Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 31181

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Margaret E. Lawless,

Acting Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 01–14570 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–05–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 65

[Docket No. FEMA–P–7602]

Changes in Flood Elevation

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Interim rule.

SUMMARY: This interim rule lists

communities where modification of the

Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood

Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because

of new scientific or technical data. New

flood insurance premium rates will be

calculated from the modified BFEs for

new buildings and their contents.

DATES: These modified BFEs are

currently in effect on the dates listed in

the table below and revise the Flood

Insurance Rate Map(s) in effect prior to

this determination for the listed

communities.

From the date of the second

publication of these changes in a

newspaper of local circulation, any

person has ninety (90) days in which to

request through the community that the

Acting Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation reconsider the changes. The

modified BFEs may be changed during

the 90-day period.

ADDRESSES: The modified BFEs for each

community are available for inspection

at the office of the Chief Executive

Officer of each community. The

respective addresses are listed in the

table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards

Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate,

FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20472, (202) 646–3461 or (e-mail)

matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

modified BFEs are not listed for each

community in this interim rule.

However, the address of the Chief

Executive Officer of the community

where the modified BFE determinations

are available for inspection is provided.

Any request for reconsideration must

be based on knowledge of changed

conditions or new scientific or technical

data.

The modifications are made pursuant

to section 201 of the Flood Disaster

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105,

and are in accordance with the National

Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.

4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR Part 65.

For rating purposes, the currently

effective community number is shown

and must be used for all new policies

and renewals.

The modified BFEs are the basis for

the floodplain management measures

that the community is required to either

adopt or to show evidence of being

already in effect in order to qualify or

to remain qualified for participation in

the National Flood Insurance Program

(NFIP).

These modified BFEs, together with

the floodplain management criteria

required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the

minimum that are required. They

should not be construed to mean that

the community must change any

existing ordinances that are more

stringent in their floodplain

management requirements. The

community may at any time enact

stricter requirements of its own, or

pursuant to policies established by other

Federal, State, or regional entities.

The changes in BFEs are in

accordance with 44 CFR 65.4. National

Environmental Policy Act. This rule is

categorically excluded from the

requirements of 44 CFR Part 10,

Environmental Consideration. No

environmental impact assessment has

been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The Acting

Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation certifies that this rule is

exempt from the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act because

modified BFEs are required by the Flood

Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42

U.S.C. 4105, and are required to

maintain community eligibility in the

NFIP. No regulatory flexibility analysis

has been prepared.

Regulatory Classification. This

interim 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 12612, Federalism.

This rule involves no policies that have

federalism implications under Executive

Order 12612, Federalism, dated October

26, 1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice

Reform. This rule meets the applicable

standards of section 2(b)(2) of Executive

Order 12778.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 65

Flood insurance, Floodplains,

Reporting and record keeping

requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 65 is

amended to read as follows:

PART 65—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 65

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.

§ 65.4 [Amended]

2. The tables published under the

authority of § 65.4 are amended as

follows:

State and county Location

Dates and name of

newspaper where notice

was published

Chief executive officer of

community

Effective date of

modification

Community number

Arkansas: Washington ... City of Springdale ......... April 20, 2001, April 27,

2001, The Morning

News of Northwest

Arkansas.

The Honorable Jerre Van

Hoose, Mayor, City of

Springdale, 201 Spring

Street, Springdale, Arkansas 72764.

July 27, 2001 .......... 050219

Illinois: Lake .................... City of Waukegan ......... March 22, 2001, March

29, 2001, Chicago

Tribute.

The Honorable Bill Durkin,

Mayor, City of Waukegan,

106 North Utica, Waukegan, Illinois 60085.

June 29, 2001 ........ 170397

Kansas: Johnson ............ City of Shawnee ........... February 8, 2001, February 15, 2001, Topeka Capital-Journal.The Honorable Jim Allen,

Mayor, City of Shawnee,

City Hall, 11110 Johnson

Drive, Shawnee, Kansas

66203.

