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

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title: "Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Hampden County, MA, and Incorporated Areas"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2012-22298"
section_name: "Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Hampden County, MA, and Incorporated Areas"
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currency: "2012-09-11"
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document_type: "proposed_rule"
publication_date: "2012-09-11"
agencies:
  - "Homeland Security Department"
  - "Federal Emergency Management Agency"
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  - "44 CFR Part 67"
fr_citation: "77 FR 55787"
fr_volume: 77
docket_ids:
  - "Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020"
  - "Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1066"
effective_date: "2012-09-11"
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#  Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Hampden County, MA, 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 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) *[email protected].*

**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) *[email protected].*

**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.