Document ID: FEMA-2011-0002-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2011-01-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1093-1095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-131]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003]

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 (e-mail) luis.rodriguez1@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.

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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)  
           Flooding source(s)              Location of referenced     Depth in feet       Communities affected
                                                 elevation             above ground
                                                                    [caret] Elevation
                                                                     in  meters (MSL)
                                                                         Modified
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                               Stephenson County, Illinois, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1087
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Indian Creek...........................  Approximately 0.61 mile                 +782  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          upstream of State Route                       Stephenson County.
                                          73.
                                         Approximately 0.78 mile                 +782
                                          upstream of State Route
                                          73.
Pecatonica River.......................  Approximately 1.2 miles                 +749  Village of Ridott.
                                          downstream of North Rock
                                          City Road.
                                         Approximately 1.93 miles                +754
                                          upstream of North Rock
                                          City Road.
Pecatonica River.......................  Approximately 0.43 mile                 +762  City of Freeport.
                                          downstream of State
                                          Route 75 (Stephenson
                                          Street).
                                         Approximately 4.0 miles                 +767
                                          upstream of State Route
                                          26.

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Pecatonica River.......................  Approximately 1.61 miles                +779  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          upstream of West                              Stephenson County.
                                          McConnell Road.
                                         At the Illinois/Wisconsin               +782
                                          State boundary.
Yellow Creek...........................  Approximately 400 feet                  +814  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Pearl City                      Stephenson County.
                                          Road.
                                         Approximately 0.49 mile                 +815
                                          upstream of Pearl City
                                          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
 
City of Freeport
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 230 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032.
 
                                    Unincorporated Areas of Stephenson County
Maps are available for inspection at the Stephenson County Courthouse, 15 North Galena Avenue, Freeport, IL
 61032.
 
Village of Ridott
Maps are available for inspection at the Village Hall, 200 East 3rd Street, Ridott, IL 61607.
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                                Moniteau County, Missouri, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1087
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Missouri River.........................  Approximately 3,000 feet                +574  City of Lupus,
                                          upstream of the Cole                          Unincorporated Areas of
                                          County boundary.                              Moniteau County
                                         Approximately 375 feet                  +587
                                          downstream of the Cooper
                                          County boundary.
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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 Lupus
Maps are available for inspection at 3750 Main Street, Lupus, MO 65046.
 
                                    Unincorporated Areas of Moniteau County.
Maps are available for inspection at 200 East Main Street, California, MO 65018.
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                                  Highland County, Ohio, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1085
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Clear Creek............................  Approximately 1.4 miles                 +938  City of Hillsboro,
                                          upstream of State Route                       Unincorporated Areas of
                                          138.                                          Highland County.
                                         Approximately 2.0 miles                 +943
                                          upstream of State Route
                                          138.
Turtle Creek...........................  At the confluence with                  +985  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          East Fork Little Miami                        Highland County.
                                          River.
                                         Just downstream of                      +991
                                          Sycamore Street.
                                         Approximately 1,840 feet                +996
                                          upstream of Sycamore
                                          Street.
                                         Approximately 0.4 mile                  +996
                                          upstream of Sycamore
                                          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.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
                                                City of Hillsboro
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 130 North High Street, Hillsboro, OH 45133.
 
                                     Unincorporated Areas of Highland County
Maps are available for inspection at 119 Governor Foraker Place, Suite 206, Highland, OH 45133.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: December 27, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-131 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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