FR Doc E7-25288

[Federal Register: December 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 248)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 73656-73659]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr28de07-19]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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: 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.

[[Page 73657]]

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 Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 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 flood-
prone 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.

0
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

0
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]

0
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.11 are amended
as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Elevation in
feet (NGVD) +
Elevation in feet
State City/town/county Source of flooding Location (NAVD)
Depth in feet
above ground.
(modified)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
City of Lynchburg, Virginia
Docket No.: FEMA--B-7715
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virginia........................ City of Lynchburg.. Burton Creek...... Confluence with +660
Blackwater Creek.
Approximately 1800 +758
feet upstream of
Wards Ferry Road.
Burton Creek Confluence with +758
Tributary No. 1. Burton Creek.
Approximately 1.0 +870
mile upstream of
confluence with
Burton Creek.
Tributary No. 2.. Confluence with +767
Burton Creek
Tributary No. 1.
Approximately 950 +844
feet upstream of
Wade Land.
Tributary No. 3.. Confluence with +758
Burton Creek.
Approximately 2300 +841
feet upstream of
confluence with
Burton Creek.
Tributary No. 4.. Confluence with +755
Burton Creek.
Approximately 0.5 +836
mile upstream of
Wards Ferry Road.
Tributary No. 5.. Confluence with +755
Burton Creek.
Approximately 850 +768
feet upstream of
confluence with
Burton Creek.
Tributary No. 6.. Confluence with +720
Burton Creek.
Approximately 1250 +757
feet upstream of
confluence with
Burton Creek.
Rock Castle Creek. Confluence with +740
Burton Creek.
Just upstream of +810
Wards Ferry Road.
Tributary No. 4.. Confluence with +758
Rock Castle Creek.
Approximately 1500 +843
feet upstream of
railroad spur.
Tributary No. 5.. Confluence with +740
Rock Castle Creek.
Approximately 200 +783
feet upstream of
Lynchburg
Expressway.
Tributary No. 6.. Confluence with +740
Rock Castle Creek.

[[Page 73658]]

Approximately 800 +804
feet upstream of
Edgewood Drive.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.

ADDRESSES

City of Lynchburg

Maps are available for inspection at 900 Church Street, 2nd Floor Planning Division, Lynchburg, VA 24504.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Elevation in
feet (NGVD)
+Elevation in
Location of referenced feet (NAVD)
Flooding source(s) elevation Depth Communities affected
in feet above
ground
(modified)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pearl River County, Mississippi, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7720
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
East Hobolochitto Creek............... Just upstream of West Union +86 Pearl River County
Road. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 420 feet +147
upstream of Savannah Millard
Road.
Jumpoff Creek......................... At the confluence with East +162 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Just upstream of Norfolk +238
Southern Railroad.
Juniper Creek......................... At the confluence with East +166 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 1,900 feet +252
upstream of Dupont-Harris
Road.
Long Branch........................... At the confluence with West +72 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 6,900 feet +161
upstream of Nelle Burkes Road.
Mill Creek No. 1...................... At the Pearl River-Hanconk +79 Pearl River County
County Boundary. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 4,800 feet +175
upstream of Mill Creek 2
Tributary 4.
No. 3............................. Approximately 170 feet +54 Pearl River County
upstream of Boley Bypass Road. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 14,600 feet +180
upstream of Highway 11.
No. 4............................. Just upstream of the dam...... +91 Pearl River County
(Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 6,200 feet +143
upstream of Rock Ranch Road.
West Hobolochitto Creek............... Approximately 600 feet +98 Pearl River County
downstream of Henleyfield- (Unincorporated Areas).
McNeill Road.
Approximately 200 feet +130
upstream of Highway 26.
White Sand Creek...................... At the confluence with West +129 Pearl River County
Hobolochitto Creek. (Unincorporated Areas).
Approximately 4,050 feet +247
upstream of White Sand Creek
Tributary 7.
Wolf River............................ Approximately 16,100 feet +120 Pearl River County
downstream of McNeill-McHenry (Unincorporated Areas).
Road.
Approximately 2,500 feet +241
upstream of Highway 11.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.

[[Page 73659]]

ADDRESSES
Pearl River County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps are available for inspection at Department of Planning and Development, 167 Savannah-Millard Road,
Poplarville, MS 39470.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Warren County, Virginia, and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-7705
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
North Fork Shenandoah River........... Confluence with South Fork +498 Warren County
Shenandoah River. (Unincorporated Areas).
Town of Front Royal Corporate +498
Limits (approximately 1.46
miles upstream of confluence
with Shenandoah River).
South Fork Shenandoah River........... Confluence of Punches Run..... +500 Warren County
(Unincorporated Areas).
Town of Front Royal Corporate +506
Limits (just upstream of
Catlett Mountain Road and
Luray Avenue).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+North American Vertical Datum.
Depth in feet above ground.

ADDRESSES

Warren County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps are available for inspection at 220 North Commerce Avenue, Suite 400, Front Royal, VA 22630.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

Dated: December 14, 2007.
David I. Maurstad,
Federal Insurance Administrator of the National Flood Insurance
Program, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
[FR Doc. E7-25288 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 9110-12-P