[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6878-6880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3782]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 65
[Docket No. FEMA-7201]
Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
ACTION: Interim rule.
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SUMMARY: This interim rule lists communities where modification of the
base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new
scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be
calculated from the modified base flood elevations for new buildings
and their contents.
DATES: These modified base flood elevations are currently in effect on
the dates listed in the table and revise the Flood Insurance Rate
Map(s) (FIRMs) in effect prior to this determination for each listed
community.
From the date of the second publication of these changes in a
newspaper of local circulation, any person has ninety (90) days in
which to request through the community that the Executive Associate
Director reconsider the changes. The modified elevations may be changed
during the 90-day period.
ADDRESSES: The modified base flood elevations 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 following
table.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick H. Sharrocks, Jr., Chief,
Hazard Identification Branch, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2796.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The modified base flood elevations are not
listed for each community in this interim rule. However, the address of
the Chief Executive Officer of the community where the modified base
flood elevation determinations are available for inspection is
provided.
Any request for reconsideration must be based upon knowledge of
changed conditions, or upon new scientific or technical data.
The modifications are made pursuant to section 201 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance
with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.,
and with 44 CFR part 65.
For rating purposes, the currently effective community number is
shown and must be used for all new policies and renewals.
The modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain
management measures that the community is required to either adopt or
to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or to
remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program.
These modified elevations, together with the floodplain management
criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required.
They should not be construed to mean that the community must change any
existing ordinances that are more stringent in their floodplain
management requirements. The community may at any time enact stricter
requirements of its own, or pursuant to policies established by other
Federal, state or regional entities.
The changes in base flood elevations are in accordance with 44 CFR
65.4.
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 Executive Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate, certifies
that this rule is exempt from the requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because modified base flood elevations are required by
the Flood Disaster
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Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are required to maintain
community eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program. No
regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.
Regulatory Classification
This interim 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 12612, Federalism
This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications
under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, 1987.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets the applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of
Executive Order 12778.
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 65
Flood insurance, Floodplains, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 65 is amended to read as follows:
PART 65--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 65 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. 65.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 65.4 are
amended as follows:
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Chief executive
State and county Location Dates and name of newspaper officer of Effective date of Community
where notice was published community modification number
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Florida: Pinellas........... Unincorporated Areas........ November 15, 1996, November 22, Mr. Fred E. November 6, 1996............ 125139 D
1996, St. Petersburg Times. Marquis,
Pinellas
County
Administrator,
315 Court
Street,
Clearwater,
Florida 34616.
Florida: Pinellas........... Town of Belleair............ November 25, 1996, December 2, The Honorable November 18, 1996........... 125088 B
1996, St. Petersburg Times. Stephen G.
Watts, Mayor
of the Town of
Belleair, 901
Ponce De Leon
Boulevard,
Belleair,
Florida 34616-
1096.
Illinois: Cook and Lake..... Village of Buffalo Grove.... October 24, 1996, October 31, Mr. Sidney October 16, 1996............ 170068 D
1996, Daily Herald. Mathias,
Village
President, 50
Raupp
Boulevard,
Municipal
Building,
Buffalo Grove,
Illinois 60089.
Illinois: Tazewell.......... Village of Morton........... December 11, 1996, December 18, Dr. Robert D. December 4, 1996............ 170652 D
1996, Tazewell News. Hertenstein,
President of
the Village of
Morton, P.O.
Box 28, 120
North Main
Street,
Morton,
Illinois 61550.
Indiana: Allen.............. Unincorporated Areas........ November 26, 1996, December 3, Mr. Ed November 21, 1996........... 180302 D
1996, The Journal Gazette. Rousseau,
Allen County
Commissioner,
1 East Main
Street, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
46802.
Maryland: Frederick......... Unincorporated Areas........ September 30, 1996, October 7, Mr. Mark Hoke, January 5, 1997............. 240027 A
1996, Frederick Post. President of
the Frederick
County Board
of
Commissioners,
12 East Church
Street,
Frederick,
Maryland 21701.
Minnesota: Anoka............ City of Centerville......... October 8, 1996, October 15, The Honorable January 13, 1997............ 270008
1996, Quad Community Press. Thomas
Wilharber,
Mayor of the
City of
Centerville,
1880 Main
Street,
Centerville,
Minnesota
55038.
Mississippi: DeSoto County.. City of Olive Branch........ October 16, 1996, October 23, The Honorable October 8, 1996............. 280286 D
1996, DeSoto County Tribune. D. M. Nichols,
Mayor of the
City of Olive
Branch, 9189
East Pigeon
Roost Avenue,
Olive Branch,
Mississippi
38654.
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North Carolina: Edgecombe City of Rocky Mount......... December 16, 1996, December 23, Mr. Stephen W. December 9, 1996............ 370092 C
and Nash. 1996, Rocky Mount Evening and Raper, Rocky
Sunday Telegram. Mount City
Manager, P.O.
Box 1180,
Rocky Mount,
North Carolina
27802-1180.
North Carolina: Wake County. Unincorporated Areas........ December 11, 1996, December 18, Mr. Richard Y. December 4, 1996............ 370368 E
1996, The News and Observer. Stevens, Wake
County
Manager, 336
Fayetteville
Street, P.O.
Box 550,
Raleigh, North
Carolina 27602.
North Carolina: Wilkes...... North Wilkesboro............ November 25, 1996, December 2, Mr. James H. November 20, 1996........... 370257 B
1996, Journal Patriot. Bentley, Town
Manager, P.O.
Box 218, North
Wilkesboro,
North Carolina
28659.
Ohio: Franklin.............. City of Dublin.............. November 14, 1996, November 21, Mr. Tim November 7, 1996............ 390673 G
1996, Columbus Dispatch. Hansley, City
of Dublin
Manager, 6665
Kaufman Road,
Dublin, Ohio
43017.
South Carolina: Greenville Unincorporated Areas........ December 9, 1996, December 16, Mr. Gerald December 2, 1996............ 450089 B
County. 1996, The Greenville News. Seals,
Greenville
County
Administrator,
301 University
Ridge, Suite
100,
Greenville,
South Carolina
29601.
South Carolina: Lancaster... City of Lancaster........... September 27, 1996, October 4, The Honorable September 5, 1996........... 450121 B
1996, The Lancaster News. Robert Mobley,
Mayor of the
City of
Lancaster,
P.O. Box 1149,
Lancaster,
South Carolina
29721.
Tennessee: Shelby........... City of Germantown.......... November 21, 1996, November 28, The Honorable February 26, 1997........... 470353 E
1996, The Commercial Appeal. Sharon
Goldsworthy,
Mayor of the
City of
Germantown,
1930 South
Germantown
Road, P.O. Box
38809,
Germantown,
Tennessee
38183-0809.
Virginia: Loudoun........... Town of Leesburg............ November 13, 1996, November 20, The Honorable February 18, 1997........... 510091
1996, Loudoun Times-Mirror. James E. Clem,
Mayor of the
Town of
Leesburg, P.O.
Box 88,
Leesburg,
Virginia 20178.
Virginia: Stafford.......... Unincorporated Areas........ July 23, 1996, July 30, 1996, Mr. C. M. October 28, 1996............ 510154 D
Free Lance-Star. Williams, Jr.,
Stafford
County
Administrator,
1300
Courthouse
Road, P.O. Box
339, Stafford,
Virginia 22555-
0339.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance'')
Dated: January 31, 1997.
Richard W. Krimm,
Executive Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.
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