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may also be available at the PCAST

website at. http:www.whitehouse.gov/

WH/EOP/PCAST/html/PCAST_

home.html. Please note that public

seating for this meeting is limited, and

is available on a first-come first served

basis.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

President’s Committee of Advisors on

Science and Technology was

established by Executive Order 12882,

as amended, on November 23, 1993. The

purpose of PCAST is to advise the

President on matters of national

importance that have significant science

and technology content, and to assist

the President’s National Science and

Technology Council in securing private

sector participation in its activities. The

Committee members are distinguished

individuals appointed by the President

from non-Federal sectors. The PCAST is

co-chaired by the Assistant to the

President for Science and Technology

and, by John Young, former President

and CEO of the Hewlett-Packard

Company.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Barbara Ann Ferguson,

Assistant Director, Budget and

Administration Office of Science and

Technology Policy.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Fee Schedule for Processing Requests

for Map Changes, for Flood Insurance

Study Backup Data, and for National

Flood Insurance Program Map and

Insurance Products

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice contains the

revised fee schedules for processing

certain types of requests for changes to

National Flood Insurance Program

(NFIP) maps, for processing requests for

Flood Insurance Study (FIS) technical

and administrative support data, and for

processing requests for particular NFIP

map and insurance products. The

changes in the fee schedules will allow

us (FEMA) to reduce further the

expenses to the NFIP by recovering

more fully the costs associated with: (1)

Processing conditional and final map

change requests; (2) retrieving,

reproducing, and distributing technical

and administrative support data related

to FIS analyses and mapping; and (3)

producing, retrieving, and distributing

particular NFIP map and insurance

products.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The revised fee

schedules are effective for all requests

dated June 1, 2000, or later.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Miller, Chief, Hazards Study

Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, by

telephone at (202) 646–3461, by

facsimile at (202) 646–4596 (not toll-free

calls), or by email at

matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this notice, we use ‘‘we’’,

‘‘our’’, and ‘‘us’’ to refer to FEMA.

This notice contains the revised fee

schedules for processing certain types of

requests for changes to NFIP maps,

requests for FIS technical and

administrative support data, and

requests for particular NFIP map and

insurance products.

Effective Dates. The revised fee

schedule for map changes is effective for

all requests dated June 1, 2000, or later.

The revised fee schedule supersedes the

current fee schedule, which was

established on March 1, 1999.

The revised fee schedule for requests

for FIS technical and administrative

support data also is effective for all

requests dated June 1, 2000, or later.

The revised fee schedule supersedes the

current fee schedule, which was

established on March 1, 1999.

The revised fee schedule for requests

for particular NFIP map and insurance

products, which are available through

our Map Service Center (MSC), is

effective for all written requests dated

June 1, 2000, and for all telephone

requests received on or after June 1,

2000. The revised fee schedule

supersedes the current fee schedule.

Evaluations Performed. To develop

the revised fee schedule for conditional

and final map change requests, we

evaluated the actual costs of reviewing

and processing requests for Conditional

Letters of Map Amendment (CLOMAs),

Conditional Letters of Map Revision

Based on Fill (CLOMR–Fs), Conditional

Letters of Map Revision (CLOMRs),

Letters of Map Revision Based on Fill

(LOMR–Fs), Letters of Map Revision

(LOMRs), and Physical Map Revisions

(PMRs).

To develop the revised fee schedule

for requests for FIS technical and

administrative support data, we

evaluated the actual costs of retrieving,

reproducing, and distributing archived

data in seven categories. We discuss

these categories in more detail below.

To develop the revised fee schedule

for requests for particular NFIP map and

insurance products, we: (1) Evaluated

the actual costs incurred at the MSC for

producing, retrieving, and distributing

those products; (2) analyzed historical

sales, cost data, and product unit cost

for unusual trends or anomalies; and (3)

analyzed the effect of program changes,

new products, technology investments,

and other factors on future sales and

product costs. We discuss the products

that this notice covers in detail below.

