Document ID: FEMA-2020-0002-0060
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Final Flood Hazard Determinations
Posted Date: 2020-06-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 119 (Friday, June 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 37103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13281]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2020-0002]

Final Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is withdrawing 
its final notice concerning the flood hazard determinations for 
Barnstable County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions); Norfolk County, 
Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions); Newport County, Rhode Island (All 
Jurisdictions).

DATES: The final notice of the flood hazard determinations for 
Barnstable County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions), Norfolk County, 
Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions), and Newport County, Rhode Island 
(All Jurisdictions), which published on March 17, 2020 (85 FR 15215), 
is withdrawn as of June 19, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering 
Services Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 
400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-7659, or (email) 
patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 17, 2020, FEMA published a notice 
at 85 FR 15216, containing final flood hazard determinations for 
Barnstable County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions); Norfolk County, 
Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions); and 85 FR 15218 for Newport County, 
Rhode Island (All Jurisdictions). Communities within the Cape Cod 
Watershed study experienced difficulties during the adoption and 
compliance period resulting in the inability to adopt the FIS and FIRM 
and thereby comply with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
regulations. The final flood hazard determinations is hereby rescinded, 
and ordinances must revert to the previously adopted FIS Report and 
FIRM. FEMA is withdrawing the notice for the affected communities.

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

Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-13281 Filed 6-18-20; 8:45 am]
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