Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale: Connecticut, et al.,
[Federal Register: November 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 221)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63796-63798]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
44 CFR Part 64
[Docket No. FEMA-7701]
Suspension of Community Eligibility
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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floodplain management measures prior to the effective suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will be withdrawn by publication in the Federal Register.
EFFECTIVE 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: Robert F. Shea, Jr., Division Director, Program Implementation Division, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street, SW., Room 417, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3619.
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 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]
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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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The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are amended as follows:
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Date Certain Federal Community Effective date of Current effective map assistance no longer State/location
No.
eligibility
date
available in Special flood hazard areas
Region I
Connecticut:
Plymouth, town of,
090138 Sept. 4, 1975, Nov. 6, 1998.......... Nov. 6, 1998.
Litchfield County.
Emerg.; Oct. 15,
1982, Reg.; Nov.
6, 1998, Susp.
Windham, town of, Windham
090119 June 26, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg.; Feb. 3,
1982, Reg.; Nov.
6, 1998, Susp.
Region IV
North Carolina: Carteret
370043 Nov. 19, 1971, ......do.............. Do.
County, unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; May 15,
1980, Reg.; Nov.
6, 1998, Susp.
Region V
Minnesota: East Grand Forks,
275236 Jan. 19, 1973, ......do.............. Do.
city of, Polk County.
Emerg.; Sept.
15, 1977, Reg.;
Nov. 6, 1998,
Susp.
Region I
Maine:
Sidney, town of, Kennebec
230247 May 10, 1976, Nov. 20, 1998......... Nov. 20, 1998.
County.
Emerg.; March
18, 1987, Reg.;
Nov. 20, 1998,
Susp.
Vienna, town of, Kennebec
230249 May 3, 1976, ......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg.; Aug. 19,
1985, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Massachusetts: Sudbury, town
250217 Aug. 1, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
of, Middlesex County.
Emerg.; June 1,
1982, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Region III
West Virginia: Berkeley County,
540282 July 29, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; Aug. 4,
1988, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Region IV
North Carolina:
Grifton, town of, Lenoir
370192 April 10, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
and Pitt Counties.
Emerg.; Feb. 17,
1982, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Raleigh, city of, Wake
370243 Aug. 31, 1973, ......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg.; Aug. 15,
1978, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Region VI
Arkansas: West Memphis, city
050055 June 6, 1974, ......do.............. Do.
of, Crittenden County.
Emerg.; July 16,
1980, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Texas:
Gonzales County,
480253 Nov. 8, 1973, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; Aug. 15,
1978, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Guadalupe County,
480266 Sept. 22, 1972, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; March 1,
1979, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Victoria County,
480637 April 16, 1979, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; Sept.
18, 1987, Reg.;
Nov. 20, 1998,
Susp.
Region VII
Iowa:
Carlisle, city of, Warren
190274 December 17, ......do.............. Do.
County.
1974, Emerg.;
Aug. 4, 1987,
Reg.; Nov. 20,
1998, Susp.
Indianola, city of, Warren
190275 June 1, 1977, ......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg.; July 31,
1979, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Norwalk, city of, Warren
190631 March 3, 1993, ......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg.; Nov. 20,
1998, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Warren County,
190912 Nov. 19, 1990, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; July 1,
1991, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Region IX
California:
Firebaugh, city of, Fresno
060046 June 20, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
and Madera Counties.
Emerg.; Aug. 23,
1982, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Fresno County,
065029 June 30, 1970, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; December
1, 1982, Reg.;
Nov. 20, 1998,
Susp.
Madera County,
060170 March 3, 1972, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; Aug. 4,
1987, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Winters, city of, Yolo
060425 April 11, 1975, ......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg.; Dec. 1,
1978, Reg.; Nov.
20, 1998, Susp.
Nevada: Lyon County,
320029 April 20, 1982, ......do.............. Do.
unincorporated areas.
Emerg.; Sept.
30, 1982, Reg.;
Nov. 20, 1998,
Susp.
Code for reading third column: Emerg.-Emergency; Reg.-Regular; Rein.-Reinstatement; Susp.-Suspension.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood Insurance'')
Issued: November 3, 1998. Michael J. Armstrong, Associate Director for Mitigation.
[FR Doc. 98-30707Filed11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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