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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.

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DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the program, by 

any of the following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

National Senior Service Corps; 

Attention Peter Boynton, Program 

Officer; 9th Floor, 1201 New York 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

6010 at the mail address given in 

paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 565–2743, 

Attention Peter Boynton, Program 

Officer. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system: 

Seniorfeedback@cns.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peter L. Boynton, 202–606–5000, ext. 

554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

A. Program Description 

The Senior Companion Program 

provides a way for limited-income 

people age 60 and older to provide 

assistance and friendship to adults who 

have difficulty with daily living tasks, 

such as grocery shopping and bill 

paying. Senior Companions spend from 

15 to 40 hours a week helping two to 

four adult clients live independently in 

their own homes. Senior Companions 

provide relief to caregivers and alert 

doctors and family members to potential 

problems. In return for their service, 

Senior Companions receive a stipend of 

$2.65 an hour, accident and liability 

insurance and meals while on duty, 

reimbursement for transportation, and 

monthly training. Approximately 15,000 

Senior Companions tend to the needs of 

more than 60,000 adults each year. 

B. Medical Expenses Deduction 

Income eligibility for the Senior 

Companion Program is determined 

based on annual income from all 

sources after deducting medical 

expenses. Currently the allowable 

medical expenses may not exceed 15 

percent of the applicable income 

eligibility guideline. In order to increase 

the pool of seniors eligible to serve as 

Senior Companions, and in recognition 

that the cost of medical care and 

insurance have increased significantly, 

the Corporation proposes to increase the 

ceiling for allowable medical expenses 

to 50 percent of the applicable income 

eligibility guideline. 

C. Volunteer Expenses 

The Senior Companion Program 

regulations currently distinguish 

between volunteer expenses that may be 

paid or reimbursed with federal and 

required non-federal grant funds and 

volunteer expenses that must be paid by 

the volunteer station to which a Senior 

Companion is assigned. Grant funds 

may be used only to pay for volunteer 

stipends, insurance, transportation to 

and from volunteer assignments and 

official project activities, annual 

physical examinations, meals taken on 

assignment, and service recognition 

expenses. With the exception of certain 

meals, volunteer stations must pay for 

all expenses incurred while performing 

volunteer assignments. 

In ‘‘Principles and Reforms for a 

Citizen Service Act,’’ issued by 

President Bush April 9, 2002, the 

Administration proposed to create 

greater flexibility in the use of Federal 

resources by easing requirements that 

govern the activities and support of 

volunteers. The proposed amendment 

would allow Senior Companion 

Program sponsors to determine, in 

consultation with volunteer stations, 

how best to fund volunteer expenses. 

The respective responsibilities of the 

sponsor and volunteer station for 

volunteer expenses would be 

incorporated in the memorandum of 

understanding negotiated by the 

sponsor with each station. Sponsors 

would be free to maintain the current 

division of responsibility for volunteer 

expenses but have the flexibility to use 

federal and required non-federal funds 

to cover any volunteer expense when 

the sponsor determines that doing so 

would be in the best interest of the 

project. The provisions of the applicable 

OMB Cost Principles Circulars 

referenced in Section 2551.93(a)(4) 

would continue to apply to all expenses 

paid with federal or required nonfederal funds. 

Impact of Various Acts and Executive 

Orders 

After carefully reviewing the changes 

implemented by this amendment, and 

after coordination with the Office of 

Management and Budget, it was 

determined that: 

(1) This was a significant regulatory 

action under section 3(f)(4) of Executive 

Order 12866 ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review’’, and required a review by the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

(2) The Corporation hereby certifies 

that the Regulatory Flexibility Act does 

not apply because there is no 

‘‘significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities’’; 

(3) That the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. chapter 25, 

subchapter II) does not apply because 

the amendment does not result in any 

annual expenditures of $100 million by 

State, local, Indian Tribal governments 

or the private sector; 

(4) That the Paperwork Reduction Act 

does not apply because the amendments 

do not impose any additional reporting 

or record-keeping requirements; 

(5) That the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 does not apply because it is not a 

major rule as defined by section 251 of 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and 

would not result in an annual effect on 

the economy of $100 million or more; 

result in an increase in cost or prices; or 

have significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

companies to compete with foreignbased companies in domestic and 

export markets; and 

(6) That Executive Order 13132, 

‘‘Federalism’’ does not apply because it 

would not have substantial direct effects 

on the States or the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States.

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 2551 

Aged, Grant programs—social 

programs, Volunteers.

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Corporation for National 

and Community Service proposes to 

amend 45 CFR part 2551 as follows:

PART 2551—THE SENIOR 

COMPANION PROGRAM 

1. The authority citation for part 2551 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.

§ 2551.42 [Amended] 

2. In § 2551.42(c), remove the words 

‘‘15 percent’’ and add the words ‘‘50 

percent’’ in their place.

§ 2551.45 [Amended] 

3. In § 2551.45, add a new paragraph 

(f), to read as follows:

* * * * *

(f) Other Volunteer Expenses. Senior 

Companions may be reimbursed for 

expenses incurred while performing 

their volunteer assignments provided 

these expenses are described in the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

negotiated with the volunteer station to 

which the volunteer is assigned, and 

there are sufficient funds available to 

cover these expenses and meet all other 

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requirements identified in the notice of 

grant award.

