[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70037-70040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33580]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-7703]


Suspension of Community Eligibility

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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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suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by 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: 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 
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,

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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.


Sec. 64.6  [Amended]

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

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                                                                                           Date certain federal
                                   Community   Effective date of   Current effective map   assistance no longer
         State/location               No.         eligibility              date            available in special
                                                                                            flood hazard areas
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            Region I
Maine: Portland, city of,              230051  June 11, 1975,     Dec. 8, 1998..........  Dec. 8, 1998
 Cumberland County.                             Emerg.; July 17,
                                                1986, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp.
           Region II
New Jersey:
    Allendale, borough of,             340019  June 2, 1972,      ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; July 2,
                                                1979, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Fair Lawn, borough of,             340033  April 4, 1974,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; July 2,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Glen Rock, borough of,             340038  Feb. 12, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; July 2,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Ho-Ho-Kus, borough of,             340044  Jan. 14, 1972,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; June 1,
                                                1977, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Mahwah, township of, Bergen        340049  Oct. 13, 1972,     ......do..............      Do
     County.                                    Emerg.; Nov. 3,
                                                1982, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Midland Park, borough of,          340051  May 26, 1972,      ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; Sept.
                                                30, 1977, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 8, 1998,
                                                Susp..
    Montvale, borough of,              340052  May 2, 1975,       ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; June 15,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Park Ridge, borough of,            340063  Feb. 19, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; May 5,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..

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    Ramsey, borough of, Bergen         340064  Jan. 21, 1974,     ......do..............      Do
     County.                                    Emerg.; Sept. 2,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Ridgewood, village of,             340067  Nov. 12, 1971,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; Dec. 15,
                                                1983, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Saddle River, borough of,          340073  March 10, 1972,    ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; May 16,
                                                1977, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Upper Saddle River, borough        340077  April 12, 1974,    ......do..............      Do
     of, Bergen County.                         Emerg.; Sept.
                                                15, 1977, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 8, 1998,
                                                Susp..
    Waldwick, borough of,              340078  March 31, 1972,    ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; March 1,
                                                1979, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Woodcliff Lake, borough of,        340082  July 15, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; Sept. 2,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Wyckoff, township of,              340084  Dec. 17, 1971,     ......do..............      Do
     Bergen County.                             Emerg.; Aug. 1,
                                                1977, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
 
            Region V
 
Ohio: Tipp City, city of, Miami        390401  Sept. 9, 1974,     ......do..............      Do
 County.                                        Emerg.; July 18,
                                                1985, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
           Region VI
 
Louisiana:
    Natchez, village of,               220370  Sept. 29, 1975,    ......do..............      Do
     Natchitoches Parish.                       Emerg.; Sept.
                                                18, 1987, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 8, 1998,
                                                Susp..
    Natchitoches Parish,               220129  May 10, 1973,      ......do..............      Do
     unincorporated areas.                      Emerg.; Sept.
                                                18, 1987, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 8, 1998,
                                                Susp..
    Richland Parish,                   220154  May 14, 1973,      ......do..............      Do
     unincorporated areas.                      Emerg.; Aug. 1,
                                                1987, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
 
Texas:
    Bastrop County,                    481193  Sept. 12, 1978,    ......do..............      Do
     unincorporated areas.                      Emerg.; Aug. 19,
                                                1991, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Luling, city of, Caldwell          480096  May 5, 1975,       ......do..............      Do
     County.                                    Emerg.; Jan. 16,
                                                1979, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Martindale, town of,               481587  Nov. 16, 1983,     ......do..............      Do
     Caldwell County.                           Emerg.; March
                                                15, 1982, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 8, 1998,
                                                Susp..
 
           Region IX
 
California:
    Menlo Park, city of, San           060321  April 2, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     Mateo County.                              Emerg.; Feb. 4,
                                                1981, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
    Palo Alto, city of, Santa          060348  Aug. 20, 1971,     ......do..............      Do
     Clara County.                              Emerg.; Feb. 15,
                                                1980, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
 
            Region X
Washington: Mason County,              530115  Aug. 18, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
 unincorporated areas.                          Emerg.; May 24,
                                                1991, Reg.; Dec.
                                                8, 1998, Susp..
 
           Region II
 
New Jersey: Highlands, borough         345297  Dec. 11, 1970,     Dec. 22, 1998.........  Dec. 22, 1998
 of, Monmouth County.                           Sept. 3, 1971,
                                                Reg.; Emerg.;
                                                Dec. 22, 1998,
                                                Reg..
 
           Region III
 
Pennsylvania: Reynoldsville,           420513  Feb. 22, 1974,     ......do..............      Do
 borough of, Jefferson County.                  Emerg.; April
                                                17, 1978, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 22, 1998,
                                                Susp..
 
           Region IX
 
Arizona: Quartzsite, town of,          040134  June 21, 1983,     ......do..............      Do
 La Paz County.                                 Emerg.; Sept.
                                                19, 1984, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 22, 1998,
                                                Susp..
California:
    Morgan Hill, city of, Santa        060346  June 30, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     Clara County.                              Emerg.; June 18,
                                                1980, Reg.; Dec.
                                                22, 1998, Susp..
 
            Region X
 
Oregon:
    Burns, city of, Harney             410084  April 7, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     County.                                    Emerg.; Aug. 15,
                                                1984, Reg.; Dec.
                                                22, 1998, Susp..
    Harney County,                     410083  Jan. 15, 1975,     ......do..............      Do
     unincorporated areas.                      Emerg.; April
                                                17, 1984, Reg.;
                                                Dec. 22, 1998,
                                                Susp..
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Code for reading third column: Emerg.-Emergency; Reg.-Regular; Rein.-Reinstatement; Susp.-Suspension.


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

    Issued: December 10, 1998.
Michael J. Armstrong,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 98-33580 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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