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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 65

[Docket ID FEMA-2012-0003]

Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are
finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be
used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and
their contents.

DATES: The effective dates for these modified BFEs are indicated on the
following table and revise the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) in
effect for the listed communities prior to this date.

ADDRESSES: The modified BFEs 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 table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or (email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below of the modified BFEs
for each community listed. These modified BFEs have been published in
newspapers of local circulation and ninety (90) days have elapsed since
that publication. The Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation has
resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.
    The modified BFEs are not listed for each community in this notice.
However, this final rule includes the address of the Chief Executive
Officer of the community where the modified BFE determinations are
available for inspection.
    The modified BFEs are made pursuant to section 206 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 BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management
measures that the community is required either to 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
(NFIP).
    These modified BFEs, 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.
    These modified BFEs are used to meet the floodplain management
requirements of the NFIP and also are used to calculate the appropriate
flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after these
elevations are made final, and for the contents in those buildings. The
changes in BFEs are in accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.
    National Environmental Policy Act. This final rule is categorically
excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental
Consideration. An environmental impact assessment has not been
prepared.
    Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood elevation determinations are
not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
    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 final rule involves no
policies that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism.
    Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final rule meets
the applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.

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]

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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.

Sec.  65.4  [Amended]

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

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                                                             Date and name of
         State and county           Location and case No.     newspaper where     Chief executive officer   Effective date of  modification   Community
                                                           notice was published         of community                                             No.
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Florida: Sumter (FEMA Docket No.:   Unincorporated areas   September 22, 2011;   The Honorable Don          January 27, 2012...............       120296
 B-1260).                            of Sumter County (11-  September 29, 2011;   Burgess, Chairman,
                                     04-4816P).             The Sumter County     Sumter County Board of
                                                            Times.                Commissioners, 7375
                                                                                Powell Road, Wildwood,
                                                                                FL 34785.
New Mexico: Bernalillo (FEMA        City of Albuquerque    October 4, 2011;      The Honorable Richard J.   September 27, 2011.............       350002
 Docket No.: B-1234).                (11-06-0465P).         October 11, 2011;     Berry, Mayor, City of
                                                            The Albuquerque       Albuquerque, 1 Civic
                                                            Journal.              Place, Albuquerque, NM
                                                                                87102.
North Carolina: Orange (FEMA        Town of Chapel Hill    November 23, 2011;    The Honorable Mark         March 29, 2012.................       370180
 Docket No.: B-1260).                (10-04-6903P).         November 30, 2011;    Kleinschmidt, Mayor,
                                                            The Chapel Hill       Town of Chapel Hill, 405
                                                            Herald.               Martin Luther King, Jr.
                                                                                Boulevard, Chapel Hill,
                                                                                NC 27514.
Texas: Bexar (FEMA Docket No.: B-   City of San Antonio    November 28, 2011;    The Honorable Julian       December 21, 2011..............       480045
 1260).                              (11-06-2247P).         December 5, 2011;     Castro, Mayor, City of
                                                            The San Antonio       San Antonio, 100
                                                            Express-News.         Military Plaza, San
                                                                                Antonio, TX 78205.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

    Dated: September 14, 2012.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2277-023]

AmerenUE; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

July 2, 2010.
    On June 24, 2008, AmerenUE, licensee for the Taum Sauk Pumped
Storage Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's
regulations thereunder. The Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Hydroelectric
Project is on the East Fork Black River and Taum Sauk Creek, in
Reynolds, Iron, St. Francois, and Washington counties, near the Town of
Lesterville, Missouri.
    The license for Project No. 2277 was issued for a period ending
June 30, 2010. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 808(a)(1),
requires the Commission, at the expiration of a license term, to issue
from year-to-year an annual license to the then licensee under the
terms and conditions of the prior license until a new license is
issued, or the project is otherwise disposed of as provided in section
15 or any other applicable section of the FPA. If the project's prior
license waived the applicability of section 15 of the FPA, then, based
on section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c),
and as set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the licensee of such project
has filed an application for a subsequent license, the licensee may
continue to operate the project in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the license after the minor or minor part license
expires, until the Commission acts on its application. If the licensee
of such a project has not filed an application for a subsequent
license, then it may be required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), to
continue project operations until the Commission issues someone else a
license for the project or otherwise orders disposition of the project.
    If the project is subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is
hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 2277 is issued to
AmerenUE for a period effective July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, or
until the issuance of a new license for the project or other
disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance of a new
license (or other disposition) does not take place on or before June
30, 2011, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an
annual license under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is renewed
automatically without further order or notice by the Commission, unless
the Commission orders otherwise.
    If the project is not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is
hereby given that AmerenUE is authorized to continue operation of the
Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the
Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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