Document ID: FEMA-2008-0020-0156
Agency: fema
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations; Correction
Posted Date: 2009-03-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 56)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 12832-12833]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1022]

 
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed Rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 9, 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 74674. The table provided here represents the 
flooding source, location of referenced elevation, effective and 
modified elevation, and communities affected for the Unincorporated 
Areas of Marshall County, Illinois. Specifically, it addresses flooding 
sources Sandy Creek Tributary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, 
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3151 or (e-mail) bill.blanton@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 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.

Correction

    In the proposed rule published at 73 FR 74674, in the December 9, 
2008 issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Proposed Flood 
Elevation Determinations; Correction'' addressed flooding sources 
``Sandy Creek Tributary.'' That table contained inaccurate information 
as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and modified 
elevation in feet, or communities affected for these flooding sources. 
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 notice.

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                                                                     * Elevation in feet
                                                                     (NGVD) + Elevation
                                                                       in feet (NAVD)
                                                                      Depth in
         Flooding source(s)              Location of referenced       feet above ground    Communities affected
                                               elevation**          [caret] Elevation in
                                                                        meters (MSL)
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                                                                    Effective   Modified
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                                 Marshall County, Illinois Unincorporated Areas
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Sandy Creek Tributary...............  From County Highway 14......       None       +673  Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                           of Marshall County.
                                      To approximately 140 feet          None       +686
                                       northwest of the
                                       intersection of Hickory
                                       Street and South 5th Street
                                       in the City of Wenona.
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    Dated: February 6, 2009.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 [FR Doc. E9-6691 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]

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