# [Amended]
**AGENCY:**
Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
**ACTION:**
Proposed rule.
**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. 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 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 proposed rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
**Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform**
This proposed 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.
§ 67.4
2. The table published under the authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be amended as follows:
| Flooding source(s) | Location of referenced elevation | * Elevation in feet (NGVD) + Elevation in feet (NAVD) # Depth in feet above ground | Effective | Modified | Communities affected |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| Middle Fork Smith River | At the Confluence with Smith River | None | +360 | Del Norte County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 1.8 miles Upstream of Horace Gasquet Memorial Bridge | None | +432 | | |
| Smith River (Gasquet Reach)—North Fork Smith River | Approximately 300 feet Upstream of Mary Adams Memorial Road/US Highway 99 | None | +304 | Del Norte County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 4000 feet Upstream of Confluence With Middle Fork Smith River | None | +379 | | |
| Smith River (Hiouchi Reach) | Approximately 2000 feet Upstream of U.S. Highway 101 | None | +47 | Del Norte County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 100 feet Downstream of South Fork Road | None | +152 | | |
| * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
| # Depth in feet above ground. | | | | | |
| + North American Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 981 H Street, Suite 110, Crescent City, CA 95531. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable David Finigan, Chairperson, 981 H Street, Suite 200, Crescent City, CA 95531. | | | | | |
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| Clear Creek | Approximately 1450 feet downstream of KY 2171 | None | +399 | City of Earlington, Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 140 feet upstream of West Thompson Avenue | None | +418 | | |
| Clear Creek Tributary | Confluence with Clear Creek | None | +405 | City of Earlington. | |
| | Approximately 50 feet downstream of Loch Mary Reservoir | None | +422 | | |
| Elk Creek | Confluence with Pond River | None | +387 | Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 8600 feet downstream of Brown Road | None | +387 | | |
| | Approximately 750 feet downstream of Island Ford Road | None | +406 | | |
| | Approximately 320 feet downstream of Fowler Road | None | +412 | | |
| Tributary 10.5 | Approximately 100 feet upstream of confluence with Elk Creek Tributary 5.1 | None | +403 | City of Madisonville, Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 450 feet upstream of Island Park Drive | None | +425 | | |
| Tributary 4 | Confluence with Elk Creek | None | +412 | City of Madisonville, Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 120 feet downstream of Stagecoach Road | None | +439 | | |
| Tributary 5.1 | Approximately 1660 feet downstream of McGrew Lane | None | +400 | City of Madisonville, Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 170 feet upstream of Edward T. Breathitt Parkway | None | +426 | | |
| Otter Creek | Confluence with Pond River | None | +387 | Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 5300 feet upstream of Vandetta Road | *386 | +387 | | |
| Pleasant Run | Approximately 580 feet downstream of North Hopkinsville Street | None | +406 | City of Nortonville. | |
| | Approximately 1550 feet upstream of Seaboard System Railroad | None | +411 | | |
| Pond River | Confluence with Otter Creek | None | +387 | Hopkins County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 14,570 feet upstream of Anton Road | None | +387 | | |
| * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
| # Depth in feet above ground. | | | | | |
| + North American Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 56 North Main Street, Madisonville, KY 42431. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Michael Seiber, Mayor, City of Earlington, 103 West Main Street, Earlington, KY 42410. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 56 North Main Street, Madisonville, KY 42431. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable William Cox, Jr., Mayor, City of Madisonville, 37 East Center Street, Madisonville, KY 42431. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 56 North Main Street, Madisonville, KY 42431. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable James Noel, Mayor, City of Nortonville, 199 South Main Street, Nortonville, KY 42442. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 56 North Main Street, Madisonville, KY 42431. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Donald Carroll, Judge Executive, Hopkins County, Hopkins County Government Building, P.O. Box 523, Madisonville, KY 42431. | | | | | |
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| Chacon Creek | Confluence with Rio Grande | *387 | +394 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 2000 feet downstream from confluence with Casa Blanca Lake | None | +453 | | |
| Tributary 1 | Confluence with Chacon Creek | *387 | +394 | City of Laredo. | |
| | Approximately 250 feet upstream from intersection with Chestnut | *429 | +422 | | |
| Tributary 2 | Confluence with Chacon Creek | *396 | +394 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 1500 feet downstream from Loop 20 | None | +398 | | |
| Tributary 3 | Confluence with Chacon Creek | None | +436 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 2500 feet upstream from the intersection with Highway 59 | None | +444 | | |
| Deer Creek | Confluence with Rio Grande | None | +411 | City of Laredo. | |
| | Intersection with Logistic Road | None | +476 | | |
