13116 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 17, 1999 / Rules and Regulations 4028±4029. As required by the National human environment as a result of the Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, we issuance of this final rule, and no Reform are evaluating the impact of erosion Environmental Impact Statement will be hazards on the NFIP. Part of that study prepared. Copies of the environmental This rule meets the applicable will explore the economic impact of assessment are on file for inspection standards of § 2(b)(2) of E.O. 12778. denying insurance in areas subject to through the Rules Docket Clerk, Federal List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 61 coastal erosion. It is premature for us to Emergency Management Agency, room comment on the Alliance's 840, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC Flood insurance. recommendation before we complete 20472. Accordingly, we amend 44 CFR Part that study and report to Congress. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 61 as follows: In summary, we believe that targeting Planning and Review a particularly risky class of properties PART 61ÐINSURANCE COVERAGE This rule is not a significant with higher premium rates supports AND RATES regulatory action within the meaning of FEMA's overall program of loss § 2(f) of E.O. 12866 of September 30, 1. The authority citation for Part 61 reduction. It more accurately reflects the 1993, 58 FR 51735, but attempts to continues to read as follows: loss exposure of pre-FIRM, V-zone adhere to the regulatory principles set properties, which are at a greater Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; forth in E.O. 12866. The rule has not exposure to flood loss than pre-FIRM, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR been reviewed by the Office of A-zone properties. Also, it helps make 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. Management and Budget under E.O. 12127 of Mar. 31, 1979, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, policyholders aware of the danger of 12866. 1979 Comp., p. 376. their V-zone properties. Paperwork Reduction Act 2. We are revising Section 61.9 to read National Environmental Policy Act This rule does not contain a collection as follows: Under section 102(2)(C) of the of information and therefore is not § 61.9 Establishment of chargeable rates. National Environmental Policy Act of subject to the provisions of the 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq., and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. (a) Under section 1308 of the Act, we implementing regulations of the Council are establishing annual chargeable rates on Environmental Quality, 40 CFR parts Executive Order 12612, Federalism for each $100 of flood insurance 1500±1508, we conducted an This rule involves no policies that coverage as follows for pre-FIRM, A environmental assessment of this rule. have federalism implications under E.O. zone properties, pre-FIRM, V zone The assessment concludes that there 12612, Federalism, dated October 26, properties, and emergency program will be no significant impact on the 1987. properties. A zone rates1 per year per V zone rates 2 per year per Type of structure $100 coverage on: $100 coverage on: Structure Contents Structure Contents 1. Residential: No Basement or Enclosure ...................................................................... .68 .79 .82 .95 With Basement or Enclosure .................................................................... .73 .79 .88 .95 2. All other including hotels and motels with normal occupancy of less than 6 months duration: No Basement or Enclosure ...................................................................... .79 1.58 .95 1.90 With Basement or Enclosure .................................................................... .84 1.58 1.01 1.90 1 A zones are zones A1±A30, AE, AO, AH, and unnumbered A zones. 2 V zones are zones V1±V30, VE, and unnumbered V zones. (b) We will charge rates for contents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR amended (Act). Catesbaea melanocarpa in pre-FIRM buildings according to the is known from Puerto Rico, St. Croix in use of the building. Fish and Wildlife Service the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbuda, Antigua, and Guadeloupe. In Puerto (c) A-zone rates for buildings without 50 CFR Part 17 basements or enclosures apply Rico, it is currently known from only one location in Cabo Rojo; in the U.S. uniformly to all buildings throughout RIN 1018±AE48 Virgin Islands, it is known from one emergency program communities. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife location near Christiansted, St. Croix. