[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Federal Emergency Management Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Part XXIV



Federal Emergency Management Agency



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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Ch. I

Unified Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency publishes its 
regulatory agenda in April and October to inform interested parties of 
progress on FEMA regulations. The agenda lists regulations that we 
expect to develop or review during the period April 1, 1996, to 
September 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: For information about specific regulations, please contact 
the person listed as the agency contact in the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on FEMA's 
regulatory agenda, contact H. Crane Miller, Office of the General 
Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3340.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning 
and Review'' directs each executive agency to publish only such 
regulations as are required by law, are necessary to interpret the law, 
or are made necessary by compelling public need. Publication of an 
agenda of regulations is called for semiannually in order to give the 
public adequate notice of agency rulemaking activities; also, 
publication of a regulatory agenda concerning rules likely to be 
significant regulatory actions must be published.

    In fulfillment of the requirements of Executive Order 12866, 
this agenda describes current and projected regulatory actions and 
rules that we expect to develop or review during the period April 
1, 1996, to September 30, 1996. This agenda also contains 
information on regulations completed or withdrawn since the last 
FEMA regulatory agenda was published Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 60 
FR 60726 to 60730.

    Public comment on the agenda, including comments by State and 
local governments, is invited and should be submitted to the Rules 
Docket Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472; FAX 
(202) 646-4536. Please refer to the title and the Regulation 
Identifier Number (RIN) of the rule about which you are inquiring 
or commenting.

    The agenda is not limited to significant regulatory actions and 
contains information concerning FEMA regulations to be developed, 
reviewed, or published in the next 6 months except for routine 
flood elevation determinations, listings of eligible communities 
under the National Flood Insurance Program and the National Crime 
Insurance Program, listings of suspended communities and similar 
designations under the National Flood Insurance Program, and FEMA 
organizational and management matters.

Dated: March 22, 1996.

Spence W. Perry,

Acting General Counsel.

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3565        National Flood Insurance Program; Audit Program Revision..............................    3067-AC40 
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3566        FEMA; Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to                  
            State and Local Governments...........................................................    3067-AC08 
3567        Disaster Assistance; Public Assistance Eligibility....................................    3067-AC12 
3568        Establish Flood Insurance Rate Zone AR................................................    3067-AC17 
3569        Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs Receiving                   
            Federal Financial Assistance..........................................................    3067-AC18 
3570        National Flood Insurance Program; Assistance to Private-Sector Property Insurers......    3067-AC26 
3571        Group Flood Insurance Policy for Individual and Family Grant Program..................    3067-AC35 
3572        Disaster Assistance; Restoration of Damaged Facilities................................    3067-AC36 
3573        Flood Mitigation Assistance Program...................................................    3067-AC45 
3574        Disaster Assistance; Hazard Mitigation................................................    3067-AC46 
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3575        National Defense Executive Reserve Guidance...........................................    3067-AB51 
3576        Environmental Considerations/Categorical Exclusions (CATEX)...........................    3067-AC21 
3577        Disaster Assistance; Individual and Family Grant Program..............................    3067-AC28 

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3578        Review of Determinations Regarding Required Purchase of Flood Insurance...............    3067-AC38 
3579        Exemption from Garnishment for Temporary Housing Assistance...........................    3067-AC39 
3580        Environmental Considerations/Categorical Exclusions...................................    3067-AC41 
3581        National Flood Insurance Program; Insurance Rates.....................................    3067-AC42 
3582        Flood Mitigation Assistance Program...................................................    3067-AC44 
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3565. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM; AUDIT PROGRAM REVISION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 4081

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 62

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Revises manner in which FEMA's audits are conducted under the 
National Flood Insurance Program's Write Your Own Program.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            02/01/96                     61 FR 3635
NPRM Comment Period End         03/18/96
Final Action                    06/00/96

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roland E. Holland, Federal Insurance Administration, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472
Phone: 202 646-3439

RIN: 3067-AC40
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3566. FEMA; UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  31 USC 1111; 31 USC 503

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 13

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: FEMA proposes to adopt revisions to ``Uniform Administrative 
Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local 
Governments,'' previously published at 53 FR 8078, 3/11/88, 44 CFR 13.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Charles F. McNulty, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-2976

RIN: 3067-AC08
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3567. DISASTER ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5121 et seq

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would remove permanent beach and related 
restoration work that occurs within coastal high hazard areas from 
eligibility for funding under the Stafford Act, 42 USC 5121 et seq, as 
amended.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              00/00/00
Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Greg Ormsby, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-3684

RIN: 3067-AC12
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3568. ESTABLISH FLOOD INSURANCE RATE ZONE AR

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 4002; EO 12127

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 59; 44 CFR 60; 44 CFR 61; 44 CFR 65

Legal Deadline:  NPRM, Statutory, October 28, 1994.

