[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 5, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65775-65777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26291]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA-8049]


Suspension of Community Eligibility

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

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 scheduled for suspension 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 not occur and a notice of this will be provided by publication in 
the Federal Register on a subsequent date.

DATES: Effective Dates: The effective date of each community's 
scheduled suspension is the third date (``Susp.'') listed in the third 
column of the following tables.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you want to determine whether a 
particular community was suspended on the suspension date or for 
further information, contact David Stearrett, Mitigation Directorate, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 646-2953.

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 NFIP, 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. 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.
    Previously, FEMA has identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas 
(SFHAs) 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 identified SFHAs for communities not participating in the 
NFIP and identified for more than a year, on FEMA'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 against certain types of Federal 
assistance becomes effective for the communities listed on the date 
shown in the last column. The Administrator 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 6-month, 90-day, and 30-day notification 
letters addressed to the Chief Executive Officer stating that the 
community will be suspended unless the required floodplain management 
measures are met prior to the effective suspension date. Since these 
notifications were 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 Administrator 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 
remedial action takes place.
    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.
    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.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 64

    Flood insurance, Floodplains.

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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 64 is amended as follows:

PART 64--[AMENDED]

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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]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  64.6 are amended 
as follows:

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                                                 Effective date
                                                 authorization/
                                   Community    cancellation of    Current effective map   Date certain Federal
       State and location             No.        sale of flood             date            assistance no longer
                                                  insurance in                              available in SFHAs
                                                   community
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           Region IV
 
Mississippi:
    Vicksburg, City of, Warren         280176  March 28, 1975,    11/05/2008............  11/05/2008
     County.                                    Emerg; September
                                                29, 1989, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Warren County,                     280198  December 26,       ......do..............   Do.
     Unincorporated Areas.                      1973, Emerg;
                                                November 15,
                                                1979, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
North Carolina:
    Cabarrus County,                   370036  July 7, 1975,      ......do..............   Do.
     Unincorporated Areas.                      Emerg; May 5,
                                                1981, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Concord, City of, Cabarrus         370037  January 16, 1974,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; March 4,
                                                1980, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Harrisburg, Town of,               370038  June 17, 1975,     ......do..............   Do.
     Cabarrus County.                           Emerg; June 30,
                                                1976, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Kannapolis, City of,               370469  -, Emerg; March    ......do..............   Do.
     Cabarrus County.                           25, 1991, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
Tennessee:
    Bradford, City of, Gibson          470057  August 10, 1977,   ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; February
                                                16, 1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Dresden, City of, Weakley          470240  January 8, 1988,   ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; February
                                                1, 1990, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Fayette County,                    470352  August 19, 1975,   ......do..............   Do.
     Unincorporated Areas.                      Emerg; July 5,
                                                1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Gallaway, Town of, Fayette         470048  January 28, 1976,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; July 5,
                                                1982, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Gibson County,                     470359  December 16,       ......do..............   Do.
     Unincorporated Areas.                      1982, Emerg;
                                                October 18,
                                                1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Humboldt, City of, Gibson          470059  April 2, 1975,     ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; September
                                                15, 1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Kenton, Town of, Gibson            470224  December 2, 1985,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; December
                                                2, 1985, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Martin, City of, Weakley           470202  January 28, 1975,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; September
                                                15, 1989, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Medina, City of, Gibson            470251  March 27, 2006,    ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; -, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Milan, Town of, Gibson             470060  July 10, 1975,     ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; February
                                                16, 1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Obion, Town of, Obion              470253  August 11, 1975,   ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; March 16,
                                                1981, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Obion County,                      470361  -, Emerg; March    ......do..............   Do.
     Unincorporated Areas.                      4, 1998, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Piperton, City of, Fayette         470401  January 27, 1992,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; December
                                                16, 1994, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Rives, City of, Obion              470235  October 26, 1984,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; September
                                                1, 1987, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Rossville, City of, Fayette        470050  February 12,       ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    1976, Emerg;
                                                June 1, 1981,
                                                Reg; November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Rutherford, Town of, Gibson        470061  -, Emerg; August   ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    27, 1997, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Somerville, Town of,               470051  August 27, 1975,   ......do..............   Do.
     Fayette County.                            Emerg; July 5,
                                                1982, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    South Fulton, City of,             475446  December 10,       ......do..............   Do.
     Obion County.                              1971, Emerg;
                                                June 15, 1973,
                                                Reg; November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Trenton, City of, Gibson           470062  June 26, 1975,     ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; February
                                                16, 1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Union City, City of, Obion         470142  October 25, 1974,  ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; May 5,
                                                1981, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
 
            Region V
 
Illinois:
    Chester, City of, Randolph         170576  June 12, 1974,     ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; November
                                                16, 1983, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Evansville, Village of,            170577  June 25, 1975,     ......do..............   Do.
     Randolph County.                           Emerg; April 15,
                                                1988, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Kaskaskia, Village of,             170736  December 27,       ......do..............   Do.
     Randolph County.                           1973, Emerg;
                                                September 4,
                                                1985, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Randolph County,                   170575  April 1, 1974,     ......do..............   Do.
     Unincorporated Areas.                      Emerg; June 3,
                                                1986, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
    Sparta, City of, Randolph          170579  May 28, 1974,      ......do..............   Do.
     County.                                    Emerg; August
                                                24, 1984, Reg;
                                                November 5,
                                                2008, Susp.
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*-do- = Ditto.

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Code for reading third column: Emerg. --Emergency; Reg. --Regular; Susp. --Suspension.


    Dated: October 28, 2008.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator Mitigation Directorate Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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