[Federal Register: November 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 226)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-D-7678]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The 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.
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) proposes to make determinations of BFEs and modified BFEs for
each community listed below, in accordance with Section 110 of the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR
67.4(a).
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. 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 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 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.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is proposed to be 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. 67.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are
proposed to be amended as follows:
City of New York, New York
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Depth in feet
above ground. *Elevation
in feet (NGVD)
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location +Elevation in feet
(NAVD)
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Existing Modified
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New York............................ New York (City)....... Amboy Road Wetland (Staten Island)..... Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *50
Arbutus Creek (Staten Island).......... Approximately 530 feet upstream of Hylan Boulevard............. *15 *16
Approximately 980 feet upstream of Amboy Road.................. None *57
Blue Heron Main Branch (Staten Island). Approximately 100 feet upstream of Hylan Boulevard............. *10 *17
Approximately 1,700 feet upstream of Tallman Street............ None *70
Blue Heron Tributary (Staten Island)... At the confluence with Blue Heron Main Branch.................. None *36
Approximately 35 feet upstream of Holbridge Avenue............. None *70
Bronx River (Bronx).................... Approximately 600 feet upstream of Tremont Street.............. *14 *15
Approximately 1,650 feet upstream of East 24th Street.......... *73 *74
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Butler Manor (Staten Island)........... Approximately 75 feet upstream of the confluence with Raritan *12 *10
Bay.
Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence with Raritan None *33
Bay.
Cleveland Avenue Wetland (Staten Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *58
Island).
Colon Tributary (Staten Island)........ At the confluence with Sweet Brook............................. *14 *15
Approximately 145 feet upstream of Pemberton Avenue............ *44 *41
D Street Brook (Staten Island)......... At D Street.................................................... None *97
Approximately 1,530 feet upstream of D Street.................. None *155
Denise Tributary (Staten Island)....... Approximately 260 feet upstream of the confluence of Arbutus *17 *18
Creek.
Approximately 1,205 feet upstream of Jansen Street............. *48 *49
Eibs Pond (Staten Island).............. Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *87
Eltingville Tributary (Staten Island).. At the confluence with Sweet Brook............................. *39 *38
Approximately 406 feet upstream of Ratan Avenue................ None *45
Foresthill Road Brook (Staten Island).. Approximately 1,450 feet downstream of Foresthill Road......... None *5
Approximately 3,070 feet upstream of Alaska place.............. None *74
Hillside Avenue Wetland (Staten Island) Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *56
Jacks Pond (Staten Island)............. Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *52
Jansen Tributary (Staten Island)....... Approximately 330 feet upstream of confluence with Arbutus *26 *25
Creek.
Approximately 1,340 feet upstream of confluence with Arbutus *37 *41
Creek.
Lemon Creek (Staten Island)............ Approximately 40 feet upstream of Staten Island Rapid Transit *10 *17
Bridge.
Approximately 350 feet upstream of Rossville Avenue............ *102 *101
Mill Creek (Staten Island)............. Approximately 80 feet downstream of Richmond Valley Road....... *10 *11
Approximately 1,320 feet upstream of West Veterans Road........ None *77
Mill Creek Tributary 1 (Staten Island). At the confluence with Mill Creek.............................. None *41
Approximately 230 feet from the downstream side of the West None *60
Shore Expressway.
Mill Creek Tributary 2 (Staten Island). At the confluence with Mill Creek.............................. None *10
At the confluence with Mill Creek Tributary 3.................. None *13
Mill Creek Tributary 3 (Staten Island). At the confluence with Mill Creek Tributary 2.................. None *13
Approximately 860 feet upstream of confluence with Mill Creek None *22
Tributary 2.
Richmond Creek (Staten Island)......... Approximately 510 feet downstream of Richmond Hill Road........ None *6
Approximately 0.86 mile upstream of Rockland Avenue............ None *254
Sandy Brook (Staten Island)............ Approximately 190 feet upstream of Richmond Parkway............ *42 *39
Approximately 1,100 feet upstream of Bloomingdale Road......... *85 *84
Stump Pond (Staten Island)............. Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *271
Sweet Brook (Staten Island)............ Approximately 3,200 feet downstream of Genesee Avenue.......... *14 *12
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Approximately 1,050 feet upstream of Richmond Avenue/Drumgoogle *95 *99
Avenue.
Wolfes Pond (Staten Island)............ Approximately 1,175 feet upstream of Seguine Avenue............ *12 *10
Approximately 175 feet upstream of Hylan Boulevard............. None *21
Wood Duck Pond (Staten Island)......... Entire shoreline within the community.......................... None *54
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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 New York City Planning Department, Waterfront and Open Space Division, 22 Reade Street, Room 6E, New York, New York.
Send comments to The Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, New York City Hall, 52 Chambers Street, New York, New York 10007.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: November 13, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-19829 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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