2012-27152. Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Wicomico County, MD, and Incorporated Areas

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY:

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

DATES:

This withdrawal is effective on November 7, 2012.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1085, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, [phone], or (email) [e-mail].

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], or (email) [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On February 5, 2010, FEMA published a proposed rulemaking at 75 FR 5909, proposing flood elevation determinations along one or more flooding sources in Wicomico County, Maryland, and Incorporated Areas. 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 27, 2012.

Sandra K. Knight,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.