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Management Directive 023–01 and 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

which guide the Coast Guard in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA)(42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have determined that this action is one 

of a category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves 

establishing a safety zone for a fireworks 

display launch site and fallout area and 

is expected to have no impact on the 

water or environment. This zone is 

designed to protect mariners and 

spectators from the hazards associated 

with aerial fireworks displays. This rule 

is categorically excluded from further 

review under paragraph 34 (g) of Figure 

2–1 of the Commandant Instruction. An 

environmental analysis checklist 

supporting this determination and a 

Categorical Exclusion Determination are 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, and 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, 160.5; Pub. L. 

107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T05–0258 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T05–0258 Safety Zone, Figure Eight 

Causeway Channel; Figure Eight Island, NC 

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of 

this section, Captain of the Port means 

the Commander, Sector North Carolina. 

Representative means any Coast Guard 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer 

who has been authorized to act on the 

behalf of the Captain of the Port. 

(b) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: specified waters of the 

Captain of the Port, Sector North 

Carolina, as defined in 33 CFR 3.25–20, 

all water of the Figure Eight Island 

Channel from latitude 34°16′32′′ N, 

longitude 077°45′32′′ W, thence east 

along the marsh to a position located at 

latitude 34°16′19′′ N, longitude 

077°44′55′′ W, thence south to the 

causeway at position latitude 34°16′16′′ 

N, longitude 077°44′58′′ W, thence west 

along the shoreline to position latitude 

34°16′29′′ N, longitude 077°45′34′′ W, 

thence back to the point of origin. 

(c) Regulations. (1) The general 

regulations contained in § 165.23 of this 

part apply to the area described in 

paragraph (b) of this section. 

(2) Persons or vessels requiring entry 

into or passage through any portion of 

the safety zone must first request 

authorization from the Captain of the 

Port, or a designated representative, 

unless the Captain of the Port 

previously announced via Marine Safety 

Radio Broadcast on VHF Marine Band 

Radio channel 22 (157.1 MHz) that this 

regulation will not be enforced in that 

portion of the safety zone. The Captain 

of the Port can be contacted at telephone 

number (910) 343–3882 or by radio on 

VHF Marine Band Radio, channels 13 

and 16. 

(d) Enforcement. The U.S. Coast 

Guard may be assisted in the patrol and 

enforcement of the zone by Federal, 

State, and local agencies. 

(e) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced on May 31, 2013 from 

8 p.m. to 11 p.m. unless cancelled 

earlier by the Captain of the Port. 

Dated: April 12, 2013. 

A. Popiel, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Sector North Carolina. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R04–RCRA–2009–0961; FRL–9806–9] 

Georgia: Final Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Immediate final rule. 

SUMMARY: Georgia has applied to EPA 

for final authorization of changes to its 

hazardous waste program under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that 

these changes satisfy all requirements 

needed to qualify for final authorization, 

and is authorizing the State’s changes 

through this immediate final rule. In the 

‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of today’s 

Federal Register, EPA is also publishing 

a separate notice that serves as the 

proposal to authorize these changes. 

EPA believes this action is not 

controversial and does not expect 

comments that oppose it. Unless EPA 

receives written comments that oppose 

this authorization during the comment 

period, the decision to authorize 

Georgia’s changes to its hazardous waste 

program will take effect. If EPA receives 

comments that oppose this action, EPA 

will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register withdrawing today’s immediate 

final rule before it takes effect, and the 

separate notice published in today’s 

‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of this 

Federal Register will serve as the 

proposal to authorize the changes. 

DATES: This final authorization will 

become effective on July 1, 2013 unless 

EPA receives adverse written comment 

by June 3, 2013. If EPA receives such 

comment, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of this immediate final rule 

in the Federal Register and inform the 

public that this authorization will not 

take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

RCRA–2009–0961, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: gleaton.gwen@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (404) 562–9964 (prior to 

faxing, please notify the EPA contact 

listed below). 

• Mail: Send written comments to 

Gwendolyn Gleaton, Permits and State 

Programs Section, RCRA Programs and 

Materials Management Branch, RCRA 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 

Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303–8960. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

your comments to Gwendolyn Gleaton, 

Permits and State Programs Section, 

RCRA Programs and Materials 

Management Branch, RCRA Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303– 

8960. 

