[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22551-22556]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8870]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-7748]

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 6, 2007, FEMA published in the Federal Register a
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This document provides
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information
published December 6, 2007. The table provided in this document
represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations,
effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Pierce
County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses
the following flooding sources: Artondale Creek (main stem), Artondale
Creek--East Branch, Artondale Creek--West Branch, Canyon Creek, Carbon
River (left overbank areas, without consideration of left levees),
Carbon River Overflow, Clarks Creek, Clear Creek, Clover Creek, Clover
Creek (overflow at 134th Street South), Clover Creek (overflow at
designated parkland), Clover Creek (overflow at golf course), Clover
Creek (overflow near Lakewood Town Center), Crescent Creek, Crescent
Lake, Diru Creek, Diru Creek (104th Street East overflow), Diru Creek
(96th Street East overflow), East Fork Clear Creek, East Fork Clear
Creek (west stem), Fennel Creek, Gig Harbor, Lacamas Creek, Mashel
River, Meeker Ditch, Morey Creek, North Fork Clover Creek, North Fork
Clover Creek Tributary 1, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary
2, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 4, North Fork
Clover Creek Tributary 5, Puyallup River (overflow through
golf course between State Route 162 and Puyallup River), Puyallup River
(overflow through golf course to Hylebos Waterway), Puyallup River
(overflows to Blair Waterway via numerous flow paths), Puyallup River
(with consideration of levees), Puyallup River (without consideration
of left levee), Puyallup River (without consideration of right levee),
Rody Creek, South Prairie Creek, Spanaway Creek, Swan Creek, Wapato
Creek I, Wapato Creek II, West Fork Canyon Creek, White River, Woodland
Creek, Woodland Creek (80th Street East overflow), and Woodland Creek
(96th Street East overflow).

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before July 16, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
7748, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER> or
(email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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,<PHONE_NUMBER> or (email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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 minimum requirements.
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 also are used to calculate the
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after
these elevations are made final, and for the contents in those
buildings.

Corrections

    In the proposed rule published at 72 FR 68784, in the December 6,
2007, issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table under the
authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``Pierce County,
Washington, and Incorporated Areas,'' addressed the following flooding
sources: Artondale Creek (main stem), Artondale Creek--East Branch,
Artondale Creek--West Branch, Canyon Creek, Carbon River, Clarks Creek,
Clarks Creek--Meeker Ditch, Clover Creek, Crescent Creek, Fennel Creek,
Lacamas Creek, Mashel River, Morey Creek, Muck Creek, North Fork Clover
Creek, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 1, North Fork Clover
