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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 65
[Docket No. FEMA-7113]
Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Interim rule.
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SUMMARY: This interim rule lists communities where modification of the
base (100-year) flood elevations is appropriate because of new
scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be
calculated from the modified base (100-year) flood elevations for new
buildings and their contents.
DATES: These modified base flood elevations are currently in effect on
the dates listed in the table and revise the Flood Insurance Rate
Map(s) in effect prior to this determination for each listed community.
From the date of the second publication of these changes in a
newspaper of local circulation, any person has ninety (90) days in
which to request through the community that the Associate Director,
Mitigation Directorate, reconsider the changes. The modified elevations
may be changed during the 90-day period.
ADDRESSES: The modified base (100-year) 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 following table.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael K. Buckley, P.E., Chief, Hazard Identification Branch,
Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202)
646-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The modified base (100-year) flood
elevations are not listed for each community in this interim rule.
However, the address of the Chief Executive Officer of the community
where the modified base (100-year) flood elevation determinations are
available for inspection is provided.
Any request for reconsideration must be based upon knowledge of
changed conditions, or upon new scientific or technical data.
The modifications are made pursuant to Section 201 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance
with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.,
and with 44 CFR part 65.
For rating purposes, the currently effective community number is
shown and must be used for all new policies and renewals.
The modified base (100-year) flood elevations are the basis for the
floodplain management measures that the community is required to either
adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to
qualify or to remain qualified for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP).
These modified elevations, 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.
The changes in base flood elevations are in accordance with 44 CFR
65.4.
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 Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, certifies that this
rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
because modified base (100-year) 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 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 65
Flood insurance, Floodplains, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 65 is amended to read as follows:
PART 65--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 65 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. 65.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 65.4 are
amended as follows:
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Dates and name of newspaper Chief executive officer of Effective date of Community
State and county Location where notice was published community modification No.
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Arkansas: Benton....... City of Bentonville.... Aug. 5, 1994, Aug. 12, 1994, The Honorable John W. Fryer, July 15, 1994....... 050012
Benton County Daily Record. Mayor, City of Bentonville, 117
West Central, Bentonville,
Arkansas 72712.
Colorado: El Paso...... City of Colorado Aug. 4, 1994, Aug. 11, 1994, The Honorable Robert Isaac, July 1, 1994........ 080060
Springs. Gazette Telegraph. Mayor, City of Colorado Springs,
P.O. Box 1575, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80901-1575.
Colorado: El Paso...... City of Colorado Aug. 11, 1994, Aug. 18, 1994, The Honorable Robert Isaac, July 22, 1994....... 080060
Springs. Gazette Telegraph. Mayor, City of Colorado Springs,
P.O. Box 1575, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80901-1575.
Colorado: El Paso...... Unincorporated areas... Aug. 4, 1994, Aug. 11, 1994, The Honorable Jerri Howells, July 1, 1994........ 080059
Gazette Telegraph. Chairperson, El Paso County
Board of Commissioners, 27 East
Vermijo, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80903.
Idaho: Ada............. City of Boise.......... Aug. 23, 1994, Aug. 30, 1994, The Honorable Brent Coles, Mayor, Aug. 9, 1994........ 160002
The Statesman. City of Boise, P.O. Box 500,
Boise, Idaho 83701-0500.
Idaho: Ada............. City of Meridian....... Aug. 11, 1994, Aug. 18, 1994, The Honorable Grant P. Kingsford, July 20, 1994....... 160180
Valley News. Mayor, City of Meridian, 33 East
Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho
83642.
Idaho: Ada............. Unincorporated areas... Aug. 23, 1994, Aug. 30, 1994, The Honorable Vern Bisterfeldt, Aug. 9, 1994........ 160001
The Idaho Statesman. Chairman, Ada County Board of
Commissioners, 650 Main Street,
Boise, Idaho 83702.
Kansas: Sedgwick....... Unincorporated areas... Aug. 2, 1994, Aug. 9, 1994, Ms. Betsy Gwin, Chairperson, July 1, 1994........ 200321
Wichita Eagle. Sedgwick County Board of
Commissioners, 525 North Main
Street, Suite 320, Wichita,
Kansas 67203.
Texas: El Paso......... City of El Paso........ Aug. 5, 1994, Aug. 12, 1994, The Honorable Larry Francis, June 23, 1994....... 480214
Gazette Telegraph. Mayor, City of El Paso, Two
Civic Center Plaza, El Paso,
Texas 79901-1196.
Texas: Dallas.......... City of Farmers Branch. Aug. 4, 1994, Aug. 11, 1994, The Honorable Dave Blair, Mayor, July 1, 1994........ 480174
Metrocrest News. City of Farmers Branch, 13000
William Dodson Parkway, Farmers
Branch, Texas 75234.
Texas: Harris.......... Unincorporated areas... Aug. 24, 1994, Aug. 31, 1994, The Honorable Jon Lindsay, Harris Aug. 5, 1994........ 480287
Houston Chronicle. County Judge, Ninth Floor
Courtroom, 1001 Preston, Suite
911, Houston, Texas 77002.
Texas: Montgomery...... Unincorporated areas... Aug. 12, 1994, Aug. 19, 1994, The Honorable Alan Sadler, Aug. 5, 1994........ 480483
Houston Chronicle. Montgomery County Judge, 301
North Thompson, Suite 210,
Conroe, Texas 77301.
Texas: Bell............ City of Temple......... Aug. 5, 1994, Aug. 12, 1994, The Honorable J.W. Perry, Mayor, June 15, 1994....... 480034
Temple Daily Telegram. City of Temple, P.O. Box 1200,
Temple, Texas 76503-1200.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: October 5, 1994.
Richard T. Moore,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
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