2012-23341. Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for the Unincorporated Areas of Highlands County, FL

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 the Unincorporated Areas of Highlands County, Florida.

DATES:

This withdrawal is effective September 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1204, 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 July 22, 2011, FEMA published a proposed rulemaking at 76 FR 43968, proposing flood elevation determinations along one or more flooding sources in the Unincorporated Areas of Highlands County, Florida. FEMA is withdrawing the proposed rulemaking and intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in the Federal Register followed by a notice in the affected community's local newspaper in the near future.

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.