Creek Tributary 2, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary
4, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 5, Puyallup
River, South Prairie Creek, Spanaway Creek, Swan Creek, Wapato Creek I,
Wapato Creek II, and White River. That table contained inaccurate
information as to the location of referenced elevation, effective and
modified elevation in feet, and/or communities affected for the
following flooding sources: Artondale Creek (main stem), Artondale
Creek--East Branch, Artondale Creek--West Branch, Canyon Creek, Carbon
River, Clarks Creek, Clarks Creek--Meeker Ditch, Clover Creek, Crescent
Creek, Fennel Creek, Lacamas Creek, Mashel River, Morey Creek, North
Fork Clover Creek, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 1, North
Fork Clover Creek Tributary 2, North Fork Clover Creek
Tributary 4, North Fork Clover Creek Tributary 5,
Puyallup River, South Prairie Creek, Spanaway Creek, Swan Creek, Wapato
Creek I, Wapato Creek II, and White River. It also should not have
included the flooding source Muck Creek. In addition, it did not
include the following flooding sources: Carbon River (left overbank
areas, without consideration of left levees), Carbon River Overflow,
Clear Creek, Clover Creek (overflow at 134th Street South), Clover
Creek (overflow at designated parkland), Clover Creek (overflow at golf
course), Clover Creek (overflow near Lakewood Town Center), Crescent
Lake, Diru Creek, Diru Creek (104th Street East overflow), Diru Creek
(96th Street East overflow), East Fork Clear Creek, East Fork Clear
Creek (west stem), Gig Harbor, Meeker Ditch, Puyallup River (overflow
through golf course between State Route 162 and Puyallup River),
Puyallup River (overflow through golf course to Hylebos Waterway),
Puyallup River (overflows to Blair Waterway via numerous flow paths),
Puyallup River (with consideration of levees), Puyallup River (without
consideration of left levee), Puyallup River (without consideration of
right levee), Rody Creek, West Fork Canyon Creek, Woodland Creek,
Woodland Creek (80th Street East overflow), and Woodland Creek (96th
Street East overflow). Specifically, the information published in the
December 6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule for the Carbon River
has been refined and divided into individual descriptions for Carbon
River (left overbank areas, without consideration of left levees) and
Carbon River Overflow; the information published in the December 6,
2007, Federal Register proposed rule for the Puyallup River has been
refined and divided into individual descriptions for Puyallup River
(overflow through golf course between State Route 162 and Puyallup
River), Puyallup River (overflow through golf course to Hylebos
Waterway), Puyallup River (overflows to Blair Waterway via numerous
flow paths), Puyallup River (with consideration of levees), Puyallup
River (without consideration of left levee), and Puyallup River
(without consideration of right levee); and the information published
in the December 6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule for Clarks
Creek and Clarks Creek--Meeker Ditch has been refined and divided into
individual descriptions for Clarks Creek and Meeker Ditch. These
individual descriptions provide a more detailed representation of
changes than originally described for the flooding sources Carbon
River, Clarks Creek, Meeker Ditch, and Puyallup River in the December
6, 2007, Federal Register proposed rule. In this document, 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 for Pierce County.