Periodic Evaluation of Fees. As we

indicated in the Federal Register notice

that we published on February 6, 1997,

at 62 FR 5739–5740, primary

components of the fees are the

prevailing rates that the private sector

charges to us for labor and materials.

Because these rates and the actual

review and processing costs may vary

from year to year, we will evaluate the

fees periodically and publish revised fee

schedules as notices in the Federal

Register.

Fee Schedule for Requests for

Conditional Letters of Map Amendment

and Conditional and Final Letters of

Map Revision Based on Fill

Based on our review of actual cost

data for Fiscal Year 1999, we are

continuing to charge the following

review and processing fees, which

requesters must submit with all

requests:

Request for single-lot/single-structure

CLOMA, CLOMR–F, and LOMR–F ........ $400

Request for single-lot/single-structure

LOMR–F based on as-built information

(CLOMR–F previously issued by us) ..... 300

Request for multiple-lot/multiple-structure CLOMA ............................................ 700

Request for multiple-lot/multiple-structure CLOMR–F and LOMR–F ................. 800

Request for multiple-lot/multiple-structure LOMR–F based on as-built information (CLOMR–F previously issued

by us) ....................................................... 700

Fee Schedule for Requests for

Conditional Map Revisions

Based on our review of actual cost

data for Fiscal Year 1999, we are

continuing to charge the following

review and processing fees, which

requesters must submit with all requests

unless 44 CFR 72.5 exempts them:

Request based on new hydrology, bridge,

culvert, channel, or combination of any

of these .................................................... $3,100

Request based on levee, berm, or other

structural measure .................................. 4,000

Fee Schedule for Requests for Map

Revisions

Based on our review of actual cost

data for Fiscal Year 1999, we revised the

review and processing fee for requests

based on levees, berms, or other

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structural measures, from $4,700 to

$6,000. Therefore, unless 44 CFR 72.5

exempts the request, requesters must

submit the review and processing fees

shown below with requests for LOMRs

and PMRs dated June 1, 2000, or later

that are not based on structural

measures on alluvial fans.

Request based on bridge, culvert, channel, or combination thereof .................... $4,000

Request based on levee, berm, or other

structural measure .................................. 6,000

Request based on as-built information

submitted as followup to CLOMR ......... 3,400

Fees for Conditional and Final Map

Revisions Based on Structural

Measures on Alluvial Fans.

Based on our review of actual cost

data for Fiscal Year 1999, we are

continuing to charge $5,000 as the

initial fee for requests for LOMRs and

CLOMRs based on structural measures

on alluvial fans. We also will continue

to recover the remainder of the review

and processing costs by invoicing the

requester before issuing a determination

letter, consistent with current practice.

We will continue to use the prevailing

private-sector labor rate charged to us

($50 per hour) to calculate the total

reimbursable fees.

Fee Schedule for Requests for Flood

Insurance Study Backup Data

Under the current fee schedule, nonexempt requesters of FIS technical and

administrative support data pay a nonrefundable fee of $140 to initiate their

request under Categories 1, 2, and 3,

(See detailed list of categories below.)

This fee covers the preliminary costs of

research and retrieval for such requests.

If the requester asks for data that are

available and does not cancel the

request, we calculate the final fee due as

the sum of the standard per-product

charge plus a per-case surcharge of $93.

We designed the surcharge to recover

costs for maintaining our library

archives, for producing CD–ROMs of

data, and for collecting and depositing

fees.

Based on our review of actual cost

data for Fiscal Year 1999, we decreased

the non-refundable fee that requesters

must submit to us from $140 to $120.

We did not change the per-case

surcharge of $93, nor any of the other

previously established fees.

We expanded the number of data

requesters that are exempt from

submitting fees for requests for FIS

technical and administrative support

data. Through the changes that we make

effective by this Notice, mapped

participating communities and the State

agencies that are NFIP Coordinators will

be exempt from submitting fees.

