[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 55787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22298]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1066]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Hampden County, MA, 
and Incorporated Areas

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is withdrawing 
its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations 
for Hampden County, Massachusetts, and Incorporated Areas.

DATES: This withdrawal is effective on September 11, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-
1066, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal 
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-4064, or 
(email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov.

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, (202) 646-4064, or (email) Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 8, 2009, FEMA published a 
proposed rulemaking at 74 FR 46047, proposing flood elevation 
determinations along one or more flooding sources in Hampden County, 
Massachuhsetts. FEMA is withdrawing the proposed rulemaking and intends 
to publish a Notice of Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in the 
Federal Register and a notice in the affected community's local 
newspaper following issuance of a revised preliminary Flood Insurance 
Rate Map and Flood Insurance Study report.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4104; 44 CFR 67.4.

    Dated: September 3, 2012.
Sandra K. Knight,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-22298 Filed 9-10-12; 8:45 am]
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