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. and Plants; Determination of Both populations are located on 83.100, ``Flood Insurance''; No. 83.516, Endangered Status for Catesbaea privately-owned land subject to intense ``Disaster Assistance'') Melanocarpa pressure for development for Dated: March 11, 1999. residential, tourist, and industrial AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Jo Ann Howard purposes. This final rule implements Interior. the Federal protection and recovery Administrator, ACTION: Final rule. provisions afforded by the Act for C. Federal Insurance Administration. melanocarpa. [FR Doc. 99±6466 Filed 3±16±99; 8:45 am] SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, determine Catesbaea EFFECTIVE DATE: April 16, 1999. BILLING CODE 6718±03±P melanocarpa (no common name) to be ADDRESSES: The complete file for this an endangered species under the rule is available for inspection, by Endangered Species Act of 1973, as appointment, during normal business VerDate 03-MAR-99 08:08 Mar 16, 1999 Jkt 183247 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\A17MR0.050 pfrm07 PsN: 17MRR1 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 17, 1999 / Rules and Regulations 13117 hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Kolterman (1993) and the Center for process rulemakings, giving highest Service, BoqueroÂn Field Office, P.O. Box Plant Conservation (1992) recommend priority (Tier 1) to processing 491, BoqueroÂn, Puerto Rico 00622. its protection due to the extremely small emergency rules to add species to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. number of individuals currently known, Lists of Endangered and Threatened Susan Silander, Botanist, at the above the intense pressure for development in Wildlife and Plants (Lists); second address (telephone 787/851±7297; these areas, and the potential for an priority (Tier 2) to processing final facsimile 787/851±7440). appreciable loss of the species' genetic determinations on proposals to add diversity. species to the Lists, processing new SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Catesbaea melanocarpa is a proposals to add species to the Lists, Background branching shrub that may reach processing administrative findings on The German collector Hienrich approximately 3 meters (9.8 feet) in petitions (to add species to the Lists, Rudolph Wullschlaegel first discovered height. Spines, 1 to 2 centimeters (.39 to delist species, or reclassify listed Catesbaea melanocarpa (no common .78 in) long, occur on the stems between species), and processing a limited name) in the mid-nineteenth century on the leaves. Leaves are small, from 5 to number of proposed or final rules to 25 mm (.19 to 1.0 in) long and 2 to 15 the British island of Antigua. In about delist or reclassify species; and third mm (.07 to .58 in) wide, often in 1881, the Danish collector Baron H. F. priority (Tier 3) to processing proposed clusters, and the small stipules A. von Eggers found C. melanocarpa in or final rules designating critical habitat. (appendages at the base of the leaf stalk) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and in Processing of this final rule is a Tier 2 are deciduous (shed seasonally). The 1886, the German collector Paul action. flowers are white, solitary or paired, and Sintenis found it in GuaÂnica, Puerto almost sessile (attached directly at the Summary of Comments and Rico. Although other herbariums base) in the axils. The corolla (petals) is Recommendations maintain duplicate specimens, bombing funnelform and from 8 to 10 mm (.31 to In the December 16, 1997, proposed during World War II destroyed the .39 in) long. The fruit is globe-shaped, rule and associated reports of original collections in the herbarium at 5 to 6 mm (.19 to .23 in) in diameter, information that might contribute to the Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. and black with a brittle fruit wall. The development of a final rule. We Howard (1989) and Proctor (1991) 2-celled fruit contains five to seven contacted appropriate agencies of the reported the species from Barbuda and seeds in each cell (Proctor 1991). Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Guadeloupe, islands of the Lesser Territory of the Virgin Islands, Federal Antilles. Little is known about its status Previous Federal Action agencies, scientific organizations and on these islands; the Center for Plant We had identified Catesbaea other interested parties and requested Conservation (1992) describes C. melanocarpa as a Category 2 species in their comments. We published a melanocarpa as rare on Antigua. It was notices of review published in the newspaper notice inviting public not rediscovered in St. Croix until 1988 Federal Register on February 21, 1990 comment in El Nuevo Dia on January 27, and, to date, it has not been relocated (55 FR 6184), and September 30, 1993 1998, and in The Daily News of the in the Gu nica, Puerto Rico, area. The St. (58 FR 51144). Prior to 1996, a Category Virgin Islands on January 31, 1998. We Croix population, located near 2 species was one that we were also solicited the expert opinions of four Christiansted, consists of about 24 considering for possible addition to the appropriate and independent specialists individual plants (Breckon and Federal List of Endangered and regarding the pertinent scientific or Kolterman 1993). In 1995, a single plant Threatened Plants, but for which commercial data and assumptions was located in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico conclusive data on biological relating to taxonomy, population (Puerto Rico Planning Board 1995).