Document ID: FEMA-2011-0002-0032
Agency: fema
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2011-03-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13572-13576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5828]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0003; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1168]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 7, 2010, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides 
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information 
published at 75 FR 75945. The table provided here represents the 
flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and 
modified elevations, and communities affected for Skagit County, 
Washington and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the 
following flooding sources: Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit River, 
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit River/South Fork Skagit River, Left 
Bank Overflow North Fork Skagit River, Main Stem Skagit River, North 
Fork Skagit River, Overflow from the Main Stem Skagit River between the 
North Fork Skagit River and the South Fork Skagit River, Padilla Bay, 
Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit River, Right Bank Overflow Main 
Stem Skagit River/North Fork Skagit River, Right Bank Overflow North 
Fork Skagit River, Right Bank Overflow South Fork Skagit River, Samish 
Bay, Samish Bay/Padilla Bay, Simlik Bay, Skagit Bay, Skagit Bay/
Swinomish Channel, Skagit River, Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath 
1, Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath 2, Skagit River Delta Overbank 
Flowpath 3, South Fork Skagit River, and Swinomish Channel.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before June 13, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1168, 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 (e-
mail) rodriguez1@dhs.gov">luis.rodriguez1@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 (e-mail) rodriguez1@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(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

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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.

Corrections

    In the proposed rule published at 75 FR 75945, in the December 7, 
2010, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the 
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Skagit County, 
Washington, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed the following flooding 
sources: Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit River, Left Bank Overflow 
Main Stem Skagit River/South Fork Skagit River, Left Bank Overflow 
North Fork Skagit River, Main Stem Skagit River, North Fork Skagit 
River, Overflow from the Main Stem Skagit River between the North Fork 
Skagit River and the South Fork Skagit River, Padilla Bay, Right Bank 
Overflow Main Stem Skagit River, Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit 
River/North Fork Skagit River, Right Bank Overflow North Fork Skagit 
River, Right Bank Overflow South Fork Skagit River, Samish Bay, Samish 
Bay/Padilla Bay, Simlik Bay, Skagit Bay, Skagit Bay/Swinomish Channel, 
Skagit River, Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath 1, Skagit River 
Delta Overbank Flowpath 2, Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath 3, 
South Fork Skagit River, and Swinomish Channel. That table contained 
inaccurate information as to the location of referenced elevation, 
effective and modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected 
for these flooding sources. It also contained erroneous map repository 
addresses for the City of Burlington, the City of Sedro-Woolley, the 
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and the Town of Lyman. There were 
also some table formatting and alignment errors. In this notice, 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.

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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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                                Skagit County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas
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Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Approximately 1,400       2          +23  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                feet north of the                                  Unincorporated Areas
                                       intersection of Hickox                             of Skagit County.
                                       Road and I-5.
                                      Approximately 300 feet    2          +24
                                       west of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Anderson Road and Old
                                       Highway 99.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Approximately 0.43 mile          +19          +24  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                east of the                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                       intersection of Dike                               of Skagit County.
                                       Road and Britt Road.
                                      Approximately 1,500              +19          +27
                                       feet west of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Riverview Lane and
                                       Dike Road.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Just northwest of the     3          +26  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                intersection of Britt                              Unincorporated Areas
                                       Road and Dike Road.                                of Skagit County.
                                      Approximately 250 feet    3          +28
                                       north of Dike Road and
                                       approximately 1,000
                                       feet west of Riverview
                                       Lane.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Approximately 900 feet    1          +25  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                north of Blackburn                                 Unincorporated Areas
                                       Road between 2nd                                   of Skagit County.
                                       Street and 3rd Street.
                                      At the intersection of    1          +39
                                       Freeway Drive and
                                       Cameron Way.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Just north of Stewart     3          +41  City of Mount Vernon.
 River.                                Road between Riverside
                                       Drive and the
                                       Burlington Northern
                                       Railroad.
                                      Just northwest of the     3          +42
                                       intersection of Hoag
                                       Road and the
                                       Burlington Northern
                                       Railroad.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Approximately 1.4 miles          +34          +40  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                west of the                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                       intersection of I-5                                of Skagit County.
                                       and State Route 538,
                                       at levee.
                                      At the intersection of           +34          +40
                                       the Burlington
                                       Northern Railroad and
                                       State Route 538.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Just north of the               None          +24  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                intersection of Hickox                             Unincorporated Areas
                                       Road and Dike Road.                                of Skagit County.
                                      Approximately 640 feet          None          +27
                                       west of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Riverview Lane and
                                       Dike Road.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   At the intersection of          None          +24  City of Mount Vernon.
 River.                                I-5 and Anderson Road.
                                      At the intersection of          None          +28
                                       I-5 and Section Street.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Just north of Fir         3          +20  City of Mount Vernon,
 River/South Fork Skagit River.        Island Road, at the                                Unincorporated Areas
                                       intersection with the                              of Skagit County.
                                       Burlington Northern
                                       Railroad.

