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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2021–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8669] 

Suspension of Community Eligibility 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule identifies 

communities where the sale of flood 

insurance has been authorized under 

the National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP) that are scheduled for 

suspension 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 not occur. 

Information identifying the current 

participation status of a community can 

be obtained from FEMA’s CSB available 

at www.fema.gov/flood-insurance/workwith-nfip/community-status-book. 

Please note that per Revisions to 

Publication Requirements for 

Community Eligibility Status 

Information Under the National Flood 

Insurance Program, notices such as this 

one for scheduled suspension will no 

longer be published in the Federal 

Register as of June 2021 but will be 

available at National Flood Insurance 

Community Status and Public 

Notification | FEMA.gov. Individuals 

without internet access will be able to 

contact their local floodplain 

management official and/or State NFIP 

Coordinating Office directly for 

assistance. 

DATES: The effective date of each 

community’s scheduled suspension is 

the third date (‘‘Susp.’’) listed in the 

third column of the following tables. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you want to determine whether a 

particular community was suspended 

on the suspension date or for further 

information, contact Adrienne L. 

Sheldon, PE, CFM, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 400 C 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 

674–1087. Details regarding updated 

publication requirements of community 

eligibility status information under the 

NFIP can be found on the CSB section 

at www.fema.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP 

enables property owners to purchase 

Federal flood insurance that is not 

otherwise generally available from 

private insurers. In return, communities 

agree to adopt and administer local 

floodplain management measures aimed 

at protecting lives, new and 

substantially improved construction, 

and development in general from future 

flooding. Section 1315 of the National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 4022, prohibits the 

sale of NFIP flood insurance 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 NFIP regulations, 44 CFR part 59. 

Accordingly, the communities will be 

suspended on the effective date listed in 

the third column. As of that date, flood 

insurance will no longer be available in 

the community. FEMA recognizes 

communities may adopt and submit the 

required documentation after this rule is 

published but prior to the actual 

suspension date. These communities 

will not be suspended and will continue 

to be eligible for the sale of NFIP flood 

insurance. Their current NFIP 

participation status can be verified at 

anytime on the CSB section at fema.gov. 

In addition, FEMA publishes a Flood 

Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that 

identifies the Special Flood Hazard 

Areas (SFHAs) in these communities. 

The date of the published FIRM 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 be 

provided for construction or acquisition 

of buildings in identified SFHAs for 

communities not participating in the 

NFIP and identified for more than a year 

on FEMA’s initial FIRM for 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 Administrator 

finds that notice and public comment 

procedures 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 6-month, 

90-day, and 30-day notification letters 

addressed to the Chief Executive Officer 

stating that the community will be 

suspended unless the required 

floodplain management measures are 

met prior to the effective suspension 

date. Since these notifications were 

made, this final rule may take effect 

within less than 30 days. 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

FEMA has determined that the 

community suspension(s) included in 

this rule is a non-discretionary action 

and therefore the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) does not apply. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 

Administrator 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, Section 1315, 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 remedial action 

takes place. 

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. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism. 

This rule involves no policies that have 

federalism implications under Executive 

Order 13132. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. This rule meets the applicable 

standards of Executive Order 12988. 

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. 

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 64 

Flood insurance, Floodplains. 

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 64 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 64—COMMUNITIES ELIGIBLE 

FOR THE SALE OF INSURANCE 

■ 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. 


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12118 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 2, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

§ 64.6 [Amended] 

■ 2. The tables published under the 

authority of § 64.6 are amended as 

follows: 

State and location Community 

No. 

Effective date authorization/ 

cancellation of sale of 

flood insurance in community 

Current effective 

map date 

Date certain 

Federal 

assistance 

no longer 

available 

in SFHAs 

Region 4 

Florida: 

Gulf County, Unincorporated Areas ...... 120098 August 7, 1975, Emerg; June 15, 1983, 

Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

March 9, 2021 .. March 9, 2021. 

Port St. Joe, City of, Gulf County .......... 120099 September 11, 1970, Emerg; June 15, 

1983, Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Region 5 

Minnesota: 

Plummer, City of, Red Lake County ..... 270390 September 15, 1975, Emerg; June 22, 

1984, Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Red Lake County, Unincorporated 

Areas.

270387 April 5, 1974, Emerg; July 2, 1987, Reg; 

March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Ohio: 

Amherst, City of, Lorain County ............ 390347 April 14, 1975, Emerg; August 1, 1980, 

Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Avon Lake, City of, Lorain County ........ 390602 February 11, 1974, Emerg; November 2, 

1977, Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Defiance, City of, Defiance County ....... 390144 June 9, 1975, Emerg; March 4, 1985, Reg; 

March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Lorain, City of, Lorain County ............... 390351 June 11, 1973, Emerg; August 15, 1978, 

Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Lorain County, Unincorporated Areas ... 390346 N/A, Emerg; October 14, 1991, Reg; March 

9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Sheffield, Village of, Lorain County ....... 390354 July 3, 1975, Emerg; June 18, 1980, Reg; 

March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Sheffield Lake, City of, Lorain County .. 390355 May 1, 1973, Emerg; March 1, 1978, Reg; 

March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Vermilion, City of, Erie and Lorain 

Counties.

395374 May 8, 1970, Emerg; December 31, 1970, 

Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Region 7 

Missouri: 

St. Charles County, Unincorporated 

Areas.

290315 August 6, 1971, Emerg; September 15, 

1978, Reg; March 9, 2021, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

*do = Ditto. 

Code for reading third column: Emerg.—Emergency; Reg.—Regular; Susp.—Suspension. 

Eric J. Letvin, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration—FEMA Resilience, 

Department of Homeland Security, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

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