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Suspension of Community Eligibility
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[Federal Register: January 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 9)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2825-2827]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr12ja01-12]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 64
[Docket No. FEMA-7753]
Suspension of Community Eligibility
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
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 suspended 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suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by
publication in the Federal Register.
DATES: The effective date of each community's suspension is the third
date (``Susp.'') listed in the third column of the following tables.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to determine whether a particular community was
suspended on the suspension date, contact the appropriate FEMA Regional
Office or the NFIP servicing contractor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna M. Dannels, Branch Chief,
Policy, Assessment and Outreach Division, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C
Street, SW., Room 411, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3098.
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 National Flood Insurance Program, 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 et seq. 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.
In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified
the special flood hazard areas 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 the identified special flood hazard area of
communities not participating in the NFIP and identified for more than
a year, on the Federal Emergency Management Agency'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 Associate Director 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 a 6-month, 90-day, and 30-day notification
addressed to the Chief Executive Officer that the community will be
suspended unless the required floodplain management measures are met
prior to the effective suspension date. Since these notifications have
been 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 Associate Director 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
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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 they take remedial
action.
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.
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.
Executive Order 12612, Federalism. This rule involves no policies
that have federalism implications under Executive Order 12612,
Federalism, October 26, 1987, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 252.
Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform. This rule meets the
applicable standards of section 2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778,
October 25, 1991, 56 FR 55195, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 309.
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 64
Flood insurance, Floodplains.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 64 is amended as follows:
PART 64--[AMENDED]
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]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are
amended as follows:
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Effective date
authorization/ Date certain Federal
Community cancellation of Current effective map assistance no longer
State and location No. sale of flood date available in special
insurance in flood hazard areas
community
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Region III
Pennsylvania: Gilpin, township 421306 July 25, 1975, Aug. 23, 2000......... Jan. 5, 2001.
of, Armstrong County. Emerg., May 4,
1988, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
Virginia: Monterey, town of, 510379 May 9, 1997, Dec. 20, 2000......... Do.
Highland County. Emerg., January
5, 2001, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
Region V
Illinois:
Golf, village of, Cook 170098 January 17, 1975, Nov. 6, 2000.......... Do.
County. Emerg., November
15, 1979, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
La Grange, village of, Cook 170114 March 30, 1973, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg., November
9, 1979, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
Lincolnwood, village of, 171001 April 24, 1979, ......do.............. Do.
Cook County. Emerg., April
24, 1979, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
North Riverside, village 170135 March 24, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
of, Cook County. Emerg., December
16, 1980, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
Orland Park, village of, 170140 April 15, 1974, ......do.............. Do.
Cook County. Emerg., February
4, 1981, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
Palos Heights, city of, 170142 July 27, 1973, ......do.............. Do.
Cook County. Emerg., July 16,
1980, Reg.
January 5, 2001.
Region III
Pennsylvania:
Blooming Grove, township 421962 December 2, 1976, Oct. 6, 2000.......... Jan. 19, 2001.
of, Pike County. Emerg.; October
18, 1988, Reg.;
January 19, 2001.
Delaware, township of, Pike 421963 September 10, ......do.............. Do.
County. 1975, Emerg.;
December 4,
1985; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Greene, township of, Pike 421965 August 6, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; October
18, 1988, Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Lackawaxen, township of, 421966 July 7, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
Pike County. Emerg.; August
4, 1988; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Lehman, township of, Pike 421967 February 3, 1976, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; June 19,
1989; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Milford, borough of, Pike 420759 July 23, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; June 1,
1989; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Milford, township of, Pike 422642 March 11, 1976, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; December
4, 1985; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Porter, township of, Pike 422500 August 17, 1979, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; October
15, 1985; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Shohola, township of, Pike 421969 August 7, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; July 15,
1988; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Westfall, township of, Pike 421970 July 30, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
County. Emerg.; February
2, 1989; Reg.
January 19, 2001.
Virginia: Hardy County, 540051 May 16, 1978, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas. Emerg., June 19,
1985, Reg.
January 19, 2001.
West Virginia: Moorefield, town 540052 May 12, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
of, Hardy County. Emerg., July 1,
1987, Reg.
January 19, 2001.
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Code for reading third column: Emerg.--Emergency; Reg.--Regular; Susp.--Suspension.
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Dated: January 5, 2001.
Michael J. Armstrong,
Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 01-1026 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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