[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9372-9374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5267]



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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-7660]


Suspension of Community Eligibility

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood 
insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance 
Program (NFIP), that are suspended 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suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by 
publication in the Federal Register.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of each community's suspension is 
the third date (``Susp.'') listed in the third column of the following 
tables.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to determine whether a particular community was 
suspended on the suspension date, contact the appropriate FEMA Regional 
Office or the NFIP servicing contractor.

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 
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 flood insurance coverage as authorized under 
the National Flood Insurance Program, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., 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 et seq. 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. However, 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 their eligibility for the sale of insurance. A notice 
withdrawing the suspension of the communities will be published in the 
Federal Register.
    In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified 
the special flood hazard areas in these communities by publishing a 
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). 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 legally be provided for construction or 
acquisition of buildings in the identified special flood hazard area of 
communities not participating in the NFIP and identified for more than 
a year, on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's initial flood 
insurance map of 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 Executive Associate Director finds that notice and public 
comment 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 a 6-month, 90-day, and 30-day notification 
addressed to the Chief Executive Officer that the community will be 
suspended unless the required floodplain management measures are met 
prior to the effective suspension date. Since these notifications have 
been 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 Executive Associate Director 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, 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 they take remedial action.
    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:

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                                                                                            Date certain federal
                                Community     Effective date of     Current effective map   assistance no longer
        State/location             No.           eligibility                date            available in special
                                                                                             flood hazard areas 
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           Region I                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Connecticut: Granby, town of,       090125  September 27, 1973,    March 3, 1997.........  March 3, 1997.       
 Hartford County.                            Emerg.; February 15,                                               
                                             1980, Reg.; March 3,                                               
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
                                                                                                                
          Region II                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
New Jersey: South River,            340280  June 18, 1974,         ......do..............      Do.              
 borough of, Middlesex County.               Emerg.; June 4,                                                    
                                             1980, Reg.; March 3,                                               
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
New York:                                                                                                       
    Canandaigua, town of,           360598  June 15, 1973,         ......do..............      Do.              
     Ontario County.                         Emerg.; April 17,                                                  
                                             1978, Reg.; March 3,                                               
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
    Gouverneur, village of,         360699  July 22, 1975,         ......do..............      Do.              
     St. Lawrence County.                    Emerg.; November 2,                                                
                                             1984, Reg.; March 3,                                               
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
    Windham, town of, Greene        361401  December 5, 1980,      ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 Emerg.; June 1,                                                    
                                             1988, Reg.; March 3,                                               
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
                                                                                                                
           Region V                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Illinois: Aurora, city of,          170320  April 9, 1973,         ......do..............      Do.              
 DuPage and Kane Counties.                   Emerg.; June 15,                                                   
                                             1979, Reg.; March 3,                                               
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
                                                                                                                
          Region IV                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Georgia:                                                                                                        
    Gray, city of, Jones            130237  May 29, 1975, Emerg.;  March 17, 1975........  March 17, 1997       
     County.                                 May 21, 1982, Reg.;                                                
                                             March 17, 1997, Susp.                                              
    Hawkinsville, city of,          130155  July 15, 1975,         ......do..............      Do.              
     Pulaski County.                         Emerg.; August 15,                                                 
                                             1990, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Jones County,                   130434  November 10, 1987,     ......do..............      Do.              
     unincorporated areas.                   Emerg.; September 1,                                               
                                             1990, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Monroe County,                  130138  July 29, 1987,         ......do..............      Do.              
     unincorporated areas.                   Emerg.; September 1,                                               
                                             1990, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Pulaski County,                 130378  June 25, 1990,         ......do..............      Do.              
     unincorporated areas.                   Emerg.; August 15,                                                 
                                             1990, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Worth County,                   130196  March 10, 1995,        ......do..............      Do.              
     unincorporated areas.                   Emerg.; March 17,                                                  
                                             1997, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
Mississippi: Pearl, city of,        280145  May 15, 1974, Emerg.;  ......do..............      Do.              
 Rankin County.                              December 15, 1982,                                                 
                                             Reg.; March 17,                                                    
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
                                                                                                                
          Region VI                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Oklahoma:                                                                                                       
    Cleveland County,               400475  June 8, 1987, Emerg.;  ......do..............      Do.              
     unincorporated areas.                   June 1, 1989, Reg.;                                                
                                             March 17, 1997, Susp.                                              
    Lexington, city of,             400043  September 26, 1975,    ......do..............      Do.              
     Cleveland County.                       Emerg.; December 2,                                                
                                             1980, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Moore, city of, Cleveland       400044  April 18, 1974,        ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 Emerg.; December 2,                                                
                                             1980, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Noble, town of, Cleveland       400045  October 2, 1975,       ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 Emerg.; July 2,                                                    
                                             1981, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Norman, city of,                400046  August 23, 1974,       ......do..............      Do.              
     Cleveland County.                       Emerg.; November 1,                                                
                                             1979, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Oklahoma City, city of,         405378  March 19, 1971,        ......do..............      Do.              
     Cleveland County.                       Emerg.; July 14,                                                   
                                             1972, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Slaughterville, town of,        400539  December 27, 1990,     ......do..............      Do.              
     Cleveland County.                       Emerg.; April 15,                                                  
                                             1992, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
                                                                                                                
          Region VII                                                                                            
                                                                                                                
Missouri:                                                                                                       
    Marshall, city of, Saline       290403  March 24, 1975,        ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 Emerg.; November 4,                                                
                                             1988, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
                                                                                                                
         Region VIII                                                                                            
                                                                                                                
Colorado:                                                                                                       
    Calhan, town of, El Paso.       080192  March 12, 1976,        ......do..............      Do.              
                                             Emerg.; March 18,                                                  
                                             1986, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
    Ramah, town of, El Paso..       080066  November 19, 1975,     ......do..............      Do.              
                                             Emerg.; August 5,                                                  
                                             1986, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
                                                                                                                
           Region X                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Idaho:                                                                                                          
    Bellevue, city of, Blaine       160021  May 29, 1975, Emerg.;  ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 August 1, 1978,                                                    
                                             Reg.; March 17,                                                    
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
    Blaine County,                  165167  May 14, 1971, Emerg.;  ......do..............      Do.              
     unincorporated areas.                   March 16, 1981,                                                    
                                             Reg.; March 17,                                                    
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        

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    Hailey, city of, Blaine         160022  May 28, 1974, Emerg.;  ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 April 17, 1978,                                                    
                                             Reg.; March 17,                                                    
                                             1997, Susp.                                                        
    Ketchum, city of, Blaine        160023  May 9, 1974, Emerg.;   ......do..............      Do.              
     County.                                 June 15, 1978, Reg.;                                               
                                             March 17, 1997, Susp.                                              
    Sun Valley, city of,            160024  September 6, 1974,     ......do..............      Do.              
     Blaine County.                          Emerg.; April 17,                                                  
                                             1978, Reg.; March                                                  
                                             17, 1997, Susp.                                                    
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Code for reading third column: Emerg.--Emergency; Reg.--Regular; Rein.--Reinstatement; Susp.--Suspension.       

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

    Issued: February 25, 1997.
Craig S. Wingo,
Deputy Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 97-5267 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am]
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