65668 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Proposed Rules

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Domestic Mail Manual Changes for

Bedloaded Bundles of Periodicals

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is seeking

comments on a proposal to delete the

standards in the Domestic Mail Manual

(DMM) that allow bundles (more than

one package strapped together) of

Periodicals flat-size mail to be

bedloaded instead of placed in a sack or

on a pallet.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

the Manager, Mail Preparation and

Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 1735

North Lynn Street, Room 3025,

Arlington VA 22209–6038. Written

comments may be submitted via fax to

(703) 292–4058 or via email to

aemmerth@email.usps.gov (please use

‘‘Fed Reg Bedloaded Bundles’’ as the

subject line of the message). Copies of

all written comments will be available

for inspection and photocopying

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne Emmerth at (703) 292–3641.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current

DMM M210.5.0 and M220.5.0 allow

authorized mailers to place packages of

Presorted rate and carrier route rate

Periodicals flats directly into a truck or

trailer if the packages are secured

together into bundles containing a

minimum of 20 pounds of mail (instead

of sacking or palletizing those

packages). Such preparation requires

Postal Service authorization from

Business Mailer Support (BMS). It

should be noted that DMM M820 does

not include any provisions for

bedloading bundles of automation rate

flats. The records of the Postal Service

indicate that there are no mailers who

are preparing bedloaded bundles in this

manner. Because of this, and because

bedloaded bundles are generally not

cost-efficient for the Postal Service to

handle and process, the Postal Service

is proposing to delete the options to

prepare Periodicals flats as bedloaded

bundles.

If this proposal is adopted, then all

Periodicals flats must be prepared in

sacks or on pallets.

This change does not apply to mailers

who transport packages of Periodicals to

destination delivery units under

exceptional dispatch.

Although exempt from the notice and

comment requirements of the

Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C.

553(b), (c)) regarding proposed

rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the

Postal Service invites comments on the

following proposed revisions to the

DMM, incorporated by reference into

the Code of Federal Regulations (see 39

CFR part 111).

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Postal Service.

PART 111—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR

part 111 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,

401, 403, 404, 414, 3001–3011, 3201–3219,

3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Amend the following sections of

the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) as set

forth below:

M Mail Preparation and Sortation

M000 General Preparation Standards

M010 Mailpieces

M011 Basic Standards

1.0 Terms and Conditions

* * * * *

1.3 Preparation Instructions

[Delete item z, which defines a

‘‘bundle.’’ Renumber items aa through

ac as items z through ab, respectively.]

* * * * *

M013 Optional Endorsement Lines

1.0 Use

1.1 Basic Standards

[Revise 1.1 by deleting the entry for

SCF.]

* * * * *

M200 Periodicals (Nonautomation)

M210 Presorted Rates

* * * * *

[Delete section 5.0, Bedloaded

Bundles (Flat-Size Pieces). Renumber

section 6.0 as 5.0.]

* * * * *

M220 Carrier Route Rates

* * * * *

[Delete section 5.0, Bedloaded

Bundles (Flat-Size Pieces). Renumber

section 6.0 as 5.0.]

* * * * *

An appropriate amendment to 39 CFR

111 to reflect these changes will be

published if the proposal is adopted.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 01–31386 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA–D–7518]

Proposed Flood Elevation

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Technical information or

comments are requested on the

proposed base (1% annual chance) flood

elevations and proposed base flood

elevation modifications for the

communities listed below. The base

flood elevations 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 base flood

elevations 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 following table.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards

Study Branch, Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administration, Federal

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646–3461, or (email)

matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA or Agency) proposes to make

determinations of base flood elevations

and modified base flood elevations for

each community listed below, in

accordance with Section 110 of the

Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,

42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).

These proposed base flood and

modified base flood elevations, together

with the floodplain management criteria

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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 Acting

Administrator, Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administration, certifies that

this proposed rule is exempt from the

requirements of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act because proposed or

modified base flood elevations are

required by the Flood Disaster

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104,

and are required to establish and

maintain community eligibility in the

NFIP. As a result, a regulatory flexibility

analysis has not 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 recordkeeping 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 Location

#Depth in feet above

ground. *Elevation in feet

(NGVD) Communities affected

Existing Modified

OHIO

Gallia County (Unincorporated Areas)

Ohio River .. Approximately 1.7 miles upstream of county

boundary.

*561 *560 Unincorporated Areas of Gallia County, Village

of Crown City.

Approximately 3.2 miles downstream of county

boundary.

*573 *572 City of Gallipolis, Village of Cheshire.

City of Gallipolis

Maps available for inspection at the Gallipolis City Building, 518 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio.

Send comments to Mr. E. V. Clark, Jr., Gallipolis City Manager, 518 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.

Village of Crown City

Maps available for inspection at the Crown City Village Hall, 156 Charles Street, Crown City, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable Sam Johnson, Mayor of the Village of Crown City, P.O. Box 316, Crown City, Ohio 45623.

Village of Cheshire

Maps available for inspection at the Cheshire Village Office, 1828 Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable H. Thomas Reese, Mayor of the Village of Cheshire, P.O. Box 276, Cheshire, Ohio 45620.

Gallia County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps available for inspection at the Gallia County Offices, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio.

Send comments to Mr. Skip Meadows, President of the Gallia County Board of Commissioners, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.

Meigs County (Unincorporated Areas)

Ohio River .. Approximately 2 miles upstream of the downstream county boundary.*575 *576 Village of Middleport, Village of Pomeroy, Village

of Racine.

At the upstream county boundary ........................ *603 *602 Village of Syracuse, and unincorporated areas of

Meigs County.

