[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 12297-12298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2286]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67


Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 
BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and 
modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that 
each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being 
already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for 
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

DATES: Effective Dates: The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance 
Rate Map (FIRM) showing BFEs and modified BFEs for each community. This 
date may be obtained by contacting the office where the maps are 
available for inspection as indicated on the table below.

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ADDRESSES: The final BFEs 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 table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard 
Identification Section, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-2903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA makes the final determinations listed 
below for the modified BFEs 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 Mitigation 
Division Director has resolved any appeals resulting from this 
notification.
    This final rule is issued in accordance with section 110 of the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 
67.
    The Agency has developed criteria for floodplain management in 
floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.
    Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to 
review the proof Flood Insurance Study and FIRM available at the 
address cited below for each community.
    The BFEs and modified BFEs are made final in the communities listed 
below. Elevations at selected locations in each community are shown.

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 Mitigation Division Director certifies that this rule is exempt 
from the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because final 
or modified BFEs are required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and are required to establish and 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 13132, Federalism

    This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications 
under Executive Order 13132.

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67

    Administrative practice and procedure, flood insurance, reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.


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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 67 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.  67.11  [Amended]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.11 are amended 
as follows:

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                                                       Depth in
                                                       feet above ground
                                                          *Elevation in
           Source of flooding and location                feet (NGVD)
                                                       Elevation
                                                         in feet (NAVD)
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                  Marianas Province
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 Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth) (FEMA Docket
                     No. D-7624)
 
Philippine Sea:
  Approximately 2.07 miles east of Tatachok Point....            *16
  Approximately 1.36 miles northeast of Songsong.....            *70
Sasanhaya Bay:
  A point in Songsong, approximately 1,440 feet                  *25
   southwest of the center of Songsong...............
  Approximately 1.2 miles southwest of the center of             *69
   Songsong..........................................
Maps available for inspection at the Commonwealth of
 the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public
 Works, Building Safety Code Division, 2nd Floor,
 Joeten Commercial Building, Gualo Rai, Saipan,
 Marianas Province.
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                    Massachusetts
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  Quincy (City), Norfolk County (FEMA Docket No. D-
                        7632)
 
Weymouth Fore River:
  Approximately 760 feet south of Germantown Point...     11
  Approximately 700 feet south of Germantown Point...     14
Maps available for inspection at the Quincy City
 Hall, 1305 Hancock Street, Quincy, Massachusetts.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')
David I. Maurstad,
Acting Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 06-2286 Filed 3-9-06; 8:45 am]
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