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Final Flood Elevation Determinations
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[Federal Register: January 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 8)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 1461-1463]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr12ja07-16]
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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, DHS.
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: 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
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respective addresses are listed in the table below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering
Management Section, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(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 of
FEMA 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. FEMA 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 final rule is categorically
excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental
Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not 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 final rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final 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
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced feet (NAVD) Communities affected
elevation # Depth
in feet above
ground Modified
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Bexar County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7460
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San Antonio River.................... Approximately 500 feet *510 City of San Antonio,
upstream of Rd 3 along River Bexar County
Road. (Unincorporated
Areas).
Just downstream of Roosevelt *579 .......................
Avenue.
Just upstream of Josephine *656 .......................
Street.
San Pedro Creek...................... At the confluence with San *599 City of San Antonio,
Antonio River. Bexar County.
At confluence with Apache *628 .......................
Creek (above Rail Road).
Approximately 100 feet *656 .......................
downstream of West Myrtle
Street.
Symphony Lane Spillflow.............. At convergence with San *554 City of San Antonio,
Antonio River. Bexar County.
Just upstream of East Pyron *558 .......................
Avenue.
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# Depth in feet above ground.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
ADDRESSES
Bexar County (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at Vista Verde Building, Suite 420, 233 North Pecos St., San Antonio, TX
78207.
City of San Antonio
Maps are available for inspection at Municipal Plaza, 114 W. Commerce St., 7th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205.
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Town of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7465
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Atlantic Ocean....................... At Crockett Cove............. +10 Town of Vinalhaven.
At Carvers Pond.............. +10 .......................
At Old Harbor, Northern Shore +11 .......................
At Eastern Shore of Carvers +11 .......................
Habor.
At Northern end of Carvers +12 .......................
Harbor.
At Coombs Neck, Northern +13 .......................
Shore.
At Sand Cove................. +14 .......................
At Clam Cove of Roberts +16 .......................
Harbor.
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At Southern point of +18 .......................
Vinalhaven Island opposite
Carvers Island.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
# Depth in feet above ground.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
ADDRESSES
Maps are available for inspection at the Town of Vinalhaven, Town Office, West Main, Vinalhaven, Maine 04863.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance.'')
Dated: January 5, 2007.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-340 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
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