§ 2551.93 [Amended] 

4. In § 2551.93, remove paragraph (d) 

and redesignate paragraphs (e) through 

(i) as paragraphs (d) through (h).

Dated: February 3, 2004. 

Tess Scannell, 

Director, National Senior Service Corps.

[FR Doc. 04–2802 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–P

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

45 CFR Part 2552 

RIN 3045–AA39 

The Foster Grandparent Program; 

Amendments

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: These proposed amendments 

to the regulations governing the Foster 

Grandparent Program (FGP) modify 

provisions concerning deductions for 

medical expenses and the allowability 

of certain volunteer expense items.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the program, by 

any of the following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

National Senior Service Corps; 

Attention Peter Boynton, Program 

Officer; 9th Floor, 1201 New York 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

6010 at the mail address given in 

paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 565–2743, 

Attention Peter Boynton, Program 

Officer. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system: 

Seniorfeedback@cns.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peter L. Boynton, 202–606–5000, ext. 

554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

A. Program Description 

The Foster Grandparent Program 

provides a way for limited-income 

people age 60 and older, to serve as 

extended family members to children 

and youth with exceptional needs. 

Foster Grandparents serve from 15 to 40 

hours a week in schools, hospitals, 

correctional institutions, day-care 

facilities, Head Start centers, and small 

community-based organizations, both 

faith-based and secular. They help 

children who have been abused or 

neglected, mentor troubled teenagers 

and young mothers, and care for 

premature infants and children with 

physical disabilities. In return for their 

service, Foster Grandparents receive a 

stipend of $2.65 an hour, accident and 

liability insurance and meals while on 

duty, reimbursement for transportation, 

and monthly training. More than 30,000 

Foster Grandparents tend to the needs of 

275,000 young children and teenagers 

each year. 

B. Medical Expenses Deduction 

Income eligibility for the Foster 

Grandparent Program is determined 

based on annual income from all 

sources after deducting medical 

expenses. Currently the allowable 

medical expenses may not exceed 15 

percent of the applicable income 

eligibility guideline. In order to increase 

the pool of seniors eligible to serve as 

Foster Grandparents, and in recognition 

that the cost of medical care and 

insurance have increased significantly, 

the Corporation proposes to increase the 

ceiling for allowable medical expenses 

to 50 percent of the applicable income 

eligibility guideline. 

C. Volunteer Expenses 

The Foster Grandparent Program 

regulations currently distinguish 

between volunteer expenses that may be 

paid or reimbursed with federal and 

required non-federal grant funds and 

volunteer expenses that must be paid by 

the volunteer station to which a Foster 

Grandparent is assigned. Grant funds 

may be used only to pay for volunteer 

stipends, insurance, transportation to 

and from volunteer assignments and 

official project activities, annual 

physical examinations, meals taken on 

assignment, and service recognition 

expenses. With the exception of certain 

meals, volunteer stations must pay for 

all expenses incurred while performing 

volunteer assignments. 

In ‘‘Principles and Reforms for a 

Citizen Service Act,’’ issued by 

President Bush April 9, 2002, the 

Administration proposed to create 

greater flexibility in the use of Federal 

resources by easing requirements that 

govern the activities and support of 

volunteers. The proposed amendment 

would allow Foster Grandparent 

Program sponsors to determine, in 

consultation with volunteer stations, 

how best to fund volunteer expenses. 

The respective responsibilities of the 

sponsor and volunteer station for 

volunteer expenses would be 

incorporated in the memorandum of 

understanding negotiated by the 

sponsor with each station. Sponsors 

would be free to maintain the current 

division of responsibility for volunteer 

expenses but have the flexibility to use 

federal and required non-federal funds 

to cover any volunteer expense when 

the sponsor determines that doing so 

would be in the best interest of the 

project. The provisions of the applicable 

OMB Cost Principles Circulars 

referenced in 2552.93(4) would 

continue to apply to all expenses paid 

with federal or required non-federal 

funds. 

Impact of Various Acts and Executive 

Orders 

After carefully reviewing the changes 

implemented by this amendment, and 

after coordination with the Office of 

Management and Budget, it was 

determined that: 

(1) This was a significant regulatory 

action under section 3(f)(4) of Executive 

Order 12866 ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review’’, and required a review by the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

(2) The Corporation hereby certifies 

that the Regulatory Flexibility Act does 

not apply because there is no 

‘‘significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities’’; 

(3) That the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. chapter 25, 

subchapter II) does not apply because 

the amendment does not result in any 

annual expenditures of $100 million by 

State, local, Indian Tribal governments 

or the private sector; 

(4) That the Paperwork Reduction Act 

does not apply because the amendments 

do not impose any additional reporting 

or record-keeping requirements; 

(5) That the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 does not apply because it is not a 

major rule as defined by section 251 of 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and 

would not result in an annual effect on 

the economy of $100 million or more; 

result in an increase in cost or prices; or 

have significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

companies to compete with foreignbased companies in domestic and 

export markets; and 

(6) That Executive Order 13132, 

‘‘Federalism’’ does not apply because it 

would not have substantial direct effects 

on the States or the relationship