Final Flood Elevation Determinations

Final rule.

CFR Part: "44 CFR Part 67"

Citation: "80 FR 36928"

Document Number: "Docket ID FEMA-2015-0001"

Page Number: "36928"

"Rules and Regulations"

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).

   EFFECTIVE DATE: 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 Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or (email) [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 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: June 16, 2015.

Roy E. Wright,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and 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.

SEC 67.11 [Amended]

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

  Flooding        Location of referenced elevation *         Communities source(s)                                        Elevation affected                                                  in                                                  feet                                                  (NGVD)                                                  +                                                  Elevation                                                  in                                                  feet                                                  (NAVD)                                                  # Depth                                                  in feet                                                  above                                                  ground                                                  [caret]                                                  Elevation                                                  in                                                  meters                                                  (MSL)                                                  Modified       Tioga County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)       Docket No.: FEMA-B-1147  Camp Brook      Approximately 1,900 feet         + 1124    Township of Creek           downstream of East Main Street             Nelson.                 Approximately 460 feet           + 1127                 downstream of East Main Street Charleston      Approximately 2,670 feet         + 1325    Township of Creek           upstream of Jackson Street                 Charleston.                 Approximately 2,720 feet         + 1326                 upstream of Jackson Street Cowanesque      Approximately 3,600 feet         + 1124    Borough of River Reach 2   downstream of State Route 49               Elkland,                                                            Township of                                                            Deerfield,                                                            Township of                                                            Nelson.                 Approximately 2.4 miles upstream + 1184                 of Holden Street Crooked Creek   Approximately 0.2 mile upstream  + 1024    Borough of                 of Bear Creek Road (Legislative            Tioga.                 Route 58122)                 Approximately 690 feet upstream  + 1034                 of Mann Hill Road (Cowanesque                 Street) Tioga River     Approximately 0.3 mile upstream  + 1024    Borough of Reach 1         of State Route 287                         Tioga.                 Approximately 0.8 mile upstream  + 1034                 of Park Street Tioga River     Approximately 1.2 miles          + 1139    Borough of Reach 2         downstream of Spencer Road                 Mansfield,                                                            Township of                                                            Hamilton.                 Approximately 0.4 mile upstream  + 1401                 of Gulick Street      * National Geodetic Vertical Datum.       + North American Vertical Datum.       # Depth in feet above ground.       [caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.       ADDRESSES       Borough of Elkland       Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 105 Parkhurst Street, Elkland, PA 16920.       Borough of Mansfield       Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Hall, 14 South Main Street, Mansfield, PA 16933.       Borough of Tioga       Maps are available for inspection at the Borough Office, 18 North Main Street, Tioga, PA 16946.       Township of Charleston       Maps are available for inspection at the Charleston Township Building, 156 Catlin Hollow Road, Wellsboro, PA      16901.       Township of Deerfield       Maps are available for inspection at the Deerfield Township Building, 5322 State Route 49, Knoxville, PA 16928.       Township of Hamilton       Maps are available for inspection at the Hamilton Township Municipal Building, 16 Tioga Street, Morris Run, PA      16939.       Township of Nelson       Maps are available for inspection at the Nelson Township Community Building, 111 Village Drive, Nelson, PA 16940.  

[FR Doc. 2015-15821 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]

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