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marriages are recognized, so long as 

they are proven according to the 

applicable state, other jurisdiction, or 

foreign laws. The term marriage does 

not include registered domestic 

partnerships, civil unions, or other 

similar formal relationships recognized 

under state or other jurisdiction (or 

foreign country) law that are not 

denominated as a marriage under that 

state’s or other jurisdiction (or foreign 

country’s) law. 

* * * * * 

Spouse—Any individual who is 

lawfully married (unless legally 

separated), including an individual 

married to a person of the same sex who 

was legally married in a state or other 

jurisdiction (including a foreign 

county), that recognizes such marriages, 

regardless of whether or not the 

individual’s state of residency 

recognizes such marriages. The term 

‘‘spouse’’ does not include individuals 

in a formal relationship recognized by a 

state, which is other than lawful 

marriage; it also does not include 

individuals in a marriage in a 

jurisdiction outside the United States 

that is not recognized as a lawful 

marriage under United States law. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8377] 

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 Bret Gates, Federal 

Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–4133. 

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 

enforcement measures. The 

communities listed in this document no 

longer meet that statutory requirement 

for compliance with program 

regulations, 44 CFR part 59. 

Accordingly, the communities will be 

suspended on the effective date in the 

third column. As of that date, flood 

insurance will no longer be available in 

the community. We recognize that some 

of these communities may adopt and 

submit the required documentation of 

legally enforceable floodplain 

management measures 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. A notice withdrawing the 

suspension of such communities will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

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 FIRM, if one has been 

published, 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. 

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 

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 

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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—[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. 

§ 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 III 

Maryland: 

Cecil County, Unincorporated Areas ..... 240019 June 15, 1973, Emerg; April 4, 1983, Reg; 

May 4, 2015, Susp.

May 4, 2015 ..... May 4, 2015. 

Charles County, Unincorporated Areas 240089 March 30, 1973, Emerg; June 5, 1985, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

......do * ............. Do. 

Charlestown, Town of, Cecil County ..... 240021 February 20, 1975, Emerg; November 17, 

1982, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Chesapeake City, Town of, Cecil County.240099 December 5, 1974, Emerg; October 15, 

1981, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Elkton, Town of, Cecil County ............... 240022 November 7, 1973, Emerg; March 18, 

1980, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Indian Head, Town of, Charles County 240091 January 28, 1974, Emerg; October 15, 

1985, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

La Plata, Town of, Charles County ....... 240092 January 21, 1974, Emerg; April 17, 1985, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

North East, Town of, Cecil County ........ 240023 July 24, 1975, Emerg; October 15, 1981, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Perryville, Town of, Cecil County .......... 240024 April 23, 1974, Emerg; March 1, 1977, Reg; 

May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Port Deposit, Town of, Cecil County ..... 240025 March 16, 1973, Emerg; February 16, 1977, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Rising Sun, Town of, Cecil County ....... 240158 September 17, 1975, Emerg; May 15, 1986, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Virginia: 

Claremont, Town of, Surry County ........ 510158 February 26, 1975, Emerg; October 16, 

1990, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Essex County, Unincorporated Areas ... 510048 March 15, 1974, Emerg; December 16, 

1988, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Surry County, Unincorporated Areas .... 510157 March 25, 1974, Emerg; November 2, 

1990, Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Tappahannock, Town of, Essex County 510049 June 3, 1974, Emerg; August 4, 1987, Reg; 

May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Region V 

Indiana: 

Columbia City, City of, Whitley County 180300 July 29, 1975, Emerg; January 5, 1979, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

South Whitley, Town of, Whitley County 180301 October 2, 1975, Emerg; August 19, 1985, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Whitley County, Unincorporated Areas 180298 December 29, 1975, Emerg; April 1, 1988, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Region VI 

Texas: 

Anahuac, City of, Chambers County ..... 480120 June 27, 1975, Emerg; July 16, 1981, Reg; 

May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Baytown, City of, Chambers and Harris 

Counties.

485456 July 17, 1970, Emerg; July 1, 1974, Reg; 

May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Beach City, City of, Chambers County 480121 August 8, 1979, Emerg; January 19, 1983, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Chambers County, Unincorporated 

Areas.

480119 July 10, 1975, Emerg; June 15, 1983, Reg; 

May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Cove, City of, Chambers County .......... 481510 N/A, Emerg; August 11, 2006, Reg; May 4, 

2015, Susp.

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

Mont Belvieu, City of, Chambers and 

Liberty Counties.

480122 August 1, 1979, Emerg; August 16, 1982, 

Reg; May 4, 2015, Susp.

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

Old River-Winfree, City of, Chambers 

County.

481637 N/A, Emerg; August 10, 1999, Reg; May 4, 

2015, Susp.

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

*......do = Ditto. 

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


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Dated: March 16, 2015. 

