Suspension of Community Eligibility
Federal Register: September 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 181)
Rules and Regulations
Page 53747-53748
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency 44 CFR Part 64
Docket No. FEMA-8039
Suspension of Community Eligibility
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) receives documentation proving 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 will be provided by publication in the
Federal Register on a subsequent date.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of each community's scheduled suspension is the third date (``Susp.'') listed in the third column of the following tables.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you want to determine whether a particular community was suspended on the suspension date or obtain additional information, contact David Stearrett, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2953.
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 the statutory requirement for compliance with program regulations, 44 CFR part 59. 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.
Previously, FEMA 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 the FEMA 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 the notice and public comment under 5
U.S.C. 553(b) are impracticable and unnecessary because the 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 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 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.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This rule involves no policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This rule meets the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.
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 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] 0 2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 64.6 are amended as follows:
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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 IV
North Carolina:
Albermarle, City of, Stanly
370223 March 19, 1974,
Sept. 3, 2008......... Sept. 3, 2008.
County.
Emerg; December 1, 1981, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Badin, Town of, Stanly
370417 September 24,
......do.............. Do.
County.
2002, Emerg;
September 24, 2002, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Locust, City of, Stanly
370508 May 29, 2003,
......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg; May 29, 2003, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Norwood, Town of, Stanly
370509 May 17, 2000,
......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg; September 21, 2000, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Oakboro, Town of, Stanly
370493 July 9, 1997,
......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg; September 21, 2000, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Polk County, Unincorporated
370194 January 15, 1974, ......do.............. Do.
Areas.
Emerg; January 1, 1987, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Stanly County,
370361 July 12, 1979,
......do.............. Do.
Unincorporated Areas.
Emerg; December 1, 1981, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Tryon, Town of, Polk County
370271 March 5, 1974,
......do.............. Do.
Emerg; August 19, 1986, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Tennessee:
Erwin, City of, Unicoi
470094 April 20, 1978,
......do.............. Do.
County.
Emerg; September 5, 1984, Reg;
September 3, 2008, Susp.
Unicoi County,
470238 December 17,
......do.............. Do.
Unincorporated Areas.
1979, Emerg;
January 3, 1985,
Reg; September 3, 2008, Susp.
*do=Ditto.
Code for reading third column: Emerg.--Emergency; Reg.--Regular; Susp--Suspension.
Dated: September 8, 2008.
David I. Maurstad,
Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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