# Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement); Withdrawal
**AGENCY:**
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
**ACTION:**
Withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking.
**SUMMARY:**
On January 23, 2002, FEMA and other agencies published a common rule notice entitled “Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants),” (67 FR 3265). FEMA is now an agency under DHS, which will publish its own rule governing these matters; therefore, FEMA is withdrawing this notice of proposed rulemaking for this common rule.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* Effective May 3, 2004.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Edward Broyles, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 840, Washington, DC 20472, (phone) 202-646-3961, (facsimile) 202-646-4536, or (e-mail) *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On January 23, 2002, FEMA and other agencies published a common rule notice for proposed rulemaking entitled “Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants),” (67 FR 3265). FEMA is now an agency under DHS, which will publish its own rule governing these matters; therefore, FEMA is withdrawing this notice of proposed rulemaking for this common rule.
**Authority:**
41 U.S.C. 701 *et seq.* ; E.O. 12549, 51 FR 6370, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12689, 54 FR 34131, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235.
Dated: April 27, 2004.
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security.