[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5947-5949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3441]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 64
[Docket No. FEMA-7634]
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suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by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 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
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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 Acting 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 assistance no longer
State/location No. eligibility effective available in special
map date flood hazard areas
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Region II
New Jersey:
North Wildwood, city of, Cape 345308 July 24, 1970, Emerg; 2-16-96 Feb. 16, 1996.
May County. March 5, 1971, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Wildwood, city of, Cape May 345329 June 5, 1970, Emerg; Dec. 2-16-96 Do.
County. 31, 1970, Reg; Feb. 16,
1996, Susp.
Wildwood Crest, borough of, 345330 July 31, 1970, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
Cape May County. Feb. 26, 1971, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Region VI
Wisconsin:
Verona, city of, Dane County.. 550092 June 24, 1975, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
Aug. 1, 1980, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Watertown, city of, Dodge and 550107 May 23, 1975, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
Jefferson Counties. April 1, 1981, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Region VI
Texas:
Balcones Heights, city of, 481094 Oct. 9, 1975, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
Bexar County. April 15, 1980, Reg;
Feb. 16, 1996, Susp.
Bexar County, unincorporated 480035 April 7, 1972, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
areas. Oct. 16, 1984, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Castle Hills, city of, Bexar 480037 Oct. 31, 1973, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. Sept. 30, 1980, Reg;
Feb. 16, 1996, Susp.
China Grove, city of, Bexar 481141 Jan. 26, 1978, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. June 15, 1984, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Converse, city of, Bexar 480038 March 26, 1974, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. June 15, 1981, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Fair Oaks Ranch, city of, 481644 Dec. 20, 1993, Reg; Feb. 2-16-96 Do.
Bexar County. 16, 1996, Susp.
Hollywood Park, town of, Bexar 480040 Oct. 3, 1974, Emerg; Nov. 2-16-96 Do.
County. 19, 1980, Reg; Feb. 16,
1996, Susp.
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Kirby, city of, Bexar County.. 480041 Nov. 6, 1974, Emerg; Aug. 2-16-96 Do.
15, 1980, Reg; Feb. 16,
1996, Susp.
Leon Valley, city of, Bexar 480042 June 25, 1973, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. June 1, 1977, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Live Oak, city of, Bexar 480043 Nov. 3, 1972, Emerg; May 2-16-96 Do.
County. 16, 1977, Reg; Feb. 16,
1996, Susp.
Shavano Park, city of, Bexar 480047 Dec. 26, 1973, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. Sept. 3, 1980, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Somerset, city of, Bexar 481264 June 14, 1994, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. Feb. 16, 1996, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, Susp.
Universal City, city of, Bexar 480049 Feb. 14, 1974, Emerg; May 2-16-96 Do.
County. 16, 1977, Reg; Feb. 16,
1996, Susp.
Windcrest, city of, Bexar 480689 Jan. 21, 1974, Emerg; 2-16-96 Do.
County. Aug. 15, 1977, Reg; Feb.
16, 1996, 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: February 12, 1996.
Richard W. Krimm,
Acting Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 96-3441 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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