FR Doc E6-17262

[Federal Register: October 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 200)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 60917-60919]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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.

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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

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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]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are amended
as follows:

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Depth in
feet above ground
*Elevation in
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location feet (NGVD)
+Elevation in
feet (NAVD)
Modified
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Sumter County, South Carolina
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7454
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South Carolina............... Sumter County... Beech Creek..................... Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of Barnwell Drive *180
Approximately 100 feet downstream of Edgehill Road *225
Beech Creek Tributary 1......... At the confluence with Beech Creek................ *168
Approximately 150 feet downstream of Raccoon Road. *193
Brunson Branch.................. At the confluence with Mulberry Branch............ *133
Approximately 700 feet upstream of Oswego Highway. *144
Brunson Branch.................. At the confluence with Brunson Branch............. *134
Tributary 1..................... Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence *143
of Cut Through 1.
Cane Savannah Creek............. Approximately 200 feet downstream of Kolb Road.... *138
Approximately 250 feet upstream of Wedgefield *164
Highway.
Cut Through 1................... At the confluence with Brunson Branch Tributary 1. *140
Just downstream of Jerry Street................... *144
Cut Through 2................... At the confluence with Mulberry Branch............ *134
Just downstream of Jerry Street................... *144
Green Swamp..................... Approximately 250 feet downstream of Mason Road... *169
Approximately 50 feet downstream of Brewington *189
Road.
Hatchet Camp Branch............. At confluence with Cane Savannah Creek............ *160
Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of Bronco Road... *256
Hope Swamp...................... At the confluence with Pudding Swamp.............. *108
Approximately 100 feet downstream of Narrow Paved *116
Road.
Horsepen Branch................. At the confluence with Green Swamp................ *181
Approximately 250 feet downstream of Stamey *203
Livestock Road.
Long Branch..................... Approximately 330 feet downstream of Broad Street. *173
Approximately 350 feet downstream of Frierson Road *223
Lynches River................... Approximately 7.7 miles downstream of Amwell *99
Church Road.
Approximately 1000 feet downstream of Interstate *120
95.
Mile Branch..................... At the confluence with Brunson Branch............. *140
Approximately 0.2 mile downstream of U.S. Route *143
378 and 76.
Mulberry Branch................. At the confluence with Rocky Bluff Swamp.......... *133
Approximately 150 feet downstream of Main Street.. *167
Mulberry Branch................. At the confluence with Mulberry Branch............ *134
Tributary 1..................... Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of the confluence *143
with Mulberry Branch.
Mush Swamp...................... Approximately 850 feet downstream of Loring Mill *162
Pond Road.
Approximately 50 feet upstream of Eagle Road...... *204
Nasty Branch.................... At the confluence with Cane Savannah Creek........ *128
Approximately 250 feet downstream of Bethel Church *175
Road.
Noyts Branch.................... At the confluence of Green Swamp.................. *129
Approximately 350 feet upstream of Main Street.... *159
Pocalla Creek................... At the confluence with Pocotaligo River........... *121

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Approximately 250 feet downstream of South *168
Guignard Drive.
Pudding Swamp................... Approximately 300 feet downstream of Forge Road... *103
Approximately 200 feet downstream of Trinity Road. *125
Rocky Bluff..................... Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence *134
of Mulberry Branch.
Approximately 900 feet downstream of Westbury Mill *168
Road.
Shot Pouch Branch............... At the confluence with Green Swamp................ *138
Approximately 450 feet downstream of Jefferson *176
Road.
Sooks Branch.................... At the confluence of Green Swamp.................. *133
Approximately 75 feet upstream of Council Lane.... *157
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Depth in feet above ground
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum
+North American Vertical Datum

ADDRESSES:

City of Sumter:

Maps are available for inspection at 33 North Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150.
Send comments to The Honorable Joseph T. McElveen Jr., Mayor, City of Sumter, P.O. Box 1449, Sumter, SC 29151.

Unincorporated Areas of Sumter County:

Maps are available for inspection at 33 North Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150.
Send comments to Mr. William T. Noonan, Sumter County Administrator, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, SC 29150.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

Dated: October 4, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-17262 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]

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