Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

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[Federal Register: August 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 151)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47832-47834]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06au04-27]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-P-7657]

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and
modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that
the 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 comment period is ninety (90) days following the second
publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation
in each community.

ADDRESSES: The proposed 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.

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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 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 of the Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate has resolved any appeals
resulting from this notification.
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 are also used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance
premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made
final, and for the contents in these buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed 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
maintain community eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory flexibility
analysis has been prepared.
Regulatory Classification. This proposed 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 proposed rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612,
Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform. This proposed 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 record keeping 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*
Source of flooding and location of referenced (NGVD)
elevation -------------------------- Communities affected
Existing Modified
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Lateral 1-B/Tributary No. 11:
Approximately 50 feet upstream of the confluence None * 205 City of Forrest City.
with Yocona-Spybuck Drainage Canal.
Approximately 2,275 feet upstream of Union * 266 * 263 Unincorporated Areas.
Pacific Railroad.
Spybuck Drainage Canal:
Approximately 1,160 feet downstream of Woodroe None * 216 City of Forrest City.
Holeman Road.
Approximately 2,300 feet upstream of Commerce None * 238 Unincorporated Areas.
Drive.
Tributary No. 1:
Approximately 975 feet downstream of Woodroe None * 216 City of Forrest City.
Holeman Road.
Approximately 2,470 feet upstream of County None * 238 Unincorporated Areas.
Highway 213.
Tributary No. 4:
At the confluence with Tributary No. 5.......... None * 222 City of Forrest City.
Approximately 60 feet upstream of Dawson Road... None * 243 Unincorporated Areas.
Tributary No. 5:
Approximately 2,090 feet downstream of County None * 218 City of Forrest City.
Highway 231.
Approximately 350 feet upstream of Entergy Drive None * 239 Unincorporated Areas.
Tributary No. 6:
Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of County None * 221 City of Forrest City.
Highway 205.
Approximately 5,330 feet upstream of County None * 239 Unincorporated Areas.
Highway 205.
Tributary No. 7:
Approximately 1,000 feet downstream of County None * 221 City of Forrest City.
Highway 205.
Approximately 1,075 feet upstream of Turner None * 229 Unincorporated Areas.
Circle.

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Tributary No. 10:
At the confluence with Yocona-Spybuck Drainage * 219 * 217 City of Forrest City.
Canal (MD-1).
Approximately 5,010 feet upstream of County None * 221 Unincorporated Areas.
Highway 202/Union Pacific Railroad.
Tributary No. 12:
At the confluence with Lateral 1-B (Tributary None * 213 Unincorporated Areas.
No. 11).
Approximately 4,035 feet upstream of County None * 221 ..................................
Highway 808.
Tributary No. 13:
At the confluence with Tributary No. 12......... None * 214 City of Forrest City.
Approximately 4,500 feet upstream of the None * 222 Unincorporated Areas.
confluence with Tributary No. 12.
Tributary No. 14:
At the confluence with Tributary No. 12......... None * 215 City of Forrest City.
Approximately 100 feet upstream of Yocona Road.. None * 216 Unincorporated Areas.
Tributary No. 16:
At the confluence with Tributary No. 12......... None * 217 City of Forrest City.
Approximately 2,920 feet upstream of Yocona Road None * 224 Unincorporated Areas.
Tributary No. 17:
Approximately 260 feet downstream of the None * 219 Unincorporated Areas.
confluence of Tributary No. 18.
Approximately 4,150 feet upstream of County None * 229 ..................................
Highway 814.
Tributary No. 18:
At the confluence with Tributary No. 17......... None * 220 Unincorporated Areas.
Approximately 2,850 feet upstream of the None * 225 ..................................
confluence with Tributary No. 17.
Tributary No. 19:
At the confluence with Tributary No. 17......... None * 223 Unincorporated Areas.
Approximately 2,390 feet upstream of the None * 226 ..................................
confluence with Tributary No. 17.
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ADDRESSES

City of Forrest City
Maps are available for inspection at the City Hall, 224 North Rosser, Forrest City, Arkansas.

Send comments to The Honorable Larry S. Bryant, City Hall, P.O. Box 1074, 224 North Rosser, Forrest City,
Arkansas 72335.

St. Francis County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at St. Francis County Courthouse, 313 South Izard Street, Forrest City,
Arkansas.

Send comments to The Honorable Carl Cisco, Judge, St. Francis County, 313 Izard Street, Forrest City, Arkansas
72335.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

Dated: July 28, 2004.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 04-17961 Filed 8-5-04; 8:45 am]
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