638
                                          Avenue.
Hart Ditch.............................  At the confluence with                  +596  Town of Dyer, Town of
                                          the Little Calumet River.                     Munster.
                                         Approximately 1,650 feet                +637
                                          upstream of Hart Street.
Lake Michigan..........................  Entire shoreline within                 +585  City of East Chicago,
                                          community.                                    City of Gary, City of
                                                                                        Hammond, City of Whiting
Main Beaver Dam Ditch..................  Just downstream of                      +684  Town of Merrillville.
                                          Broadway.
                                         Approximately 1,000 feet                +684
                                          upstream of Broadway.
                                         Approximately 1,600 feet                +689
                                          downstream of 91st
                                          Avenue.
                                         Just downstream of 91st                 +689
                                          Avenue.
Main Beaver Dam Ditch..................  Approximately 730 feet                  +690  Town of Schererville
                                          west of Clark Road.
Main Beaver Dam Ditch South Tributary..  Approximately 425 feet                  +694  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of U.S. Route                      Lake County.
                                          231.
                                         Just downstream of 113th                +695
                                          Avenue.
McConnel Ditch.........................  Approximately 1,280 feet                +674  Town of Lowell.
                                          downstream of Morse
                                          Street.
                                         Just downstream of Morse                +678
                                          Street.
Niles Ditch............................  Just upstream of 101st                  +676  Town of Merrillville.
                                          Avenue.
                                         Approximately 150 feet                  +676
                                          upstream of 101st Avenue.
Seberger Ditch.........................  Just upstream of East                   +620  Town of Griffith, Town of
                                          Main Street.                                  Schererville.
                                         Approximately 200 feet                  +633
                                          upstream of Redar Drive.
Spring Street Ditch....................  Approximately 0.5 mile                  +622  Town of Griffith.
                                          east of Kennedy Avenue.
                                         Just upstream of the                    +622
                                          railroad.
Turkey Creek...........................  Approximately 500 feet                  +614  Town of Merrillville,
                                          upstream of I-65.                             Town of Schererville,
                                                                                        Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Lake County.
                                         Approximately 150 feet                  +670
                                          upstream of 85th Street.
Unnamed Tributary (backwater effects     Just upstream of Conrail                +674  Unincorporated Areas of
 from West Creek).                        Railroad.                                     Lake County.
                                         Just downstream of                      +674
                                          Louisville and Nashville
                                          Railroad.
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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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
City of East Chicago
Maps are available for inspection at 4444 Railroad Avenue East Chicago, IN 46312.
 
City of Gary
Maps are available for inspection at 401 West Broadway, Gary, IN 46402.
 
City of Hammond
Maps are available for inspection at 5925 Calumet Avenue Hammond, IN 46322.
 
City of Whiting
Maps are available for inspection at 1443 119th Street Whiting, IN 46394.
 
Town of Dyer
Maps are available for inspection at 1 Town Square, Dyer, IN 46311.
 
Town of Griffith
Maps are available for inspection at 111 North Broad Street Griffith, IN 46319.
 
Town of Lowell
Maps are available for inspection at 501 East Main Street Lowell, IN 46356.
 
Town of Merrillville
Maps are available for inspection at 7820 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410.
 
Town of Munster
Maps are available for inspection at 1005 Ridge Road Munster, IN 46321.
 
Town of Schererville
Maps are available for inspection at 10 East Joliet Street Schererville, IN 46375.
 
