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Final Flood Elevation Determinations
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[Federal Register: November 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 219)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 66248-66250]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14no06-6]
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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, 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 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. 67.11 [Amended]
? 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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Cook County, Illinois and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-P-7921
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Buffalo Creek......................... Just upstream of Elmhurst Road *653 Village of Wheeling.
Just downstream of Aptakisic *667
Road.
Wheeling Drainage Ditch............... Just downstream of Wolf Road.. *641 Cook County
(Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 400 feet *652 Village of Wheeling.
downstream of Elmhurst Road.
William Rogers Memorial Diversion Approximately 300 feet *644 Cook County
Channel. upstream of the confluence (Unincorporated Areas).
with Des Plaines River.
At divergence from Wheeling *646 Village of Wheeling.
Drainage Ditch.
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# Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
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ADDRESSES
Cook County, Illinois (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at Cook County Building and Zoning Department, 69 West Washington, Suite 2830,
Chicago, Illinois.
Village of Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois
Maps are available for inspection at Wheeling Village Hall, Engineer's Office, 255 West Dundee Road, Wheeling,
Illinois.
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Calhoun County, South Carolina and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7462
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Lake Marion........................... At the Sumter County/Clarendon +76 Calhoun County
County line. (Unincorporated Areas).
At the Calhoun County/ +76
Orangeburg County line.
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# Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
ADDRESSES
Unincorporated Areas of Calhoun County
Maps are available for inspection at Calhoun County, Office of Building and Planning, 102 Courthouse Drive,
Suite 112, St. Matthews, SC 29135.
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Maury County, Tennessee and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7458
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Duck River............................ Approximately 6,680 feet +562 Maury County
downstream of the confluence (Unincorporated Areas).
Roberts Bend Branch.
Approximately 2,040 feet +576
downstream of the confluence
Little Bigby Creek.
Duck River............................ Approximately 1,800 feet +588 Maury County
downstream of the confluence (Unincorporated Areas),
Bear Creek. City of Columbia.
Approximately 3,680 feet +634
upstream of the confluence
Flat Creek.
Fountain Creek........................ At the confluence of Fountain +604 Maury County
Creek with Duck River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 3,000 feet +663
upstream of Culleoka Highway.
Silver Creek.......................... At the confluence of Silver +604 Maury County
Creek with Fountain Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 200 feet +661
upstream of Kerr Road.
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# Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
North America Vertical Datum.
(NOTE: NGVD+.069=NAVD).
ADDRESSES
Unincorporated Areas of Maury County
Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, County Courthouse, 41 Public Square,
Columbia, TN 38401.
City of Columbia
Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, 707 North Main Street, Columbia, TN 38401.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: November 6, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-19116 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]
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