Requesters must submit the user fees

shown below with requests for technical

and administrative support data dated

June 1, 2000, or later. We will charge all

entities except the following for requests

for FIS technical and administrative

support data:

• Private architectural-engineering

firms under contract to us to perform or

evaluate studies and restudies;

• Federal agencies that perform or

contract for studies and restudies for us

(i.e., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.

Geological Survey, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, and Tennessee

Valley Authority);

• Communities that supply the

Digital Line Graph base to us and

request the Digital Line Graph data

(Category 6 below);

• Communities that request data

during the statutory 90-day appeal

period for an initial or revised FIS for

that community;

• Mapped participating communities

that request data at any time other than

during the statutory 90-day appeal

period, provided that the community

requests the data for its use and not for

a third-party user; and

• State NFIP Coordinators, provided

that the data that they request are for

use by the State NFIP Coordinators and

not for use by a third-party user.

We have established seven categories

into which we separate requests for FIS

backup data. These categories are:

(1) Category 1—paper copies,

microfiche, or diskettes of hydrologic

and hydraulic backup data for current or

historical FISs;

(2) Category 2—Paper or mylar copies

of topographic mapping developed

during FIS process;

(3) Category 3—Paper copies of

microfiche of survey notes developed

during FIS process;

(4) Category 4—Paper copies of

individual Letters of Map Change

(LOMCs);

(5) Category 5—Paper copies of

Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map

or Flood Boundary and Floodway Map

panels;

(6) Category 6—Computer tapes or

CD–ROMs of Digital Line Graph or

Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map files;

and

(7) Category 7—Computer diskettes

and user’s manuals for our computer

programs.

Requesters must submit a nonrefundable fee of $120, to cover the

preliminary costs of research and

retrieval, to initiate requests for data

under Categories 1, 2, and 3. The total

costs of processing requests in

Categories 1, 2, and 3 above will vary

based on the complexity of the research

involved in retrieving the data and the

volume and medium of data that we

must reproduce and distribute. We will

apply the initial fee against the total

costs to process the request, and we will

invoice the requester for the balance

plus the per-case surcharge before we

provide the data. We will not provide

any data to requesters until they pay all

required fees.

We do not require an initial fee to

initiate a request for data under

Categories 4 through 7. We will notify

requesters by telephone about the

availability of the data and the fees

associated with requested data. As with

requests for data under Categories 1, 2,

and 3, we will not provide data to

requesters until they pay all required

fees.

We did not change the costs for

processing requests under Categories 4

through 7. Therefore, we will continue

to require the flat user fees for these

categories of requests as we show below.

Request Under Category 4 (First letter) .... $40

Request Under Category 4 (Each additional letter) ............................................ 10

Request Under Category 5 (First panel) .... 35

Request Under Category 5 (Each additional panel) ............................................ 2

Request Under Category 6 (Per county) .... 150

Request Under Category 7 (per copy) ....... 25

Fee Schedule for Requests for Map and

Insurance Products

The MSC distributes a variety of NFIP

maps and insurance products to a broad

range of customers, including Federal,

State, and local government officials;

real estate professionals; insurance

providers; appraisers; builders; land

developers; design engineers; surveyors;

lenders; homeowners; and other private

citizens. The MSC distributes the

following products:

• Paper (printed) copies of Flood

Hazard Boundary Maps (FHBMs);

• Paper (printed) copies of Flood

Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs);

• Paper (printed) copies of Digital

Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs);

• Printed copies of Flood Insurance

Studies (FIS), including the narrative

report, tables, Flood profiles, and other

graphics;

• Paper (printed) copies of Flood

Boundary and Floodway Maps (FBFMs),

when we include them as an exhibit in

the FIS;

• Digital Q3 Flood Data files, which

we developed by scanning the

published FIRM and vectoring a

thematic overlay of flood risks;

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• Digital Q3 Flood Data files for

Coastal Barrier Resource Areas (CBRA

Q3 Flood Data files);