Abstract: This rule would establish criteria for determining a 
community's eligibility for Zone AR designation (areas of special flood 
hazard resulting from the disaccreditation of a flood protection system 
that was previously credited with providing 100-year flood protection) 
and for mapping special flood hazard areas as Zone AR. The rule would 
also establish flood insurance rates and floodplain management 
requirements to be applied in areas designated as Zone AR.

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Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            04/01/94                    59 FR 15351
NPRM Comment Period End         05/16/94
Interim Final Rule              10/25/94                    59 FR 53592
Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: William R. Locke, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-2717

RIN: 3067-AC17
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3569. ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN 
PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  29 USC 794

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 7

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would require all recipients of Federal 
financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
ensure nondiscrimination against qualified individuals with 
disabilities in all FEMA programs and activities. It would establish 
standards for what constitutes discrimination on the basis of mental or 
physical disability, define ``individual with disabilities'' and 
``qualified individual with disabilities,'' and would establish a 
complaint mechanism for resolving allegations of discrimination.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00
NPRM Comment Period End         00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Alan Clive, Equal Rights Officer, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-3957

RIN: 3067-AC18
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3570. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM; ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE-SECTOR 
PROPERTY INSURERS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5102

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 62

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim final rule amends the interim final rule, 
National Flood Insurance Program, Assistance to Private Sector Property 
Insurers, published at 59 FR 26965 on 5/23/94.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              07/29/94                    59 FR 38571
Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles M. Plaxico, Federal Insurance Administration, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472
Phone: 202 646-3422

RIN: 3067-AC26
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3571. GROUP FLOOD INSURANCE POLICY FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRANT 
PROGRAM

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5174; 42 USC 5178

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule establishes a Group Flood Insurance Policy to be 
issued by the National Flood Insurance Program when Federal disaster 
assistance for flood damage to real or personal property, or both, is 
provided under the Individual and Family Grant Program following a 
major disaster declaration by the President.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            03/15/95                    60 FR 13945
Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Laurence W. Zensinger, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-4262

RIN: 3067-AC35
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3572. DISASTER ASSISTANCE; RESTORATION OF DAMAGED FACILITIES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5121 et seq; 42 USC 5172

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would limit to 60 days after a disaster the period 
during which a community may adopt more stringent building codes and 
standards than existed before the disaster and under which FEMA will 
pay for restoration of damaged facilities.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00
NPRM Comment Period End         00/00/00
Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Craig S. Wingo, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-3026

RIN: 3067-AC36
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3573.  FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 4104c; 42 USC 4104d

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 78

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim final rule implements secs. 553 and 554 of the 
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 to provide grants under the 
National Flood Mitigation Fund to States and communities for planning 
assistance and for mitigation projects that reduce the risk of flood 
damages to structures covered under contracts for flood insurance.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              00/00/00
Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Donna M. Dannels, Federal Emergency Management

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Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-3662
Fax: 202 646-3104

RIN: 3067-AC45
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3574.  DISASTER ASSISTANCE; HAZARD MITIGATION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5170c

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would streamline and improve 
implementation of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program under section 404 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 
It would clarify program eligibility, simplify program administration, 
and allow States the maximum flexibility under current law.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Donna M. Dannels, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472
Phone: 202 646-3662
Fax: 202 646-3104

RIN: 3067-AC46
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3575. NATIONAL DEFENSE EXECUTIVE RESERVE GUIDANCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 337

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn                       02/28/96

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Linda Matticks
Phone: 202 646-2703

RIN: 3067-AB51
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3576. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS/CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS (CATEX)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 10

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn - Same as 3067-AC41   02/28/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michael Hirsch
Phone: 202 646-4099

RIN: 3067-AC21
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3577. DISASTER ASSISTANCE; INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRANT PROGRAM

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 206

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn - Same as 3067-AC35   03/15/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Laurence W. Zensinger
Phone: 202 646-4262

RIN: 3067-AC28
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3578. REVIEW OF DETERMINATIONS REGARDING REQUIRED PURCHASE OF FLOOD 
INSURANCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 65

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    12/05/95                    60 FR 62213
Final Action Effective          01/02/96

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Michael K. Buckley
Phone: 202 646-2756

RIN: 3067-AC38
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3579. EXEMPTION FROM GARNISHMENT FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 206.101

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    02/27/96                     61 FR 7224
Final Action Effective          03/28/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Laurence W. Zensinger
Phone: 202 646-4262

RIN: 3067-AC39
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3580. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS/CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 10

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    02/05/96                     61 FR 4227
Final Action Effective          02/05/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Rick Shivar
Phone: 202 646-3610

RIN: 3067-AC41
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3581. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM; INSURANCE RATES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  44 CFR 61

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    03/04/96                     61 FR 8222
Final Action Effective          04/30/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles M. Plaxico
Phone: 202 646-3422

RIN: 3067-AC42
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3582. FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn - Duplicate of 3067-
AC45.                           03/12/96

RIN: 3067-AC44
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