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Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Send comments to Rodney Warrn, Floodplain Administrator, Bienville Parish, Post Office Box 479, Arcadia, Louisiana 71001. 

Town of Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana: 

Maps are available for inspection at 2135 Hall Street, Ringgold, Louisiana. 

Send comments to The Honorable Ben Plunkett, Mayor, Town of Ringgold, Post Office Box 565, Ringgold, Louisiana 71068. 

♦North American Vertical Datum of 1988. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Acting Director, Mitigation Division, 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 05–19819 Filed 10–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket No. FEMA–P–7903] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Technical information or 

comments are requested on the 

proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed below. The BFEs and modified 

BFEs are the basis for the floodplain 

management measures that the 

community is required either to adopt 

or to show evidence of being already in 

effect in order to qualify or remain 

qualified for participation in the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). 

DATES: The comment period is ninety 

(90) days following the second 

publication of this proposed rule in a 

newspaper of local circulation in each 

community. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed 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: 

Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 

Identification Section, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20472, (202) 646–2903. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

makes the final determinations listed 

below for the 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 Mitigation Division 

Director of the Emergency Preparedness 

and Response Directorate has resolved 

any appeals resulting from this 

notification. 

These proposed BFEs and 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 proposed elevations 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. 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

This proposed 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 

Mitigation Division Director of the 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate 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 

proposed 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 proposed rule involves no policies 

that have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, 

dated October 26, 1987. 

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice 

Reform. This proposed rule meets the 

applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2) 

of Executive Order 12778. 

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, flood insurance, reporting 

and record keeping requirements. 

Accordingly, 44 CFR Part 67 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 67—[AMENDED] 

1. The authority citation for Part 67 

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. 

§ 67.4 [Amended] 

2. The tables published under the 

authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be 

amended as follows: 

Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Little Cotton Indian Creek: 

At the confluence with Big Cotton Indian Creek ............ ♦ 654 ♦ 655 Henry County (Unincorporated Areas). 

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Source of flooding and location of referenced elevation 

♦Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) Communities affected 

Existing Modified 

Approximately 1,000 feet upstream of the confluence with 

Big Cotton Indian Creek.

♦ 654 ♦ 655 

Unincorporated Areas of Henry County, Georgia: 

Maps are available for inspection at the Community Map Repository, 140 Henry Parkway, McDonough, Georgia. 

Send comments to Mr. Rob Magnaghi, Henry County Manager, 140 Henry Parkway, McDonough, Georgia 30253. 

♦ North American Vertical Datum. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Acting Director, Mitigation Division, 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 05–19818 Filed 10–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

RIN 1018–AG23 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Endangered 

Status for 12 Species of Hawaiian 

Picture-Wings 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act), announce the reopening 

of the comment period on the proposal 

to list 12 species of Hawaiian picturewings as endangered to allow peer 

reviewers and all interested parties 

another opportunity to submit 

comments on the rule. 

DATES: Comments from all interested 

parties must be received by November 3, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, 

you may submit your comments and 

materials concerning the proposal by 

any one of the following methods: 

1. You may submit comments and 

information to Patrick Leonard, Field 

Supervisor, Pacific Islands Fish and 

Wildlife Office (PIFWO), U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 3–122, P.O. Box 

50088, Honolulu, HI 96850; 

2. You may hand-deliver written 

comments and information to our 

PIFWO at the above address given 

above; 

3. You may also send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to 

12pic_species_listing@fws.gov. For 

directions on how to submit electronic 

filing of comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Comments Solicited’’ section; or 

4. You may fax your comments to 

808/792–9581. 

All comments and materials received, 

as well as supporting documentation 

used in preparation of the proposed 

rule, will be available for public 

inspection, by appointment during 

normal business hours at our PIFWO at 

the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Leonard, Field Supervisor, at the 

above address (telephone 808/792–9400; 

facsimile 808/792–9581). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 17, 2001, we published a 

proposed rule to list as endangered 12 

species of Hawaiian picture-wings: 

Drosophila aglaia, D. differens, D. 

hemipeza, D. heteroneura, D. 

montgomeryi, D. mulli, D. musaphilia, 

D. neoclavisetae, D. obatai, D. 

ochrobasis, D. substenoptera, and D. 

tarphytrichia (66 FR 3964). 

These insect species, known as 

Hawaiian picture-wings, are part of the 

intensely studied family, Drosophilidae, 

found throughout the main islands of 

the Hawaiian archipelago. Hawaiian 

picture-wings are known for their 

elaborate markings on otherwise clear 

wings. They also have been called the 

‘‘birds of paradise’’ of the insect world 

because of their spectacular courtship 

displays and defense of their territories. 

As many as 1,000 species of Hawaiian 

picture-wing may exist, each one 

adapted not only to a particular island, 

but to a specific habitat type. Individual 

species have adapted to a wide diversity 

of ecosystems ranging from desert-like 

habitats to rain forests and swamplands. 

In many cases, a species requires a 

specific native plant host during 

portions of its breeding cycle. 

Each of the 12 Hawaiian picture-wing 

species in the proposed listing rule is 

found only on a single island, and each 

breeds only on a single or a few related 

species of plants, some of which are also 

listed as threatened or endangered 

species. Six of the picture-wing species 

are found on Oahu, three species on the 

island of Hawaii (Big Island), and one 

species on each of the islands of Kauai, 

Molokai, and Maui. One of the Big 

Island species was thought to be extinct 

until an extremely small population was 

rediscovered in 1993. 

Threats to the continued existence of 

these species include habitat 

degradation caused by feral animals and 

nonnative weeds, habitat loss from fire, 

biological pest control, and predation 

from alien ants and wasps. Three of the 

picture-wing species exist in such a 

small number of populations that 

naturally occurring events such as 

hurricanes and landslides could 

eliminate them. 

In our January 17, 2001, proposed rule 

and associated notifications, we 

requested that all interested parties 

submit comments, data, or other 

information that might contribute to the 

development of a final rule. A 60-day 

comment period closed on March 19, 

2001. Pursuant to a settlement 

agreement approved by the United 

States District Court for the District of 

Hawaii on August 31, 2005, the Service 

must make a final listing decision for 

these 12 Hawaiian picture-wing species 

by April 17, 2006. If the final listing 

determination results in the listing of 

one or more of the 12 species and a 

critical habitat designation is found to 

be prudent, the Service must submit to 

the Federal Register a proposed critical 

habitat determination by September 15, 

2006, and final critical habitat 

determination by April 16, 2007 (Center 

for Biological Diversity v. Allen, CV–05–

27400326 JE). 

Public Comments Solicited 

We intend that any final action 

resulting from the proposal be as 

accurate and as effective as possible. 

Therefore, we are reopening the