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                                      Approximately 500 feet    3          +23
                                       south of Hickox Road
                                       between the levee and
                                       the Burlington
                                       Northern Railroad.
Left Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit   Approximately 0.75 mile          +13          +16  Unincorporated Areas of
 River/South Fork Skagit River.        south of the                                       Skagit County.
                                       intersection of
                                       Milltown Road and
                                       Pioneer Highway.
                                      At the intersection of           +13          +20
                                       State Route 534 and I-
                                       5.
Left Bank Overflow North Fork Skagit  Just east of the levee,   1          +16  Unincorporated Areas of
 River.                                approximately 350 feet                             Skagit County.
                                       northeast of the
                                       intersection of Moore
                                       Road and Polson Road.
                                      Just east of the levee,   1          +18
                                       approximately 450 feet
                                       north of Moore Road.
Main Stem Skagit River..............  At the confluence with           +27          +30  City of Burlington,
                                       the North Fork Skagit                              City of Mount Vernon,
                                       River and South Fork                               City of Sedro-Woolley,
                                       Skagit River.                                      Town of La Conner,
                                                                                          Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Skagit County.
                                      Just downstream of the           +49          +52
                                       Burlington Northern
                                       Railroad.
North Fork Skagit River.............  At the confluence with           +14          +16  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Skagit Bay.                                        Skagit County.
                                      At the confluence with           +27          +30
                                       the Main Stem Skagit
                                       River and South Fork
                                       Skagit River.
Overflow from the Main Stem Skagit    At the confluence with           +12          +14  Unincorporated Areas of
 River between the North Fork Skagit   Skagit Bay.                                        Skagit County.
 River and the South Fork Skagit
 River.
                                      At the intersection of           +13          +18
                                       Moore Road and Dry
                                       Slough Road.
Overflow from the Main Stem Skagit    Approximately 200 feet    3          +18  Unincorporated Areas of
 River between the North Fork Skagit   north of Moore Road                                Skagit County.
 River and the South Fork Skagit       between the North Fork
 River.                                Skagit River and Dry
                                       Slough Road.
                                      Approximately 880 feet    3          +21
                                       southwest of the
                                       confluence with North
                                       Fork Skagit River and
                                       the South Fork Skagit
                                       River.
Padilla Bay.........................  Approximately 1,000             None          +13  Swinomish Indian Tribal
                                       feet northwest of the                              Community.
                                       intersection of
                                       Highway 20 and Padilla
                                       Heights Road.
                                      Approximately 100 feet          None          +13
                                       north of the crossing
                                       at State Route 20 and
                                       the Swinomish Channel.
Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit  Approximately 0.36 mile   3          +21  City of Mount Vernon,
 River.                                west of the                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                       intersection of Penn                               of Skagit County.
                                       Road and Calhoun Road.
                                      Approximately 400 feet    3          +30
                                       south of the levee
                                       between Moores Garden
                                       Road and Baker Street.
Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit  Approximately 300 feet    3          +24  Unincorporated Areas of
 River.                                north of the                                       Skagit County.
                                       intersection of Dunbar
                                       Avenue and Avon Allen
                                       Road.
                                      Approximately 500 feet    3          +31
                                       east of Avon Allen
                                       Road between Bennett
                                       Road and State Route
                                       536.
Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit  Approximately 400 feet    3          +25  Unincorporated Areas of
 River.                                northeast of the                                   Skagit County.
                                       intersection of
                                       Bennett Road and State
                                       Route 536.
                                      Approximately 500 feet    3          +34
                                       southeast of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Bennett Road and
                                       Silver Lane.
Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit  Approximately 400 feet    3          +32  Unincorporated Areas of
 River.                                west of the                                        Skagit County.
                                       intersection of Pulver
                                       Road and McCorquedale
                                       Road.
                                      Approximately 400 feet    3          +34
                                       east of Pulver Road
                                       between Whitemarsh
                                       Road and McCorquedale
                                       Road.
Right Bank Overflow Main Stem Skagit  At Kamb Road              3          +19  Unincorporated Areas of
 River/North Fork Skagit River.        approximately 0.47                                 Skagit County.
                                       mile south of Calhoun
                                       Road.
                                      Approximately 0.38 mile   3          +20
                                       southeast of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Calhoun Road and Kamb
                                       Road.
Right Bank Overflow North Fork        Just south of Kamb Road   3          +19  Unincorporated Areas of
 Skagit River.                         approximately 0.66                                 Skagit County.
                                       mile east of Beaver
                                       Marsh Road.

