Document ID: FEMA-2010-0003-0144
Agency: fema
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Posted Date: 2010-12-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 78926-78928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31666]

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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

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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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                       Butler County, Ohio, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1075
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Dicks Creek............................  Approximately 500 feet                  +631  City of Middletown, City
                                          upstream of Main Street.                      of Monroe,
                                                                                        Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Butler County.
                                         Approximately 1,270 feet                +660
                                          upstream of Cincinnati-
                                          Dayton Road.
Elk Creek..............................  Approximately 0.7 mile                  +648  City of Trenton.
                                          downstream of Howe Road.
                                         Approximately 0.5 mile                  +654
                                          downstream of Howe Road.
Four Mile Creek........................  Approximately 0.7 mile                  +600  Village of New Miami.
                                          upstream of Seven Mile
                                          Avenue.
                                         Approximately 0.8 mile                  +601
                                          upstream of Seven Mile
                                          Avenue.
Four Mile Creek........................  Approximately 1,250 feet                +796  City of Oxford.
                                          upstream of Bonham Road.
GM Ditch...............................  At the confluence with                  +596  City of Fairfield.
                                          Pleasant Run.
                                         Approximately 1,200 feet                +605
                                          upstream of Symmes Road.
Great Miami River......................  Approximately 1.4 mile                  +626  City of Trenton.
                                          upstream of the
                                          confluence with Gregory
                                          Creek.
Great Miami River......................  Approximately 0.5 mile                  +637  City of Middletown.
                                          downstream of State
                                          Route 73.
                                         Approximately 1.5 mile                  +661
                                          upstream of State Route
                                          4.
Jackson Ditch..........................  Approximately 1,000 feet                +627  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          downstream of Wehr Road.                      Butler County.
                                         Approximately 1,840 feet                +649
                                          upstream of Trenton Road.
Jackson Ditch East Fork................  At the confluence of                    +701  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Jackson Ditch East                            Butler County.
                                          Branch of East Fork with
                                          Jackson Ditch East Fork.
                                         Approximately 110 feet                  +750
                                          upstream of Howe Road.
Jackson Ditch East Fork................  At the confluence with                  +651  City of Trenton,
                                          Jackson Ditch.                                Unincorporated Areas of
                                                                                        Butler County.
                                         Approximately 80 feet                   +756
                                          upstream of Howe Road.
Jackson Ditch West Fork................  At the confluence with                  +651  Unincorporated Areas of
                                          Jackson Ditch.                                Butler County.
                                         Approximately 130 feet                  +807
                                          upstream of Howe Road.
Mill Creek.............................  Just downstream of Seward               +606  City of Hamilton.
                                          Road.
                                         Approximately 190 feet                  +609
                                          upstream of Seward Road.
Millers Creek..........................  Approximately 500 feet                  +652  City of Middletown.
                                          downstream of the
                                          railroad.
                                         Approximately 400 feet                  +654
                                          downstream of Cincinnati-
                                          Dayton Road.
Pleasant Run...........................  Just upstream of Groh                   +566  City of Fairfield.
                                          Lane.
                                         Just downstream of East                 +584
                                          River Road.
                                         Just upstream of Niles                  +598
                                          Road.
                                         Just upstream of John                   +665
                                          Gray Road.
Pleasant Run Branch No. 4..............  At the confluence with                  +610  City of Fairfield.
                                          Pleasant Run.
                                         Just upstream of Resor                  +634
                                          Road.
Shakers Creek..........................  At the confluence with                  +650  City of Middletown.
                                          Dick Creek.
                                         Just downstream of                      +654
                                          Cincinnati-Dayton Road.
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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 Fairfield
Maps are available for inspection at 5350 Pleasant Avenue, Fairfield, OH 45014.
 

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City of Hamilton
Maps are available for inspection at 20 High Street, Hamilton, OH 45011.
 
City of Middletown
Maps are available for inspection at 1 Donham Plaza, Middletown, OH 45042.
 
City of Monroe
Maps are available for inspection at 233 South Main Street, Monroe, OH 45050.
 
City of Oxford
Maps are available for inspection at 101 East High Street, Oxford, OH 45056.
 
City of Trenton
Maps are available for inspection at 11 East State Street, Trenton, OH 45067.
 
                                      Unincorporated Areas of Butler County
Maps are available for inspection at 130 High Street, 3rd Floor, Hamilton, OH 45011.
 
Village of New Miami
Maps are available for inspection at 268 Whitaker Avenue, Hamilton, OH 45011.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: December 10, 2010.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administrator, Mitigation, 
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-31666 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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