FR Doc 04-7599

[Federal Register: April 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 65)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 17608-17609]
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, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base
Flood Elevations (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).

EFFECTIVE DATE: 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 FIRM is available for
inspection as indicated in the table below.

ADDRESSES: The final base flood elevations 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: Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard
Identification Section, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
makes the final determinations listed below of BFEs and 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 of the
Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate 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. 4105, and 44 CFR Part
67.
The Federal Emergency Management 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. The Mitigation Division Director of the
Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate certifies that this
rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
because modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to
establish and maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory
flexibility analysis has been prepared.
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 12612, Federalism. This rule involves no policies
that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612,
Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform. This rule meets the
applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778.

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 to read 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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Depth in
feet above
ground.
*Elevation in
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location feet (NGVD)
modified
[diams]Elevation
in feet (NAVD)
modified
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IA........................... Ames (City) College Creek................... Approximately 1,400 feet downstream of South *976
Story County Dakota Avenue.
(FEMA Docket
No. P7633).
Approximately 600 feet upstream of Wilder *1,016
Boulevard.
IA........................... Ames (City) Skunk River..................... Approximately 200 feet downstream of Ken Maril *874
Story County Road.
(FEMA Docket
No. P7633).
Approximately 3 miles upstream of East 13th Street *904
Squaw Creek..................... Approximately 2,000 feet downstream of S. Duff *885
Avenue.
Approximately 2,600 feet upstream of confluence *911
with Onion Creek.
Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Planning and Housing, City Hall, Room 214, 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa.
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TX........................... Ingleside (City) McCampbell Slough............... Approximately 0.6 mile downstream of FM 3512...... *9
San Patricio
County (FEMA
Docket No.
P7639).
Approximately 580 feet upstream of State Highway *13
361 (Highland Street).
Maps are available for inspection at Ingleside City Hall, 2671 San Angelo Drive, Ingleside, Texas.
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TX........................... San Patricio McCampbell Slough............... Appoximately 230 feet downstream of State Highway *8
County 35 (Wheeler Avenue).
(Unincorporated
Areas) (FEMA
Docket No.
P7639).
Approximately 1.2 miles upstream of FM 3512....... *11
Maps are available for inspection at the San Patricio County Health Department, Environmental Division, 313 North Rachal Avenue, Sinton, Texas.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

Dated: March 24, 2004.
Anthony S. Lowe,
Mitigation Division Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 04-7599 Filed 4-2-04; 8:45 am]

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