[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70036-70037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33581]



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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-7704]


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 DATES: 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 Associate 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 Associate Director finds that the delayed effective dates would 
be contrary to the public interest. The Associate 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 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/location                         No.             Effective date of eligibility                Current effective map date
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          New Eligibles--Emergency Program
 
South Dakota: Butte County, unincorporated areas....       430236  November 24, 1998.........................  December 20, 1977
Tennessee: Lewis County, unincorporated areas.......       470103  November 25, 1998.........................  February 9, 1979.
 
           New Eligibles--Regular Program
 
Montana: Darby, town of Ravalli County..............       300062  November 2, 1998..........................  September 7, 1998.
Massachusetts: Brimfield, town of, Hampden County...       250135  November 9, 1998..........................  August 2, 1982.
North Carolina: \1\ Northwest, city of, Brunswick          370513  November 12, 1998.........................  May 15, 1995.
 County.
Washington: \2\ Kenmore, city of, King County.......       530336  November 13, 1998.........................  March 30, 1998.
 
             Regular Program Conversions
 
                      Region I
 
Connecticut:
    Plymouth, town of, Litchfield County............       090138  November 6, 1998..........................  November 6, 1998.
                                                                   Suspension Withdrawn......................
    Windham, town of, Windham County................       090119  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                      Region IV
 
North Carolina: Carteret County, unincorporated            370043  ......do..................................      Do.
 areas.

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                      Region V
 
Minnesota: East Grand Forks, city of, Polk County...       275236  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                      Region I
 
Maine:
    Sidney, town of, Kennebec County................       230247  November 20, 1998.........................  November 20, 1998
                                                                   Suspension Withdrawn......................
    Vienna, town of, Kennebec County................       230249  ......do..................................      Do.
Massachusetts: Sudbury, town of, Middlesex County...       250217  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                     Region III
 
West Virginia: Berkeley County, unincorporated areas       540282  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                      Region IV
 
North Carolina:
    Grifton, town of, Lenoir and Pitt Counties......       370192  ......do..................................      Do.
    Raleigh, city of, Wake County...................       370243  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                      Region VI
 
Arkansas: West Memphis, city of, Crittenden County..       050055  ......do..................................      Do.
Texas:
    Gonzales County, unincorporated areas...........       480253  ......do..................................      Do.
    Guadalupe County, unincorporated areas..........       480266  ......do..................................      Do.
    Victoria County, unincorporated areas...........       480637  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                     Region VII
 
Iowa:
    Carlisle, city of, Warren County................       190274  ......do..................................      Do.
    Indianola, city of, Warren County...............       190275  ......do..................................      Do.
    Norwalk, city of, Warren County.................       190631  ......do..................................      Do.
    Warren County, unincorporated areas.............       190912  ......do..................................      Do.
 
                      Region IX
California:
    Firebaugh, city of, Fresno and Madera Counties..       060046  ......do..................................      Do.
    Fresno County, unincorporated areas.............       065029  ......do..................................      Do.
    Madera County, unincorporated areas.............       060170  ......do..................................      Do.
    Winters, city of, Yolo County...................       060425  ......do..................................      Do.
Nevada: Lyon County, unincorporated areas...........       320029  ......do..................................      Do.
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1 The City of Northwest has adopted the Brunswick County (CID #370295) Flood Insurance Rate Map dated May 15, 1995.
2 The City of Kenmore has adopted the King County (CID #530071) Flood Insurance Rate Map dated March 30, 1998.
Code for reading third column: Emerg.-Emergency; Reg.-Regular; Rein.-Reinstatement; Susp.-Suspension; With.-Withdrawn; NSFHA--Non Special Flood Hazard
  Area.

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

    Issued: December 10, 1998.
Michael J. Armstrong,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 98-33581 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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