[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33645-33646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9129]


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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, Mitigation Division.

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).

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.

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: William R. Blanton, Jr., CFM, Acting 
Section Chief, Engineering Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500 
C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

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

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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.
             Source of flooding and location               *Elevation in
                                                            feet (NGVD)
                                                           *Elevation in
                                                            feet (NAVD)
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                        Pago Pago
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  Territory of American Samoa (FEMA Docket No. D-7638)
 
South Pacific Ocean (Aunuu Island):
  Approximately 1,000 feet northwest of the center of              *10
   Aunuu Village........................................
  Approximately 3,500 feet northeast of the center of              *18
   Aunuu Village........................................
South Pacific Ocean (Ofu Island):
  Approximately 400 feet northwest of Nuupule Rock......           *12
  Approximately 550 feet northeast of Tuumuai Point.....           *21
South Pacific Ocean (Olosega Island):
  Approximately 1,300 feet northwest of Pouono Point....            *9
  Approximately 770 feet southeast of Pouono Point......           *20
South Pacific Ocean (Tau Island):
  Approximately 1,000 feet northwest of the center of              *14
   Faleasao Village.....................................
  Approximately 1,450 feet northeast of the center of              *24
   Faleasao Village.....................................
South Pacific Ocean (Tutuila Island):
  Approximately 300 feet southeast of the intersection              *5
   of Highway 1 and Rainmaker Hotel Drive...............
  Approximately 330 feet southeast of the center of                *42
   Fagneanea Village....................................
Maps available for inspection at the American Samoa
 Department of Public Works, American Samoa Government
 Center, Pago Pago, American Samoa.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: June 5, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-9129 Filed 6-9-06; 8:45 am]
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