Instructions: EPA must receive your 

comments by June 3, 2013. Please refer 

to Docket Number EPA–R04–RCRA– 

2009–0961. Do not submit information 

that you consider to be confidential 

business information or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 


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comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made publicly available on 

the Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

You may view and copy Georgia’s 

applications and associated publicly 

available materials from 8:00 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m. at the following locations: 

EPA, Region 4, RCRA Division, Atlanta 

Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960; telephone 

number: (404) 562–8500; and the 

Georgia Department of Natural 

Resources, Environmental Protection 

Division, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Drive, Suite 1154 East Tower, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30334–4910; telephone number: 

(404) 656–2833. Interested persons 

wanting to examine these documents 

should make an appointment with the 

office at least a week in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gwendolyn Gleaton, Permits and State 

Programs Section, RCRA Programs and 

Materials Management Branch, RCRA 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303–8960; telephone number: (404) 

562–8500; fax number: (404) 562–9964; 

email address: gleaton.gwen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Why are revisions to state programs 

necessary? 

States which have received final 

authorization from EPA under RCRA 

section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must 

maintain a hazardous waste program 

that is equivalent to, consistent with, 

and no less stringent than the Federal 

program. As the Federal program 

changes, States must change their 

programs and ask EPA to authorize the 

changes. Changes to State programs may 

be necessary when Federal or State 

statutory or regulatory authority is 

modified or when certain other changes 

occur. Most commonly, States must 

change their programs because of 

changes to EPA’s regulations in 40 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 124, 

260 through 268, 270, 273 and 279. 

New Federal requirements and 

prohibitions imposed by Federal 

regulations that EPA promulgates 

pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid 

Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) 

take effect in authorized States at the 

same time that they take effect in 

unauthorized States. Thus, EPA will 

implement those requirements and 

prohibitions in Georgia, including the 

issuance of new permits implementing 

those requirements, until the State is 

granted authorization to do so. 

B. What decisions has EPA made in this 

rule? 

On January 8, 2007, and August 14, 

2008, Georgia submitted final complete 

program revision applications, seeking 

authorization of changes to its 

hazardous waste program. EPA 

concludes that Georgia’s applications to 

revise its authorized program meet all of 

the statutory and regulatory 

requirements established by RCRA. 

Therefore, EPA grants Georgia final 

authorization to operate its hazardous 

waste program with the changes 

described in the authorization 

applications, and as outlined below in 

Section G of this notice. 

Georgia has responsibility for 

permitting treatment, storage, and 

disposal facilities within its borders and 

for carrying out the aspects of the RCRA 

program described in its revised 

program applications, subject to the 

limitations of HSWA, as discussed 

above. 

C. What is the effect of this 

authorization decision? 

The effect of this decision is that the 

changes described in Georgia’s 

authorization applications will become 

part of the authorized State hazardous 

waste program, and will therefore be 

federally enforceable. Georgia will 

continue to have primary enforcement 

authority and responsibility for its State 

hazardous waste program. EPA retains 

its authorities under RCRA sections 

3007, 3008, 3013, and 7003, including 

its authority to: 

• Conduct inspections, and require 

monitoring, tests, analyses or reports; 

• Enforce RCRA requirements, 

including authorized State program 

requirements, and suspend or revoke 

permits; and 

• Take enforcement actions regardless 

of whether the State has taken its own 

actions. 

This action does not impose 

additional requirements on the 

regulated community because the State 

regulations for which Georgia is being 

authorized by today’s action are already 

effective and enforceable requirements 

under State law, and are not changed by 

today’s action. 

D. Why wasn’t there a proposed rule 

before today’s rule? 

Along with this immediate final rule, 

EPA is publishing a separate notice in 

the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of today’s 

Federal Register that serves as the 

proposal to authorize these State 

program changes. EPA did not publish 

a proposed rule before today because 

EPA views this as a routine program 

change and does not expect comments 

that oppose this approval. EPA is 

providing an opportunity for public 

comment now, as described in Section 

E of this notice. 

E. What happens if EPA receives 

comments that oppose this action? 

If EPA receives comments that oppose 

this authorization, EPA will withdraw 

today’s immediate final rule by 

publishing a document in the Federal 

Register before the rule becomes 

effective. EPA will base any further 

decision on the authorization of the 

State program changes on the proposed 

rule mentioned in the previous section, 

after considering all comments received 

during the comment period, and will 

address all such comments in a later 

final rule. You may not have another 

opportunity to comment on these State 

program changes. If you want to 

comment on this authorization, you 

must do so at this time. 

If EPA receives comments that oppose 

only the authorization of a particular 

change to the State hazardous waste 

program, EPA will withdraw that part of 

today’s immediate final rule but the 

authorization of the program changes 

that the comments do not oppose will 

become effective on the date specified 

above. The Federal Register withdrawal 

document will specify which part of the 

authorization will become effective, and 

which part is being withdrawn. 

F. What has Georgia previously been 

authorized for? 

