[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5586-5587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2201]



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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 65

[Docket No. FEMA-7123]


Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This interim rule lists communities where modification of the 
base (100-year) flood elevations is appropriate because of new 
scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be 
calculated from the modified base (100-year) flood elevations for new 
buildings and their contents.

DATES: These modified base flood elevations are currently in effect on 
the dates listed in the table and revise the Flood Insurance Rate 
Map(s) (FIRMs) in effect prior to this determination for each listed 
community.
    From the date of the second publication of these changes in a 
newspaper of local circulation, any person has ninety (90) days in 
which to request through the community that the Associate Director 
reconsider the changes. The modified elevations may be changed during 
the 90-day period.

ADDRESSES: The modified 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: Michael K. Buckley, P.E., Chief, 
Hazard Identification Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The modified base (100-year) flood 
elevations are not listed for each community in this interim rule. 
However, the address of the Chief Executive Officer of the community 
where the modified base flood elevation determinations are available 
for inspection is provided.
    Any request for reconsideration must be based upon knowledge of 
changed conditions, or upon new scientific or technical data.
    The modifications are made pursuant to section 201 of the Flood 
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance 
with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., 
and with 44 CFR part 65.
    For rating purposes, the currently effective community number is 
shown and must be used for all new policies and renewals.
    The modified base (100-year) flood elevations are the basis for the 
floodplain management measures that the community is required to either 
adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to 
qualify or to remain qualified for participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program.
    These modified 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.
    The changes in base flood elevations are in accordance with 44 CFR 
65.4.

National Environmental Policy Act

    This 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 Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, certifies that this 
rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
because modified base flood elevations are required by the Flood 
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to 
maintain community eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program. 
No regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

Regulatory Classification

    This interim 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 rule involves no policies that have federalism implications 
under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of 
Executive Order 12778.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 65

    Flood insurance, Floodplains, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Accordingly, 44 CFR part 65 is amended to read as follows:

PART 65--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 65 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.


Sec. 65.4  [Amended]

    2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 65.4 are 
amended as follows:

