Document ID: FEMA-2014-0002-0179
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2014-12-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73482-73485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29090]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0002]

Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Base (1-percent-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 90 days have elapsed 
since that publication. The Deputy Associate Administrator for 
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

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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.

    Dated: October 31, 2014.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for 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)
          Flooding source(s)               Location of referenced       #Depth in feet    Communities  affected
                                                 elevation               above ground
                                                                       [caret]Elevation
                                                                       in  meters (MSL)
                                                                           Modified
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                                 Platte County, Missouri, and Incorporated Areas
                                            Docket Nos.: FEMA-B-1178
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Bear Creek...........................  Approximately 1,110 feet                    +781  City of Weston,
                                        downstream of Main Street.                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 0.76 mile                     +804
                                        upstream of Highway 45.
Bee Creek............................  Approximately 0.83 mile                     +863  City of Dearborn,
                                        downstream of the Bleazard                        Unincorporated Areas
                                        Branch confluence.                                of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 0.74 mile                     +883
                                        upstream of Maple Leaf Road.
Bee Creek Tributary..................  At the Bee Creek confluence..               +878  City of Dearborn,
                                                                                          Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 1,325 feet                    +889
                                        upstream of Interurban Road.
Benner Branch........................  At the Bear Creek confluence.               +783  City of Weston.
                                       Approximately 75 feet                       +803
                                        upstream of Highway 45.
Brills Creek.........................  At the Benner Branch                        +791  City of Weston,
                                        confluence.                                       Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 150 feet                      +814
                                        upstream of Highway 45.
Brush Creek..........................  At the downstream side of                   +792  City of Parkville,
                                        Northwest 76th Street.                            Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 1,500 feet                    +820
                                        upstream of State Highway
                                        152.
Burlington Creek.....................  At the Missouri River                       +759  City of Riverside,
                                        confluence.                                       Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 850 feet                      +800
                                        upstream of North Helena
                                        Avenue.

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Burlington Creek Tributary 2.........  Approximately 950 feet                      +764  City of Riverside,
                                        upstream of Northwest Platte                      Unincorporated Areas
                                        Drive.                                            of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 1,275 feet                    +768
                                        upstream of Northeast Platte
                                        Drive.
East Creek...........................  At the Line Creek confluence.               +768  City of Riverside.
                                       Approximately 100 feet                      +769
                                        downstream of Northwest
                                        Vivion Road.
First Creek..........................  At the Clay County boundary..               +864  Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                          Platte County.
                                       Approximately 0.82 mile                     +895
                                        downstream of Northwest
                                        128th Street.
Grove Creek..........................  Approximately 0.74 mile                     +815  City of Edgerton,
                                        downstream of Platte Avenue.                      Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 150 feet                      +848
                                        upstream of State Highway Z.
Jumping Branch.......................  At the Line Creek confluence.               +756  City of Riverside,
                                                                                          Village of Houston
                                                                                          Lake.
                                       Approximately 200 feet                      +819
                                        upstream of I-635.
Line Creek...........................  At the Missouri River                       +756  City of Northmoor, City
                                        confluence.                                       of Riverside.
                                       Approximately 300 feet                      +772
                                        downstream of I-29.
Line Creek Tributary 2...............  Approximately 650 feet                      +877  City of Lake Waukomis.
                                        downstream of Northwest
                                        South Shore Drive.
                                       At the downstream side of                   +937
                                        Northwest South Shore Drive.
Missouri River.......................  Approximately 850 feet                      +756  Village of Iatan, City
                                        upstream of the Clay County                       of Parkville, City of
                                        boundary.                                         Riverside, City of
                                                                                          Weston, Unincorporated
                                                                                          Areas of Platte
                                                                                          County.
                                       Approximately 0.53 mile                     +791
                                        downstream of the Buchanan
                                        County boundary.
Platte River.........................  At the Missouri River                       +769  City of Platte City,
                                        confluence.                                       City of Tracy,
                                                                                          Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County,
                                                                                          Village of Farley.
                                       Approximately 0.48 mile                     +782
                                        upstream of I-29.
Rush Creek...........................  At the Missouri River                       +760  City of Parkville,
                                        confluence.                                       Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 0.56 mile                     +771
                                        upstream of the Walnut Creek
                                        confluence.
Second Creek.........................  Approximately 750 feet                      +822  Unincorporated Areas of
                                        downstream of State Highway                       Platte County.
                                        92.
                                       Approximately 3 miles                       +881
                                        downstream of State Highway
                                        291.
Todd Creek...........................  Approximately 1,600 feet                    +822  Unincorporated Areas of
                                        downstream of Water                               Platte County.
                                        Treatment Plant Road.
                                       Approximately 1,400 feet                    +822
                                        downstream of Water
                                        Treatment Plant Road.

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Walnut Creek.........................  At the Rush Creek Confluence.               +768  City of Parkville,
                                                                                          Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 1,600 feet                    +876
                                        upstream of Northwest
                                        Eastside Drive.
Wells Branch.........................  At the Bear Creek confluence.               +781  City of Weston,
                                                                                          Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Platte County.
                                       Approximately 150 feet                      +830
                                        upstream of County Road JJ.
White Branch.........................  At the Rush Creek confluence.               +760  City of Parkville.
                                       Approximately 0.67 mile                     +855
                                        upstream of East 6th Street.
Wildcat Branch.......................  Approximately 950 feet                      +856  Village of Ferrelview.
                                        upstream of the Todd Creek
                                        confluence.
                                       Approximately 0.46 mile                     +945
                                        upstream of I-435.
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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 Dearborn:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 101 3rd Street, Dearborn, MO 64439.
 
City of Edgerton:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 411 Front Street, Edgerton, MO 64444.
 
City of Lake Waukomis:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 1147 Northwest South Shore Drive, Lake Waukomis, MO 64151.
 
City of Northmoor:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 4907 Northwest Waukomis Drive, Northmoor, MO 64151.
 
City of Parkville:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 8880 Clark Avenue, Parkville, MO 64152.
 
City of Platte City:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 400 Main Street, Platte City, MO 64079.
 
City of Riverside:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 2950 Northwest Vivion Road, Riverside, MO 64150.
 
City of Tracy:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 208 2nd Street, Tracy, MO 64079.
 
City of Weston:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 300 Main Street, Weston, MO 64098.
 
                                     Unincorporated Areas of Platte County:
Maps are available for inspection at the Platte County Courthouse, 415 3rd Street, Suite 115, Platte City, MO
 64079.
 
Village of Farley:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 1116 River Road, Farley, MO 64028.
 
Village of Ferrelview:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 205 Northwest Heady Avenue, Ferrelview, MO 64163.
 
Village of Houston Lake:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 5417 Northwest Adrian Street, Houston Lake, MO 64151.
 
Village of Iatan:
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 125 Main Street, Iatan, MO 64098.
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