Georgia initially received final 

authorization on August 7, 1984, 

effective August 21, 1984 (49 FR 31417), 

to implement a hazardous waste 

management program. EPA granted 

authorization for changes to Georgia’s 

program on the following dates: July 7, 

1986, effective September 18, 1986 (51 

FR 24549); July 28, 1988, effective 

September 26, 1988 (53 FR 28383); July 

24, 1990, effective September 24, 1990 

(55 FR 30000); February 12, 1991, 

effective April 15, 1991 (56 FR 5656); 

May 11, 1992, effective July 10, 1992 (57 

FR 20055); November 25, 1992, effective 

January 25, 1993 (57 FR 55466); 

February 26, 1993, effective April 27, 

1993 (58 FR 11539); November 16, 1993, 


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effective January 18, 1994 (58 FR 

60388); April 26, 1994, effective June 

27, 1994 (59 FR 21664); May 10, 1995, 

effective July 10, 1995 (60 FR 24790); 

August 30, 1995, effective October 30, 

1995 (60 FR 45069); March 7, 1996, 

effective May 6, 1996 (61 FR 9108); 

September 18, 1998, effective November 

17, 1998 (63 FR 49852); October 14, 

1999, effective December 13, 1999 (64 

FR 55629); November 28, 2000, effective 

March 30, 2001 (66 FR 8090); July 16, 

2002, effective September 16, 2002 (67 

FR 46600); November 19, 2002, effective 

January 21, 2003 (67 FR 69690); July 18, 

2003, effective September 16, 2003 (68 

FR 42605); January 27, 2005, effective 

April 20, 2005 (70 FR 12973); and April 

25, 2006, effective June 26, 2006 (71 FR 

23864). 

G. What changes is EPA authorizing 

with this action? 

On January 8, 2007, and August 14, 

2008, Georgia submitted final complete 

program revision applications, seeking 

authorization of its changes in 

accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. EPA 

now makes an immediate final decision, 

subject to receipt of written comments 

that oppose this action, that Georgia’s 

hazardous waste program revisions 

satisfy all of the requirements necessary 

to qualify for final authorization. 

Therefore, EPA grants Georgia final 

authorization for the following program 

changes: 

Description of Federal requirement 

Federal 

Register date 

and page 

Analogous State Authority 1

207—Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule ......................... 70 FR 10776 

03/04/05 .......

391–3–11–.02(1); 391–3–11–.07(1); 391–3–11–.08(1); 391–3– 

11–.09; and 391–3–11–.10(1) and (2). 

70 FR 35034 

06/16/05.

208—Methods and Innovation Rule and SW–846 Final Update 

IIIB.

70 FR 34538 

06/14/05 .......

391–3–11–.02(1); 391–3–11–.07(1) and (2); 391–3–11–.10(1), 

(2) and (3); 391–3–11–.11(3)(h); 391–3–11–.11(10); 391–3– 

11–.16; and 391–3–11–.17. 

70 FR 44150 

08/01/05.

209—Universal Waste Rule; Specific Provisions for Mercury 

Containing Equipment.

70 FR 45508 

08/05/05 .......

391–3–11–.02(1); 391–3–11–.07(1); 391–3–11–.10(1) and (2); 

391–3–11–.16; and 391–3–11–.18. 

211—Revision of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste Mixtures (‘‘Headworks exemptions’’).70 FR 57769 

10/04/05 .......

391–3–11–.07(1). 

212—NESHAP: Final Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors (Phase I Final Replacement Standards and Phase II).70 FR 59402 

10/12/05 .......

391–3–11–.02(1); 391–3–11–.10(1), (2) and (3); 391–3–11– 

.11(3)(c) and (h); 391–3–11–.11(5)(c); 391–3–11–.11(7)(d); 

and 391–3–11–.11(10) and (13). 

No Checklist—Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste 

(CFR Correction).

70 FR 60217 

10/17/05 .......

391–3–11–.07(1). 

214—Corrections to Errors in the Code of Federal Regulations 71 FR 40254 

07/14/06 .......

391–3–11–.02(1); 391–3–11–.05(1); 391–3–11–.07(1) and (2); 

391–3–11–.08(1); 391–3–11–.10(1), (2) and (3); 391–3–11– 

.11(1)(a); 391–3–11–.11(3)(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h); 391–3– 

11–.11(5)(d); 391–3–11–.11(7)(c) and (d); 391–3–11–.11(11) 

and (12); 391–3–11–.16; 391–3–11–.17; and 391–3–11–.18. 

215—Cathode Ray Tubes Rule .................................................. 71 FR 42928 

07/28/06 .......

391–3–11–.02(1) and 391–3–11–.07(1). 

No Checklist—Standards for Universal Waste Management 

(CFR Correction).

72 FR 35666 

06/29/07 .......

391–3–11–.18. 

1The Georgia provisions analogous to the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule and the Universal Waste Rule were effective March 13, 

2006. The Georgia provisions analogous to the remaining Federal requirements were effective June 23, 2008. 

H. Where are the revised State rules 

different from the Federal rules? 

