Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 65

[Docket No. FEMA-D-7501]

Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION:

Interim rule.

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 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:

Matthew B. Miller, Chief, Hazards Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3461, or (email) matt.miller@fema.gov.

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 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 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.

§ 65.4

[Amended]

2. The tables published under the authority of § 65.4 are amended as follows:

State and county

Location

Dates and name of newspaper where notice was published

Chief executive officer of community

Effective date of modification

Community No.

Alabama:

Colbert

City of Tuscumbia

February 11, 2000, February 18, 2000,

Colbert County Reporter

The Honorable Jean McCormack, Mayor of the City of Tuscumbia, P.O. Box 29, Tuscumbia, Alabama 35674

May 18, 2000

010049 D

Elmore

Unincorporated Areas

May 17, 2000, May 24, 2000,

Montgomery Advertiser

Mr. Wayne Teal, Chairman of the Elmore County Commission, 100 Commerce Street, Room 207, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092

Aug. 22, 2000

010406 B

Elmore

City of Wetumpka

May 17, 2000, May 24, 2000,

Montgomery Advertiser

The Honorable Jo Glenn, Mayor of the City of Wetumpka, P.O. Box 1180, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092

Aug. 22, 2000

010070 B

Florida:

Charlotte

Unincorporated Areas

May 15, 2000, May 22, 2000,

Sun Herald

Mr. Jan Winters, Charlotte County Administrator, 18500 Murdock Circle, Room 536, Port Charlotte, Florida 33948-1094

May 8, 2000

120061 E

Orange

Unincorporated Areas

May 17, 2000, May 24, 2000,

The Orlando Sentinel

Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, P.E., Orange County Stormwater, Management Department, 4200 South John Young Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32839-9205

May 10, 2000

120179 D

Sarasota

Unincorporated Areas

April 28, 2000, May 5, 2000,

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Mr. Jim Ley, Sarasota County Administrator, 1660 Ringling Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Sarasota, Florida 34236

Apr. 21, 2000

125144 D

Georgia:

Cherokee

Unincorporated Areas

May 17, 2000, May 24, 2000,

Cherokee Tribune

Ms. Emily Lemcke, Chairwoman of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, 90 North Street, Suite 310, Canton, Georgia 30114

Aug. 22, 2000

130424 C

Cherokee

City of Woodstock

May 17, 2000, May 24, 2000,

Cherokee Tribune

The Honorable W. David Rogers, Mayor of the City of Woodstock, 103 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, Georgia 30188

Aug. 22, 2000

130264 B

Maryland:

Harford

Unincorporated Areas

May 12, 2000, May 19, 2000,

The Aegis

Mr. James M. Harkins, Harford County Executive, 220 South Main Street, Bel Air, Maryland 21014

May 3, 2000

240040 D

North Carolina:

Currituck

Unincorporated Areas

June 30, 2000, July 7, 2000,

The Daily Advance

Mr. William S. Richardson, Currituck County Manager, P.O. Box 39, Currituck, North Carolina 27929-0070

Oct. 5, 2000

370078 C

Orange

Town of Chapel Hill

April 28, 2000, May 5, 2000,

Chapel Hill News

The Honorable Rosemary Waldorf, Mayor of the Town of Chapel Hill, 306 North Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516

Apr. 19, 2000

370180 E

Pennsylvania:

Berks

Township of Lower Heidelberg

April 24, 2000, May 1, 2000,

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Mr. Russell Swinehart, Chairman of the Lower Heidelberg, Board of Supervisors, 24 Lisa Road, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania 19608

Apr. 4, 2000

421077 E

Bucks

Township of Middletown

April 26, 2000, May 3, 2000,

News-Herald

Mr. John J. Burke, Middletown Township Manager, 2140 Trenton Road, Levittown, Pennsylvania 19056

Mar. 8, 2000

420193

Butler

Borough of Harmony

June 8, 2000, June 15, 2000,

Butler Eagle

Mr. Jeffrey Smith, President, Borough of Harmony Council, P.O. Box 945, Harmony, Pennsylvania 16037

Sept. 13, 2000

420217

Butler

Township of Jackson

June 8, 2000, June 15, 2000,

Butler Eagle

Mr. James A. MacDonald, Chairman, Township of Jackson, Board of Supervisors, 140 Magill Road, Zelieople, Pennsylvania 16063

Sept. 13, 2000

421420

Huntingdon

Borough of Mount Union

April 21, 2000, April 28, 2000,

The Daily News

The Honorable Michael C. Goodman, Mayor of the Borough of Mount Union, P.O. Box 90, Mount Union, Pennsylvania 17066

Mar. 22, 2000

420489 B

Lebanon

Township of South Lebanon

October 8, 1999, October 15, 1999,

The Daily News

Mr. Curtis Kulp, Township of South Lebanon Manager, 1800 South Fifth Avenue, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042

Jan. 13, 2000

420581

Mifflin

Township of Wayne

April 21, 2000, April 28, 2000,

The Daily News

Mr. Theodore M. Reed, Chairman of the Wayne Township Board of Supervisors, 3055 Ferguson Valley, McVeytown, Pennsylvania 17051

Mar. 22, 2000

421240 A

Tennessee:

Shelby

Unincorporated Areas

March 23, 2000, March 30, 2000,

The Collierville Herald

The Honorable Jim Rout, Mayor of Shelby County, 160 North Main Street, Suite 850, Memphis, Tennessee 38103

June 28, 2000

470214

Virginia:

Prince William

Unincorporated Areas

April 7, 2000, April 14, 2000,

Potomac News

Mr. H.B. Ewert, Prince William County Executive, 1 County Complex Court, Prince William, Virginia 22192

July 13, 2000

510119 D

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, “Flood Insurance.”)

Dated: August 25, 2000.

Michael J. Armstrong,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 00-22804 Filed 9-5-00; 8:45 am]

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