                                                                        
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                                                 Dates and name of newspaper                                           Effective date of                
    State and county            Location         where notice was published    Chief executive officer of community      modification      Community No.
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Alabama: Tuscaloosa.....  City of Tuscaloosa..  Nov. 25, 1994, Dec. 2, 1994,  The Honorable Alvin P. DuPont, Mayor   Nov. 16, 1994.......  010203       
                                                 The Tuscaloosa News.          of the City of Tuscaloosa, P.O. Box                                      
                                                                               2089, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403.                                         
Connecticut: Fairfield    City of Stamford....  Oct. 19, 1994, Oct. 26,       The Honorable Stanley Esposito, Mayor  Sept. 30, 1994......  090015 D     
 county.                                         1994, Stamford Advocate.      of the City of Stamford, 888                                             
                                                                               Washington Boulevard, Stamford,                                          
                                                                               Connecticut 06904-2152.                                                  
Florida: Unincorporated   Collier county......  Oct. 28, 1994, Nov. 4, 1994,  Mr. Timothy Constantine, Chairman of   Oct. 21, 1994.......  120067 E     
 areas.                                          Naples Daily News.            the Collier County Commis- sioners,                                      
                                                                               3301 Tamiami Trail East, Building F,                                     
                                                                               Naples, Florida 33962.                                                   
Georgia: Unincorporated   Gwinnett county.....  Sept. 1, 1994, Sept. 8,       Mr. Wayne Hill, Chairman of the        Aug. 25, 1994.......  130322 C     
 areas.                                          1994, The Atlanta Journal-    Gwinnett County Board of                                                 
                                                 Constitution.                 Commissioners, 75 Langley Drive,                                         
                                                                               Lawrenceville, Georgia 30245-6900.                                       
Indiana: Boone county...  City of Lebanon.....  Oct. 11, 1994, Oct. 18,       The Honorable James Acton, Mayor of    Oct. 3, 1994........  180013 C     
                                                 1994, The Reporter.           the City of Lebanon, 201 East Main                                       
                                                                               Street, Lebanon, Indiana 46052.                                          
Minnesota: Hennepin       City of St. Louis     Oct. 5, 1994, Oct. 12, 1994,  The Honorable Lyle Hanks, Mayor of     Sept. 28, 1994......  270184 B     
 county.                   Park.                 Sun Sailor.                   the City of St. Louis Park, 505                                          
                                                                               Minnetonka Boulevard, St. Louis                                          
                                                                               Park, Minnesota 55416-2290.                                              
Mississippi: Panola       City of Batesville..  Oct. 26, 1994, Nov. 2, 1994,  The Honorable Bobby Baker, Mayor of    Sept. 19, 1994......  280126 C     
 county.                                         The Panolian.                 the Town of Batesville, P.O. Box                                         
                                                                               689, Batesville, Mississippi 38606.                                      
New Jersey: Sussex        Township of Byram...  Mar. 23, 1994, Mar. 30,       The Honorable Richard A. Bowe, Mayor   Sept. 15, 1994......  340557       
 county.                                         1994, The New Jersey Herald.  of the Township of Byram, 10                                             
                                                                               Mansfield Drive, Stanhope, New                                           
                                                                               Jersey 07874.                                                            
New York: Monroe county.  Town of Gates.......  Oct. 5, 1994, Oct. 12, 1994,  Mr. Ralph J. Esposito, Supervisor for  Sept. 28, 1994......  360416 B     
                                                 Gates Chili News.             the Town of Gates, 1605 Buffalo                                          
                                                                               Road, Rochester, New York 14624.                                         
North Carolina:           Granville county....  Sept. 29, 1994, Oct. 6,       Mr. John W. Lewis, Jr., Granville      Sept. 23, 1994......  370325 C     
 Unincorporated areas.                           1994, Oxford Public Ledger    County Manager, P.O. Box 906,                                            
                                                 & Butner Creedmoor News.      Oxford, North Carolina 27565.                                            
North Carolina: Pitt      City of Greenville..  Nov. 23, 1994, Nov. 30,       The Honorable Nancy M. Jenkins, Mayor  Mar. 1, 1995........  370191 B     
 county.                                         1994, Daily Reflector.        of the City of Greenville, P.O. Box                                      
                                                                               7207, Greenville, North Carolina                                         
                                                                               27835-7207.                                                              
North Carolina:           City of Reidsville..  Oct. 11, 1994, Oct. 18,       The Honorable W. Clark Turner, Mayor   Sept. 30, 1994......  370209 B     
 Rockingham county.                              1994, Reidsville Review.      of the City of Reidsville, 230 West                                      
                                                                               Morehead Street, Reidsville, North                                       
                                                                               Carolina 27320.                                                          
Ohio: Miami county......  Unincorporated areas  Nov. 23, 1994, Nov. 30,       Mr. Richard Adams, President of the    May 16, 1995........  390398 B     
                                                 1994, Troy Daily News.        Miami County Commissioners, 201 West                                     
                                                                               Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373.                                           
Pennsylvania: Dauphin     Township of Middle    Oct. 6, 1994, Oct. 13, 1994,  Mr. Richard Peffer, Chairman, Middle   Jan. 11, 1995.......  420387 B     
 county.                   Paxton.               The Patriot and Evening       Paxton Township Board of                                                 
                                                 News.                         Supervisors, P.O. Box 277, Dauphin,                                      
                                                                               Pennsylvania 17018.                                                      
West Virginia: Putnam     Unincorporated areas  May 12, 1994, May 19, 1994,   Mr. Dave Alford, President of the      May 6, 1994.........  540164       
 county.                   of Putnam county.     Putnam Democrat.              Putnam County Commission, P.O. Box                                       
                                                                               149, Winfield, West Virginia 25213.                                      
Wisconsin: Dane county..  City of Madison.....  Dec. 2, 1994, Dec. 9, 1994,   The Honorable Paul Soglin, Mayor of    Nov. 23, 1994.......  550083       
                                                 The Capital Times.            the City of Madison, City-County                                         
                                                                               Building, Room 403, 210 Martin                                           
                                                                               Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Madison,                                     
                                                                               Wisconsin 53710.                                                         
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: January 23, 1995.
Richard T. Moore,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
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