[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38091-38092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18662]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 65


Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Modified base (1% annual chance) flood elevations are 
finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations 
will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new 
buildings and their contents.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective dates for these modified base flood 
elevations are indicated on the following table and revise the Flood 
Insurance Rate Map(s) (FIRMs) in effect for each listed community prior 
to this date.

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 
S.W., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
makes the final determinations listed below of modified base flood 
elevations for each community listed. These modified elevations have 
been published in newspapers of local circulation and ninety (90) days 
have elapsed since that publication. The Acting Associate Director has 
resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.
    The modified base flood elevations are not listed for each 
community in this notice. However, this rule includes the address of 
the Chief Executive Officer of the community where the modified base 
flood elevation determinations are available for inspection.
    The modifications are made pursuant to section 206 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 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.
    These modified 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.
    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 Acting 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 final rule is not a significant regulatory action under the 
criteria of section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of

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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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                                                                                              Chief executive                                           
      State and county                  Location               Dates and name of newspaper       officer of          Effective date of        Community 
                                                               where notice was published        community             modification              No.    
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Georgia: Chatham (FEMA        Unincorporated Areas........  December 27, 1995, January 3,     Mr. Joseph       April 3, 1996...............      130030C
 Docket Areas No. 7173).                                     1996, Savannah News-Press.        Mahany,                                                  
                                                                                               Chairman of                                              
                                                                                               the Chatham                                              
                                                                                               County Board                                             
                                                                                               of                                                       
                                                                                               Commissioners,                                           
                                                                                               124 Bull                                                 
                                                                                               Street, P.O.                                             
                                                                                               Box 8161,                                                
                                                                                               Savannah,                                                
                                                                                               Georgia 31412.                                           
Illinois:                                                                                                                                               
    Cook (FEMA Docket No.     City of Country Club Hills..  July 27, 1995, August 3, 1995,    The Honorable    July 20, 1995...............     170078 C
     7150).                                                  The Daily Southtown and The       Dwight W.                                                
                                                             Star.                             Welch, Mayor                                             
                                                                                               of the City of                                           
                                                                                               Country Club                                             
                                                                                               Hills, 3700                                              
                                                                                               West 175th                                               
                                                                                               Place, Country                                           
                                                                                               Club Hills,                                              
                                                                                               Illinois 60478.                                          
    DeKalb (FEMA Docket No.   City of DeKalb..............  December 8, 1995, December 15,    The Honorable    December 4, 1995............     170182 B
     7173).                                                  1995, Daily Chronicle.            Greg Sparrow,                                            
                                                                                               Mayor of the                                             
                                                                                               City of                                                  
                                                                                               DeKalb, 200                                              
                                                                                               South 4th                                                
                                                                                               Street,                                                  
                                                                                               DeKalb,                                                  
                                                                                               Illinois 60115.                                          
    DuPage County (FEMA       Unincorporated Areas........  March 20, 1995, March 27, 1995,   Mr. Gayle M.     March 15, 1995..............     170197 B
     Docket No. 7137).                                       Chicago Tribune.                  Franzen,                                                 
                                                                                               DuPage County                                            
                                                                                               Board                                                    
                                                                                               Chairman, 421                                            
                                                                                               North County                                             
                                                                                               Farm Road,                                               
                                                                                               Wheaton,                                                 
                                                                                               Illinois 60187.                                          
New Jersey: Hunterdon (FEMA   Township of Delaware........  December 28, 1995, January 4,     The Honorable    April 4, 1996...............     340506 B
 Docket No. 7173).                                           1996, Hunterdon County Democrat.  Robert Reed,                                             
                                                                                               Mayor of the                                             
                                                                                               Township of                                              
                                                                                               Delaware,                                                
                                                                                               Township Hall,                                           
                                                                                               Sergeantville,                                           
                                                                                               New Jersey                                               
                                                                                               08557.                                                   
Ohio: Lorain (FEMA Docket     City of Avon................  December 28, 1995, January 4,     The Honorable    December 15, 1995...........     390348 C
 No. 7173).                                                  1996, The Morning Journal.        James A.                                                 
                                                                                               Smith, Mayor                                             
                                                                                               of the City of                                           
                                                                                               Avon, 36774                                              
                                                                                               Detroit Road,                                            
                                                                                               Avon, Ohio                                               
                                                                                               44011.                                                   
Wisconsin: La Crosse (FEMA    Unincorporated Areas........  January 4, 1996, January 11,      Mr. James A.     December 28, 1995...........     550217 A
 Docket No. 7173).                                           1996, La Crosse Tribune.          Ehrsam, La                                               
                                                                                               Crosse County                                            
                                                                                               Board                                                    
                                                                                               Chairman, 400                                            
                                                                                               North Fourth                                             
                                                                                               Street, La                                               
                                                                                               Crosse,                                                  
                                                                                               Wisconsin                                                
                                                                                               54601.                                                   
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Dated: July 10, 1996.
Richard W. Krimm,
Acting Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 96-18662 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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