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are not the subject of an adverse 

comment.

Dated: January 14, 2004. 

James W. Newsom, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 04–2708 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket No. FEMA–D–7582] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate, Department of Homeland 

Security.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Technical information or 

comments are requested on the 

proposed Base (1% annual chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed below. The BFEs are the basis for 

the floodplain management measures 

that the community is required either to 

adopt or to show evidence of being 

already in effect in order to qualify or 

remain qualified for participation in the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP).

DATES: The comment period is ninety 

(90) days following the second 

publication of this proposed rule in a 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2004 / Proposed Rules 6225

newspaper of local circulation in each 

community.

ADDRESSES: The proposed BFEs for each 

community are available for inspection 

at the office of the Chief Executive 

Officer of each community. The 

respective addresses are listed in the 

table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 

Identification Section, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20472, (202) 646–2903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA 

proposes to make determinations of 

BFEs and modified BFEs for each 

community listed below, 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 base flood and 

modified BFEs, together with the 

floodplain management criteria required 

by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that 

are required. 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 are also 

used to calculate the appropriate flood 

insurance premium rates for new 

buildings built after these elevations are 

made final, and for the contents in these 

buildings. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

This proposed rule is categorically 

excluded from the requirements of 44 

CFR part 10, Environmental 

Consideration. No environmental 

impact assessment has been prepared. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Mitigation Division Director of 

the Emergency Preparedness and 

Response Directorate certifies that this 

proposed rule is exempt from the 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act because proposed or 

modified BFEs are required by the Flood 

Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 

U.S.C. 4104, and are required to 

establish and maintain community 

eligibility in the NFIP. As a result, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis has not 

been prepared.

Regulatory Classification 

This proposed 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. 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism 

This proposed rule involves no 

policies that have federalism 

implications under Executive Order 

12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 

1987. 

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice 

Reform 

This proposed rule meets the 

applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of 

Executive Order 12778.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is 

proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 67—[AMENDED] 

1. The authority citation for part 67 

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.

§ 67.4 [Amended] 

2. The tables published under the 

authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be 

amended as follows:

State City/town/county Source of flooding Location 

#Depth in feet above 

ground. *Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) *Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

Existing Modified 

North Carolina .......... Person County (Unincorporated Areas).Deep Creek .............. At the Person/Durham County boundary ...

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of Smith 

Road.

None 

None 

*419 

*419

Maps available for inspection at Person County Planning and Zoning Department, 20A Court Street, Roxboro, North Carolina. 

Send comments to Mr. Steve Carpenter, Person County Manager, 304 South Morgan Street, Room 212, Roxboro, North Carolina 27573. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance’’)

Dated: February 3, 2004. 

Anthony S. Lowe, 

Mitigation Division Director, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate.

[FR Doc. 04–2792 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

45 CFR Part 2551 

RIN 3045–AA39 

The Senior Companion Program; 

Amendments

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: These proposed amendments 

to the regulations governing the Senior 

Companion Program (SCP) modify 

provisions concerning deductions for 

medical expenses and the allowability 

of certain volunteer expense items. The 

specific amendments are as follows: 

Section 2551.42(c) is modified to 

increase the ceiling on medical 

expenses that may be deducted for 

determining income for eligibility 

purposes from 15 percent to 50 percent 

of the applicable income guideline; and 

§§ 2551.45 and 2551.93(d) are modified 

to allow project funds, including the 

required non-federal share, to be used to 

reimburse volunteers for expenses, 

including transportation costs, incurred 

while performing volunteer 

assignments, and for purchase of 

equipment or supplies for volunteers on 

assignment.