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                                                                  * Elevation in feet
                                                                (NGVD)  + Elevation in
                                                                feet  (NAVD)
                                                                 Depth in feet  above
         Flooding source(s)            Location of referenced       ground  [caret]        Communities affected
                                            elevation **          Elevation in meters
                                                                         (MSL)
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                                Pierce County, Washington, and Incorporated Areas
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Artondale Creek (main stem).........  Approximately 100 feet          None          +13  City of Fife,
                                       upstream of the                                    Unincorporated Areas
                                       Wollochet Drive                                    of Pierce County.
                                       culvert.
                                      Approximately 200 feet          None          +39
                                       downstream of the
                                       Artondale Creek--East
                                       Branch and Artondale
                                       Creek--West Branch
                                       confluences.
Artondale Creek--East Branch........  Approximately 320 feet          None          +40  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       upstream of the                                    Pierce County.
                                       Artondale Creek (main
                                       stem) and Artondale
                                       Creek--West Branch
                                       confluences.
                                      Approximately 80 feet           None         +152
                                       downstream of Hunt
                                       Street Northwest.
Artondale Creek--West Branch........  At the Artondale Creek--        None          +39  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       East Branch and                                    Pierce County.
                                       Artondale Creek (main
                                       stem) confluences.

                                      Approximately in line           None          +49
                                       with 56th Street
                                       Northwest extended,
                                       between 78th Avenue
                                       Northwest and 72nd
                                       Avenue Northwest.
Canyon Creek........................  Approximately 130 feet          None         +279  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       upstream of 72nd                                   Pierce County.
                                       Street.
                                      Approximately 250 feet          None         +475
                                       downstream of 128th
                                       Street East.
Carbon River (left overbank areas,    At the Puyallup River           +121         +122  City of Orting,
 without consideration of left         confluence.                                        Unincorporated Areas
 levees).                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 1,000             None         +460
                                       feet upstream of the
                                       177th Street East
                                       turnaround.
Carbon River Overflow...............  Approximately 1.2 miles         None   3  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       upstream of 226th                                  Pierce County.
                                       Street East along
                                       177th Street East and
                                       Alward Road.
Clarks Creek........................  At the Puyallup River           None          +30  City of Puyallup,
                                       confluence.                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 195 feet           +31          +32
                                       west of the west end
                                       of 15th Avenue
                                       Southwest.
Clear Creek.........................  From the Puyallup River          +17          +24  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       confluence to the                                  Pierce County.
                                       water treatment plant
                                       near the intersection
                                       of Pioneer Way East
                                       and 44th Avenue East.
Clover Creek........................  At the Steilacoom Lake          +215         +214  City of Lakewood,
                                       confluence.                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      At the downstream side          None         +344
                                       of 71st Avenue East.
Clover Creek (overflow at 134th       At the upstream side of         +308         +307  Unincorporated Areas of
 Street South).                        A Street South.                                    Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 116 feet          +308         +309
                                       downstream of the
                                       intersection of B
                                       Street East and 134th
                                       Street Court East.
Clover Creek (overflow at designated  At the Clover Creek             None         +297  Unincorporated Areas of
 parkland).                            confluence.                                        Pierce County.
                                      At the downstream side          +313         +312
                                       of 4th Avenue East.
Clover Creek (overflow at golf        At the North Fork               None         +319  Unincorporated Areas of
 course).                              Clover Creek                                       Pierce County.
                                       confluence (in Mayfair
                                       County Park).
                                      Approximately 740 feet          None         +320
                                       downstream of the
                                       Clover Creek
                                       confluence.
Clover Creek (overflow near Lakewood  At the upstream side of         None         +261  City of Lakewood.
 Town Center).                         111th Street Southwest.
                                      At the divergence from          None         +268
                                       Clover Creek (between
                                       Lindale Lane Southwest
                                       and Cochise Lane
                                       Southwest).
Crescent Creek......................  At the Gig Harbor               None          +12  City of Gig Harbor,
                                       confluence.                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 1,050             None         +172
                                       feet downstream of
                                       Crescent Valley Drive
                                       Northwest.
Crescent Lake.......................  Entire shoreline within         None         +173  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       community.                                         Pierce County.
Diru Creek..........................  At the upstream side of         None         +335  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       84th Street East.                                  Pierce County.
                                      At the downstream side          None         +468
                                       of 128th Street East.
Diru Creek (104th Street East         Approximately 530 feet          None         +414  Unincorporated Areas of
 overflow).                            upstream of 104th                                  Pierce County.
                                       Street East.
                                      Approximately 317 feet          None         +448
                                       downstream of State
                                       Route 512.
Diru Creek (96th Street East          At the downstream side          None         +398  Unincorporated Areas of
 overflow).                            of 96th Street East.                               Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 155 feet          None         +400
                                       upstream of 96th
                                       Street East.
East Fork Clear Creek...............  Approximately 200 feet          None         +352  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       south of 72nd Street                               Pierce County.
                                       East.
                                      At the downstream side          None         +453
                                       of 105th Street East.
East Fork Clear Creek (west stem)...  Approximately 500 feet          None         +425  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       downstream of 96th                                 Pierce County.
                                       Street East.
                                      Approximately 75 feet           None         +453
                                       downstream of State
                                       Route 512.