Little Leading Creek.Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the Village

of Rutland corporate limits.

None *578 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 0.9 mile upstream of the Village

of Rutland corporate limits.

None *578

Kerr Run .... Just upstream of the Village of Pomeroy corporate limits.None *579 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 250 feet upstream of the Village

of Pomeroy corporate limits.

None *579

Unnamed

Tributary

to Kerr

Run.

Just upstream of the Village of Pomeroy corporate limits.None *579 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 50 feet upstream of the Village of

Pomeroy corporate limits.

None *579

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Source of

flooding Location

#Depth in feet above

ground. *Elevation in feet

(NGVD) Communities affected

Existing Modified

Unnamed

Tributary

to Wolf

Run.

Approximately 750 feet of the confluence with

Wolf Run.

None *582 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 950 feet upstream of the confluence with Wolf Run.None *582

Rose Creek Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence with Ohio River.None *580 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of confluence

with the Ohio River.

None *580

Johns Run Approximately 200 feet downstream of State

Route 338.

None *587 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 0.7 mile upstream of State Route

338.

None *587

Groundhog

Creek.

Just upstream of State Route 338 ....................... None

None

*593 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 1.7 miles upstream of State Route

338.

None *593

Sugarcamp

Run.

Just upstream of State Route 124 ....................... None *601 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of State Route

124.

None *601

Indian Run Just upstream of State Route 124 ....................... None *602 Unincorporated areas of Meigs County.

Approximately 0.9 mile upstream of State Route

124.

None *602

Meigs County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps available for inspection at the Meigs County Courthouse, 100 East Second Street, Pomeroy, Ohio.

Send comments to Mr. Jeff Thorton, President of the Meigs County Board of Commissioners, Meigs County Courthouse, 100 East Second

Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769.

Village of Middleport

Maps available for inspection at the Middleport Village Hall, 237 Race Street, Middleport, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable Sandy Iannarelli, Mayor of the Village of Middleport, 237 Race Street, Middleport, Ohio 45760.

Village of Pomeroy

Maps available for inspection at the Pomeroy Village Hall, 320 East Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable John Blaettnar, Mayor of the Village of Pomeroy, 320 East Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769.

Village of Racine

Maps available for inspection at the Racine Village Hall, 405 Main Street, Racine, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable J. Scott Hill, Mayor of the Village of Racine, P.O. Box 375, Racine, Ohio 45771.

Village of Syracuse

Maps available for inspection at the Syracuse Village Hall, 2581 Third Street, Syracuse, Ohio.

Send comments to The Honorable Larry Lavender, Mayor of the Village of Syracuse, 2581 Third Street, P.O. Box 266, Syracuse, Ohio

45779.

VIRGINIA

Southampton County (Unincorporated Areas)

Blackwater

River.

At the confluence with Chowan River .................. *11 *14 Southampton County (Unincorporated Areas).

Approximately 6,700 feet upstream of State

Route 620 (Broadwater Road).

None *36

Nottoway

River.

At the confluence with Chowan River .................. *11 *14 Southampton County (Unincorporated Areas);

Courtland (Town).

Approximately 2,400 feet upstream of Norfolk

Franklin & Danville Railroad.

*26 *27

Southampton County (Unincorporated Areas)

Maps available for inspection at the Southampton County Administrator’s Office, 26022 Administration Center Drive, Courtland, Virginia.

Send comments to Mr. Michael W. Johnson, Southampton County Administrator, 26022

Administration Center Drive, Courtland, Virginia 23837.

Town of Courtland

Maps available for inspection at the Courtland Town Office, 22219 Meherrin Road,

Courtland, Virginia.

Send comments to The Honorable Lewis H. Davis, Sr., Mayor of the Town of Courtland,

P.O. Box 39, Courtland, Virginia 23837.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Proposed Rules 65671

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance’’)

Dated: December 11, 2001.

Robert F. Shea,

Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31372 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–04–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA–D–7516]

Proposed Flood Elevation

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Technical information or

comments are requested on the

proposed base (1% annual chance) flood

elevations and proposed base flood

elevation modifications for the

communities listed below. The base

flood elevations 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 base flood

elevations 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 following table.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards

Study Branch, Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administration, Federal

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646–3461, or (email)

matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA or Agency) proposes to make

determinations of base flood elevations

and modified base flood elevations for

each community listed below, in

accordance with Section 110 of the

Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,

42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).

These proposed base flood and

modified base flood elevations, 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 Acting

Administrator, Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administration, certifies that

this proposed rule is exempt from the

requirements of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act because proposed or

modified base flood elevations are

required by the Flood Disaster

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104,

and are required to establish and

maintain community eligibility in the

NFIP. As a result, a regulatory flexibility

analysis has not 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 recordkeeping 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:

State City/town/county Source of flooding Location

#Depth in feet above

ground. *Elevation in feet

(NGVD)

Existing Modified

Florida .................... Franklin County

(Unincorporated

Areas).

Apalachicola Bay .............. Approximately 2.6 miles southeast of

West Pass.

*7 *8

Approximately 4.1 miles southwest of

Government Cut in St. George Island.

*7 *10

St. George Sound ............ Just east of St. George Island Bridge ...... *9 *10

Shoreline of St. George Island at (and include) Marsh Island.*15 *12

Gulf of Mexico .................. Approximately 2.6 miles southeast of

West Pass.

*7 *8

Approximately 1.5 miles southeast of the

confluence of Big Claires Creek with

Ochlockonee Bay.

*21 *23

Alligator Harbor ................ Approximately 1,000 feet north of the

intersection of State Route 370 and

West Harbor Road.

*15 *16