January 18, 2001 ... 200177

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State and county Location

Dates and name of

newspaper where notice

was published

Chief executive officer of

community

Effective date of

modification

Community number

Oklahoma: Oklahoma ..... City of Edmond ............. May 17, 2001, May 24,

2001, The Edmond

Sun.

The Honorable Bob Rudkin,

Mayor, City of Edmond,

P. O. Box 202, Edmond,

Oklahoma 73083.

August 23, 2001 ..... 400252

Oklahoma: Pottawatomie City of Shawnee ........... April 20, 2001, April 27,

2001, The Shawnee

News-Star.

The Honorable Chris

Harden, Mayor, City of

Shawnee, P. O. Box

1448, Shawnee, Oklahoma 74802.

July 27, 2001 .......... 400178

Texas: Potter and Randall.City of Amarillo ............. February 1, 2001, February 8, 2001, Amarillo Daily News.The Honorable Kel Seliger,

Mayor, City of Amarillo, P.

O. Box 1971, Amarillo,

Texas 79105.

May 10, 2001 ......... 480529

Texas: Collin ................... Unincorporated Areas ... January 18, 2001, January 25, 2001, Plano

Star Courier.

Mr. William J. Roberts, 210

South McDonald, McKinney, Texas 75069.

April 26, 2001 ......... 480130

Texas: Denton ................ City of Denton ............... March 23, 2001, March

30, 2001, Denton

Record Chronicle.

The Honorable Euline

Brock, Mayor, City of

Denton, 215 East McKinney Street, Denton, Texas

76201.

March 9, 2001 ........ 480194

Texas: Denton ................ Unincorporated Areas ... March 23, 2001, March

30, 2001, Denton

Record Chronicle.

The Honorable Kirk Wilson,

Denton County Judge,

Courthouse-on-theSquare, 110 West Hickory

Street, Denton, Texas

76201–0000.

March 9, 2001 ........ 480774

Texas: Tarrant ................ City of Euless ................ February 22, 2001,

March 1, 2001, Fort

Worth Star Telegram.

The Honorable Mary Lib

Saleh, Mayor, City of Euless, 201 North Ector

Drive, Euless, Texas

76039.

January 25, 2001 ... 480593

Texas: Dallas and Collin City of Garland .............. April 12, 2001, April 19,

2001, Garland News.

The Honorable Jim Spence,

Mayor, City of Garland,

200 North 5th Street, Garland, Texas 786046–9002.

July 19, 2001 .......... 485471

Texas: Tarrant, Dallas

and Ellis.

City of Grand Prairie ..... April 19, 2001, April 26,

2001, Arlington Morning News.

The Honorable Charles

England, Mayor, City of

Grand Prairie, 317 College Street, P. O. Box

534045, Grand Prairie,

Texas 75053–4045.

March 29, 2001 ...... 485472

Texas: Dallas .................. City of Irving .................. January 18, 2001, January 25, 2001, Irving

News.

The Honorable Joe H. Putnam, Mayor, City of Irving, P. O. Box 152288,

Irving, Texas 75060.

April 26, 2001 ......... 480180

Texas: Dallas .................. City of Irving .................. March 15, 2001, March

22, 2001, Irving News.

The Honorable Joe H. Putnam, Mayor, City of Irving, P. O. Box 152288,

Irving, Texas 75060.

February 20, 2001 .. 480180

Texas: Montgomery ........ Unincorporated Areas ... March 23, 2001, March

30, 2001, Conroe

Courier.

The Honorable Alan B.

Sadler, Montgomery

County Judge, 300 North

Thompson Street, Suite

210, Conroe, Texas

77301.

June 29, 2001 ........ 480483

Texas: Collin ................... City of Plano ................. January 18, 2001, January 25, 2001, Plano

Star Courier.

