Document ID: FEMA-2020-0002-0028
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2020-03-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16270-16271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05501]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2020-0002]

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: Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering 
Services Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 
400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-7659, or (email) 
patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov; or visit the FEMA Map Information 
eXchange (FMIX) online at www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html.

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 Associate Administrator for 
Insurance and Mitigation 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. FEMA included flood hazard 
mapping data dissemination determinations as part of the NFIP 
Nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, published on 
November 3, 2017, and completed in accordance with the Council on 
Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act implementing 
regulations in 40 CFR 1500-1508 and therefore has determined that this 
action will not have a significant effect on the human environment.
    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.

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    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.

David I. Maurstad,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department 
of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    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
           Flooding source(s)              Location of referenced   feet above ground     Communities affected
                                                 elevation              [supcaret]
                                                                       Elevation in
                                                                       meters (MSL)
                                                                         modified
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                               Snohomish County, Washington and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7705
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Skykomish River........................  Approximately 0.5 miles                  +50  City of Monroe.
                                          southwest of the
                                          intersection of 183rd
                                          Avenue SE and 176th
                                          Street SE.
                                         Approximately 0.7 miles                  +69
                                          southwest of the
                                          intersection of Highway
                                          2 and 227th Avenue.
Skykomish River........................  Approximately 0.9 miles                  +47  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          upstream of State Route                 +89   Snohomish County.
                                          522.
                                         Approximately 0.4 miles
                                          southeast of the
                                          intersection of Highway
                                          2 and Fern Bluff Road.
Snohomish River........................  Just upstream of State                   +43  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Route 522.                              +47   Snohomish County.
                                         Approximately 0.9 miles
                                          upstream of State Route
                                          522.
Snoqualmie River.......................  Approximately 0.9 miles                  +47  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          upstream of State Route                 +50   Snohomish County.
                                          522.
                                         At the boundary with King
                                          County.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
[supcaret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.

Addresses

    City of Monroe: Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 
Engineering Department, 806 West Main Street, Monroe, WA 98272.
    Unincorporated Areas of Snohomish County: Maps are available for 
inspection at Snohomish County Planning and Development Services, 3000 
Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA 98201.

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