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Area Species Determination

District 13—Section 13–C east of the longitude of Point Elizabeth.Salmon, Dolly Varden, trout, smelt and

eulachon.

Residents of the City of Angoon and along

the western shore of Admiralty Island north

of the latitude of Sand Island, south of the

latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of

134°30′ W. long., including Killisnoo Island.

District 14—Section 14–B and 14–C .......... Salmon, Dolly Varden, trout, smelt and

eulachon.

Residents of the City of Hoonah and in

Chichagof Island drainages on the eastern

shore of Port Frederick from Gartina Creek

to Point Sophia.

(3) Shellfish determinations.

Area Species Determination

BERING SEA AREA .......................................... All shellfish ....................................................... Residents of the Bering Sea Area.

ALASKA PENINSULA-ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

AREA.

Shrimp, Dungeness, king, and Tanner crab .... Residents of the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area.

KODIAK AREA ................................................... Shrimp, Dungeness, and Tanner crab ............ Residents of the Kodiak Area.

Kodiak Area, except for the Semidi Island, the

North Mainland, and the South Mainland

Sections.

King crab .......................................................... Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough except those residents on the Kodiak Coast

Guard base.

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA ..................... Shrimp, clams, Dungeness, king, and Tanner

crab.

Residents of the Prince William Sound Area.

SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA—YAKUTAT AREA:

Section 1 E south of the latitude of Grant

Island light.

Shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab.Residents of the Southeast Area.

Section 1 F north of the latitude of the

northernmost tip of Mary Island, except

waters of Boca de Quadra.

Shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab.Residents of the Southeast Area.

Section 3 A and 3 B ......................................... Shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab.Residents of the Southeast Area.

District 13 ........................................................... Dungeness crab, shrimp, abalone, sea cucumbers, gum boots, cockles, and clams,

except geoducks.

Residents of the Southeast Area.

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BILLING CODE 1505–01–D

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 372

[OPPTS–400140D; FRL–6722–10]

RIN 2025–AA05

Lead and Lead Compounds; Lowering

of Reporting Thresholds; Community

Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release

Reporting: Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective

date.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

memorandum of January 20, 2001, from

the Assistant to the President and Chief

of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review

Plan,’’ published in the Federal Register

on January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7701), this

action temporarily delays for 60 days

the effective date of the rule entitled

Lead and Lead Compounds; Lowering of

Reporting Thresholds; Community

Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release

Reporting, published in the Federal

Register on January 17, 2001 (66 FR

4500). That rule concerns the lowering

of the reporting thresholds for lead and

lead compounds which are subject to

reporting under section 313 of the

Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and

section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention

Act of 1990 (PPA). The reporting

thresholds are being lowered to 100

pounds. The lower reporting thresholds

apply to lead and all lead compounds

except for lead contained in stainless

steel, brass, and bronze alloys. The first

reports at the lower thresholds are due

on or before July 1, 2002, for the 2001

calendar year.

DATES: The effective date of the Lead

and Lead Compounds; Lowering of

Reporting Thresholds; Community

Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release

Reporting, amending 40 CFR part 372

published in the Federal Register on

January 17, 2001, at 66 FR 4500, is

delayed for 60 days, from February 16,

2001 to a new effective date of April 17,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel R. Bushman, Petitions

Coordinator, (202) 260–3882, e-mail:

bushman.daniel@epa.gov, for specific

information on this document, or for

more information on EPCRA section

313, the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Hotline,

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail

Code 5101, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll free:

1–800–535–0202, in Virginia and

Alaska: (703) 412–9877 or Toll free

TDD: 1–800–553–7672. Information

concerning this notice is also available

on EPA’s Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/tri.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the

extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to this

action, it is exempt from notice and

comment because it constitutes a rule of

procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).

Alternatively, the Agency’s

implementation of this action without

opportunity for public comment,

effective immediately upon publication

today in the Federal Register, is based

on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3). Seeking public

comment is impracticable, unnecessary

and contrary to the public interest. The

temporary 60-day delay in effective date

is necessary to give Agency officials the

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opportunity for further review and

consideration of new regulations,

consistent with the Assistant to the

President’s memorandum of January 20,

2001. Given the imminence of the

effective date, seeking prior public

comment on this temporary delay

would have been impractical, as well as

contrary to the public interest in the

orderly promulgation and

implementation of regulations. The

imminence of the effective date is also

good cause for making this rule

immediately effective upon publication.

Dated; February 12, 2001.

Christine Todd Whitman,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–3984 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA–7755]

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 DATES: 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:

Donna M. Dannels, Division Director,

Policy and Assessment Division,

Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street,

S.W., Room 411, Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646–3098.

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 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.

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

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: