Docket ID FEMA-2015
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/14/2015 and available online at http://federalregister.gov/a/2015-11585, and on FDsys.gov
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Billing Code 9110-12-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67 [Docket ID FEMA-2015-0001] Final Flood Elevation Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: Base (1-percent-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 in 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: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency
2 Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (e-mail) [email protected]. 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 90 days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation 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
3 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.
Date:_April 22, 2015_
________________________ Roy E. Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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.
4 § 67.11 [Amended] 2. The tables published under the authority of § 67.11 are amended as follows:
Flooding Source(s) Bayou Meto
Bayou Two Prairie
Blue Branch
Bridge Drive
Ferndale Creek
Five Mile Creek
Fletcher Creek
Glade Branch
Good Earth Drain Isom Creek
Pulaski County, Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas Docket Nos.: FEMA-B-7756 and FEMA-B-1053 *Elevation in feet (NGVD) +Elevation in feet (NAVD) #Depth in feet above ground ^Elevation in meters (MSL) Location of Referenced Elevation Modified Approximately 3.48 miles +243 downstream of Southeastern Avenue Approximately 3.87 miles +263 downstream of Old Tom Box Road Just upstream of Davis Ranch Road +320 At the Highway 5 intersection (county +280 line) Approximately 1,050 feet upstream of +314 Private Road At the Bayou Two Prairie confluence +286 Approximately 2,180 feet upstream of +318 the Highway 89 intersection At the Bayou Meto confluence +266 Approximately 1.35 miles upstream +271 of Bridge Field Drive At the Little Maumelle River +362 confluence Approximately 1,300 feet upstream of +453 Ferndale Road (county line) At the Bayou Meto confluence +248 Just upstream of Rixie Road +252 At the Little Maumelle River confluence Approximately 3,200 feet upstream of Walnut Grove Trail Approximately 580 feet upstream of Highway 67/167 Approximately 6,300 feet upstream of the Roland Road intersection At the Taylor Loop Creek confluence At the Taylor Loop Creek divergence At the Taylor Loop Creek confluence Approximately 100 feet upstream of Russ Street
+328 +429 +266 +353 +280 +285 +265 +345
Communities Affected City of Jacksonville, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County City of Little Rock City of Little Rock, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski
5 Jacks Bayou
Jacks Bayou Tributary 10 Kinley Creek
Little Maumelle River
Neal Creek
Nowlin Creek
South Loop
South Split
Taylor Loop Creek
Tributary 4 to Little Maumelle River
Tributary 5 to Little Maumelle River
Tributary 6 to Fletcher Creek Tributary 7 to Little Maumelle River
Approximately 500 feet downstream of the Union Pacific Railroad intersection (county line) Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of Peters Road At the Jacks Bayou confluence Approximately 1,800 feet upstream of Hercules Drive Approximately 8,010 feet downstream from the Garrison Road intersection Approximately 1,130 feet upstream from the Garrison Road intersection Approximately 2,570 feet downstream from the Arkansas River confluence Approximately 5,300 feet upstream from the Carnation Lane intersection At the Kinley Creek confluence Approximately 7,200 feet upstream of the Condor Road intersection Approximately 25,098 feet upstream from the Goodson Road intersection Approximately 25,348 feet upstream from the Goodson Road intersection Approximately 1,358 feet upstream from the Taylor Loop Creek confluence Approximately 1,801 feet downstream from the Taylor Loop Creek confluence At the South Loop confluence Approximately 194 feet downstream from the South Loop confluence Approximately 475 feet downstream from the Railroad intersection Approximately 1,451 feet downstream from the Jennifer Drive intersection At the Little Maumelle River confluence At the Cantrell Road intersection
+252
At the Little Maumelle River confluence Approximately 120 feet downstream of Guenther Road At the Fletcher Creek confluence Approximately 6,150 feet upstream of the Walnut Grove Road intersection Approximately 3,275 feet downstream from the Ferndale Road
+266
+283 +271 +279 +349
County City of Jacksonville, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+424 +262
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+561 +380 +514 +495 +497 +266
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+299
+280 +290 +266 +430
+240 +301
+282 +366 +427 +316
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
City of Little Rock, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski
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Tributary 8 to Fletcher Creek
Tributary 9 to Little Maumelle River
White Oak Branch
intersection Approximately 12,163 feet upstream from the Ferndale Road intersection Approximately 233 feet upstream from the Fletcher Creek confluence Approximately 3,488 feet upstream from the Autumn Blaze Trail intersection Approximately 748 feet upstream from the Little Maumelle River confluence Approximately 1,160 feet upstream from the Garrison Road intersection Approximately 123 feet upstream from the Highway 5 intersection Approximately 6,051 feet upstream from the Mount Pleasant intersection
County +455 +404 +509
+330
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+512 +288 +329
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum. +North American Vertical Datum. #Depth in feet above ground. ^Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. ADDRESSES: City of Jacksonville: Maps are available for inspection at the City Engineer’s Office, One Municipal Drive, Jacksonville, AR 72076. City of Little Rock: Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Public Works, 701 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72201. Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County: Maps are available for inspection at the Pulaski County Road and Bridge Department, 3200 Brown Street, Little Rock, AR 72204.
Flooding Source(s) Lake Michigan
Muskegon County, MI, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1222 *Elevation in feet (NGVD) +Elevation in feet (NAVD) #Depth in feet above ground ^Elevation in meters (MSL) Location of Referenced Elevation** Modified Entire shoreline within Community +584
Communities Affected Township of
7 Fruitland, Township of Laketon North Channel Musekgon River (flooding effects from Muskegon Lake) White Lake
At the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
+584 +584
City of Muskegon, Township of Muskegon
Entire Shoreline within community
+584
Township of Fruitland, Township of Whitehall
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum. +North American Vertical Datum. #Depth in feet above ground. ^Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. ** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. ADDRESSES: City of Muskegon: Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, MI 49440. Township of Fruitland: Maps are available for inspection at Fruitland Township Hall, 4545 Nestrom Road, Whitehall, MI 49461. Township of Laketon: Maps are available for inspection at Laketon Township Hall, 2735 West Giles Road, Muskegon, MI 49445. Township of Muskegon: Maps are available for inspection at Muskegon Township Hall, 1990 Apple Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49442. Township of Whitehall: Maps are available for inspection at Township Hall, 7644 Durham Road, Whitehall, MI 49461.
[FR Doc. 2015-11585 Filed: 5/13/2015 08:45 am; Publication Date: 5/14/2015]
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Billing Code 9110-12-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 67 [Docket ID FEMA-2015-0001] Final Flood Elevation Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: Base (1-percent-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 in 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: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency
2 Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (e-mail) [email protected]. 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 90 days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation 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
3 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.
Date:_April 22, 2015_
________________________ Roy E. Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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.
4 § 67.11 [Amended] 2. The tables published under the authority of § 67.11 are amended as follows:
Flooding Source(s) Bayou Meto
Bayou Two Prairie
Blue Branch
Bridge Drive
Ferndale Creek
Five Mile Creek
Fletcher Creek
Glade Branch
Good Earth Drain Isom Creek
Pulaski County, Arkansas, and Incorporated Areas Docket Nos.: FEMA-B-7756 and FEMA-B-1053 *Elevation in feet (NGVD) +Elevation in feet (NAVD) #Depth in feet above ground ^Elevation in meters (MSL) Location of Referenced Elevation Modified Approximately 3.48 miles +243 downstream of Southeastern Avenue Approximately 3.87 miles +263 downstream of Old Tom Box Road Just upstream of Davis Ranch Road +320 At the Highway 5 intersection (county +280 line) Approximately 1,050 feet upstream of +314 Private Road At the Bayou Two Prairie confluence +286 Approximately 2,180 feet upstream of +318 the Highway 89 intersection At the Bayou Meto confluence +266 Approximately 1.35 miles upstream +271 of Bridge Field Drive At the Little Maumelle River +362 confluence Approximately 1,300 feet upstream of +453 Ferndale Road (county line) At the Bayou Meto confluence +248 Just upstream of Rixie Road +252 At the Little Maumelle River confluence Approximately 3,200 feet upstream of Walnut Grove Trail Approximately 580 feet upstream of Highway 67/167 Approximately 6,300 feet upstream of the Roland Road intersection At the Taylor Loop Creek confluence At the Taylor Loop Creek divergence At the Taylor Loop Creek confluence Approximately 100 feet upstream of Russ Street
+328 +429 +266 +353 +280 +285 +265 +345
Communities Affected City of Jacksonville, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County City of Little Rock City of Little Rock, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski
5 Jacks Bayou
Jacks Bayou Tributary 10 Kinley Creek
Little Maumelle River
Neal Creek
Nowlin Creek
South Loop
South Split
Taylor Loop Creek
Tributary 4 to Little Maumelle River
Tributary 5 to Little Maumelle River
Tributary 6 to Fletcher Creek Tributary 7 to Little Maumelle River
Approximately 500 feet downstream of the Union Pacific Railroad intersection (county line) Approximately 1,200 feet upstream of Peters Road At the Jacks Bayou confluence Approximately 1,800 feet upstream of Hercules Drive Approximately 8,010 feet downstream from the Garrison Road intersection Approximately 1,130 feet upstream from the Garrison Road intersection Approximately 2,570 feet downstream from the Arkansas River confluence Approximately 5,300 feet upstream from the Carnation Lane intersection At the Kinley Creek confluence Approximately 7,200 feet upstream of the Condor Road intersection Approximately 25,098 feet upstream from the Goodson Road intersection Approximately 25,348 feet upstream from the Goodson Road intersection Approximately 1,358 feet upstream from the Taylor Loop Creek confluence Approximately 1,801 feet downstream from the Taylor Loop Creek confluence At the South Loop confluence Approximately 194 feet downstream from the South Loop confluence Approximately 475 feet downstream from the Railroad intersection Approximately 1,451 feet downstream from the Jennifer Drive intersection At the Little Maumelle River confluence At the Cantrell Road intersection
+252
At the Little Maumelle River confluence Approximately 120 feet downstream of Guenther Road At the Fletcher Creek confluence Approximately 6,150 feet upstream of the Walnut Grove Road intersection Approximately 3,275 feet downstream from the Ferndale Road
+266
+283 +271 +279 +349
County City of Jacksonville, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+424 +262
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+561 +380 +514 +495 +497 +266
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+299
+280 +290 +266 +430
+240 +301
+282 +366 +427 +316
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
City of Little Rock, Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski
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Tributary 8 to Fletcher Creek
Tributary 9 to Little Maumelle River
White Oak Branch
intersection Approximately 12,163 feet upstream from the Ferndale Road intersection Approximately 233 feet upstream from the Fletcher Creek confluence Approximately 3,488 feet upstream from the Autumn Blaze Trail intersection Approximately 748 feet upstream from the Little Maumelle River confluence Approximately 1,160 feet upstream from the Garrison Road intersection Approximately 123 feet upstream from the Highway 5 intersection Approximately 6,051 feet upstream from the Mount Pleasant intersection
County +455 +404 +509
+330
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
+512 +288 +329
Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum. +North American Vertical Datum. #Depth in feet above ground. ^Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. ADDRESSES: City of Jacksonville: Maps are available for inspection at the City Engineer’s Office, One Municipal Drive, Jacksonville, AR 72076. City of Little Rock: Maps are available for inspection at the Department of Public Works, 701 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72201. Unincorporated Areas of Pulaski County: Maps are available for inspection at the Pulaski County Road and Bridge Department, 3200 Brown Street, Little Rock, AR 72204.
Flooding Source(s) Lake Michigan
Muskegon County, MI, and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-1222 *Elevation in feet (NGVD) +Elevation in feet (NAVD) #Depth in feet above ground ^Elevation in meters (MSL) Location of Referenced Elevation** Modified Entire shoreline within Community +584
Communities Affected Township of
7 Fruitland, Township of Laketon North Channel Musekgon River (flooding effects from Muskegon Lake) White Lake
At the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
+584 +584
City of Muskegon, Township of Muskegon
Entire Shoreline within community
+584
Township of Fruitland, Township of Whitehall
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum. +North American Vertical Datum. #Depth in feet above ground. ^Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. ** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. ADDRESSES: City of Muskegon: Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, MI 49440. Township of Fruitland: Maps are available for inspection at Fruitland Township Hall, 4545 Nestrom Road, Whitehall, MI 49461. Township of Laketon: Maps are available for inspection at Laketon Township Hall, 2735 West Giles Road, Muskegon, MI 49445. Township of Muskegon: Maps are available for inspection at Muskegon Township Hall, 1990 Apple Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49442. Township of Whitehall: Maps are available for inspection at Township Hall, 7644 Durham Road, Whitehall, MI 49461.
[FR Doc. 2015-11585 Filed: 5/13/2015 08:45 am; Publication Date: 5/14/2015]