| Dellwood Tributary (Previously Las Manadas Creek Tributary 1) | Confluence with Las Manadas Creek | *402 | +410 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 2000 feet upstream from intersection with FM 3464 | None | +486 | | |
| Las Manadas Creek | Confluence with Rio Grande | *402 | +408 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 1750 feet upstream from intersection with Loop 20 | None | +552 | | |
| Tributary 1 | Confluence with Las Manadas Creek | *403 | +412 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 200 feet upstream from Springfield Drive | None | +468 | | |
| Tributary 1A | Confluence with Las Manadas Creek Tributary 1 | None | +430 | City of Laredo. | |
| | Approximately 1200 feet upstream from Dover/Stratford | None | +464 | | |
| Tributary 2 (Formerly Las Manadas Creek Tributary 3) | Confluence with Las Manadas Creek | *411 | +418 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 5050 feet upstream from intersection with FM 3464 | None | +489 | | |
| Tributary 2A | Confluence with Las Manadas Creek Tributary 2 | None | +447 | City of Laredo. | |
| | Approximately 3225 feet upstream from confluence with Las Manadas Creek Tributary 2 | None | +459 | | |
| Rio Grande | Approximately 1750 feet upstream from intersection with Riverhill Road | None | +391 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Confluence with Deer Creek | None | +411 | | |
| Tex-Mex Railroad Tributary | Confluence with Chacon Creek | *402 | +400 | City of Laredo, Webb County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 1250 feet upstream from intersection with Tex-Mex Railroad | None | +423 | | |
| Zacate Creek | Approximately 250 feet downstream from the intersection with Mexican Railroad | *395 | +396 | City of Laredo. | |
| | Confluence with Rio Grande | *388 | +399 | | |
| * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
| # Depth in feet above ground. | | | | | |
| + North American Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 1120 San Bernardo, Laredo, TX 78042. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Raul G. Salinas, Mayor, City of Laredo, 1110 Houson Street, Laredo, TX 78040. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 1110 Washington Street, Suite 302, Laredo, TX 78040. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Danny Valdez, County Judge, 1000 Houston, 3rd Flood, Webb County Courthouse, Laredo, TX 78040. | | | | | |
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| Burnt Bridge Creek | Just upstream of Interstate 205 | *189 | +192 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 1200 feet upstream of NE 152nd Avenue | *196 | +200 | City of Vancouver. | |
| China Ditch | Just upstream of NE Ward Road | None | +252 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 2200 feet upstream of NE 144th Street | None | +275 | | |
| Curtin Creek (Glenwood Creek) | At confluence with Salmon Creek | None | +172 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Just upstream of Anderson Road | None | +260 | | |
| Dead Lake | Near NE Everett Street/WA State Hwy 500 | None | +191 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Near NE Lake Road | None | +191 | | |
| Fifth Plain Creek | Upstream side of NE 4th Plain Boulevard | None | +215 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | About 0.7 mile above NE Davis Road | None | +342 | City of Vancouver. | |
| Gee Creek | About 0.14 mile upstream of Main Street, at N Main Avenue in Ridgefield | *25 | +27 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Interstate 5 | None | +315 | Town of Ridgefield. | |
| Lacamas Creek | At confluence with Washougal River | None | +35 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Just downstream of NE Goodwin Road | None | +193 | City of Camas. | |
| Lacamas Lake | At SE Everett Road/WA State Hwy 500 | None | +191 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | At NE 232nd Avenue/NE Leadbetter Road | None | +191 | | |
| Mill Creek | At confluence with Salmon Creek | None | +137 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Just downstream of NW 20th Avenue | None | +279 | City of Battle Ground. | |
| Weaver Creek | At confluence with Salmon Creek | None | +210 | Clark County (Unincorporated Areas). | |
| | Approximately 400 feet west of NE 167th Avenue | None | +345 | City of Battle Ground. | |
| * National Geodetic Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
| # Depth in feet above ground. | | | | | |
| + North American Vertical Datum. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 109 Southwest First Street, Suite 127, Battle Ground, WA 98604-2818. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable John Idsinga, Mayor, City of Battle Ground, 109 Southwest First Street, Suite 220, Battle Ground, WA 98604. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 616 Northeast Fourth Avenue, Camas, WA 98607. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Paul Dennis, Mayor, City of Camas, 616 Northeast Fourth Avenue, Camas, WA 98607. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at c/o Chad Eiken, 313 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98665. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Royce Pollard, Mayor, City of Vancouver, 210 East 13th Street, Vancouver, WA 98668. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 127 North Main Avenue, Ridgefield, WA 98642. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Gladys Doriot, Mayor, City of Ridgefield, P.O. Box 608, Ridgefield, WA 98642. | | | | | |
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| Maps are available for inspection at 1300 Franklin Street, Third Floor, Vancouver, WA 98666-8810. | | | | | |
| Send comments to The Honorable Bill Barron, County Administrator, Clark County, P.O. Box 5000, Vancouver, WA 98666-5000. | | | | | |
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, “Flood Insurance.”)
Dated: March 1, 2007.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.