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State/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 VII 

Missouri: 

Cole County, Unincorporated Areas ..... 290107 January 21, 1982, Emerg; January 21, 

1982, Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Jefferson, City of, Cole County ............. 290108 April 23, 1971, Emerg; April 15, 1980, Reg; 

December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Nebraska: 

Bellevue, City of, Sarpy County ............ 310191 April 13, 1973, Emerg; January 16, 1980, 

Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Bennington, City of, Douglas County .... 310074 July 10, 1975, Emerg; December 4, 1979, 

Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Douglas County, Unincorporated Areas 310073 November 15, 1974, Emerg; January 16, 

1981, Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Elkhorn, City of, Douglas County .......... 310075 March 31, 1975, Emerg; August 15, 1979, 

Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

La Vista, City of, Sarpy County ............. 310192 April 23, 1974, Emerg; January 16, 1980, 

Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Omaha, City of, Douglas County .......... 315274 November 6, 1970, Emerg; May 7, 1971, 

Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Papillion, City of, Sarpy County ............ 315275 July 2, 1971, Emerg; August 18, 1972, Reg; 

December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Ralston, City of, Douglas County .......... 310077 August 19, 1975, Emerg; May 15, 1980, 

Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Sarpy County, Unincorporated Areas ... 310190 February 23, 1973, Emerg; January 16, 

1981, Reg; December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

Valley, City of, Douglas County ............ 310078 May 1, 1975, Emerg; March 18, 1980, Reg; 

December 2, 2005, Susp.

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

*......do = Ditto. 

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

Dated: November 23, 2005. 

Michael K. Buckley, 

Deputy Director, Mitigation Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

[Docket No. 050927248-5310-02; I.D. 

090805C] 

RIN 0648–AT74 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Commercial Shark 

Management Measures 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; fishing season 

notification. 

SUMMARY: This rule establishes the 2006 

first trimester season quotas for large 

coastal sharks (LCS) and small coastal 

sharks (SCS) based on over- and 

underharvests from the 2005 first 

trimester season. In addition, this rule 

establishes the opening and closing 

dates for the LCS fishery based on 

adjustments to the trimester quotas. 

This action could affect all commercial 

fishermen in the Atlantic commercial 

shark fishery. This action is necessary to 

ensure that the landings quotas in the 

Atlantic commercial shark fishery 

represent the latest landings data. 

DATES: This rule is effective January 1, 

2006. The Atlantic commercial shark 

fishing season opening and closing 

dates and quotas for the 2006 first 

trimester season by region are provided 

in Table 1 under Supplementary 

Information. 

ADDRESSES: For copies of this rule, write 

to Highly Migratory Species 

Management Division, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Copies are also available on the internet 

at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Rilling or Karyl Brewster-Geisz by 

phone: 301–713–2347 or by fax: 301–

713–1917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Atlantic shark fishery is managed under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for 

Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks, 

finalized in 1999, and Amendment 1 to 

the FMP for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, 

and Sharks (Amendment 1), finalized in 

2003, are implemented by regulations at 

50 CFR part 635. Information regarding 

the rules establishing the regional 

quotas and the procedures for 

calculating the quotas was provided in 

the proposed rule (October 6, 2005; 70 

FR 58366) and is not repeated here. 

Opening and Closing Dates and Quotas 

The final opening and closing dates 

and quotas for the 2006 first trimester 

season by region are provided in Table 

1. 

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TABLE 1.—FINAL OPENING AND CLOSING DATES AND QUOTAS

Species Group Region Opening Date Closure Date Quota 

Large Coastal Sharks Gulf of Mexico April 15, 2006 

11:30 p.m. local time 

222.8 mt dw 

(491,185 lb dw) 

South Atlantic January 1, 2006 March 15, 2006 

11:30 p.m. local time 

141.3 mt dw 

(311,510 lb dw) 

North Atlantic April 30, 2006 

11:30 p.m. local time 

5.3 mt dw 

(11,684 lb dw) 

Small Coastal Sharks Gulf of Mexico 14.8 mt dw 

(32,628 lb dw) 

South Atlantic January 1, 2006 To be determined, as 

necessary 

284.6 mt dw 

(627,429 lb dw) 

North Atlantic 18.7 mt dw 

(41,226 lb dw) 

Blue sharks No regional quotas 91 mt dw 

(200,619 lb dw) 

Porbeagle sharks January 1, 2006 To be determined, as 

necessary 

30.7 mt dw 

(67,681 lb dw) 

Pelagic sharks other than blue or porbeagle 162.7 mt dw 

(358,688 lb dw) 

Response to Comments 

Comments on the October 6, 2005, 

proposed rule (70 FR 58366) received 

during the public comment period are 

summarized below, together with 

NMFS’ responses. 

Comment 1: NMFS should stop all 

commercial shark fishing and should 

not use catch data from the commercial 

shark fishing industry to establish 

population numbers. 

Response: NMFS established a 

rebuilding plan for LCS in 2003 to stop 

overfishing and address the overfished 

status of the LCS complex, thus 

ensuring a sustainable harvest of LCS 

consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. SCS, other than finetooth sharks, 

and pelagic sharks are not overfished 

and overfishing is not occurring. 

Finetooth shark overfishing is being 

addressed in the Draft Consolidated 

HMS FMP. NMFS relies on a number of 

both fishery dependent and 

independent data sources, including 

landings information from fishermen 

and dealers, in conducting stock 

assessments and establishing 

commercial quotas. NMFS does not 

believe that stopping all commercial 

shark fishing is warranted. Thus, 

stopping all commercial fishing could, 

needlessly, force out of business a 

number of businesses, including 

fishermen, processors, suppliers, and 

dealers and could, again needlessly, 

adversely affect a number of 

communities, including recreational 

fishing communities, would be 

adversely affected. The MagnusonStevens Act requires that NMFS 

maximize the economic benefit of all 

fishery resources. This includes the 

harvest of Atlantic sharks, for which 

there has been a management plan in 

place since the early 1990’s. 