Roy E. Wright, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 130312235–3658–02] 

RIN 0648–XD734 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2015 

Commercial Accountability Measure 

and Closure for South Atlantic 

Vermilion Snapper 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements 

accountability measures (AMs) for the 

commercial sector for vermilion snapper 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 

the South Atlantic. NMFS projects that 

commercial landings for vermilion 

snapper will reach the commercial 

annual catch limit (ACL) for the January 

1 through June 30, 2015, fishing period 

on April 15, 2015. Therefore, NMFS 

closes the commercial sector for 

vermilion snapper in the South Atlantic 

EEZ on April 15, 2015, and it will 

remain closed until the start of the July 

1 through December 31, 2015, fishing 

period. This closure is necessary to 

protect the South Atlantic vermilion 

snapper resource. 

DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, April 15, 2015, until 12:01 

a.m., local time, July 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Britni LaVine, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, telephone: 727–824– 

5305, email: britni.lavine@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic includes vermilion snapper and 

is managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council and is 

implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

The commercial quota for vermilion 

snapper in the South Atlantic is divided 

into separate quotas for two 6-month 

time periods, January through June and 

July through December. For the January 

1 through June 30, 2015, fishing season, 

the commercial quota is 394,829 lb 

(179,091 kg), gutted weight (438,260 lb 

(198,791 kg), round weight), as specified 

in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(i)(C). 

On February 26, 2015, NMFS 

published a temporary rule in the 

Federal Register to reduce the 

commercial trip limit for vermilion 

snapper in or from the EEZ of the South 

Atlantic to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted 

weight, effective 12:01 a.m., local time, 

March 2, 2015, until July 1, 2015, or 

until the quota is reached and the 

commercial sector closes, whichever 

occurs first (80 FR 10392). 

In accordance with regulations at 50 

CFR 622.193(f)(1), NMFS is required to 

close the commercial sector for 

vermilion snapper when the commercial 

quota for that portion of the fishing year 

has been reached, or is projected to be 

reached, by filing a notification to that 

effect with the Office of the Federal 

Register. NMFS has determined that the 

commercial quota for South Atlantic 

vermilion snapper for the January-June 

fishing period will have been reached 

by April 15, 2015. Accordingly, the 

commercial sector for South Atlantic 

vermilion snapper is closed effective 

12:01 a.m., local time, April 15, 2015, 

until 12:01 a.m., local time, July 1, 2015. 

The commercial quota for vermilion 

snapper in the South Atlantic is 394,829 

lb (179,091 kg), gutted weight (438,260 

lb (198,791 kg), round weight), for the 

July 1 through December 31, 2015, 

fishing period, as specified in 50 CFR 

622.190(a)(4)(ii)(C). 

The operator of a vessel with a valid 

commercial vessel permit for South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper having 

vermilion snapper onboard must have 

landed and bartered, traded, or sold 

such vermilion snapper prior to 12:01 

a.m., local time, April 15, 2015. During 

the closure, the bag limit specified in 50 

CFR 622.187(b)(5) and the possession 

limits specified in 50 CFR 622.187(c)(1), 

apply to all harvest or possession of 

vermilion snapper in or from the South 

Atlantic EEZ. During the closure, the 

sale or purchase of vermilion snapper 

taken from the EEZ is prohibited. As 

specified in 50 CFR 622.190(c)(1)(i), the 

prohibition on sale or purchase does not 

apply to the sale or purchase of 

vermilion snapper that were harvested, 

landed ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 

a.m., local time, April 15, 2015, and 

were held in cold storage by a dealer or 

processor. For a person on board a 

vessel for which a Federal commercial 

or charter vessel/headboat permit for the 

South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery 

has been issued, the bag and possession 

limits and the sale and purchase 

provisions of the commercial closure for 

vermilion snapper would apply 

regardless of whether the fish are 

harvested in state or Federal waters, as 

specified in 50 CFR 622.190(c)(1)(ii). 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator, 

Southeast Region, NMFS, has 

determined this temporary rule is 

necessary for the conservation and 

management of South Atlantic 

vermilion snapper and is consistent 

with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and 

other applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.193(f)(1) and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

This action responds to the best 

scientific information available. The 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NOAA (AA), finds that the need to 

immediately implement this action to 

close the commercial sector for 

vermilion snapper constitutes good 

cause to waive the requirements to 

provide prior notice and opportunity for 

public comment pursuant to the 

authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), 

as such procedures would be 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. Such procedures would be 

unnecessary because the rule itself has 

been subject to notice and comment, 

and all that remains is to notify the 

public of the closure. Allowing prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment is contrary to the public 

interest because of the need to 

immediately implement this action to 

protect vermilion snapper since the 

capacity of the fishing fleet allows for 

rapid harvest of the commercial quota. 

Prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment would require time and would 

likely result in a harvest well in excess 

of the established commercial quota. 

For the aforementioned reasons, the 

AA also finds good cause to waive the 

30-day delay in the effectiveness of this 

action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: April 6, 2015. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08174 Filed 4–6–15; 4:15 pm] 

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