[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 85 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 24114-24115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9984]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Parts 17 and 21

RIN 1660-AA13


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.

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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

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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.
[FR Doc. 04-9984 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
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