Document ID: FEMA-2014-0002-0135
Agency: fema
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2014-08-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46390-46392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18101]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1175]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On February 16, 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained 
an erroneous table. This document provides corrections to that table, 
to be used in lieu of the information published on February 16, 2011. 
The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of 
referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and 
communities affected for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (All 
Jurisdictions).

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before November 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1175, to 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.

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: 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 minimum requirements. 
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 
also are used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium 
rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final, 
and for the contents in those buildings.
    In the proposed rule published at 76 FR 8982-8984, in the February 
16, 2011, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under 
the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania all Jurisdictions'' addressed the flooding sources: Blair 
Mill Run, Blair Mill Run Tributary, Huntingdon Valley Creek, Meadow 
Brook, Pennypack Creek, Pennypack Creek Branch, Pennypack Creek 
Tributary No. 1, Pine Run, Rapp Run, Sandy Run, Sandy Run Tributary No. 
1, Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a

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(downstream), Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (upstream), Southampton Creek, 
Tributary No. 2 to Pine Run, and War Memorial Creek. That table 
contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced 
elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities 
affected for the flooding sources Sandy Run, Sandy Run Tributary No. 1 
and Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (downstream). In addition, the proposed 
modifications listed for Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (upstream) has been 
removed from the table. FEMA is no longer proposing any flood elevation 
determination changes along Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a (upstream) as 
identified in the above-referenced rulemaking publication. In this 
document, 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.

Correction

    In Proposed rule FR Doc. 2011-3420, beginning on page 8978 in the 
issue of February 16, 2011, make the following correction. On pages 
8982-8984, correct the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania table as 
follows:

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                                                                  * Elevation in feet
                                                                (NGVD)  + Elevation in
                                                                feet  (NAVD)  
                                       Location of referenced     Depth in feet above
         Flooding source(s)                 elevation**        ground [caret] Elevation    Communities affected
                                                                    in meters (MSL)
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                               Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Blair Mill Run......................  At the Pennypack Creek          +212         +211  Borough of Hatboro,
                                       confluence.                                        Township of Horsham,
                                                                                          Township of Upper
                                                                                          Moreland.
                                      At the downstream side          +259         +261
                                       of County Line Road.
Blair Mill Run Tributary............  At the upstream side of         +227         +228  Borough of Hatboro.
                                       West Monument Avenue.
                                      At the downstream side          +247         +252
                                       of East County Line
                                       Road.
Huntingdon Valley Creek.............  Approximately 800 feet          +119         +120  Borough of Bryn Athyn,
                                       downstream of Red Lion                             Township of Lower
                                       Road.                                              Moreland.
                                      Approximately 0.9 mile          +264         +267
                                       upstream of Byberry
                                       Road.
Meadow Brook........................  At the Pennypack Creek          +115         +118  Township of Abington,
                                       confluence.                                        Township of Lower
                                                                                          Moreland.
                                      Approximately 1,000             None         +287
                                       feet upstream of the
                                       most upstream State
                                       Highway 2017 crossing.
Pennypack Creek.....................  Approximately 1,200              +99         +100  Borough of Bryn Athyn,
                                       feet downstream of                                 Borough of Hatboro,
                                       Moredon Road.                                      Township of Abington,
                                                                                          Township of Horsham,
                                                                                          Township of Lower
                                                                                          Moreland, Township of
                                                                                          Upper Dublin, Township
                                                                                          of Upper Moreland.
                                      Approximately 1.0 mile          None         +359
                                       upstream of Mann Road.
Pennypack Creek Branch..............  Approximately 400 feet          +299         +298  Township of Horsham.
                                       downstream of Witmer
                                       Road.
                                      Approximately 0.7 mile          None         +362
                                       upstream of Witmer
                                       Road.
Pennypack Creek Tributary No. 1.....  At the Pennypack Creek          +198         +204  Borough of Hatboro,
                                       confluence.                                        Township of Horsham,
                                                                                          Township of Upper
                                                                                          Moreland.
                                      Approximately 0.7 mile          None         +341
                                       upstream of Dresher
                                       Road.
Pine Run............................  At the upstream side of         +171         +176  Township of Upper
                                       State Highway 309.                                 Dublin.
                                      Approximately 800 feet          +231         +239
                                       upstream of
                                       Dreshertown Road.
Rapp Run............................  At the Pine Run                 +177         +183  Township of Upper
                                       confluence.                                        Dublin.
                                      Approximately 0.5 mile          +351         +355
                                       upstream of the most
                                       upstream Lexington
                                       Drive crossing.
Sandy Run...........................  Approximately 300 feet          None         +159  Township of Abington,
                                       downstream of                                      Township of
                                       Bethlehem Pike.                                    Springfield, Township
                                                                                          of Upper Dublin,
                                                                                          Township of
                                                                                          Whitemarsh.
                                      Approximately 1,400             None         +339
                                       feet upstream of
                                       Roberta Avenue.
Sandy Run Tributary No. 1...........  Approximately 150 feet          +237         +236  Township of Abington.
                                       upstream of Johnston
                                       Avenue.
                                      Approximately 2,000             None         +258
                                       feet upstream of
                                       Johnston Avenue.
Sandy Run Tributary No. 1a            Approximately 250 feet          +238         +237  Township of Abington.
 (downstream).                         upstream of Fernwood
                                       Avenue.

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                                      Approximately 1,100             None         +243
                                       feet upstream of
                                       Fernwood Avenue.
Southampton Creek...................  At the Pennypack Creek          +176         +177  Borough of Bryn Athyn,
                                       confluence.                                        Township of Lower
                                                                                          Moreland, Township of
                                                                                          Upper Moreland.
                                      At the downstream side          +184         +187
                                       of County Line Road.
Tributary No. 2 to Pine Run.........  At the Pine Run                 None         +202  Township of Upper
                                       confluence.                                        Dublin.
                                      Approximately 1.1 miles         None         +232
                                       upstream of the Pine
                                       Run confluence.
War Memorial Creek..................  At the Pennypack Creek          +189         +190  Township of Upper
                                       confluence.                                        Moreland.
                                      Approximately 700 feet          +265         +267
                                       upstream of Mineral
                                       Avenue.
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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.
** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
 reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)
 located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. Revised
 FIRMs may also be viewed online at http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata.
 
Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
 Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
Borough of Bryn Athyn
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 2835 Buck Road, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009.
 
Borough of Hatboro
Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 414 South York Road, Hatboro, PA 19040.
 
Township of Abington
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Building, Engineer's Office, 1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA
 19001.
 
Township of Horsham
Maps are available for inspection at the Township Municipal Building, 1025 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044.
 
Township of Lower Moreland
Maps are available for inspection at the Lower Moreland Municipal Building, 640 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon
 Valley, PA 19006.
 
Township of Springfield
Maps are available for inspection at the Springfield Township Municipal Building, 1510 Paper Mill Road,
 Wyndmoor, PA 19038.
 
Township of Upper Dublin
Maps are available for inspection at the Upper Dublin Municipal Hall, 801 Loch Alsh Avenue, Fort Washington, PA
 19034.
 
Township of Upper Moreland
Maps are available for inspection at the Upper Moreland Township Building, 117 Park Avenue, Willow Grove, PA
 19090.
 
Township of Whitemarsh
Maps are available for inspection at the Whitemarsh Township Administrative Building, 616 Germantown Pike,
 Lafayette Hill, PA 19444.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

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