• Community Status Book, which is a

report generated by our Community

Information System database that

provides pertinent map status

information for all identified

communities;

• Flood Map Status Information

Service (FMSIS), through which we

provide status information for effective

NFIP maps;

• Letter of Map Change (LOMC)

Subscription Service, through which we

make scanned copies of certain

categories of LOMCs available

semimonthly on CD–ROM;

• NFIP Insurance Manual (Full

Manual), which provides vital NFIP

information for insurance agents

nationwide;

• NFIP Insurance Manual (Producer’s

Edition), which is available for reference

and training purposes; and

• Community Map Action List

(CMAL), which is semimonthly listing

of communities whose flood maps are

being published or republished in the

future.

For more information on the map and

insurance products available from the

MSC, we invite interested parties to

visit the MSC Web site at http://

www.fema.gov/msc.

Based on our review of historical

sales, expenses, shipping data, and

future trends, we revised the fee charges

for paper copies of FHBMs, FIRMs,

DFIRMs, and FISs to reflect actual

production costs (i.e., printing and

operating costs). We revised the

shipping charges for all products to

align more closely with actual shipping

costs. Federal, State and local

governments continue to be exempt

from paying fees for the map products.

We show the revised fee schedule in the

table that follows.

Product or service Fee Shipping

Paper copies of FHBM, FIRM DFIRM, or FBFM panels .. $1.50 per panel .................. $0.33 per panel for first 10 panels plus $0.02 for each

additional panel.

Paper copies of FIS (not including FBFM panels that are

included as exhibit).

$3.40 per FIS volume ........ $3.60 for first FIS plus $0.38 for each additional FIS.

Hurry Charge for FHBM, FIRM, DFIRM, FBFM, or FIS ... $33.00 per order ................ Based on product and units shipped; no additional shipping charge if customer provides own shipping account.

Q3 Flood Data Files ......................................................... $50.00 per CD–ROM ......... $3.30 for first 4 CD–ROMs, plus $0.10 for each additional CD–ROM in the same order.

CBRA Q3 Flood Data Files .............................................. $50.00 per CD–ROM ......... $3.30 for first 4 CD–ROMs, plus $0.10 for each additional CD–ROM in the same order.

Community Status Book (individual orders) ..................... $2.50 per State, $20.50 for

entire U.S.

$1.00 per State, $3.85 for entire U.S

Community Status Book (annual subscription) ................ $50.00 per State, $250.00

for entire U.S.

Not applicable.

FMSIS (individual orders) ................................................. $13 per State, $38 for entire U.S.$3.30 for first 4 CD–ROMs, plus $0.10 for each additional CD–ROM in the same order.

FMSIS (annual subscription) ............................................ $148 per State, $419 for

entire U.S.

Not applicable.

LOMC Subscription Service (individual orders) ................ $85 per issue ..................... $3.30 for first 4 CD–ROMs, plus $0.10 for each additional CD–ROM in the same order.

LOMC Subscription Service (annual subscription) ........... $2,000 ................................ Not applicable.

NFIP Insurance Manual (full manual) ............................... $25.00 per copy ................. Not applicable.

NFIP Insurance Manual (Producer’s edition) ................... $15.00 per copy ................. Not applicable.

CMAL ................................................................................ No processing fee .............. $1.00 for each list.

Payment Submission Requirements

Requesters must make fee payments

for non-exempt requests before we ship

products or render services. This

payment must be in the form of a check

or money order or by credit card

payment. Please make all checks and

money orders in U.S. funds payable to

the National Flood Insurance Program.

We will deposit all fees collected to

the National Flood Insurance Fund,

which is the source of funding for

providing these services.

Dated: April 27, 2000.

Michael J. Armstrong,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than May 17,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Alan E. Knudson and the Knudson

Family Trust, Draper, Utah, to retain

voting shares of Silver State Bancorp,

Henderson, Nevada, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of Silver

State Bank, Henderson, Nevada.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 27, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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