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the relevant overdue submittal, if EPA

affirmatively determines in writing that

the actual material submitted by the

Commonwealth contains the

information necessary to enable EPA to

determine whether the

Commonwealth’s submission complies

with the pertinent milestone

requirement. EPA shall make the

determination, in writing, as to whether

the submittal contains the necessary

information within two weeks of the

actual submission date by the

Commonwealth. In the event the

Commonwealth makes a required

submittal by the pertinent milestone

date, EPA shall, within two weeks of the

milestone date, make a determination,

in writing, as to whether the actual

material submitted by the

Commonwealth contains the

information necessary to enable EPA to

determine whether the

Commonwealth’s submission complies

with the pertinent milestone

requirement. If EPA determines that the

material submitted to EPA by the

Commonwealth fails to satisfy this

minimum criterion, the offset sanction

would be reinstated upon that

determination by EPA and the highway

sanction clock would be reinstated at

that time where it was halted on July 19,

1995 (i.e., with approximately 6 months

remaining). Sanctions or sanctions

clocks would be stopped if the

Commonwealth subsequently makes a

submittal to cure the deficiencies

identified by EPA, and if EPA

affirmatively determines in writing that

the material submitted by the

Commonwealth cures the identified

deficiencies. EPA shall make the

determination as to the adequacy of the

submittal within two weeks of the date

of the actual submittal to EPA. Each of

the determinations referred to in this

subparagraph shall be made in writing,

in a letter to the Secretary of the

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection and made

publicly available. In those instances

where EPA determines that the

Commonwealth’s submittal does not

contain the information necessary to

enable EPA to determine whether the

Commonwealth’s submission complies

with the pertinent milestone

requirement, EPA’s letter so informing

the Commonwealth will articulate the

basis for EPA’s determination, specify

the remedy, and identify the actions

necessary by the Commonwealth to

remedy its submission to satisfy the

relevant milestone. With respect to the

15 percent plan and contingency

measure requirements that are being

reinstated as of August 15, 1996, the FIP

clock will be reinstated at that time,

with one day less than six months to

run. With respect to the elements of the

attainment demonstration, the FIP clock

will resume as to each element (the date

on which the sanctions would be

reinstated if the submissions were not

made), with one day less than six

months to run.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 96–13871 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA–7642]

Suspension of Community Eligibility

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency, FEMA.

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 suspended 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 be withdrawn

by publication in the Federal Register.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of

each community’s 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:

Robert F. Shea Jr., Division Director,

Program Implementation Division,

Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street,

SW., Room 417, Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646–3619.

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

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 Acting Associate Director 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

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.
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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 Acting Associate Director 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.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism

This rule involves no policies that

have federalism implications under

Executive Order 12612, Federalism,

October 26, 1987, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,

p. 252.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice

Reform

This rule meets the applicable

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

Order 12778, October 25, 1991, 56 FR

55195, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 309.

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/location Community

No. Effective date of eligibility Current effective map date

Date certain

federal assistance no longer

available in

special flood

hazard areas

Region I

Maine: Arundel, town of, York County ............. 230192 Apr 21, 1976, Emerg.; Apr 1, 1987, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

June 4, 1996 June 4, 1996.

Region IV

Georgia: Dooly County, unincorporated areas. 130532 Sept. 22, 1995, Emerg.; June 4, 1996, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

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

Region V

Illinois: Kane County, unincorporated areas .... 170896 July 29, 1976, Emerg.; Mar. 1, 1982, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

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

Indiana:

LaPorte, city of, LaPorte County ............... 180490 Apr. 28, 1983, Emerg.; Apr. 1, 1993, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

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

LaPorte County, unincorporated areas ..... 180144 Jan. 15, 1976, Emerg.; Jan. 1, 1987, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

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

Region VI

New Mexico: Eddy County, unincorporated

areas.

350120 Oct. 22, 1975, Emerg.; June 4, 1996, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

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

Region IX

Arizona: Tucson, city of, Pima County ............. 040076 Jan. 20, 1975, Emerg.; Aug. 2, 1982, Reg.;

June 4, 1996, Susp.

