Document ID: FEMA-2010-0003-0049
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2010-05-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 98)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 28497-28499]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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: Kevin C. Long, Acting Chief, 
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-2820, or (e-mail) kevin.long@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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                                        Washington, District of Columbia
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-7737
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Anacostia River........................  Approximately at                         +13  District of Columbia.
                                          Anacostia Railroad
                                          Bridge.
                                         At approximately 200 feet                +17
                                          upstream of New York
                                          Avenue.
Barnaby Run............................  Approximately at the                     +21  District of Columbia.
                                          confluence with Oxon Run.
                                         At approximately 1,200                   +53
                                          feet upstream of South
                                          Capital and Southern
                                          Avenue.
Broad Branch...........................  At approximately 2,560                  +102  District of Columbia.
                                          feet upstream of Ridge
                                          Road.
                                         At approximately 760 feet               +187
                                          upstream of 27th Street.
Creek Along Normanstone Drive..........  At approximately 230 feet                +40  District of Columbia.
                                          downstream of Rock Creek
                                          Drive.
                                         At approximately 190 feet               +150
                                          upstream of Normanstone
                                          Drive.
East Creek A...........................  At approximately 2,250                  +165  District of Columbia.
                                          feet downstream of
                                          Dalecarlia Parkway.
                                         At approximately 675 feet               +169
                                          downstream of Dalecarlia
                                          Parkway.
East Creek B...........................  Approximately at the                    +240  District of Columbia.
                                          Glenbrook Road.
                                         At approximately 760 feet               +308
                                          upstream of Driveway
                                          Bridge 4.
Fenwick Branch.........................  Approximately at the                    +176  District of Columbia.
                                          confluence with Rock
                                          Creek.
                                         At approximately 3,620                  +232
                                          feet upstream of the
                                          confluence with
                                          Tributary of Fenwick
                                          Branch.
Fort Dupont Creek......................  Approximately 500 feet                   +23  District of Columbia.
                                          downstream of Minnesota
                                          Avenue Bridge.
                                         At approximately 40 feet                 +29
                                          downstream of Minnesota
                                          Avenue Bridge.
Melvin Hazen Branch....................  Approximately 1,000 feet                +208  District of Columbia.
                                          upstream from
                                          Connecticut Avenue NW.
                                         At approximately 125 feet               +244
                                          downstream of Reno Road.
Oxon Run...............................  At approximately 320 feet                +23  District of Columbia.
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Barnaby
                                          Run.
                                         At approximately 6,160                  +103
                                          feet upstream of Wheeler
                                          Road.
Pinehurst Run..........................  Approximately at the                    +165  District of Columbia.
                                          confluence with Rock
                                          Creek.
                                         At approximately 3,100                  +255
                                          feet upstream of Oregon
                                          Avenue.
Pope Branch............................  At approximately 80 feet                 +45  District of Columbia.
                                          upstream of Minnesota
                                          Avenue.
                                         Approximately 4,630 feet                +159
                                          upstream of Minnesota
                                          Avenue.
Potomac River..........................  At approximately 500 feet                 +9  District of Columbia.
                                          downstream of Route 95.
                                         At approximately 2,200                   +41
                                          feet upstream of Chain
                                          Bridge Road.
Rock Creek.............................  Approximately at the                     +16  District of Columbia.
                                          confluence with Potomac
                                          River.
                                         Approximately at the                    +176
                                          confluence with Fenwick
                                          Branch.
Tributary to Fenwick Branch............  Approximately at the                    +191  District of Columbia.
                                          confluence with Fenwick
                                          Creek.
                                         At approximately 2,500                  +231  .........................
                                          feet upstream of the
                                          confluence with Fenwick
                                          Branch.
Watts Branch...........................  Approximately at the                     +15  District of Columbia.
                                          confluence with
                                          Anacostia River.
                                         Approximately at Southern                +96
                                          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.

                                                    ADDRESSES
District of Columbia
Maps are available for inspection at the Department of the Environment, Watershed Protection Division, 1200 1st
 Street, Northeast, Washington, DC 20002.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: May 11, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-12199 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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