                                       Unincorporated Areas of Lake County
Maps are available for inspection at 2293 North Main Street Crown Point, IN 46307.
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                               Holmes County, Mississippi, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1159
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Yazoo River............................  Approximately 12 miles                  +121  Town of Cruger,
                                          downstream of County                          Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Road 511.                                     Holmes County.
                                         Approximately 6.5 miles                 +123
                                          downstream of County
                                          Road 511.
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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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
Town of Cruger
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 225 Railroad Street Cruger, MS 38924.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Holmes County
Maps are available for inspection at the Holmes County Courthouse, 300 Yazoo Street Lexington, MS 39095.
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                                  Elk County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1140
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Alysworth Run..........................  Approximately 1,192 feet               +1397  Township of Ridgway.
                                          upstream of West Main
                                          Street.
                                         Approximately 75 feet                  +1420
                                          downstream of Grant Road.
Clarion River..........................  Approximately 935 feet                 +1374  Township of Ridgway.
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with
                                          Alysworth Run.
                                         Approximately 1,193 feet               +1374
                                          downstream of Gillis
                                          Avenue.
Clarion River..........................  Approximately 1,200 feet               +1384  Township of Ridgway.
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with Mason
                                          Creek.
                                         Approximately 0.56 mile                +1387
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Mason
                                          Creek.
Elk Creek..............................  Approximately 1.18 miles               +1408  Township of Ridgway.
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Mohan
                                          Run.
                                         Approximately 0.44 mile                +1414
                                          downstream of U.S. Route
                                          219.
Elk Creek..............................  Approximately 1,867 feet               +1473  Township of Ridgway.
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with Elk
                                          Creek Tributary 1.

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                                         Approximately 1,885 feet               +1474
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with
                                          Daguscahonda Run.
Little Toby Creek......................  Approximately 0.71 mile                +1674  Township of Fox.
                                          downstream of the bridge
                                          over Coal Hollow Road.
                                         Approximately 0.62 mile                +1692
                                          downstream of the bridge
                                          over Coal Hollow Road.
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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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
Township of Fox
Maps are available for inspection at the Fox Township Municipal Building, 116 Irishtown Road Kersey, PA 15846.
 
Township of Ridgway
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Municipal Building, 164 Ridgway Drive, Ridgway, PA 15853.
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                                Franklin County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
                                            Docket No.: FEMA-B-1144
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Back Creek.............................  At the confluence with                  +481  Township of Antrim,
                                          Conococheague Creek.                          Township of Peters.
                                         Approximately 180 feet                  +481
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with
                                          Conococheague Creek.
Conodoguinet Creek.....................  Approximately 500 feet                  +544  Township of Letterkenny,
                                          downstream of Burnt Mill                      Township of Lurgan.
                                          Road.
                                         Approximately 1.49 miles                +603
                                          upstream of Tanyard Hill
                                          Road (State Route 433).
Middle Spring Creek....................  Approximately 20 feet                   +630  Township of Southampton.
                                          upstream of Hot Point
                                          Avenue (Avon Drive).
                                         Approximately 80 feet                   +630
                                          upstream of Hot Point
                                          Avenue (Avon Drive).
Tributary to Falling Spring Branch.....  At the confluence with                  +631  Township of Guilford.
                                          Falling Spring Branch.
                                         At the upstream inlet of                +631
                                          the I[dash]81 culvert.
Unnamed Tributary to West Branch         Approximately 1,900 feet                +637  Township of Washington.
 Antietam Creek.                          downstream of the Access
                                          Road Bridge.
                                         Approximately 100 feet                  +647
                                          downstream of the Access
                                          Road Bridge.
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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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
Township of Antrim
Maps are available for inspection at the Antrim Township Municipal Building, 10655 Antrim Church Road
 Greencastle, PA 17225.
 
Township of Guilford
Maps are available for inspection at the Guilford Township Building, 115 Spring Valley Road Chambersburg, PA
 17201.
 
Township of Letterkenny
Maps are available for inspection at the Letterkenny Township Building, 4924 Orrstown Road Orrstown, PA 17244.
 
Township of Lurgan
Maps are available for inspection at the Lurgan Township Building, 8650 McClays Mill Road Newburg, PA 17240.
 
Township of Peters
Maps are available for inspection at the Peters Township Building, 5342 Lemar Road Mercersburg, PA 17236.
 
Township of Southampton
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Building, 705 Municipal Drive, Southampton, PA 17257.
 
