2013-05316. Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Sussex County, Delaware, 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 Sussex County, Delaware, and Incorporated Areas.

DATES:

The proposed rule published April 6, 2011 (76 FR 19006) is withdrawn as of March 7, 2013.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1187, 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 April 6, 2011, FEMA published a proposed rulemaking at 76 FR 19006, proposing flood elevation determinations along one or more flooding sources in Sussex County, Delaware. Because FEMA has or will be issuing a Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map, and if necessary a Flood Insurance Study report, featuring updated flood hazard information, the proposed rulemaking is being withdrawn. A Notice of Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations will be published in the Federal Register and in the affected community's local newspaper.

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

Roy Wright,

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