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G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
Executive Order 13045: ‘‘Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April
23, 1997) applies to any rule that (1) is
determined to be ‘‘economically
significant’’ as defined under Executive
Order 12866, and (2) concerns an
environmental health or safety risk that
EPA has reason to believe may have
disproportionate effect on children. If
the regulatory action meets both criteria,
the Agency must evaluate the
environmental health or safety effects of
the planned rule on children, and
explain why the planned regulation is
preferable to other potentially effective
and reasonably feasible alternatives
considered by the Agency.
The EPA interprets Executive Order
13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that are based on
health or safety risks, such that the
analysis required under section 5–501 of
the Order has the potential to influence
the regulation. This proposal is not
subject to Executive Order 13045
because it does not establish an
environmental standard intended to
mitigate health or safety risks.
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H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This proposed rule is not a
‘‘significant energy action’’ as defined in
Executive Order 13211, ‘‘Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use,’’ (66 FR 28355;
May 22, 2001) because it is not likely to
have a significant adverse effect on the
supply, distribution, or use of energy.
I. National Technology Transfer
Advancement Act
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer Advancement Act
of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law No. 104–
113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note)
directs EPA to use voluntary consensus
standards (VCS) in its regulatory
activities unless to do so would be
inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary
consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., materials specifications,
test methods, sampling procedures, and
business practices) that are developed or
adopted by VCS bodies. The NTTAA
directs EPA to provide Congress,
through OMB, explanations when the
Agency decides not to use available and
applicable VCS.
This proposed rulemaking does not
involve technical standards. Therefore,
EPA is not considering the use of any
VCS.
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The EPA will encourage States that
have compact areas to consider the use
of such standards, where appropriate, in
the development of their SIPs.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 requires that
each Federal agency make achieving
environmental justice part of its mission
by identifying and addressing, as
appropriate, disproportionate high and
adverse human health or environmental
effects of its programs, policies, and
activities on minorities and low-income
populations.
The EPA believes that this proposed
rule should not raise any environmental
justice issues. The health and
environmental risks associated with
ozone were considered in the
establishment of the 8-hour, 0.08 ppm
ozone NAAQS. The level is designed to
be protective with an adequate margin
of safety.
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paragraphs (e)(2)(i) through (v) of this
section.
(ii) * * *
(B) Prior to expiration of the deferred
effective date on April 15, 2008, if the
Administrator determines that an area
or the State subject to a compact has not
met the requirement in paragraph
(e)(2)(vi) of this section, the
nonattainment designation shall become
effective as of the deferred effective
date, unless EPA takes affirmative
rulemaking action to further extend the
deadline.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 67
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control.
[Docket No. FEMA–P–7921]
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7408; 42 U.S.C. 7410;
42 U.S.C. 7501–7511f; 42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1).
AGENCY:
Dated: August 3, 2006.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
40 CFR part 81 is proposed to be
amended as follows:
PART 81—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 81
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment
Status Designations
2. Section 81.300 is amended by
revising paragraphs (e)(3)(i) and
(e)(3)(ii)(B) to read as follows:
§ 81.300
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(e) * * *
(3) * * *
(i) General. Notwithstanding clauses
(i) through (iv) of section 107(d)(1)(B) of
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7407(d)(1)(B)), the Administrator shall
defer until April 15, 2008, the effective
date of a nonattainment designation of
any area subject to a compact that does
not meet (or that contributes to ambient
air quality in a nearby area that does not
meet) the 8-hour ozone national ambient
air quality standard if the Administrator
determines that the area subject to a
compact has met the requirements in
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
Department of Homeland Security,
Mitigation Division.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: Technical information or
comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFEs modifications for the communities
listed below. The 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
remain qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
The comment period is ninety
(90) days following the second
publication of this proposed rule in a
newspaper of local circulation in each
community.
DATES:
Scope.
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Determinations
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The proposed 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:
William R. Blanton, Jr., CFM, Acting
Section Chief, Engineering Management
Section, Mitigation Division, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–3151.
ADDRESSES:
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FEMA
proposes to make determinations of
BFEs and modified BFEs for each
community listed below, in accordance
with Section 110 of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104,
and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
These proposed BFEs and 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
proposed elevations are used to meet
the floodplain management
requirements of the NFIP and are also
used to calculate the appropriate flood
insurance premium rates for new
buildings built after these elevations are
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
made final, and for the contents in these
buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act.
