[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1688-1690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-742]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 64
[Docket No. FEMA-7656]
Suspension of Community Eligibility
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood
insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within
this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management
requirements of the program. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) receives documentation that the community has adopted the
required floodplain management measures prior to the effective
suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by
publication in the Federal Register.
EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of each community's suspension is
the third date (``Susp.'') listed in the third column of the following
tables.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to determine whether a particular community was
suspended on the suspension date, contact the appropriate FEMA Regional
Office or the NFIP servicing contractor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert F. Shea Jr., Division Director,
Program Implementation Division, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street,
SW., Room 417, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3619.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP enables property owners to purchase
flood insurance which is generally not otherwise available. In return,
communities agree to adopt and administer local floodplain management
aimed at protecting lives and new construction from future flooding.
Section 1315 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4022, prohibits flood insurance coverage as authorized under
the National Flood Insurance Program, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., unless an
appropriate public body adopts adequate floodplain management measures
with effective enforcement measures. The communities listed in this
document no longer meet that statutory requirement for compliance with
program regulations, 44 CFR part 59 et seq. Accordingly, the
communities will be suspended on the effective date in the third
column. As of that date, flood insurance will no longer be available in
the community. However, some of these communities may adopt and submit
the required documentation of legally enforceable floodplain management
measures after this rule is
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published but prior to the actual suspension date. These communities
will not be suspended and will continue their eligibility for the sale
of insurance. A notice withdrawing the suspension of the communities
will be published in the Federal Register.
In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified
the special flood hazard areas in these communities by publishing a
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The date of the FIRM if one has been
published, is indicated in the fourth column of the table. No direct
Federal financial assistance (except assistance pursuant to the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act not in
connection with a flood) may legally be provided for construction or
acquisition of buildings in the identified special flood hazard area of
communities not participating in the NFIP and identified for more than
a year, on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's initial flood
insurance map of the community as having flood-prone areas (section
202(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4106(a),
as amended). This prohibition against certain types of Federal
assistance becomes effective for the communities listed on the date
shown in the last column. The Executive Associate Director finds that
notice and public comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are impracticable and
unnecessary because communities listed in this final rule have been
adequately notified.
Each community receives a 6-month, 90-day, and 30-day notification
addressed to the Chief Executive Officer that the community will be
suspended unless the required floodplain management measures are met
prior to the effective suspension date. Since these notifications have
been made, this final rule may take effect within less than 30 days.
National Environmental Policy Act
This rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR
Part 10, Environmental Considerations. No environmental impact
assessment has been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Acting Associate Director has determined that this rule is
exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4022,
prohibits flood insurance coverage unless an appropriate public body
adopts adequate floodplain management measures with effective
enforcement measures. The communities listed no longer comply with the
statutory requirements, and after the effective date, flood insurance
will no longer be available in the communities unless they take
remedial action.
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.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not involve any collection of information for
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Executive Order 12612, Federalism
This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications
under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, October 26, 1987, 3 CFR, 1987
Comp., p. 252.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of
Executive Order 12778, October 25, 1991, 56 FR 55195, 3 CFR, 1991
Comp., p. 309.
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 64
Flood insurance, Floodplains.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 64 is amended as follows:
PART 64--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 64 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. 64.6 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are
amended as follows:
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Date certain federal
Community Effective date of Current effective assistance no longer
State/Location No. eligibility map date available in special
flood hazard areas
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Region I
Connecticut: Clinton, town of, 090061 Mar. 2, 1973, Emerg; Jan. 17, 1997....... Jan. 17, 1997.
Middlesex County. Sept. 30, 1980, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
Vermont: Weston, town of, 500157 July 25, 1974, Emerg; ......do............ Do.
Windsor County. Apr. 1, 1992, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
Region II
New York: Owego, town of, Tioga 360839 Dec. 29, 1972, Emerg; ......do............ Do
County. June 15, 1977, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
Region III
Pennsylvania: Flemington, 420326 Mar. 9, 1973, Emerg; ......do............ Do
borough of, Clinton County. Nov. 2, 1977, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
Region IV
Tennessee:
Sevierville, city of, 475444 Oct. 23, 1970, Emerg; ......do............ Do
Sevier County. Mar. 27, 1971, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
Shelbyville, city of, 470008 Feb. 8, 1974, Emerg; ......do............ Do
Bedford County. Feb. 17, 1988, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
Region V
Michigan: Torch Lake, township 260414 Apr. 1, 1975, Emerg; ......do............ Do
of, Antrim County. June 16, 1992, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
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Region VII
Missouri: Greene County, 290782 Apr. 15, 1975, Emerg; ......do............ Do
unincorporated areas. June 15, 1983, Reg;
Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.
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Code for reading third column: Emerg.--Emergency; Reg.--Regular; Rein.--Reinstatement; Susp.--Suspension.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance'')
Issued: January 6, 1997.
Craig S. Wingo,
Deputy Associate Director Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 97-742 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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