[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49547-49549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24347]


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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: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, 
Hazards Study Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
Hazard Mapping Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461, or (email) 
[email protected].

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 Executive 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 (NFIP).
    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 Executive 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 NFIP. 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 September 30, 
1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism

    This rule involves no policies that have

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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
         State and county                  Location           newspaper where      Chief executive officer     Effective date of      Community number
                                                            notice was published         of community            modification
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Illinois:
    Cook (FEMA Docket No. D-7503).  Unincorporated Areas.  August 3, 2000,        Mr. John H. Stroger,       November 7, 2000....  170054 F
                                                            August 10, 2000,       President of the Cook
                                                            Daily Southtown.       County, Board of
                                                                                   Commissioners, 118 North
                                                                                   Clark Street, Room 537,
                                                                                   Chicago, Illinois 60602.
    Kane (FEMA Docket No. D-7503).  City of Geneva.......  August 8, 2000,        The Honorable Thomas       November 13, 2000...  170325 B
                                                            August 15, 2000,       Coughlin, Mayor of the
                                                            Kane County            City of Geneva, 22 South
                                                            Chronicle.             First Street, Geneva,
                                                                                   Illinois 60134.
    Madison (FEMA Docket No. D-     Unincorporated Areas.  January 7, 2000,       Mr. Rudolph J. Papa,       December 28, 1999...  170436 D
     7309).                                                 January 14, 2000,      Madison County Board
                                                            The Intelligencer.     Chairman, Madison County
                                                                                   Administration Building,
                                                                                   157 North Main Street,
                                                                                   Suite 165, Edwardsville,
                                                                                   Illinois 62025-1964.
    St. Clair (FEMA Docket No. D-   City of Mascoutah....  February 15, 2001,     The Honorable Gerald       May 24, 2001........  170630
     7509).                                                 February 22, 2001,     Daugherty, Mayor of the
                                                            Belleville News-       City of Mascoutah, 3
                                                            Democrat.              West Main Street,
                                                                                   Mascoutah, Illinois
                                                                                   62258.
    Cook (FEMA Docket No. D-7503).  Village of Orland      August 3, 2000,        The Honorable Daniel J.    November 7, 2000....  170140 F
                                     Park.                  August 10, 2000,       McLaughlin, Mayor of the
                                                            Daily Southtown.       Village of Orland Park,
                                                                                   14700 South Ravinier
                                                                                   Avenue, Orland Park,
                                                                                   Illinois 60462.
    Will (FEMA Docket No. D-7505).  Village of Plainfield  October 25, 2000,      Mr. Richard Rock, Village  October 17, 2000....  170771 E
                                                            November 1, 2000,      of Plainfield President,
                                                            The Enterprise.        530 West Lockport
                                                                                   Street, Suite 206,
                                                                                   Plainfield, Illinois
                                                                                   60544.
Indiana: Allen (FEMA Docket No. D-  City of Fort Wayne...  July 12, 2000, July    The Honorable Graham       July 3, 2000........  180003 D
 7503).                                                     19, 2000, The          Richard, Mayor of the
                                                            Journal Gazette.       City of Fort Wayne, 1
                                                                                   Main Street, Room 900,
                                                                                   Fort Wayne, Indiana
                                                                                   46802-1804.
Michigan:
    Macomb (FEMA Docket No. D-      Township of Macomb...  January 4, 2000,       Mr. John D. Brennan,       December 28, 1999...  260445 B
     7309).                                                 January 11, 2000,      Macomb Township
                                                            The Macomb Daily.      Supervisor, 19925 Twenty-
                                                                                   Three Mile Road, Macomb,
                                                                                   Michigan 48042.
    Macomb (FEMA Docket No. D-      City of Sterling       June 14, 2000, June    The Honorable Richard J.   September 5, 2000...  260128 F
     7507).                          Heights.               21, 2000, The Macomb   Notte, Mayor of the City
                                                            Daily.                 of Sterling Heights,
                                                                                   40555 Utica Road, P.O.
                                                                                   Box 8009, Sterling
                                                                                   Heights, Michigan 48311.
Ohio: Licking (FEMA Docket No. D-   City of Newark.......  June 5, 2000, June     The Honorable Frank L.     September 11, 2000..  390335 F
 7509).                                                     12, 2000, The          Stare III, Mayor of the
                                                            Advocate.              City of Newark, 40 West
                                                                                   Main Street, Newark,
                                                                                   Ohio 43055.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')
Robert F. Shea,
Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
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