[Federal Register: October 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 200)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of
Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.
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: Effective 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 on 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: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering
Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington,
DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Mitigation
Division Director 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.
The Agency 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 rule is categorically
excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental
Consideration. No environmental impact assessment has 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,
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1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This rule involves no policies
that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This 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
Location of referenced feet (NAVD).
Flooding source(s) elevation Depth Communities affected
in feet above
ground.
Modified
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Pender County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas
Docket Nos.: FEMA-D-7626 and D-7662
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Angola Creek............................ At the confluence with +20 Pender County
Holly Shelter Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.2 mile +31
downstream of the Pender/
Duplin County boundary.
Tributary 3......................... At the confluence with +23 Pender County
Angola Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 500 feet +33
upstream of Cypress Creek
Road.
Tributary 4......................... At the confluence with +26 Pender County
Angola Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1.4 miles +42
upstream of NC Highway 50.
Ashes Creek............................. At the confluence with +17 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2.8 miles +35
upstream of Southwest
Lake.
Bear Branch............................. At the confluence with +16 Pender County
Black River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2,000 feet +28
upstream of Blueberry
Road.
Beckys Creek............................ Approximately 1.1 miles +8 Pender County
upstream of the (Unincorporated Areas).
Intracoastal Waterway.
Approximately 1.0 mile +29
upstream of State Route
210.
Bee Branch.............................. At the confluence with +45 Pender County
Cypress Creek (near Wards (Unincorporated Areas).
Corner).
Approximately 350 feet +55
upstream of Shiloh Road.
Big Branch.............................. At the confluence with +14 Pender County
Colvins Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 875 feet +24
upstream of the
confluence with Big
Branch Tributary.
Big Branch Tributary.................... At the confluence with Big +23 Pender County
Branch. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.37 mile +33
upstream of the
confluence with Big
Branch.
Black River............................. At the confluence with +9 Pender County
Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 350 feet +24
upstream of Beattys
Bridge Road.
Burgaw Creek............................ At the confluence with +15 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas),
Town of Burgaw.
Approximately 400 feet +50
upstream of West
Wilmington Street.
Cape Fear River......................... Approximately 0.6 mile +8 Pender County
downstream of the (Unincorporated Areas).
confluence with Black
River.
At the Bladen/Pender +23
County boundary.
Catskin Creek........................... At the confluence with +9 Pender County
Merricks and Players (Unincorporated Areas).
Creek.
Approximately 6.6 miles +34
upstream of the
confluence with Merricks
and Players Creek.
Colvins Creek........................... At the confluence with +16 Pender County
Black River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.8 mile +70
upstream of Beattys
Bridge Road.
Tributary........................... At the confluence with +25 Pender County
Colvins Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.5 mile +44
upstream of Slocum Trail.
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Cypress Creek (near Stag Park).......... At the confluence with +13 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas),
Village of Saint Helena.
Approximately 800 feet +57
upstream of Front Street.
Cypress Creek (near Wards Corner)....... At the confluence with +25 Pender County
Long Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.5 mile +53
upstream of Shiloh Road.
Doctors Creek........................... At the confluence with +39 Pender County
Rockfish Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.25 mile +51
upstream of Katie Ford
Road.
Dry Branch.............................. Approximately 20 feet +51 Pender County
upstream of NC Highway (Unincorporated Areas).
421.
Approximately 1.1 miles +55
upstream of NC Highway
421.
Godfrey Creek........................... At the confluence with +16 Pender County
Harrisons Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2.1 miles +32
upstream of the
confluence with Harrisons
Creek.
Guffords Branch......................... At the confluence with +10 Pender County
Rileys Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Just downstream of Highway +11
210.
Harrisons Creek......................... At State Route 210........ +8 Pender County
(Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 300 feet +29
upstream of Holiday Drive.
Holly Shelter Creek..................... At the confluence with +17 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the Pender/Onslow +37
County boundary.
Island Creek Tributary.................. Approximately 0.4 mile +9 Pender County
upstream of the (Unincorporated Areas).
confluence with Island
Creek.
Approximately 2.8 miles +27
upstream of the
confluence with Island
Creek.
Jones Creek............................. At the confluence with +34 Pender County
Colvins Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1.0 mile +36
upstream of Beattys
Bridge Road.
Kellys Creek............................ At the confluence with +25 Pender County
Rileys Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 200 feet +29
upstream of Little Kelly
Road.
Lillington Creek........................ At the confluence with +13 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2.7 miles +29
upstream of Shaw Highway.
Long Creek.............................. Approximately 3.5 miles +7 Pender County
upstream of the (Unincorporated Areas).
confluence with Northeast
Cape Fear River.
