Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale: Various States,
[Federal Register: April 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 73)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19658-19660]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 64
[Docket No. FEMA-7921]
Suspension of Community Eligibility
AGENCY: Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security.
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 scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program. If 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.
ADDRESSES: If you want 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: William H. Lesser, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2807.
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 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
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the communities will be published in the Federal Register.
In addition, 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.
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.
0 Accordingly, 44 CFR part 64 is amended as follows:
PART 64--[AMENDED]
0 1. The authority citation for part 64 is revised 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]
0 The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are amended as follows:
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
Region V
Michigan:
Benton, Township of,
260031 April 19, 1973, April 17, 2006........ April 17, 2006. Berrien County.
Emerg; April 3, 1978, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Benton Harbor, City of,
260032 January 19, 1973, ......do*............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; May 15, 1978, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Berrien Springs, Village
260330 July 12, 1976, ......do.............. do. of, Berrien County.
Emerg; April 30, 1986, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Buchanan, City of, Berrien
260554 February 23, ......do.............. do. County.
1976, Emerg; April 16, 1993, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Coloma, City of, Berrien
260556 October 27, 1976, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; January 18, 1980, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Coloma, Township of,
260034 April 12, 1974, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; February 15, 1984, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Hagar, Township of, Berrien
260035 April 19, 1973, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; December 1, 1977, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Lake, Township of, Berrien
260036 July 26, 1973, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; November 1, 1979, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Lincoln, Township of,
260037 March 16, 1973, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; March 1, 1978, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Michiana, Village of,
260275 April 13, 1973, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; May 1, 1978, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
New Buffalo, City of,
260038 April 10, 1973, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; December 4, 1979, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
New Buffalo, Township of,
260039 April 22, 1975, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; December 4, 1979, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Niles, City of, Berrien
260040 January 16, 1975, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; July 16, 1987, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Niles, Township of, Berrien
260041 September 9, ......do.............. do. County.
1974, Emerg; June 3, 1986, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Oronoko Township of,
260042 July 7, 1975, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; June 17, 1986, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
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Watervliet, City of,
260047 July 22, 1975, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; November 16, 1983, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Watervliet, Township of,
260048 March 14, 1974, ......do.............. do. Berrien County.
Emerg; November 16, 1983, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp. Minnesota:
Big Stone County,
270652 July 2, 1974, ......do.............. do. Unincorporated Areas.
Emerg; June 17, 1986, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Clinton, City of Big Stone
270024 May 15, 1997, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; April 17, 2006, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Graceville, City of, Stone
270026 July 25, 1997, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; April 17, 2006, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Odessa, City of, Big Stone
270027 September 10, ......do.............. do. County.
1975, Emerg; January 3, 1985, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Ortonville, City of, Stone
270028 July 2, 1974, ......do.............. do. County.
Emerg; February 19, 1986, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
Region VII
Nebraska:
Sterling, Village of,
310126 August 25, 1975, ......do.............. do. Johnson County.
Emerg; September 1, 1987, Reg; April 17, 2006, Susp.
*-do- = Ditto. Code for reading third column: Emerg.-Emergency; Reg.-Regular; Susp.-Suspension.
Dated: April 10, 2006. David I. Maurstad, Acting Mitigation Division Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 06-3630 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]
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