Fennel Creek........................  Approximately 100 feet          None         +105  City of Bonney Lake,
                                       downstream of                                      Unincorporated Areas
                                       McCutcheon Road.                                   of Pierce County.
                                      At the upstream side of         None         +505
                                       Kelley Lake Road.
Gig Harbor..........................  Entire shoreline within         None          +12  City of Gig Harbor,
                                       community.                                         Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
Lacamas Creek.......................  Approximately 1,300             +322         +324  City of Roy,
                                       feet downstream of                                 Unincorporated Areas
                                       State Route 507, near                              of Pierce County.
                                       the southeast corner
                                       of Muck Lake.
                                      Approximately 600 feet          +473         +474
                                       south of 304th Street
                                       South.
Mashel River........................  At the upstream side of         +739         +738  Town of Eatonville,
                                       Private Road, 1,600                                Unincorporated Areas
                                       feet upstream of the                               of Pierce County.
                                       Little Mashel River
                                       confluence.
                                      Approximately 0.54 mile         +862         +866
                                       upstream of Alder
                                       Cutoff Road East.
Meeker Ditch........................  At the upstream side of   1          +31  City of Puyallup.
                                       17th Street Southwest.
                                      Approximately 266 feet          None          +38
                                       downstream of Fairview
                                       Drive.
Morey Creek.........................  Approximately 180 feet          None         +293  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       upstream of the Clover                             Pierce County.
                                       Creek confluence.
                                      Approximately 140 feet          None         +300
                                       upstream of Spanaway
                                       Loop Road.
North Fork Clover Creek.............  Approximately 115 feet          +307         +309  City of Lakewood, City
                                       downstream of B Street                             of Tacoma,
                                       East.                                              Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      At the upstream side of         None         +391
                                       96th Street East.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary     Approximately 270 feet          +323         +321  Unincorporated Areas of
 1.                           upstream of the                                    Pierce County.
                                       intersection of 14th
                                       Avenue East and North
                                       Fork Clover Creek.
                                      Approximately 600 feet          None         +457
                                       downstream of Bingham
                                       Avenue East.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary     At the upstream side of         None         +327  Unincorporated Areas of
 2.                           the North Fork Clover                              Pierce County.
                                       Creek confluence.
                                      At the upstream side of         None         +397
                                       the Tacoma Rail
                                       Mountain Division
                                       railroad,
                                       approximately 450 feet
                                       north of the Waller
                                       Road railroad crossing.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary     Approximately 0.5 mile          None         +363  Unincorporated Areas of
 4.                           downstream of 22nd                                 Pierce County.
                                       Avenue Court East.
                                      Approximately 1,050             None         +402
                                       feet upstream of 22nd
                                       Avenue Court East.
North Fork Clover Creek Tributary     At the upstream side of         None         +368  Unincorporated Areas of
 5.                           Aqueduct Drive East.                               Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 1,320             None         +368
                                       feet upstream of
                                       Aqueduct Drive East.
Puyallup River (overflow through      Approximately 90 feet           +128         +127  City of Orting,
 golf course between State Route 162   upstream of 140th                                  Unincorporated Areas
 and Puyallup River).                  Street East.                                       of Pierce County.
                                      At the downstream side          None         +164
                                       of Lane Boulevard
                                       Northwest.
Puyallup River (overflow through      At the Hylebos Creek            None          +14  City of Fife, City of
 golf course to Hylebos Waterway).     confluence.                                        Tacoma, Unincorporated
                                                                                Areas of Pierce
                                                                                County.
                                      At the upstream side of         None          +16
                                       12th Street East.
Puyallup River (overflows to Blair    At the Blair Waterway           None          +12  City of Fife, City of
 Waterway via numerous flow paths).    confluence.                                        Tacoma.
                                      At the upstream side of         None          +18
                                       the I-5 ramp to Port
                                       of Tacoma Road.
Puyallup River (with consideration    At the Commencement Bay          +13          +12  City of Fife, City of
 of levees).                           confluence.                                        Orting, City of
                                                                                Puyallup, City of
                                                                                Sumner, Unincorporated
                                                                                Areas of Pierce
                                                                                County.
                                      Approximately 1.0 mile          +633         +634
                                       upstream of the
                                       Burlington Northern
                                       Railroad/Champion
                                       Bridge.

