05-8178. List of Communities Eligible for the Sale of Flood Insurance

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

This rule identifies communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and suspended from the NFIP. These communities have applied to the program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management measures. The communities' participation in the program authorizes the sale of flood insurance to owners of property located in the communities listed.

DATES:

Effective Dates: The dates listed under the column headed Effective Date of Eligibility.

ADDRESSES:

Flood insurance policies for property located in the communities listed can be obtained from any licensed property insurance agent or broker serving the eligible community, or from the NFIP at: [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael M. Grimm, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street, SW.; Room 412, Washington, DC 20472, [phone].

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 measures aimed at protecting lives and new construction from future flooding. Since the communities on the attached list have recently entered the NFIP, subsidized flood insurance is now available for property in the community.

In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified the special flood hazard areas in some of these communities by publishing a Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) or Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The date of the flood map, if one has been published, is indicated in the fourth column of the table. In the communities listed where a flood map has been published, Section 202 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4016(a), requires the purchase of flood insurance as a condition of Federal or federally related financial assistance for acquisition or construction of buildings in the special flood hazard areas shown on the map.

The Administrator finds that delayed effective dates would be contrary to the public interest and that notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are impracticable and unnecessary.

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 Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U. S. C. 601 et seq., because the rule creates no additional burden, but lists those communities eligible for the sale of flood insurance.

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.

§ 64.6

[Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of § 64.6 are amended as follows:

State	Location	Community No.	Effective date of eligibility	Current effective map date
New Eligibles: Emergency Program
Oklahoma	Geary, City of, Blaine County and Canadian County	400381	Oct. 28, 2004	Oct. 29, 1976 FHBM.
Maine	Wales, Town of, Androscoggin County	230439	Nov. 10, 2004	Feb. 21, 1975 FHBM.
Oklahoma	Paoli, Town of, Garvin County	400317	Dec. 2, 2004	Nov. 5, 1976.
Kentucky	Fulton County, Unincorporated Areas	210336	Dec. 17, 2004	Dec. 23, 1977.
New Eligibles: Regular Program
Georgia	McDuffie County, Unincorporated Areas**	130357	Oct. 1, 2004	Oct. 1, 2004.
Texas	Bruceville-Eddy, City of, Falls County and McLennan County	481302	Oct. 4, 2004	Jun. 18, 1980.
Nebraska	Palmyra, Village of, Otoe County	310165	.......do	Use Otoe County (CID 310462) Panel 160C, dated Aug. 4, 2004.
Do*	Davenport, Village of, Thayer County	310267	Oct. 14, 2004	Sep. 30, 2004.
Texas	Elmendorf, City of, Bexar County	480710	Oct. 15, 2004	Sep. 3, 1980.
Nebraska	Chester, Village of, Thayer County	310261	.......do	Sep. 30, 2004.
Do	Elba, Village of, Howard County	481527	Oct. 19, 2004	Oct. 19, 2004.
Do	Byron, Village of, Thayer County	310508	Oct. 27, 2004	Sep. 30, 2004.
Do	Bruning, Village of, Thayer County	310253	Oct. 28, 2004	Do.
Do	Carleton, Village of, Thayer County	310509	.......do	Do.
Do	Alexandria, Village of, Thayer County	310243	Oct. 29, 2004	Do.
Texas	Pattison, City of, Waller County	481527	......do	Feb. 3, 1982.
Florida	Southwest Ranches, Town of, Broward County	120691	Nov. 1, 2004	Use Broward County (CID 125093) FIRM panels 0280F and 0285F dated Aug. 18, 1992.
North Carolina	Elm City, Town of, Wilson County**	370521	Nov. 3, 2004	Nov. 3, 2004.
Do	Lucama, Town of, Wilson County**	370537	.......do	Do.
Do	Black Creek, Town of, Wilson County**	370549	Nov. 4, 2004	Do.
Alabama	Pinson, City of, Jefferson County	010447	Nov. 10, 2004	Use Jefferson County (CID 010217) FIRM panels 0181E and 0182E dated Jan. 20,1999, and panel 0183F dated Jun. 16, 1999.
Missouri	St. Robert, City of, Pulaski County	290662	Nov. 30, 2004	Use Pulaski County (CID 290826) FIRM Index panel INDO and panel 0090C dated Mar. 17, 2002, and panel 0095B dated Apr. 17, 1985.
Texas	New Berlin, City of, Guadalupe County	481625	Dec. 1, 2004	Use Guadalupe County (CID 480266) FIRM panels 0205C, 0215C, and 0225C dated Nov. 20, 1998.
Florida	Paxton, Town of, Walton County	120423	Dec. 16, 2004	Use Walton County (CID 120317) FIRM panel 0050F dated Mar. 7, 2000.
Nebraska	Nuckolls County, Unincorporated Areas**	310461	......do	Dec. 16, 2004.
Reinstatements
Minnesota	New Hope, City of, Hennepin County	270177	Jul. 2, 1975, Emerg. Jan. 2, 1981, Reg. Sept. 3, 2004, Susp. December 1, 2004, Rein	Sept. 2, 2004.
Suspensions
Maine	Kenduskeag, Town of, Penobscot County	230108	Dec. 6, 2004	Sep. 18, 1985.
Suspension Rescissions
Region IV
North Carolina	Camden County, Unincorporated Areas	370042	Oct. 5, 2004 Suspension Notice Rescinded	Oct. 5, 2004.
Do	Hertford, Town of, Perquimans County	370188	......do	Do.
Do	Perquimans County, Unincorporated Areas	370315	......do	Do.
Do	Winfall, Town of, Perquimans County	370345	......do	Do.
Do	Nashville, Town of, Nash County	370167	Nov. 3, 2004 Suspension Notice Rescinded	Nov. 3, 2004.
Do	Rocky Mount, City of, Edgecombe County and Nash County	370092	......do	Do.
Do	Tarboro, Town of, Edgecombe County	370094	......do	Do.
Do	Whitakers, Town of, Edgecombe County and Nash County	370095	......do	Do.
Alabama	Randolph County, Unincorporated Areas	010182	Dec. 2, 2004 Suspension Notice Rescinded	Dec. 2, 2004.
Do	Roanoke, City of, Randolph County	010348	......do	Do.
Do	Wadley, Town of, Randolph County	010183	......do	Do.
Do	Wedowee, Town of, Randolph County	010401	......do	Do.
Region V
Ohio	Bentleyville, Village of, Cuyahoga County	390682	Dec. 16, 2004 Suspension Notice Rescinded	Dec. 16, 2004.
Do	McConnelsville, Village of, Morgan County	390422	......do	Do.
Region VII
Nebraska	Dannebrog, Village of, Howard County	310118	Oct. 19, 2004 Suspension Notice Rescinded	Oct. 19, 2004.
Do	Howard County, Unincorporated Areas	310446	......do	Do.
*......do and Do = ditto.
**Designates communities converted from Emergency Phase of participation to the Regular Phase of participation.
Code for reading fourth and fifth columns: Emerg.—Emergency; Reg.—Regular; Rein.—Reinstatement; Susp.—Suspension; With.—Withdrawn; NSFHA—Non Special Flood Hazard Area.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, “Flood Insurance.”)

Dated: April 14, 2005.

David I. Maurstad,

Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.