Document ID: FEMA-2011-0002-0058
Agency: fema
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2011-05-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26978-26980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11418]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1190]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the 
communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this proposed 
rule is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed 
regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream 
and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs 
are a part of the floodplain management measures that the community is 
required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in 
order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National 
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once 
finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate 
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the 
contents in those buildings.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before August 8, 2011.

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ADDRESSES: The corresponding preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each community is available for 
inspection at the community's map repository. The respective addresses 
are listed in the table below.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1190, 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) 
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) luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) proposes to make determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs for 
each community listed below, 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 the minimum that are 
required. 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.
    Comments on any aspect of the Flood Insurance Study and FIRM, other 
than the proposed BFEs, will be considered. A letter acknowledging 
receipt of any comments will not be sent.
    National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed 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.
    Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This 
proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under the criteria 
of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as amended.
    Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This proposed rule involves no 
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
    Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed 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 proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

    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.  67.4  [Amended]

    2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.4 are 
proposed to be amended as follows:

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                                                                  *Elevation in feet
                                                                 (NGVD)  +Elevation in
                                                                 feet  (NAVD)  Depth in feet  above
         Flooding source(s)            Location of referenced  ground  [caret]Elevation    Communities affected
                                            elevation**            in meters  (MSL)
 
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                                 Greene County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
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Dunkard Creek.......................  Approximately 400 feet          None         +950  Township of Wayne.
                                       downstream of the
                                       downstream county
                                       boundary.
                                      Approximately 100 feet          None         +951
                                       upstream of the
                                       upstream county
                                       boundary.
Purman Run..........................  Approximately 0.55 mile         None         +963  Township of Franklin.
                                       upstream of North East
                                       Street.
                                      Approximately 0.56 mile         None         +965
                                       upstream of North East
                                       Street.
Pursley Creek (backwater effects      At the South Fork               None         +960  Township of Center.
 from South Fork Tenmile Creek).       Tenmile Creek
                                       confluence.
                                      Approximately 0.34 mile         None         +960
                                       upstream of the South
                                       Fork Tenmile Creek
                                       confluence.
South Fork Tenmile Creek............  Approximately 1,061             None         +789  Township of Center,
                                       feet upstream of                                   Township of Morgan.
                                       Center Street.
                                      Approximately 0.64 mile         None         +968
                                       upstream of Oak Forest
                                       Road.
Tenmile Creek.......................  Approximately 1,581             None         +786  Township of Morgan.
                                       feet upstream of
                                       Center Street.
                                      Approximately 1.55              None         +804
                                       miles upstream of
                                       Center 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.
 

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** 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.
 
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
Township of Center
 
Maps are available for inspection at the Center Township Supervisors Building, 100 Municipal Drive, Rogersville,
 PA 15359.
 
Township of Franklin
Maps are available for inspection at the Franklin Township Municipal Building, 568 Rolling Meadows Road,
 Waynesburg, PA 15370.
 
Township of Morgan
Maps are available for inspection at the Morgan Township Municipal Building, 1019 3rd Street, Extension, Mather,
 PA 15346.
 
Township of Wayne
Maps are available for inspection at the Wayne Township Municipal Building, 132 Spraggs Road, Spraggs, PA 15362.
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                              Marion County, West Virginia, and Incorporated Areas
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Bingamon Creek......................  At the West Fork River          +901         +902  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       confluence.                                        Marion County.
                                      At the Harrison County          None         +902
                                       boundary.
Booths Creek........................  Approximately 40 feet           None         +886  Town of Monongah,
                                       upstream of the West                               Unincorporated Areas
                                       Fork River confluence.                             of Marion County.
                                      At the Harrison/Taylor          None         +959
                                       County boundary.
Tevebaugh Creek (backwater effects    From approximately 400          None         +897  Town of Worthington.
 from West Fork River).                feet upstream of the
                                       West Fork River
                                       confluence to
                                       approximately 1,300
                                       feet upstream of the
                                       West Fork River
                                       confluence.
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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.
 
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
Town of Monongah
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 430 Bridge Street, Monongah, WV 26554.
Town of Worthington
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 247 Main Street, Worthington, WV 26591.
 
                                     Unincorporated Areas of Marion County:
Maps are available for inspection at the Marion County City Building, 200 Jackson Street, Fairmont, WV 26554.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: April 15, 2011.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-11418 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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