Document ID: FEMA-2011-0002-0112
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2011-08-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50918-50920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20867]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002]

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).

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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 (e-mail) luis.rodriguez1@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.

    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 feet
            State              City/town/county         Source of flooding                              Location                          above ground
                                                                                                                                       [caret] Elevation
                                                                                                                                        in  meters (MSL)
                                                                                                                                            Modified
 
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                                                                 City of McGrath, Alaska
                                                                 Docket No.: FEMA-B-1126
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Alaska.......................  City of McGrath.  Kuskokwim River.................  Approximately 3.23 miles downstream of the                       +338
                                                                                    confluence with the Takotna River.
                                                                                   Approximately 1.83 miles upstream of the                         +338
                                                                                    confluence with the Takotna River.
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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 McGrath
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Takotna Avenue and F Street, McGrath, AK 99627.
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                                                                      * Elevation in
                                                                     feet   (NGVD)  +
                                                                    Elevation in feet
                                                                      (NAVD)   Depth in feet
           Flooding source(s)                    elevation             above ground       Communities affected
                                                                    [caret] Elevation
                                                                     in meters (MSL)
                                                                         Modified
 
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                                   Jones County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1122
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Lake Fort Phantom Hill.................  Just downstream of County              +1642  City of Abilene,
                                          Highway 1082.                                 Unincorporated.
                                         Approximately 300 feet                 +1656  Areas of Jones County.
                                          downstream of County
                                          Road 341.
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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 Abilene
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 555 Walnut Street, Abilene, TX 79601.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Jones County
Maps are available for inspection at the Jones County Courthouse, 1100 12th Street, Anson, TX 79501.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: August 5, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-20867 Filed 8-16-11; 8:45 am]
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