Puyallup River (without               At the Tacoma City              None          +12  City of Orting, City of
 consideration of left levee).         Waterway confluence.                               Puyallup, City of
                                                                                Tacoma, Unincorporated
                                                                                Areas of Pierce
                                                                                County.
                                      At the southern end of          +501         +498
                                       169th Avenue East.
Puyallup River (without               At the upstream side of         None          +17  City of Edgewood, City
 consideration of right levee).        I-5.                                               of Fife, City of
                                                                                Puyallup, City of
                                                                                Sumner, City of
                                                                                Tacoma, Unincorporated
                                                                                Areas of Pierce
                                                                                County.
                                      Approximately 700 feet          None         +446
                                       south of the southern
                                       end of Neadham Road
                                       East.
Rody Creek..........................  At the Clarks Creek             None          +30  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       confluence (at 66th                                Pierce County.
                                       Avenue East).
                                      Approximately 70 feet           None         +452
                                       downstream of 128th
                                       Street East.
South Prairie Creek.................  At the Carbon River             +301         +302  Town of South Prairie,
                                       confluence.                                        Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 2,000             +452         +449
                                       feet upstream of State
                                       Route 162.
Spanaway Creek......................  Approximately 55 feet           +287         +286  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       upstream of Spanaway                               Pierce County.
                                       Loop Road South.
                                      Approximately 355 feet          +323         +325
                                       upstream of Military
                                       Road South.
Swan Creek..........................  At the upstream side of         None          +22  City of Tacoma,
                                       Pioneer Way East.                                  Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      At the upstream side of         None         +419
                                       112th Street East.
Wapato Creek I......................  Approximately 125 feet          None          +12  City of Edgewood, City
                                       upstream of Marshall                               of Fife, City of
                                       Avenue.                                            Puyallup, City of
                                                                                Tacoma, Unincorporated
                                                                                Areas of Pierce
                                                                                County.
                                      Approximately 120 feet          None          +40
                                       upstream of 7th Street
                                       Northwest.
Wapato Creek II.....................  Approximately 500 feet          None          +49  City of Edgewood, City
                                       north of Valley Avenue                             of Puyallup,
                                       Northeast and                                      Unincorporated Areas
                                       approximately 670 feet                             of Pierce County.
                                       east of North Meridian
                                       Avenue.
                                      Approximately 1,825              +53          +56
                                       feet upstream of 114th
                                       Avenue Court East.
West Fork Canyon Creek..............  At the Canyon Creek             None         +387  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       confluence.                                        Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 400 feet          None         +464
                                       upstream of 116th
                                       Street East.
White River.........................  Approximately 380 feet           +47          +51  City of Puyallup, City
                                       downstream of State                                of Sumner,
                                       Route 410.                                         Unincorporated Areas
                                                                                of Pierce County.
                                      Approximately 0.4 mile          None          +74
                                       upstream of 8th Street
                                       East.
Woodland Creek......................  At the Clarks Creek             None          +30  Unincorporated Areas of
                                       confluence.                                        Pierce County.
                                      At the downstream side          None         +411
                                       of 106th Street East.
Woodland Creek (80th Street East      At the Woodland Creek           None          +35  Unincorporated Areas of
 overflow).                            confluence.                                        Pierce County.
                                      At the upstream side of         None          +96
                                       80th Street East.
Woodland Creek (96th Street East      At the Woodland Creek           None         +305  Unincorporated Areas of
 overflow).                            divergence.                                        Pierce County.
                                      At the downstream side          None         +346
                                       of the Woodland Creek
                                       confluence.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
+ North American Vertical Datum.
 Depth in feet above ground.
[caret] Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter.

** BFEs to be changed include the listed downstream and upstream BFEs, and include BFEs located on the stream
 reach between the referenced locations above. Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at
 the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed.

Send comments to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
 Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472.

                                                    ADDRESSES
City of Bonney Lake
Maps are available for inspection at the City Hall Annex, 8720 Main Street East, Bonney Lake, WA 98391.

City of Edgewood
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 2224 104th Avenue East, Edgewood, WA 98372.

City of Fife
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 5411 23rd Street East, Fife, WA 98424.

City of Gig Harbor
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Building Department, 3510 Grandview Street, Gig Harbor, WA
 98335.

City of Lakewood
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Public Works Department, 6000 Main Street Southwest, Lakewood,
 WA 98499.

City of Orting
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 110 Train Street Southeast, Orting, WA 98360.

City of Puyallup
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Development Services Department, 333 South Meridian, Puyallup,
 WA 98371.

City of Roy
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 216 McNaught Street South, Roy, WA 98580.

City of Sumner
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Community Development Department, 1104 Maple Street, Sumner, WA
 98390.

City of Tacoma
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, Building and Land Use Department, 747 Market Street, Tacoma, WA
 98402.

Town of Eatonville
Maps are available for inspection at the Town Hall, 201 Center Street West, Eatonville, WA 98328.

Town of South Prairie
Maps are available for inspection at City Hall, 121 Northwest Washington Street, South Prairie, WA 98385.

                                      Unincorporated Areas of Pierce County
Maps are available for inspection at the Pierce County Surface Water Management Division, Tacoma Mall Plaza,
 2702 South 42nd Street, Suite 201, Tacoma, WA 98409.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

    Dated: April 2, 2012.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-8870 Filed 4-13-12; 8:45 am]
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