Document ID: FEMA-2014-0002-0129
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2014-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44704-44706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18251]

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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% 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 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 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) 
           Flooding Source(s)              Location of Referenced     Depth in feet       Communities affected
                                                 Elevation             above ground
                                                                    [caret] Elevation
                                                                     in meters (MSL)
                                                                         Modified
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                               Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1145
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Good Spring Creek......................  Approximately 1,580 feet                +810  Township of Frailey.
                                          upstream of Locust
                                          Street.
                                         Approximately 977 feet                  +815
                                          upstream of Spruce
                                          Street.
Little Schuylkill River................  Approximately 1,750 feet                +548  Township of East
                                          downstream of the State                       Brunswick.
                                          Route 895 bridge.
                                         At the upstream side of                 +560
                                          the railroad bridge.
Mahanoy Creek..........................  Approximately 0.71 mile                 +781  Township of Butler.
                                          upstream of Rice Road.
                                         Approximately 560 feet                  +811
                                          upstream of the railroad
                                          bridge.
Schuylkill River.......................  Approximately 1,349 feet                +594  Borough of
                                          upstream of Mount Carbon                      Mechanicsville, Borough
                                          Arch Road.                                    of Palo Alto.
                                         Approximately 100 feet                  +631
                                          upstream of Coal Street.
Schuylkill River.......................  An area bound by a point                +722  Borough of Middleport.
                                          approximately 31 feet
                                          south of State Route
                                          209; a point
                                          approximately 618 feet
                                          south of State Route
                                          209; and a point
                                          approximately 639 feet
                                          southwest of State Route
                                          209.
Schuylkill River.......................  An area bound by a point                +733  Borough of Middleport.
                                          approximately 475 feet
                                          northwest of State Route
                                          209; a point
                                          approximately 472 feet
                                          northeast of State Route
                                          209; and a point
                                          approximately 367 feet
                                          south of State Route 209.
Schuylkill River.......................  Approximately 0.5 mile                  +747  Township of Schuylkill.
                                          downstream of Franklin
                                          Street.
                                         Approximately 0.4 mile                  +748
                                          downstream of Franklin
                                          Street.
West Branch Schuylkill River...........  Approximately 1,582 feet                +702  Township of Branch,
                                          upstream of East Sunbury                      Township of New Castle,
                                          Street.                                       Township of Norwegian.
                                         Approximately 169 feet                  +848
                                          upstream of the
                                          intersection of
                                          Greenbury Road and State
                                          Route 4002.
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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 Mechanicsville
Maps are available for inspection at the Mechanicsville Borough Hall, 1342 Pottsville Street, Pottsville, PA
 17901.
 
Borough of Middleport
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 27 Washington Street, Middleport, PA 17953.
 
Borough of Palo Alto
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 142 East Bacon Street, Palo Alto, PA 17901.
 
Township of Branch
Maps are available for inspection at the Branch Township Municipal Building, 25 Carnish Street, Pottsville, PA
 17901.
 
Township of Butler
Maps are available for inspection at the Butler Township Municipal Building, 211 Broad Street, Ashland, PA
 17921.
 
Township of East Brunswick
Maps are available for inspection at the East Brunswick Township Municipal Building, 55 West Catawissa Street,
 New Ringgold, PA 17960.
 
Township of Frailey
Maps are available for inspection at the Frailey Township Municipal Building, 23 Maryland Street, Donaldson, PA
 17981.
 
Township of New Castle
Maps are available for inspection at the New Castle Township Municipal Building, 248-250 Broad Street, Saint
 Clair, PA 17970.
 
Township of Norwegian
Maps are available for inspection at the Norwegian Township Municipal Building, 506 Maple Avenue, Mar Lin, PA
 17951.
 
Township of Schuylkill
Maps are available for inspection at the Schuylkill Township Municipal Building, 675 Walnut Street, Mary-D, PA
 17952.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: July 11, 2014.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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