FLOOD01307

• County: Logan
• Community: Sterling
• Title: Flood Impact Study Pawnee Creek Overflows
• Date: 11/23/1997
• Prepared For: Design Technics L.L.C.
• Prepared By: ICON Engineering, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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"60.S. 60,4 and 60,~ may va.ry from t.he
procedurel by which local governments
sa.tlsfY the criteria..
(c) If any Stats-owned property II 10-
ca.ted In .. non-pa.rtlclpa.tlng loca.l com-
munity. then the State shall comply
with the reqUirements of paragra.ph
(..)(2) of this section for the property.

160.13 NODcompliBDce.
If a. State fa.lls to submit &dequa.te
flood pla.ln management regula.tlons
applicable to State-owned properties
pursua.nt to 160.12 within six months of
the effective date of this regula.tlon, or
falls to a.dequa.tely enforce such regula.-
tlons, the State sha.ll be subject to sus-
pensive a.ctlon pursua.nt to 159.24.
Where the State falls to a.dequa.tely en-
force Its flood pla.ln management regu-
la.tlons, the Administrator sha.ll con-
duct a hea.rlng before Initiating such
suspensive action.

[41 FR 46975. Oct. 26. 1976. Redesignated at 44
FR 31177. May 31. 1979, and amended at 48 FR
44552, Sept. 29. 1983; 49 FR 4751, Feb. 8, 19841

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Subpart C-Addltionol Consider-
ations In Managing Flood-
Prone. Mudsllde (I.e., Mud-
ftow)-Prone and Flood-Relat-
ed Erosion-Prone Areas

~ 60.21 Purpose of this subplU't.

The purpose of this subpart Is to en-
courage the forma.tion and adoption of
overall comprehensive management
pla.ns for flood-prone. mudslide {I.e..
mudflow)-prone and flood-related ero-
sion-prone areas. While adoption by a.
community of the standa.rds in this
subpart is not mandatory, the commu-
nity sha.lI completely evaluate these
standa.rds.

t 60.22 Planning considerations for
flood'prone areas.

(a) The flood plain management regu-
lations adopted by a community for
flood-prone a.reu should:
(l) Pennit only tha.t development of
flood-prone a.reu which (i) Is appro-
priate in light of the probability of
flood damage and the need to reduce
flood losses. (Ii) Is an acceptable SOCial
and economic use of the land in rela.-
tlon to the hazards Involved. and (lii)

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doel not. Snore...e t.he danrer to human
life:
(2) Prohibit nonessentla.l or Improper
Installa.tlon of publlo utilities and pub-
lic fa.cllltlea In flood-prone a..re....
(b) In formula.tlnr communit.y devel-
opment goalS a.fter the occurrence of &
flood disaster, e&ch community Iha.ll
consider--
(I) Preserva.tlon of the flood-prone
areu for open spe.ce purposes;
(2) Reloca.tlon of occupa.nts a.wa.y
from flood-prone a..reas;
(3) Acquisition of la.nd or la.nd devel-
opment rights for publiC purpoSeI con-
sistent with a. policy of mlnimlza.tlon
of future property losses;
(4) AcqUisition of frequently 1100d-
damaged structures;
(c) In formula.tlng community devel-
opment goalS and in a.dopting flood
plain ma.nagement regulations, ea.ch
communi ty shall consider a.t least the
following factor&-
(1) Human sa.fety;
(2) Diversion of development to a.rea.s
sa.fe from flooding In light of the need
to reduce flood damages a.nd In light of
the need to prevent environmentally
incompatible flood plain use;
(3) Full disclosure to all prospective
a.nd Interested parties (Includlnr but
not limited to purchuers a.nd renters)
that (I) certain structures a.re located
within flood-prone a.reas. (II) varla.nces
have been granted for certain struc-
tures located wi thin flood-prone a.reu,
and (ill) premium rates applied to new
structures bullt a.t eleva.tlons below the
base flood sUbstantia.l1y increa.se a.s the
elevation decreases;
(4) Adverse effects of flood plain de-
velopment on existing development;
(5) Encouragement of floodproofing
to reduce flood damage;
(6) Flood warning a.nd emergency pre-
paredness plans;
(7) Provision for alterna.tlve vehlcu-
la.r access and escape routes when nor-
ma.l routes are blocked or destroyed by
flooding;
(8) Establishment of minimum
floodproofing and a.ccess requirements
for schools, hospita.ls. nursing homes.
orphanages, penal institutions, fire sta-
tions, police stations. communlca.tions
centers, water and sewage pumping
stations, and other public or quasi-pub-
lic faclll ties already located In the

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