This proposed 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
Mitigation Division Director certifies
that this proposed rule is exempt from
the requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because proposed or
modified BFEs are required by the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42
U.S.C. 4104, and are required to
establish and maintain community
eligibility in the NFIP. As a result, a
regulatory flexibility analysis has not
been prepared.
Regulatory Classification. This
proposed 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.
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67
Administrative practice and
procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 67—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 67
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.
§ 67.4
[Amended]
2. The tables published under the
authority of § 67.4 are proposed to be
amended as follows:
*Elevation in feet (NGVD)
Flooding source(s)
Location of referenced elevation
Communities affected
Effective
Buffalo Creek ...........................................
Wheeling Drainage Ditch ........................
William Rogers
Channel.
Memorial
Diversion
Modified
Just upstream of Elmhurst Road ...........
Just downstream of Aptakisic Road ......
Just downstream of Wolf Road .............
*654
*668
*642
*653
*667
*641
Approximately 400 feet downstream of
Elmhurst Road.
Approximately 300 feet upstream of the
confluence with Des Plaines River.
At divergence from Wheeling Drainage
Ditch.
*653
*652
*None
*644
*650
Village of Wheeling.
*646
Cook County(Unincorporated
Areas),Village of Wheeling.
ADDRESSES
Cook County, Illinois (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at Cook County Building and Zoning Department, 69 West Washington, Suite 2830, Chicago, Illinois.
Send comments to: Mr. John H. Stroger, Jr., President, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 118 North Clark Street, Room 537, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
Village of Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois
Maps are available for inspection at Wheeling Village Hall, Engineer’s Office, 255 West Dundee Road, Wheeling, Illinois.
Send comments to: Mr. Greg Klatecki, Village President, 225 West Dundee Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090.
* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
Dated: July 24, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 67
Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
AGENCY:
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Department of Homeland Security,
Mitigation Division.
ACTION:
Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: Technical information or
comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFEs modifications for the communities
listed below. The 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
remain qualified for participation in the
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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45497-45498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12908]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA-P-7921]
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of
Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Technical information or comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The 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 remain qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
DATES: The comment period is ninety (90) days following the second
publication of this proposed rule in a newspaper of local circulation
in each community.
ADDRESSES: The proposed 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: William R. Blanton, Jr., CFM, Acting
Section Chief, Engineering Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500
C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA proposes to make determinations of BFEs
and modified BFEs for each community listed below, in accordance with
Section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C.
4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
These proposed BFEs and 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 proposed elevations
are used to meet the floodplain management requirements of the NFIP and
are also used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium
rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made final,
and for the contents in these buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act. This proposed 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 Mitigation Division Director
certifies that this proposed rule is exempt from the requirements of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act because proposed or modified BFEs are
required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104,
and are required to establish and maintain community eligibility in the
NFIP. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not been
prepared.
Regulatory Classification. This proposed 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.
List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67
Administrative practice and procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 67--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 67 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. 67.4 [Amended]
2. The tables published under the authority of Sec. 67.4 are
proposed to be amended as follows:
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*Elevation in feet
(NGVD)
Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation -------------------------- Communities affected
Effective Modified
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Buffalo Creek............................ Just upstream of Elmhurst Road... *654 *653 Village of Wheeling.
Just downstream of Aptakisic Road *668 *667
Wheeling Drainage Ditch.................. Just downstream of Wolf Road..... *642 *641 Cook County(Unincorporated Areas),Village of
Wheeling.
Approximately 400 feet downstream *653 *652
of Elmhurst Road.
William Rogers Memorial Diversion Channel Approximately 300 feet upstream *None *644
of the confluence with Des
Plaines River.
At divergence from Wheeling *650 *646
Drainage Ditch.
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ADDRESSES
Cook County, Illinois (Unincorporated Areas)
Maps are available for inspection at Cook County Building and Zoning Department, 69 West Washington, Suite 2830, Chicago, Illinois.
Send comments to: Mr. John H. Stroger, Jr., President, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 118 North Clark Street, Room 537, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
Village of Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois
Maps are available for inspection at Wheeling Village Hall, Engineer's Office, 255 West Dundee Road, Wheeling, Illinois.
Send comments to: Mr. Greg Klatecki, Village President, 225 West Dundee Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090.
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* National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
Dated: July 24, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-12908 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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