61696 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 249 / Friday, December 29, 2017 / Rules and Regulations 

PART 165—SPECIFIC 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; 50 U.S.C. 191; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T08–1077 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T08–1077 Safety Zone; Fireworks 

Display Lower Mississippi River mile 

marker (MM) 229.5 to MM 230.5, Baton 

Rouge, LA. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All navigable waters of the 

Lower Mississippi River from mile 

marker 229.5 to mile marker 230.5 

Above Head of Passes, Baton Rouge, LA. 

(b) Regulations. (1) Under the general 

safety zone regulations in subpart C of 

this part, you may not enter the safety 

zone described in paragraph (a) of this 

section unless authorized by the Captain 

of the Port Sector New Orleans (COTP) 

or the COTP’s designated representative. 

(2) To seek permission to enter, 

vessels must request permission from 

the COTP or a designated 

representative. The designated 

representative can be contacted on 

VHF–FM Channel 16 or 67, or through 

the Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge 

Officer of the Day at 225–281–4789. 

(3) Persons and vessels permitted to 

enter this temporary safety zone must 

transit at the slowest speed and comply 

with all lawful directions issued by the 

COTP or the designated representative. 

(c) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 11:30 p.m. on 

December 31, 2017, through 1 a.m. on 

January 1, 2018. 

Dated: December 22, 2017 

K.M. Luttrell, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain 

of the Port Sector New Orleans. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2017–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8511] 

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 https:// 

www.fema.gov/national-floodinsurance-program-community-statusbook. 

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 Adrienne L. 

Sheldon, PE, CFM, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 400 C 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 

212–3966. 

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. 

FEMA has determined that the 

community suspension(s) included in 

this rule is a non-discretionary action 

and therefore the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) does not apply. 

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 


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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 

information for purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

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 VI 

Louisiana: 

Beauregard Parish, Unincorporated 

Areas.

220026 September 25, 1979, Emerg; May 3, 1990, 

Reg; January 5, 2018, Susp.

January 5, 2018 January 5, 2018 

DeRidder, City of, Beauregard and 

Vernon Parishes.

220027 September 9, 1974, Emerg; October 19, 

1982, Reg; January 5, 2018, Susp.

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

Merryville, Town of, Beauregard Parish 220028 November 1, 1974, Emerg; February 1, 

1987, Reg; January 5, 2018, Susp.

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

-do- = Ditto. 

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

Dated: December 14, 2017. 

Eric Letvin, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

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