[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63627-63629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30428]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-7773]


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suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by 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: Edward Pasterick, Division Director, 
Program Marketing and Partnership Division, Federal Insurance 
Administration and Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street, S.W.; Room 
411, Washington, D.C. 20472, (202) 646-3098.

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, 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

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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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                                                Effective date
                                                authorization/                             Date certain Federal
                                  Community    cancellation of    Current effective map    assistance no longer
      State and Location             No.        sale of flood             date             available in special
                                                 insurance in                               flood hazard areas
                                                  community
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           Region V
Illinois: Bureau County,              170729  July 25, 1973,     Dec. 6, 2001..........  Dec. 6, 2001.
 unincorporated areas.                         Emerg.; June 15,
                                               1984, Reg.;
                                               December 6, 2001.
Minnesota: Cook, City of, St.         270420  December 3, 1971,  ......do..............  Do.
 Louis County.                                 Emerg.; March 1,
                                               1977, Reg.;
                                               December 6, 2001.
          Region VIII
South Dakota: Grenville, Town         461201  August 18, 1995,   ......do..............  Do.
 of, Day County.                               Emerg.; June 8,
                                               1998, Reg.;
                                               December 6, 2001.
           Region II
New Jersey: New Providence,           345306  July 16, 1971,     Dec. 20, 2001.........  Dec. 20, 2001.
 Borough of, Union County.                     Emerg.; November
                                               23, 1973, Reg.;
                                               December 20,
                                               2001.
Roseland, Borough of, Essex           340193  July 31, 1975,     ......do..............  Do.
 County.                                       Emerg.;
                                               September 2,
                                               1981, Reg.;
                                               December 20,
                                               2001.
West Caldwell, Borough of,            340196  September 8,       ......do..............  Do.
 Essex County.                                 1972, Emerg.;
                                               April 16, 1979,
                                               Reg.; December
                                               20, 2001.
           Region X
Washington: Castle Rock, City         530277  May 8, 1975,       ......do..............  Do.
 of, Cowlitz County.                           Emerg.; June 18,
                                               1980, Reg.;
                                               December 20,
                                               2001.
Cowlitz County, unincorporated        530032  June 18, 1971,     ......do..............  Do.
 areas.                                        Emerg.; August
                                               1, 1980, Reg.;
                                               December 20,
                                               2001.
Kelso, City of, Cowlitz County        530033  July 28, 1972,     ......do..............  Do.
                                               Emerg.; December
                                               4, 1979, Reg.;
                                               December 20,
                                               2001.
Longview, City of, Cowlitz            530034  May 26, 1972,      ......do..............  Do.
 County.                                       Emerg.; December
                                               18, 1979, Reg.;
                                               December 20,
                                               2001.
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Code for reading third column: Emerg.-Emergency; Reg.-Regular; Susp.-Suspension.



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    Dated: December 3, 2001.
Robert F. Shea,
Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration and Mitigation 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-30428 Filed 12-7-01; 8:45 am]
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