[Federal Register: January 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 2)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 246-247]
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

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-7762]

 
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed Rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On February 22, 2008, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides 
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information 
published at FR Doc. E8-3362. The table provided here represents the 
flooding source, location of referenced elevation, effective and 
modified elevation, and communities affected for Trinity County, 
California. Specifically, it addresses Hayfork Creek.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, 
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3151 or (e-mail) bill.blanton@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) publishes proposed determinations of Base (1% annual-chance) 
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs for communities participating 
in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 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.

Correction

    In the proposed rule published at FR Doc. E8-3362 in the February 
22, 2008, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under 
the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Trinity County, 
California, and Incorporated Areas'' addressed Hayfork Creek. That 
table contained inaccurate information as to the location of referenced 
elevation, effective and modified elevation in feet, or communities 
affected for these flooding sources. In this notice, FEMA is publishing 
a table containing the accurate information, to address these prior 
errors. The information provided below should be used in lieu of that 
previously published.

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                                                                  * Elevation in feet
                                                                 (NGVD) + Elevation in
                                                                 feet (NAVD) 
         Flooding source(s)            Location of referenced     Depth in feet above      Communities affected
                                             elevation                  ground
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                                Trinity County, California and Incorporated Areas
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Hayfork Creek.......................  Approximately 260 feet          None      * 2,280  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       downstream of the                                  Trinity County.
                                       confluence of Salt
                                       Creek.
                                      Approximately 300 feet          None      * 2,322
                                       upstream of Bridge
                                       Street.
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    Dated: December 22, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8-31282 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]

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