Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2005 / Rules and Regulations 54481 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Part 301–10 

[FTR Amendment 2005–04; FTR Case 2005–

307] 

RIN 3090–AI18 

Federal Travel Regulation; Privately 

Owned Vehicle Mileage 

Reimbursement 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, GSA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

mileage reimbursement rate for use of a 

privately owned vehicle (POV) on 

official travel to reflect recent gas price 

increases. The governing regulation is 

revised to increase the cost of operating 

a privately owned automobile from 40.5 

to 48.5 cents per mile. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: Applicability Date: This 

final rule is effective from September 1 

to December 31, 2005, and applies to 

travel performed during that time 

period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Regulatory Secretariat, Room 4035, GSA 

Building, Washington DC 20405, (202) 

208–7312, for information pertaining to 

status or publication schedules. For 

clarification of content, contact Peggy 

DeProspero, Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, Travel Management Policy, at 

(202) 501–2826. Please cite FTR 

Amendment 2005–04; FTR case 2005–

307. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b), the 

Administrator of General Services has 

the responsibility to establish the 

privately owned vehicle (POV) mileage 

reimbursement rates. In recognition of 

recent gasoline price increases, the 

Administrator of General Services has 

determined the per-mile operating costs 

of a POV to be 48.5 cents for 

automobiles. As provided in 5 U.S.C. 

5704(a)(1), the automobile 

reimbursement rate cannot exceed the 

single standard mileage rate established 

by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). 

The IRS announced on September 9, 

2005, a new single standard mileage rate 

for automobiles of 48.5 cents effective 

from September 1 to December 31, 2005. 

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This final rule is not required to be 

published in the Federal Register for 

notice and comment; therefore, the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act does not 

apply. 

C. Executive Order 12866 

GSA has determined that this final 

rule is not a significant regulatory action 

for the purposes of Executive Order 

12866 of September 30, 1993. 

D. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because this final rule does 

not impose recordkeeping or 

information collection requirements, or 

the collection of information from 

offerors, contractors, or members of the 

public which require the approval of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

E. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This final rule is also exempt from 

congressional review prescribed under 5 

U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to 

agency management and personnel. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 301–10 

Government employees, Travel and 

transportation expenses. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Stephen A. Perry, 

Administrator of General Services. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, under 5 U.S.C. 5701–5709, 

GSA amends 41 CFR part 301–10 as set 

forth below: 

PART 301–10—TRANSPORTATION 

EXPENSES 

■ 1. The authority citation for 41 CFR 

part 301–10 is revised to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707; 40 U.S.C. 121(c). 

§ 301–10.303 [Amended] 

■ 2. In section 301–10.303, in the table, 

in the second column, in the third entry 

under the heading ‘‘Your 

reimbursement is’’, remove ‘‘$0.405’’

and insert ‘‘$0.485’’ in its place. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket No. FEMA–7893] 

Suspension of Community Eligibility 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of 

each community’s scheduled 

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: 

Michael M. Grimm, Mitigation Division, 

500 C Street, SW., Room 412, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2878. 

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 

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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 Administrator 

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 letter 

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 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, 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. 

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 

special flood 

hazard areas 

Region VI 

Texas: 

Midland City of, Midland County ........ 480477 May 16, 1975, Emerg; September 27, 

1991, Reg; September 16, 2005, Susp.

9/16/05 9/16/05 

Midland County, Unincorporated 

Areas.

481239 March 8, 1978, Emerg; September 27, 

1991, Reg; September 16, 2005, Susp.

9/16/05 9/16/05 

Odessa, City of, Midland County ........ 480206 March 27, 1980; Emerg; March 4, 1991, 

Reg; September 16, 2005, Susp.

9/16/05 9/16/05 

Region IX 

Hawaii: Kauai County, All Jurisdictions ..... 150002 April 2, 1971, Emerg; November 4, 1981, 

Reg; September 16, 2005, Susp.

9/16/05 9/16/05 

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

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Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Michael K. Buckley, 

Deputy Director, Mitigation Division, 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 20 

RIN 1018–AT76 

Migratory Bird Hunting; Early Seasons 

and Bag and Possession Limits for 

Certain Migratory Game Birds in the 

Contiguous United States, Alaska, 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands; Correction 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (hereinafter Service or we) 

published a document in the August 31, 

2005, Federal Register prescribing the 

hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily 

bag and possession limits for mourning, 

white-winged, and white-tipped doves; 

band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens 

and gallinules; woodcock; common 

snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early 

(September) waterfowl seasons; 

migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, 

Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and 

some extended falconry seasons. This 

document corrects errors in the season 

dates and other pertinent information 

for the States of Hawaii and Texas. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Millsap, Chief, or Ron W. Kokel, 

Division of Migratory Bird Management, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior, (703) 358–

1714. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

August 31, 2005, Federal Register (70 

FR 51946), we published a final rule 

prescribing hunting seasons, hours, 

areas, and daily bag and possession 

limits for mourning, white-winged, and 

white-tipped doves; band-tailed 

pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; 

woodcock; common snipe; sandhill 

cranes; sea ducks; early (September) 

waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds 

in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the 

Virgin Islands; and some extended 

falconry seasons. The rule contained 

errors in the entries for Hawaii and 

Texas, which are discussed briefly 

below and corrected by this notice. 

We received public comment on the 

proposed rules for the seasons and 

limits established by the August 31 final 

rule. We addressed these comments in 

a final rule published in the August 30, 

2005 (70 FR 51522), Federal Register. 

The corrections are typographical in 

nature and involve no substantial 

changes to the substance in the contents 

of the prior proposed and final rules. 

In rule FR Doc. 05–17238, published 

August 31, 2005 (70 FR 51946), make 

the following corrections: 

§ 20.103 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 51955 under the heading 

Texas, subheading South Zone, 

subheading Special Area, subheading 

(Special Season), subheading 12 noon to 

sunset, the daily bag and possession 

limits of ‘‘10’’ and ‘‘20’’ are corrected to 

read ‘‘12’’ and ‘‘24’’ both times they 

appear. 

■ 2. On page 51955 under the heading 

Hawaii, the season dates of ‘‘Dec. 1–Dec. 

26’’ and ‘‘Dec. 30–Jan. 16’’ are corrected 

to read ‘‘Dec. 2–Dec.26’’ and ‘‘Dec. 31–

Jan. 16’’. 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Sara Prigan, 

Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register 

Liaison. 

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