At NC Highway 53.......... +31
Lillington Creek Tributary.............. At the confluence with +13 Pender County
Lillington Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.9 mile +17
upstream of Vogler Drive.
Long Creek Tributary.................... At the confluence with +26 Pender County
Long Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.3 mile +30
upstream of the
confluence with Long
Creek.
Lewis Creek............................. Approximately 1,500 feet +23 Pender County
upstream of the (Unincorporated Areas).
confluence with Northeast
Cape Fear River.
Approximately 600 feet +24
downstream of U.S.
Highway 117.
Merricks Creek.......................... At State Route 210........ +8 Pender County
(Unincorporated Areas).
At the confluence with +9
Catskin Creek.
Mill Branch (of Moores Creek)........... Approximately 0.7 mile +43 Pender County
downstream of NC Highway (Unincorporated Areas),
53. Town of Atkinson.
At Church Street (NC +64
Highway 53).
Mill Creek.............................. At the confluence with +27 Pender County
Rileys Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 200 feet +30
upstream of Highsmith
Road.
Mill Pond............................... At the confluence with +17 Pender County
Holly Shelter Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1.5 miles +17
upstream of Highway 53.
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Moores Creek............................ At the confluence with +27 Pender County
Holly Shelter Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the Pender/Onslow +43
County boundary.
Moores Creek (near Atkinson)............ Approximately 1.2 miles +16 Pender County
upstream of Highway 210. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.3 mile +20
downstream of John Henry
Store Road.
Tributary 1......................... At the confluence with +33 Pender County
Moores Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the confluence with +51
Moores Creek.
At the Pender/Onslow +39 Pender County
County boundary. (Unincorporated Areas).
Tributary 2......................... At the confluence with +46
Moores Creek.
At the confluence with +37 Pender County
Moores Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Tributary 6......................... At the confluence with +42 Pender County
Moores Creek Tribuatory (Unincorporated Areas).
6..
Tributary 7......................... At the confluence with +42 Pender County
Moores Creek Tributary 6. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1.0 mile +74
upstream of Cypress Creek
Road.
Northeast Cape Fear River............... At the upstream side of +8 Pender County
State Route 210. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the Pender/Duplin +26
County boundary.
Pike Creek.............................. At the confluence with +10 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2.1 miles +34
upstream of Interstate 40.
Players Creek........................... At the confluence with +9 Pender County
Merricks Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2.5 miles +25
upstream of the
confluence with Merricks
Creek.
Rileys Creek............................ At the confluence with +9 Pender County
Long Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the confluence with +27
Mill Creek and Rizzo
Creek.
Rizzo Creek............................. At the confluence with +27 Pender County
Rileys Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.5 mile +29
upstream of the
confluence with Rileys
Creek.
Rockfish Creek.......................... At the confluence with +26 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the confluence with +39
Doctors Creek.
Sandy Run Swamp......................... At the confluence with +21 Pender County
Holly Shelter Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the Pender/Onslow +29
County boundary.
Sawyer Creek............................ At the confluence with +29 Pender County
Sills Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 125 feet +42
downstream of Highway 11.
Shaken Creek............................ At the confluence with +18 Pender County
Holly Shelter Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.3 mile +34
downstream of the Pender/
Onslow County boundary.
Shelter Swamp Creek..................... At the confluence with +25 Pender County
Sandy Run Swamp. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1,900 feet +34
upstream of the Onslow
Pender County boundary.
Sills Creek............................. At the confluence with +29 Pender County
Sawyer Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 600 feet +33
downstream of Old Mill
Road.
Trumpeter Swamp......................... At the confluence with +16 Pender County
Catskin Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1.2 miles +42
upstream of J. A. Drive.
Turkey Creek............................ At the upstream side of +8 Pender County
State Route 133. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 2.3 miles +22
upstream of State Route
133.
Tributary........................... At the confluence with +11 Pender County
Turkey Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 850 feet +28
upstream of Arvida Spur
Road.
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Washington Creek........................ At the confluence with +25 Pender County
Northeast Cape Fear River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.7 mile +27
upstream of Interstate 40.
Tributary........................... At the confluence with +27 Pender County
Washington Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.7 mile +44
upstream of the
confluence with
Washington Creek.
White Oak Branch........................ At the confluence with +43 Pender County
Tuckahoe Branch. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 0.6 mile +53
downstream of Shiloh Road.
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ADDRESSES
City of Burgaw
Maps available for inspection at the Burgaw City Hall, 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw, North Carolina.
Pender County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps available for inspection at the Pender County Planning Department, 805 South Walker Street, Burgaw, North
Carolina.
Village of Saint Helena
Maps available for inspection at the Saint Helena Village Hall, 330 Main Street, Burgaw, North Carolina.
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Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: October 4, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-17274 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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