Document ID: FEMA-2010-0003-0139
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2010-12-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 78617-78619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31547]

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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: 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.

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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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                               Hot Spring County, Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1091
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Chatman Creek..........................  Approximately 900 feet                  +254  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Grigsby                         Hot Spring County.
                                          Ford Road.
                                         Just upstream of State                  +307
                                          Highway 9.
Rockport Creek.........................  Approximately 2,300 feet                +260  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Martin                          Hot Spring County.
                                          Luther King Boulevard.
                                         Approximately 1,300 feet                +263
                                          downstream of Martin
                                          Luther King Boulevard.
Town Creek.............................  Approximately 2,300 feet                +253  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Walco Road.                     Hot Spring County.
                                         Just downstream of Mount                +298
                                          Willow Road.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.

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+ North American Vertical Datum.
 Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
                                    Unincorporated Areas of Hot Spring County
 
Maps are available for inspection at 210 Locust Street, Malvern, AR 72104.
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                                Vernon Parish, Louisiana, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1080
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Bayou Castor...........................  Approximately 1 mile                    +225  City of Leesville,
                                          downstream of Slagle                          Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Road.                                         Vernon Parish.
                                         Approximately 700 feet                  +231
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Stream
                                          No. 1.
Sabine River...........................  Approximately 2.67 miles                 +85  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Neal Loop.                      Vernon Parish.
                                         Approximately 2.3 miles                 +115
                                          upstream of Parish Road
                                          113.
Stream No. 1...........................  At the confluence with                  +231  City of Leesville,
                                          Stream No. 2.                                 Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Vernon Parish.
                                         Just downstream of                      +237
                                          Herring Street.
Stream No. 2...........................  At the confluence with                  +231  City of Leesville.
                                          Stream No. 1.
                                         Just downstream of 5th                  +244
                                          Street.
Stream No. 3...........................  Approximately 780 feet                  +224  City of Leesville.
                                          upstream of Franklin
                                          Avenue.
                                         Just downstream of West                 +253
                                          Texas Street.
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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 Leesville
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 101 West Lee Street, Leesville, LA 71446.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Vernon Parish
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Police Jury, 602 Alexandria Highway, Leesville, LA 71446.
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                            Abbeville County, South Carolina, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1085
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Blue Hill Creek........................  Approximately 1,546 feet                +462  City of Abbeville.
                                          downstream of South Main
                                          Street.
                                         Approximately 1,484 feet                +501
                                          upstream of Vienna
                                          Street.
Blue Hill Creek Tributary..............  Approximately 315 feet                  +494  City of Abbeville.
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Blue
                                          Hill Creek.
                                         Approximately 100 feet                  +559
                                          upstream of Haigler
                                          Street Extended.
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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 Abbeville
Maps are available for inspection at the Fire Department, 102 South Main Street, Abbeville, SC 29620.
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                            Edgefield County, South Carolina, and Incorporated Areas
                                             Docket No.: FEMA-B-1085
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Stevens Creek..........................  Approximately 200 feet                  +191  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Woodland                        Edgefield County.
                                          Road.
                                         At the confluence with                  +191
                                          the Savannah River.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.

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 Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.
 
                                                    ADDRESSES
 
                                    Unincorporated Areas of Edgefield County
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Edgefield County Courthouse, 124 Courthouse Square, Edgefield, SC
 29824.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: December 7, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-31547 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
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