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

Michigan:

Bangor, charter township of, Bay County 260019 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; July 2, 1979, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

June 18, 1996 June 18, 1996

Bay City, city of, Bay County .................... 260020 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; Sept. 1, 1978, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Beaver, township of, Bay County ............. 260357 June 25, 1982, Emerg.; Feb. 1, 1986, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Essexville, city of, Bay County .................. 260021 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; Sept. 1, 1978, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Frankenlust, township of, Bay County ...... 260022 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; Nov. 15, 1979, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Fraser, township of, Bay County .............. 260657 Nov. 13, 1981, Emerg.; Nov. 13, 1981, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Hampton, township of, Bay County .......... 260023 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; Aug. 1, 1978, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Kawkawlin, township of, Bay County ........ 260658 Jan. 29, 1979, Emerg.; Feb. 1, 1979, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Merritt, township of, Bay County ............... 260024 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; Aug. 15, 1978, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

......do .............. Do.
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State/location Community

No. Effective date of eligibility Current effective map date

Date certain

federal assistance no longer

available in

special flood

hazard areas

Monitor, township of, Bay County ............. 260358 July 21, 1982, Emerg.; Aug. 19, 1985, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Pinconning, city of, Bay County ................ 260607 Mar. 17, 1975, Emerg.; Aug. 3, 1981, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Pinconning, township of, Bay County ....... 260025 Mar. 30, 1973, Emerg.; Sept. 1, 1978, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Portsmouth, township of, Bay County ...... 260026 Apr. 26, 1973, Emerg.; May 1, 1980, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Williams, township of, Bay County ........... 260359 June 21, 1979, Emerg.; Feb. 1, 1986, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Region VI

Louisiana: St. Mary Parish, unincorporated areas.220192 Apr. 6, 1973, Emerg.; Sept. 3, 1980, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Oklahoma: Noble County, unincorporated

areas.

400132 May 14, 1990, Emerg.; Nov. 18, 1992, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Region VII

Nebraska:

Dakota County, unincorporated areas ...... 310429 Aug. 18, 1975, Emerg.; Apr. 15, 1982, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

Homer, village of, Dakota County ............. 310241 Mar. 26, 1975, Emerg.; Apr. 3, 1984, Reg.;

June 18, 1996, Susp.

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

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

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)

Issued: May 30, 1996.

Richard W. Krimm,

Acting Associate Director, Mitigation

Directorate.

[FR Doc. 96–13987 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 672

[Docket No. 960129018–6018–01; I.D.

052896E]

Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska;

Pollock in the Western Regulatory

Area

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues an inseason

adjustment closing directed fishing for

pollock by vessels catching pollock for

processing by the inshore component in

the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf

of Alaska (GOA). This adjustment closes

the fishery 12 hours after its scheduled

opening at noon, A.l.t., June 1, 1996,

and is necessary to allow the harvest of

the total allowable catch (TAC) of

pollock in the Western Regulatory Area.

DATES: Fishery will be closed midnight,

A.l.t., June 1, 1996, until 12 noon, A.l.t.,

July 1, 1996. Comments must be

received at the following address no

later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., June 14,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to

Ronald J. Berg, Chief, Fisheries

Management Division, Alaska Region,

NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK

99802, Attn: Lori Gravel, or be delivered

to the fourth floor of the Federal

Building, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau,

AK.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael L. Sloan, 907–581–2062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

groundfish fishery in the GOA exclusive

economic zone is managed by the NMFS

according to the Fishery Management

Plan for Groundfish of the GOA (FMP)

prepared by the North Pacific Fishery

Management Council under authority of

the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (Magnuson Act).

Fishing by U.S. vessels is governed by

regulations implementing the FMP at 50

CFR parts 620 and 672.

As of May 11, 1996, 5,704 metric tons

(mt) of pollock remain in the second

quarterly allowance of the inshore

allocation of the Western Regulatory

Area of the GOA pollock TAC. In

accordance with § 672.23(e), directed

fishing for pollock in the Western

Regulatory Area of the GOA is

scheduled from 12 noon, A.l.t., June 1

until 12 noon, A.l.t., July 1, 1996, or

until the TAC is reached, whichever

occurs first.

Section 672.23(b) specifies that the

time of all openings and closures of

fishing seasons other than the beginning

and end of the calendar fishing year is

12:00 noon, A.l.t. A fishery opening,

therefore, normally extends for a

minimum of 24 hours. Current

information shows the catching capacity

of vessels catching pollock for

processing by the inshore component is

in excess of 9,600 mt per day. The

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has

determined that the remaining portion

of the TAC allocated to the inshore

component would be exceeded if a 24–

hour fishery were allowed to occur.

NMFS intends that the TAC should not

be exceeded, and will not allow a 24–

hour directed fishery.

NMFS in accordance with

§ 672.22(a)(1)(i), is adjusting the season

for pollock by vessels catching pollock

for processing by the inshore

component in the Western Regulatory

Area of the GOA by allowing the

scheduled opening of the directed

fishery at 12:00 noon, A.l.t., June 1,

1996. The fishery will remain open until

12:00 midnight, A.l.t., June 1 at which

time it will be closed. This action has

the effect of opening the fishery for 12

hours. NMFS is taking this action to

allow a controlled fishery to occur,

thereby preventing either the