Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

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[Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 40978-40980]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr19jy06-32]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-P-7919]

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of
Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.
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
BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., CFM, Acting
Section Chief, Engineering Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500
C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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
certifies that this proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act because proposed or modified BFEs are
required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104,
and are required to establish and maintain community eligibility in the
NFIP. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not 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 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.

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.

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) #
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced Depth in feet above Communities affected
elevation ground
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Effective Modified
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Bossier Parish, Louisiana (Unincorporated Areas)
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Alligator Bayou..................... At the confluence with *163 *160 City of Bossier City.
Flat River.
Approximately 1,550 *163 *162
feet downstream of
U.S. Highway 79/80
Eastbound.
Benoit Bayou........................ At the confluence with *166 *168 City of Bossier City,
Macks Bayou. Bossier Parish,
(Unincorporated
Areas).
Segment G and Macks
Bayou Segment H.
Approximately 12,520 None *173
feet upstream of
Brownless Road.
Bossier Ditch....................... Approximately 60 feet *160 *159 City of Bossier City.
upstream of the
confluence with Cooper
Bayou and Macks Bayou
Segment F.
Approximately 180 feet None *170
upstream of Benton
Road.
Fifi Bayou.......................... Just upstream of U.S. None *174 Bossier Parish
Interstate 20. (Unincorporated
Areas).

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Approximately 9,000 None *190
feet upstream of
Windfield Road.
Flat River.......................... Just upstream of State None *154 City of Bossier City,
Route 527. Bossier Parish
(Unincorporated
Areas).
Approximately 500 feet *165 *164
upstream of U.S.
Interstate 220
Westbound.
Flat River Drainage Canal........... Just upstream of Coy *166 *165 City of Bossier City,
Road. Bossier Parish
(Unincorporated
Areas).
Approximately 400 feet *173 *174
upstream of Airline
Drive.
Flat River (Upper Reach)............ Approximately 540 feet *176 *175 Bossier Parish
upstream of the (Unincorporated
confluence with Flat Areas).
River Drainage Canal.
Approximately 4,830 *179 *177
feet upstream of the
confluence of Willow
Chute Lateral.
Herndon Ditch....................... At the confluence with *156 *158 City of Bossier City,
Flat River. Bossier Parish
(Unincorporated
Areas).
Approximately 1,300 *157 *158
feet downstream of the
confluence of Macks
Bayou Segment B.
Lake Bistineau...................... Entire shoreline within None *148 Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish. (Unincorporated
Areas).
Macks Bayou Segment A............... At the confluence with *156 *157 City of Bossier City,
Flat River. Bossier Parish
(Unincorporated
Areas).
Approximately 25 feet *156 *157
upstream of Golden
Meadows Drive.
Macks Bayou Segment E............... Approximately 1,025 *162 *163 City of Bossier City.
feet upstream of the
confluence with
Bossier Ditch.
Approximately 2,010 *162 *163
feet upstream of the
confluence with
Bossier Ditch.
Macks Bayou Segment G............... Approximately 800 feet *166 *167 City of Bossier City.
upstream of Kansas
City Southern Railray.
At the confluence with *166 *168
Benoit Bayou and
junction with Macks
Bayou Segment H.
Macks Bayou Segment H............... Approximately 190 feet *165 *168 City of Bossier City,
upstream of the Bossier Parish
confluence with Flat (Unincorporated
River. Areas).
At the confluence of *166 *168
Benoit Bayou and
divergence of Macks
Bayou Segment G.
Racetrack Bayou..................... At the confluence with None *166 City of Bossier City.
Willow Chute.
At U.S. Interstate 220 *166 *168
Westbound and
divergence from Macks
Bayou Segment H.
Red Chute Bayou..................... Approximately 12,400 None *154 City of Bossier City,
feet upstream of Smith Bossier Parish
Road. (Unincorporated
Areas).
Approximately 4,050 *165 *169
feet upstream of
Dogwood Trail.
Willow Chute Lateral................ At the confluence with *178 *177 Bossier Parish
Flat River. (Unincorporated
Areas).
Approximately 4,930 *178 *177
feet upstream of the
confluence with Flat
River (Upper Reach).
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ADDRESSES

City of Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 620 Benton Road, Bossier City, Louisiana.

Send comments to The Honorable Lorenz ``Lo'' Walker, Mayor, City of Bossier City, City Hall, 620 Benton Road,
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111.

Bossier Parish, Louisiana (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps are available for inspection at the Police Jury Office, 204 Burt Boulevard, Room 108, Benton, Louisiana.

Send comments to The Honorable William R. Altimus, Bossier Parish Administrator, Post Office Box 70, 204 Burt
Boulevard, Room 108, Benton, Louisiana 71006.
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* North American Veritical Datum of 1988.

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')

Dated: July 6, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-11391 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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