[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59339-59340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29895]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-7653]


List of Communities Eligible for the Sale of Flood Insurance

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule identifies communities participating in the National 
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These communities have applied to the 
program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management 
measures. The communities' participation in the program authorizes the 
sale of flood insurance to owners of property located in the 
communities listed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The dates listed in the third column of the table.

ADDRESSES: Flood insurance policies for property located in the 
communities listed can be obtained from any licensed property insurance 
agent or broker serving the eligible community, or from the NFIP at: 
Post Office Box 6464, Rockville, MD 20849, (800) 638-6620.

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 
measures aimed at protecting lives and new construction from future 
flooding. Since the communities on the attached list have recently 
entered the NFIP, subsidized flood insurance is now available for 
property in the community.
    In addition, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency has identified the special flood hazard areas in some of these 
communities by publishing a Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) or Flood 
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The date of the flood map, if one has been 
published, is indicated in the fourth column of the table. In the 
communities listed where a flood map has been published, Section 102 of 
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
4012(a), requires the purchase of flood insurance as a condition of 
Federal or federally related financial assistance for acquisition or 
construction of buildings in the special flood hazard areas shown on 
the map.
    The Director finds that the delayed effective dates would be 
contrary to the public interest. The Director also finds that notice 
and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are impracticable and 
unnecessary.

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 Executive Associate Director certifies that this rule will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 
601 et seq., because the rule creates no additional burden, but lists 
those communities eligible for the sale of flood insurance.

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.


Sec. 64.6  [Amended]

    2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are 
amended as follows:

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                               Community                                                                        
     State and location           No.           Effective date of eligibility        Current effective map date 
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  NEW ELIGIBLES--Emergency                                                                                      
           Program                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
North Dakota: Griggs County,    380685    October 2, 1996.........................  ............................
 unincorporated areas.                                                                                          

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Montana: Fort Peck Indian       300187    October 7, 1996.........................  ............................
 Reservation, Roosevelt                                                                                         
 County1.                                                                                                       
Missouri: Holden, city of,      290714    October 14, 1996........................  April 9, 1976 .             
 Johnson County.                                                                                                
Kansas: Hamilton County,        200123    October 16, 1996........................  ............................
 unincorporated areas.                                                                                          
Nebraska: Sprague, village      310495    October 18, 1996........................  November 1, 1984.           
 of, Lancaster County.                                                                                          
Kansas: Seward County,          200606    October 22, 1996........................  September 13, 1977.         
 unincorporated areas.                                                                                          
Illinois:                                                                                                       
    Franklin County,            170899    October 25, 1996........................  August 29, 1980.            
     unincorporated areas.                                                                                      
    Orangeville, village of,    170641    ......do................................  August 16, 1974.            
     Stephenson County.                                                                                         
Kentucky: Trimble County,       210300    ......do................................  January 14, 1977.           
 unincorporated areas.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                
       REINSTATEMENTS                                                                                           
                                                                                                                
Florida: White Springs, town    120102    November 5, 1975 Emerg..................  June 4, 1987.               
 of, Hamilton County.                     June 4, 1987 Reg                                                      
                                          June 4, 1987 Susp                                                     
                                          October 1, 1996 Rein                                                  
Nebraska: Steele City,          310121    June 4, 1975 Emerg......................  June 1, 1987.               
 village of, Jefferson                    June 1, 1987 Reg                                                      
 County.                                  June 1, 1987 Susp                                                     
                                          October 14, 1996 Rein                                                 
Minnesota: Cannon Falls,        270141    April 5, 1974 Emerg.....................  September 6, 1996.          
 city of, Goodhue County.                 January 2, 1981 Reg                                                   
                                          September 6, 1996 Susp                                                
                                          October 16, 1996 Rein                                                 
                                                                                                                
 REGULAR PROGRAM CONVERSIONS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
          Region I                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
Massachusetts: West Tisbury,    250074    September 29, 1996......................  September 29, 1996.         
 town of, Dukes County.                   Suspension Withdrawn                                                  
          Region II                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
New York:                                                                                                       
    Elmira, town of, Chemung    360151    ......do................................      Do.                     
     County.                                                                                                    
    Horseheads, town of,        360153    ......do................................      Do.                     
     Chemung County.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                
          Region V                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
Ohio: Montgomery County,        390775    ......do................................      Do.                     
 unincorporated areas.                                                                                          
Wisconsin: Platteville, city    550154    ......do................................      Do.                     
 of, Grant County.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
          Region IV                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Florida: Sewall's Point,        120164    October 16, 1996........................  October 16, 1996.           
 town of, Martin County.                  Suspension Withdrawn                                                  
Tennessee:                                                                                                      
    Carter County,              470024    ......do................................      Do.                     
     unincorporated areas.                                                                                      
    Elizabethton, city of,      475425    ......do................................      Do.                     
     Carter County.                                                                                             
    Jonesborough, town of,      470198    ......do................................      Do.                     
     Washington County.                                                                                         
    Watauga, city of, Carter    470331    ......do................................      Do.                     
     County.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
          Region V                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
Michigan: Arcadia, township     260306    ......do................................      Do.                     
 of, Manistee County.                                                                                           
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\1\ The Fort Peck Indian Reservation has adopted Roosvelt County's Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) dated 12/4/ 
  79 for floodplain management and insurance purposes.                                                          
                                                                                                                
 Code for reading third column: Emerg.--Emergency; Reg.--Regular; Rein.--Reinstatement; Susp.--Suspension;      
  With.--Withdrawn.                                                                                             

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance'')

    Issued: November 15, 1996.
Craig S. Wingo,
Deputy Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
[FR Doc. 96-29895 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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