[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5534-5535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2966]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-7657]


List of Communities Eligible for the Sale of Flood Insurance

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Final rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This rule identifies communities participating in the National 
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These communities have applied to the 
program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management 
measures. The communities' participation in the program authorizes the 
sale of flood insurance to owners of property located in the 
communities listed.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The dates listed in the third column of the table.

ADDRESSES: Flood insurance policies for property located in the 
communities listed can be obtained from any licensed property insurance 
agent or broker serving the eligible community, or from the NFIP at: 
Post Office Box 6464, Rockville, MD 20849, (800) 638-6620.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert F. Shea, Jr., Division 
Director, Program Implementation Division, Mitigation Directorate, 500 
C Street SW., room 417, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP enables property owners to purchase 
flood insurance which is generally not otherwise available. In return, 
communities agree to adopt and administer local floodplain management 
measures aimed at protecting lives and new construction from future 
flooding. Since the communities on the attached list have recently 
entered the NFIP, subsidized flood insurance is now available for 
property in the community.
    In addition, the Executive Associate Director of the Federal 
Emergency

[[Page 5535]]

Management Agency has identified the special flood hazard areas in some 
of these communities by publishing a Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) 
or Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The date of the flood map, if one 
has been published, is indicated in the fourth column of the table. In 
the communities listed where a flood map has been published, Section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
4012(a), requires the purchase of flood insurance as a condition of 
Federal or federally related financial assistance for acquisition or 
construction of buildings in the special flood hazard areas shown on 
the map.
    The Executive Associate Director finds that the delayed effective 
dates would be contrary to the public interest. The Executive Associate 
Director also finds that notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b) are impracticable and unnecessary.

National Environmental Policy Act

    This rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR 
Part 10, Environmental Considerations. No environmental impact 
assessment has been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Executive Associate Director certifies that this rule will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U. S. C. 
601 et seq., because the rule creates no additional burden, but lists 
those communities eligible for the sale of flood insurance.

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.

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.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism

    This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications 
under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, October 26, 1987, 3 CFR, 1987 
Comp., p. 252.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of 
Executive Order 12778, October 25, 1991, 56 FR 55195, 3 CFR, 1991 
Comp., p. 309.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 64

    Flood insurance, Floodplains.

    Accordingly, 44 CFR part 64 is amended as follows:

PART 64--[AMENDED]

    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.


Sec. 64.6  [Amended]

    2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are 
amended as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        Community                                                               
            State/location                 No.      Effective date of eligibility    Current effective map date 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NEW ELIGIBLES--Emergency Program                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Missouri: Diehlstadt, village of,           290925  Dec. 4, 1996.                                               
 Scott County.                                                                                                  
Georgia: Dallas, city of, Paulding          130372  Dec. 5, 1996.                                               
 County.                                                                                                        
North Carolina: Burgaw, town of,            370483  ......do.                                                   
 Pender County.                                                                                                 
Michigan:                                                                                                       
    Crockery, township of, Ottawa           260981  Dec. 17, 1996.                                              
     County.                                                                                                    
    Sylvan, township of, Osceola            260982  ......do.                                                   
     County.                                                                                                    
    Greenwood, township of, Wexford         260947  Dec. 20, 1996.                                              
     County.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
    NEW ELIGIBLES--Regular Program                                                                              
                                                                                                                
Florida: Fort Myers Beach, town of,         120673  Dec. 17, 1996.                                              
 Lee County \1\.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
            REINSTATEMENTS                                                                                      
                                                                                                                
Minnesota: Koochiching County,              270233  July 1, 1974, Emerg; June 1,   Sept. 29, 1996.              
 unincorporated areas.                               1988, Reg; Sept. 26, 1996,                                 
                                                     Susp; Dec. 4, 1996, Rein.                                  
Pennsylvania: West View, borough of,        420086  April 26, 1974, Emerg; June    Oct. 4, 1995.                
 Allegheny County.                                   30, 1976, Reg; Oct. 4, 1995,                               
                                                     Susp; Dec. 4, 1996, Rein.                                  
Pennsylvania:                                                                                                   
    Penn, township of, Chester County       421487  October 15, 1975, Emerg; Dec.  Nov. 20, 1996.               
                                                     17, 1982, Reg; Nov. 20,                                    
                                                     1996, Susp; Dec. 9, 1996,                                  
                                                     Rein.                                                      
    Parkesburgh, borough of, Chester        422277  June 11, 1975, Emerg; June 1,  July 16, 1996.               
     County.                                         1983, Reg; Nov. 20, 1996,                                  
                                                     Susp; Dec. 31, 1996, Rein.                                 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The Town of Fort Myers Beach has been participating in the NFIP as part of the unincorporated areas of Lee  
  County. The Town has adopted Lee County's (125120) Flood Insurance Study and accompanying Flood Insurance Rate
  Map (FIRM) dated 6/15/84 and any revisions thereto, for flood insurance and floodplain management purposes.   
Code for reading third column: Emerg.--Emergency; Reg.--Regular; Rein.--Reinstatement; Susp.--Suspension; With.--
  Withdrawn.                                                                                                    

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Issued: January 28, 1997.
Richard W. Krimm,
Executive Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 97-2966 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6718-05-P