Comment 2: NMFS should reduce 

shark harvests until the fishery has 

stabilized. 

Response: The current rebuilding plan 

implemented in 2003, reduced the LCS 

quotas to 1,017 mt dw, thus ensuring a 

sustainable fishery and viability of 

Atlantic shark populations in 

compliance with the requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and other 

domestic laws. NMFS believes that the 

current harvest levels are appropriate 

and is currently conducting a stock 

assessment for LCS. If necessary, NMFS 

will adjust the LCS quota based on the 

results of the stock assessment and any 

other relevant information. 

Changes From the October 6, 2005, 

Proposed Rule (70 FR 58366) 

NMFS is not implementing any 

changes to the proposed rule. The 

provisions published in the proposed 

rule are adopted as final. 

Classification 

This temporary rule is published 

under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The 

Chief Counsel for Regulation at the 

Department of Commerce certified to 

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the 

Small Business Administration that this 

action would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

The factual basis for this certification 

was published in the October 16, 2005, 

proposed rule (70 FR 58366). No 

comments were received regarding the 

economic impact of this rule, and no 

changes to the certification were made. 

As a result, no Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Act analysis was prepared. 

This final rule will not increase overall 

quotas, landings, or regional percentages 

for LCS or SCS, implement any new 

management measures not previously 

considered, and is not expected to 

increase fishing effort or protected 

species interactions. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

NMFS determined that this rule will 

be implemented in a manner that is 

consistent, to the maximum extent 

practicable, with the enforceable 

policies of the approved coastal zone 

management (CZM) programs of coastal 

states in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, 

and Caribbean. NMFS asked for states’

concurrence with this determination 

during the proposed rule stage. Florida, 

Mississippi, Rhode Island, New 

Hampshire, Massachusetts, North 

Carolina, and Pennsylvania replied 

affirmatively regarding the consistency 

determination, and one state (Texas) 

indicated that its CZM program no 

longer issues consistency 

determinations for federally managed 

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fishing activities. NMFS presumes that 

the remaining states that have not yet 

responded concur with the 

determination. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 

1801 et seq. 

Dated: November 28, 2005. 

William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–23532 Filed 11–30–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 050112008–5102–02; I.D. 

112505B] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total 

Allowable Catch Harvested for 

Management Area 1A 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that 95 

percent of the Atlantic herring total 

allowable catch (TAC) allocated to 

Management Area 1A (Area 1A) for 

2005 is projected to be harvested by 

December 2, 2005. Therefore, effective 

0001 hours, December 2, 2005, federally 

permitted vessels may not fish for, 

catch, possess, transfer or land more 

than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of Atlantic 

herring in or from Area 1A per trip or 

calendar day until January 1, 2006, 

when the 2006 TAC becomes available, 

except for transiting purposes as 

described in this document. Regulations 

governing the Atlantic herring fishery 

require publication of this notification 

to advise vessel and dealer permit 

holders that no TAC is available for the 

directed fishery for Atlantic herring 

harvested from Area 1A. 

DATES: Effective 0001 hrs local time, 

December 2, 2005, through 2400 hrs 

local time, December 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Frei, Fisheries Management Specialist, 

at (978) 281–9221. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

herring fishery are found at 50 CFR part 

648. The regulations require annual 

specification of optimum yield, 

domestic and foreign fishing, domestic 

and joint venture processing, and 

management area TACs. The 2005 TAC 

allocated to Area 1A (70 FR 21971, 

April 28, 2005) is 60,000 mt 

(132,277,621 lb). 

The regulations at 50 CFR 648.202 

require the Administrator, Northeast 

Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) 

to monitor the Atlantic herring fishery 

in each of the four management areas 

designated in the Fishery Management 

Plan for the Atlantic Herring Fishery 

and, based upon dealer reports, state 

data, and other available information, to 

determine when the harvest of Atlantic 

herring is projected to reach 95 percent 

of the TAC allocated. When such a 

determination is made, NMFS is 

required to publish notification in the 

Federal Register of this determination. 

Effective upon a specific date, NMFS 

must notify vessel and dealer permit 

holders that, vessels are prohibited from 

fishing for, catching, possessing, 

transferring or landing more than 2,000 

lb (907.2 kg) of herring per trip or 

calendar day in or from the specified 

management area for the remainder of 

the closure period. Transiting of Area 

1A is allowed under the conditions 

specified below. 

The Regional Administrator has 

determined, based upon dealer reports 

and other available information, that 95 

percent of the total Atlantic herring TAC 

allocated to Area 1A for the 2005 fishing 

year is projected to be harvested by 

December 2, 2005. Therefore, effective 

0001 hrs local time, December 2, 2005, 

federally permitted vessels may not fish 

for, catch, possess, transfer or land more 

than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of Atlantic 

herring in or from Area 1A per trip or 

calendar day through December 31, 

2005; except a vessel may transit, or 

land herring in Area 1A with more than 

2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of herring on board, 

provided such herring were not caught 

in Area 1A, and provided all fishing 

gear is stowed and not available for 

immediate use as required by 

§ 648.23(b). Effective December 2, 2005, 

federally permitted dealers are also 

advised that they may not purchase 

Atlantic herring from federally 

permitted Atlantic herring vessels that 

harvest more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of 

Atlantic herring from Area 1A through 

December 31, 2005, 2400 hrs local time. 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: November 25, 2005. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–23534 Filed 11–28–05; 1:55 pm] 

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