[Federal Register: December 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 244)]
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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, DHS.

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

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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 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, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

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 ninety (90) days have 
elapsed since that publication. The Mitigation Division Director of 
FEMA 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 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.

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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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                                                                         *Elevation in
                                                                          feet (NGVD)
                                                                         +Elevation in
                                            Location of referenced        feet (NAVD)
          Flooding source(s)                       elevation                     Communities affected
                                                                         Depth in feet
                                                                         above ground.
                                                                           Modified
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                     Essex County, New Jersey and Incorporated Areas Docket No.: FEMA-B-7458
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Bear Brook............................  At Confluence with Canoe Brook            +223  Township of Livingston.
                                        Approximately 1800 feet                   +367
                                         upstream of East Cedar Street.
Canoe Brook...........................  Approximately 1500 feet                   +202  Township of Livingston.
                                         downstream of S. Orange
                                         Avenue.
                                        At Confluence of Bear Brook...            +223
Canoe Brook Tributary No. 1...........  At Confluence with Canoe Brook            +204  Township of Livingston.
                                        Approximately 1100 feet                   +254  Township of Milburn.
                                         upstream of White Oak Ridge
                                         Road.
Crystal Lake Branch...................  At Confluence with West Branch            +372  Township of West Orange.
                                         of Rahway River.
                                        Approximately 200 feet                    +498
                                         upstream of Clarken Drive.
Peckman River.........................  Approximately 1300 feet                   +180  Township of Cedar Grove,
                                         upstream of Erie Railroad.                      Township of Verona,
                                                                                         Township of West
                                                                                         Orange.
                                        Approximately 250 feet                    +474
                                         downstream of Highway 577.
East Branch Rahway River..............  Approximately 200 feet                     +99  City of Orange, Village
                                         upstream of Millburn Avenue.                    of South Orange,
                                                                                         Township of Maplewood.
                                        Just downstream of Forest                 +167
                                         Street.
West Branch Rahway River..............  Approximately 400 feet                    +298  Township of West Orange.
                                         downstream of Orange
                                         Reservoir Dam.
                                        At Garfield Avenue............            +374
Slough Brook..........................  Just Downstream of Parsonage              +177  Township of Livingston.
                                         Hill Road.

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                                        At Irving Avenue..............            +280
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 Depth in feet above ground.
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.

                                                    ADDRESSES
Township of Cedar Grove

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: Municipal Building, 525 Pompton Avenue, Cedar
 Grove, NJ 07009.

Township of Livingston

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: Town Hall, 357 South Livingston Avenue,
 Livingston, NJ 07039.

Township of Maplewood

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: Town Hall, 570 Valley Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040.

Township of Millburn

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: Town Hall, 375 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, NJ
 07041.

City of Orange

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: City Hall, 29 North Day Street, Orange, NJ 07050.

South Orange Village

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: South Orange Village Hall, 101 South Orange
 Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079.

Township of Verona

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: Town Hall, 600 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ
 07044.

Township of West Orange

Maps are available for inspection at the following locations: Town Hall, 66 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: December 13, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-21680 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]

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