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                                      Approximately 1,600       3          +19
                                       feet east of the
                                       intersection of Beaver
                                       Marsh Road and Marsh
                                       Road.
Right Bank Overflow South Fork        Between Moore Road and    1          +17  Unincorporated Areas of
 Skagit River.                         Polson Road.                                       Skagit County.
                                      Approximately 870 feet    1          +18
                                       south of Moore Road,
                                       at levee.
Samish Bay..........................  At the intersection of           +12          +13  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Chuckanut Drive and                                Skagit County.
                                       South Blanchard Drive.
Samish Bay/Padilla Bay..............  At the intersection of           +12          +13  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Bayview-Edison Road                                Skagit County.
                                       and Samish Island Road.
Simlik Bay..........................  Approximately 0.32 mile         None          +12  Swinomish Indian Tribal
                                       southwest of the                                   Community.
                                       intersection of Snee-
                                       Oosh Road and Snee-
                                       Oosh Lane.
                                      Approximately 100 feet          None          +12
                                       southwest of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Reservation Road and
                                       Simlik Bay Road.
Skagit Bay..........................  Approximately 0.36 mile          +15          +14  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       northwest of the                                   Skagit County.
                                       intersection of
                                       Pioneer Highway and
                                       Milltown Road.
                                      At the confluence of             +17          +14
                                       Ishois Slough and Tom
                                       Moore Slough.
Skagit Bay..........................  Approximately 200 feet          None          +12  Swinomish Indian Tribal
                                       northwest of the                                   Community.
                                       intersection of
                                       Sherman Avenue and
                                       Chilberg Avenue.
                                      Approximately 0.32 mile         None          +12
                                       southwest of the
                                       intersection of Snee-
                                       Oosh Road and Snee-
                                       Oosh Lane.
Skagit Bay..........................  Approximately 400 feet          None          +14  Swinomish Indian Tribal
                                       northwest of Pull and                              Community.
                                       Be Damned Point Road.
                                      Approximately 200 feet          None          +14
                                       southwest of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Sherman Avenue and
                                       Chilberg Avenue.
Skagit Bay/Swinomish Channel........  Approximately 600 feet          None          +12  Swinomish Indian Tribal
                                       southwest of the                                   Community.
                                       intersection of North
                                       Pearle Jensen Way and
                                       East Pearle Jensen Way.
                                      Approximately 400 feet          None          +12
                                       west of Pull and Be
                                       Damned Point Road.
Skagit River........................  Just upstream of the             +49          +52  City of Sedro-Woolley,
                                       Burlington Northern                                Town of Concrete, Town
                                       Railroad.                                          of Hamilton, Town of
                                                                                          Lyman, Unincorporated
                                                                                          Areas of Skagit
                                                                                          County.
                                      Approximately 1.0 mile          +197         +198
                                       upstream of the
                                       confluence with the
                                       Baker River.
Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath  Just upstream of Pulver          +27          +32  City of Burlington,
 1.                                    Road.                                              Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Skagit County.
                                      Approximately 1,170              +45          +46
                                       feet southeast of the
                                       intersection of
                                       Lafayette Road and
                                       Peter Anderson Road.
Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath  At the confluence with           +12          +13  Unincorporated Areas of
 2.                                    Samish Bay.                                        Skagit County.
                                      Just downstream of               +27          +32
                                       Pulver Road.
Skagit River Delta Overbank Flowpath  At the confluence with           +12          +15  Town of La Conner,
 3.                                    the Swinomish Channel.                             Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                          of Skagit County.
                                      Just downstream of               +27          +32
                                       Pulver Road.
South Fork Skagit River.............  At the confluence with           +17          +14  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       Ishois Slough and Tim                              Skagit County.
                                       Moore Slough.
                                      At the confluence with           +27          +30
                                       the Main Stem Skagit
                                       River and the North
                                       Fork Skagit River.
Swinomish Channel...................  Just north of Highway           None          +11  Swinomish Indian Tribal
                                       20.                                                Community.
                                      Approximately 600 feet          None          +11
                                       northwest of the
                                       intersection of North
                                       Pearle Jensen Way and
                                       East Pearle Jensen Way.
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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 Map located at
 the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.

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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
City of Burlington
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 833 South Spruce Street, Burlington, WA 98233.
 
City of Mount Vernon
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 910 Cleveland Avenue, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.
 
City of Sedro-Woolley
Maps are available for inspection at the Planning and Building Department, City Hall, 325 Metcalf Street, Sedro-
 Woolley, WA 98284.
 
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Maps are available for inspection at 11404 Moorage Way, La Conner, WA 98257.
Town of Concrete
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 45672 Main Street, Concrete, WA 98237.
 
Town of Hamilton
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 584 Maple Street, Hamilton, WA 98255.
 
Town of La Conner
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 204 Douglas Street, La Conner, WA 98257.
 
Town of Lyman
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 8405 South Main Street, Lyman, WA 98263.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Skagit County
Maps are available for inspection at the Skagit County Department of Planning and Developmental Services, 1800
 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: February 7, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-5828 Filed 3-11-11; 8:45 am]
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