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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 

Palisade, Village of, 

Hitchcock County.

310108 August 1, 1978, Emerg; June 3, 1986, Reg; March 18, 

2008, Susp.

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

Stratton, Village of, 

Hitchcock County.

310112 July 31, 1975, Emerg; September 24, 1984, Reg; March 

18, 2008, Susp.

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

Trenton, Village of, Hitchcock County.310113 March 11, 1975, Emerg; September 1, 1986, Reg; March 

18, 2008, Susp.

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

Region VIII 

South Dakota: 

Aberdeen, City of, Brown 

County.

460007 April 9, 1973, Emerg; June 1, 1978, Reg; March 18, 2008, 

Susp.

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

Brown County, Unincorporated Areas.460006 April 9, 1973, Emerg; September 30, 1988 , Reg; March 

18, 2008, Susp.

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

Columbia, City of, Brown 

County.

460008 -, Emerg; April 7, 1994, Reg; March 18, 2008, Susp ......... ......do ............... Do. 

Frederick, Town of, 

Brown County.

460009 March 24, 1976, Emerg; March 1, 1978, Reg; March 18, 

2008, Susp.

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

Groton, City of, Brown 

County.

460179 August 8, 1975, Emerg; March 1, 1978, Reg; March 18, 

2008, Susp.

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

Warner, City of, Brown 

County.

460298 February 26, 1997, Emerg; June 8, 1998, Reg; March 18, 

2008, Susp.

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

Westport, Town of, 

Brown County.

460011 March 21, 1978, Emerg; August 5, 1986, Reg; March 18, 

2008, Susp.

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

* do = Ditto. 

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

Dated: March 5, 2008. 

David Maurstad, 

Assistant Administrator for Mitigation 

Department of Homeland Security, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–5243 Filed 3–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 060314069–6138–002] 

RIN 0648–XG29 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

Provisions; Fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States; Atlantic 

Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the 

Elephant Trunk Scallop Access Area to 

General Category Scallop Vessels 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

Elephant Trunk Scallop Access Area 

(ETAA) will close to general category 

scallop vessels until it re-opens on 

March 1, 2009 under current 

regulations. This action is based on the 

determination that 865 general category 

scallop trips into the ETAA are 

projected to be taken as of 0001 hr local 

time, March 13, 2008. This action is 

being taken to prevent the allocation of 

general category trips in the ETAA from 

being exceeded during the 2008 fishing 

year, in accordance with the regulations 

implementing Framework 18 to the 

Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

DATES: The closure of the ETAA to all 

general category scallop vessels is 

effective 0001 hr local time, March 13, 

2008, through February 28, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Frei, Fishery Management Specialist, 

(978) 281–9221, fax (978) 281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing fishing activity in 

the Sea Scallop Access Areas are found 

at §§ 648.59 and 648.60. Regulations 

specifically governing general category 

scallop vessel operations in the ETAA 

are specified at § 648.59(e)(4)(ii). These 

regulations authorize vessels issued a 

valid general category scallop permit to 

fish in the ETAA under specific 

conditions, including a total of 865 trips 

that may be taken by general category 

vessels during the 2008 fishing year. 

The regulations at § 648.59(e)(4)(ii) 

require the ETAA to be closed to general 

category scallop vessels once the 

Northeast Regional Administrator has 

determined that the allowed number of 

trips are projected to be taken. 

Based on Vessel Monitoring System 

(VMS) trip declarations by general 

category scallop vessels fishing in the 

ETAA, and analysis of fishing effort, a 

projection concluded that, given current 

activity levels by general category 

scallop vessels in the area, the trip-cap 

will be attained on March 12, 2008. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations at § 648.59(e)(4)(ii), the 

ETAA is closed to all general category 

scallop vessels as of 0001 hr local time, 

March 13, 2008. This closure is in effect 

for the remainder of the 2008 scallop 

fishing year under current regulations. 

The ETAA is scheduled to re-open to 

scallop fishing, including trips for 

general category scallop vessels, on 

March 1, 2009, unless the schedule for 

scallop access areas is modified by the 

New England Fishery Management 

Council. 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

This action closes the ETAA to all 

general category scallop vessels until 

March 1, 2009 under current 

regulations. The regulations at 

§ 648.59(e)(4)(ii) allow such action to 

ensure that general category scallop 

vessels do not take more than their 

allocated number of trips in the ETAA. 

The ETAA opened for the 2008 fishing 

year at 0001 hours on March 1, 2008. 

Data indicating the general category 

scallop fleet has taken all of the ETAA 


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trips have only recently become 

available. To allow general category 

scallop vessels to continue to take trips 

in the ETAA during the period 

necessary to publish and receive 

comments on a proposed rule would 

result in vessels taking much more than 

the allowed number of trips in the 

ETAA. Excessive trips and harvest from 

the ETAA would result in excessive 

fishing effort in the ETAA, where effort 

controls are critical, thereby 

undermining conservation objectives of 

the FMP. Should excessive effort occur 

in the ETAA, future management 

measures would need to be more 

restrictive. Based on the above, under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3), proposed rulemaking 

is waived because it would be 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest to allow a period for public 

comment. Furthermore, for the same 

reasons, there is good cause under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day 

delayed effectiveness period for this 

action. 

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

Dated: March 12, 2008. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 08–1034 Filed 3–12–08; 1:42 pm] 

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