The Honorable Jeran Akers,

Mayor, City of Plano, P.

O. Box 860358, Plano,

Texas 75074.

April 26, 2001 ......... 480140

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 31183

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance’’)

Dated: May 30, 2001.

Margaret E. Lawless,

Acting Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 01–14572 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–04–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 65

Changes in Flood Elevation

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency, (FEMA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Modified Base (1-percentannual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs)

are finalized for the communities listed

below. These modified elevations will

be used to calculate flood insurance

premium rates for new buildings and

their contents.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective dates for

these modified BFEs are indicated on

the table below and revise the Flood

Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) in effect

for the listed communities prior to this

date.

ADDRESSES: The modified BFEs for each

community are available for inspection

at the office of the Chief Executive

Officer of each community. The

respective addresses are listed in the

table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards

Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate,

FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20472, (202) 646–3461 or (e-mail)

matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA

makes the final determinations listed

below of the final determinations of

modified BFEs for each community

listed. These modified elevations have

been published in newspapers of local

circulation and ninety (90) days have

elapsed since that publication. The

Acting Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation, has resolved any appeals

resulting from this notification.

The modified BFEs are not listed for

each community in this notice.

However, this rule includes the address

of the Chief Executive Officer of the

community where the modified BFE

determinations are available for

inspection.

The modifications are made pursuant

to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105,

and are in accordance with the National

Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.

4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR Part 65.

For rating purposes, the currently

effective community number is shown

and must be used for all new policies

and renewals.

The modified BFEs are the basis for

the floodplain management measures

that the community is required to either

adopt or to show evidence of being

already in effect in order to qualify or

to remain qualified for participation in

the National Flood Insurance Program

(NFIP).

These modified BFEs, together with

the floodplain management criteria

required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the

minimum that are required. They

should not be construed to mean that

the community must change any

existing ordinances that are more

stringent in their floodplain

management requirements. The

community may at any time enact

stricter requirements of its own, or

pursuant to policies established by other

Federal, State, or regional entities.

These modified BFEs are used to meet

the floodplain management

requirements of the NFIP and are also

used to calculate the appropriate flood

insurance premium rates for new

buildings built after these elevations are

made final, and for the contents in these

buildings.

The changes in BFEs are in

accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.

National Environmental Policy Act

This rule is categorically excluded

from the requirements of 44 CFR Part

10, Environmental Consideration. No

environmental impact assessment has

been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Acting Executive Associate

Director for Mitigation certifies that this

rule is exempt from the requirements of

the Regulatory Flexibility Act because

modified base flood elevations are

required by the Flood Disaster

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105,

and are required to maintain community

eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory

flexibility analysis has been prepared.

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 12612, Federalism

This rule involves no policies that

have federalism implications under

Executive Order 12612, Federalism,

dated October 26, 1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice

Reform

This rule meets the applicable

standards of Section 2(b)(2) of Executive

Order 12778.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 65

Flood insurance, Floodplains,

Reporting and record keeping

requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 65 is

amended to read as follows:

PART 65—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 65

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.

§ 65.4 [Amended]

2. The tables published under the

authority of § 65.4 are amended as

follows:

State and county Location

Dates and names of

newspaper where notice

was published

Chief executive officer of community Effective date of

modification

Community

No.

Missouri: St. Louis

(FEMA Docket)

No. 7600.

Unincorporated

Areas.

November 1, 2000, November 8, 2000, St.

Louis Post Dispatch.

The Honorable Buzz Westfall, St.

Louis County Executive, 41 South

Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri

63105.

Jan. 31, 2001 ...... 290327

Texas: Dallas and

Collin (FEMA

Docket No. 7600).

City of Garland .... October 12, 2000, October 19, 2000, Garland

News.

The Honorable Jim Spence, Mayor,

City of Garland, 200 North 5th

Street, Garland, Texas 75046–

9002.

Sept. 8, 2000 ....... 485471