Township of Washington
Maps are available for inspection at the Washington Township Building, 13013 Welty Road Waynesboro, PA 17268.
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                                Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
                                            Docket No.: FEMA-B-1128
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Beaver River...........................  Approximately 0.49 mile                 +763  Borough of New Beaver,
                                          downstream of the                             Borough of Wampum.
                                          confluence with Wampum
                                          Run.

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                                         Approximately 1 mile                    +767
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with Jenkins
                                          Run.
Beaver River...........................  Approximately 400 feet                  +776  Township of Taylor.
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with the
                                          Shenango River.
                                         Approximately 80 feet                   +776
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with the
                                          Shenango River.
Big Run Tributary 5....................  Approximately 0.45 mile                +1157  Township of Hickory.
                                          downstream of
                                          Harlandsburg Road.
                                         Approximately 1,362 feet               +1159
                                          upstream of the
                                          intersection of
                                          Harlandsburg Road and
                                          Cameron Road.
Mahoning River.........................  Approximately 0.69 mile                 +785  Township of Union.
                                          downstream of the
                                          intersection of
                                          Washington Street and
                                          Winter Road.
                                         Approximately 0.68 mile                 +785
                                          downstream of the
                                          intersection of
                                          Washington Street and
                                          Winter Road.
Neshannock Creek.......................  Approximately 1,500 feet                +849  Township of Hickory.
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with Lick Run.
                                         Approximately 1,230 feet                +859
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Lick Run.
Neshannock Creek.......................  Approximately 0.45 mile                 +924  Township of Wilmington.
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with
                                          Neshannock Creek
                                          Tributary 5.
                                         Approximately 0.47 mile                 +925
                                          downstream of the
                                          intersection of Highland
                                          Avenue and Neshannock
                                          Falls Road.
Neshannock Creek Tributary 3...........  Approximately 50 feet                   +901  Township of Hickory.
                                          upstream of Lakewood-
                                          Neshannock Falls Road.
                                         Approximately 540 feet                  +901
                                          upstream of Lakewood-
                                          Neshannock Falls Road.
Shenango River.........................  Approximately 800 feet                  +777  Township of Taylor.
                                          downstream of the
                                          confluence with the
                                          Shenango River.
                                         Approximately 1,200 feet                +787
                                          downstream of Mahoning
                                          Avenue.
Shenango River.........................  Approximately 40 feet                   +804  Township of Mahoning,
                                          upstream of the                               Township of Pulaski,
                                          confluence with Shenango                      Township of Union.
                                          River Tributary 2.
                                         Approximately 0.70 mile                 +809
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Shenango
                                          River Tributary 5.
Slippery Rock Creek....................  Approximately 400 feet                  +831  Township of Perry.
                                          downstream of
                                          Portersville Road.
                                         Approximately 1,460 feet                +848
                                          upstream of Van Gorder
                                          Mill Road.
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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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
Borough of New Beaver
Maps are available for inspection at the New Beaver Borough Office, 778 Wampum New Galilee Road New Galilee, PA
 16141.
 
Borough of Wampum
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Secretary's Office, 355 Main Street Wampum, PA 16157.
 
Township of Hickory
Maps are available for inspection at the Hickory Township Hall, 127 Eastbrook-Neshannock Falls Road New Castle,
 PA 16105.
 
Township of Mahoning
Maps are available for inspection at the Mahoning Township Municipal Building, 4538 West State Street
 Hillsville, PA 16132.
 
Township of Perry
Maps are available for inspection at the Perry Township Hall, 284 Reno Road Portersville, PA 16051.
 
Township of Pulaski
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Hall, 1172 State Route 208, Pulaski, PA 16117.
 
Township of Taylor
Maps are available for inspection at the Taylor Township Board of Supervisors Office, 218 Industrial Street West
 Pittsburg, PA 16160.
 
Township of Union
Maps are available for inspection at the Union Township Board of Supervisors Office, 1910 Wilson Drive, New
 Castle, PA 16101.
 
Township of Wilmington
Maps are available for inspection at the Wilmington Township Hall, 669 Wilson Mill Road New Castle, PA 16105.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: November 18, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-31276 Filed 12-5-11; 8:45 am]
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