There are no State requirements in 

this program revision considered to be 

more stringent or broader in scope than 

the Federal requirements. 

While Georgia has adopted the 

necessary regulations to receive 

authorization for the Uniform 

Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule set forth 

in 70 FR 10776, March 4, 2005, EPA 

cannot delegate the Federal manifest 

registry functions or the export or 

import provisions contained in such 

rule. As a result, EPA will continue to 

implement these requirements. 

Similarly, EPA cannot delegate the 

Federal requirements at 40 CFR 

261.39(a)(5), 261.40 and 261.41 

contained in the Cathode Ray Tubes 

Rule set forth in 71 FR 42928, July 28, 

2006. While Georgia has properly 

adopted these requirements by reference 

at Georgia Hazardous Waste 

Management Rule 391–3–11–.07(1), 

EPA will continue to implement these 

requirements. 

I. Who handles permits after the 

authorization takes effect? 

Georgia will issue permits for all the 

provisions for which it is authorized 

and will administer the permits it 

issues. EPA will continue to administer 

any RCRA hazardous waste permits or 

portions of permits which EPA issued 

prior to the effective date of this 

authorization until they expire or are 

terminated. EPA will not issue any more 

permits or new portions of permits for 

the provisions listed in the Table above 

after the effective date of this 

authorization. EPA will continue to 

implement and issue permits for HSWA 

requirements for which Georgia is not 

authorized. 

J. What is codification and is EPA 

codifying Georgia’s hazardous waste 

program as authorized in this rule? 

Codification is the process of placing 

the State’s statutes and regulations that 

comprise the State’s authorized 

hazardous waste program into the Code 

of Federal Regulations. EPA does this by 

referencing the authorized State rules in 

40 CFR part 272. EPA is not codifying 

the authorization of Georgia’s changes at 

this time. However, EPA reserves the 

amendment of 40 CFR part 272, subpart 

L, for the authorization of Georgia’s 

program changes at a later date. 

K. Administrative Requirements 

The Office of Management and Budget 

has exempted this action from the 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 


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(58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), and 

therefore this action is not subject to 

review by OMB. This action authorizes 

State requirements for the purpose of 

RCRA 3006 and imposes no additional 

requirements beyond those imposed by 

State law. Accordingly, I certify that this 

action will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.). Because this action authorizes 

pre-existing requirements under State 

law and does not impose any additional 

enforceable duty beyond that required 

by State law, it does not contain any 

unfunded mandate or significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments, as 

described in the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4). For 

the same reason, this action also does 

not significantly or uniquely affect the 

communities of Tribal governments, as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This 

action will not have substantial direct 

effects on the States, on the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government, as 

specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 

FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it 

merely authorizes State requirements as 

part of the State RCRA hazardous waste 

program without altering the 

relationship or the distribution of power 

and responsibilities established by 

RCRA. This action also is not subject to 

Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997), because it is not 

economically significant and it does not 

make decisions based on environmental 

health or safety risks. This rule is not 

subject to Executive Order 13211, 

‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001) because it is not a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. 

Under RCRA 3006(b), EPA grants a 

State’s application for authorization as 

long as the State meets the criteria 

required by RCRA. It would thus be 

inconsistent with applicable law for 

EPA, when it reviews a State 

authorization application, to require the 

use of any particular voluntary 

consensus standard in place of another 

standard that otherwise satisfies the 

requirements of RCRA. Thus, the 

requirements of section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 

272 note) do not apply. As required by 

section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 

FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing 

this rule, EPA has taken the necessary 

steps to eliminate drafting errors and 

ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, 

and provide a clear legal standard for 

affected conduct. EPA has complied 

with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 

8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the 

takings implications of the rule in 

accordance with the ‘‘Attorney 

General’s Supplemental Guidelines for 

the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of 

Unanticipated Takings’’ issued under 

the executive order. This rule does not 

impose an information collection 

burden under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this document and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication in the Federal Register. A 

major rule cannot take effect until 60 

days after it is published in the Federal 

Register. This action is not a ‘‘major 

rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This 

action will be effective July 1, 2013, 

unless objections to this authorization 

are received. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Confidential business information, 

Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 

transportation, Indian lands, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Authority: This action is issued under the 

authority of sections 2002(a), 3006, and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 

6974(b). 

Dated: March 28, 2013. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2013–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8279] 

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 and 

a notice of this will be provided by 

publication in the Federal Register on a 

subsequent date. Also, information 

identifying the current participation 

status of a community can be obtained 

from FEMA’s Community Status Book 

(CSB). The CSB is available at http:// 

www.fema.gov/fema/csb.shtm. 

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 David Stearrett, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2953. 

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 and new construction 

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 


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