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AGENCY:
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION:
Proposed rule.
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.
Start Further InfoFOR 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.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY 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 Start Printed Page 29695eligibility 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.
Start List of SubjectsList 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:
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1. The authority citation for part 67 continues to read as follows:
[Amended]2. The tables published under the authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be amended as follows:
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location # Depth in feet above ground Elevation in feet (NAVD) Existing Modified Iowa West Des Moines (City) Polk and Dallas Counties Jordan Creek Approximately 3,210 feet downstream of 68th Street None 924 Approximately 1,950 feet upstream of E.P. True Parkway None 970 Raccoon River Approximately 75 feet downstream of South First Street 814 816 Approximately 1.7 miles upstream of U.S. Interstate 35 832 833 Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 4200 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa. Send comments to The Honorable Eugene Meyer, Mayor, City of West Des Moines, 4200 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, “Flood Insurance.”)
Dated: May 18, 2005.
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.
[FR Doc. 05-10299 Filed 5-23-05; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 05/24/2005
- Department:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Entry Type:
- Proposed Rule
- Action:
- Proposed rule.
- Document Number:
- 05-10299
- 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.
- Pages:
- 29694-29695 (2 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- Docket No. FEMA-P-7687
- Topics:
- Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- PDF File:
- 05-10299.pdf
- CFR: (1)
- 44 CFR 67.4