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qualifying disasters come from the FEMA
Individual Assistance program data on
housing-unit damage as of December 9, 2016.
The core data on housing damage for both
the unmet housing needs calculation and the
concentrated damage are based on home
inspection data for FEMA’s Individual
Assistance program. HUD calculates ‘‘unmet
housing needs’’ as the number of housing
units with unmet needs times the estimated
cost to repair those units less repair funds
already provided by FEMA, where:
Each of the FEMA inspected owner units
are categorized by HUD into one of five
categories:
• Minor-Low: Less than $3,000 of FEMA
inspected real property damage.
• Minor-High: $3,000 to $7,999 of FEMA
inspected real property damage.
• Major-Low: $8,000 to $14,999 of FEMA
inspected real property damage.
• Major-High: $15,000 to $28,800 of FEMA
inspected real property damage and/or 4 to
6 feet of flooding on the first floor.
• Severe: Greater than $28,800 of FEMA
inspected real property damage or
determined destroyed and/or 6 or more feet
of flooding on the first floor.
To meet the statutory requirement of ‘‘most
impacted’’ in this legislative language, homes
are determined to have a high level of
damage if they have damage of ‘‘major-low’’
or higher. That is, they have a real property
FEMA inspected damage of $8,000 or
flooding over 1 foot. Furthermore, a
homeowner is determined to have unmet
needs if they reported damage and no
insurance to cover that damage.
FEMA does not inspect rental units for real
property damage so personal property
damage is used as a proxy for unit damage.
Each of the FEMA inspected renter units are
categorized by HUD into one of five
categories:
• Minor-Low: Less than $1,000 of FEMA
inspected personal property damage.
• Minor-High: $1,000 to $1,999 of FEMA
inspected personal property damage.
• Major-Low: $2,000 to $3,499 of FEMA
inspected personal property damage.
• Major-High: $3,500 to $7,499 of FEMA
inspected personal property damage or 4 to
6 feet of flooding on the first floor.
• Severe: Greater than $7,500 of FEMA
inspected personal property damage or
determined destroyed and/or 6 or more feet
of flooding on the first floor.
For rental properties, to meet the statutory
requirement of ‘‘most impacted’’ in this
legislative language, homes are determined to
have a high level of damage if they have
damage of ‘‘major-low’’ or higher. That is,
they have a FEMA personal property damage
assessment of $2,000 or greater or flooding
over 1 foot. Furthermore, landlords are
presumed to have adequate insurance
coverage unless the unit is occupied by a
renter with income of $20,000 or less. Units
are occupied by a tenant with income less
than $20,000 are used to calculate likely
unmet needs for affordable rental housing.
The average cost to fully repair a home for
a specific disaster to code within each of the
damage categories noted above is calculated
using the average real property damage repair
costs determined by the Small Business
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Administration for its disaster loan program
for the subset of homes inspected by both
SBA and FEMA for 2011 to 2013 disasters.
Because SBA is inspecting for full repair
costs, it is presumed to reflect the full cost
to repair the home, which is generally more
than the FEMA estimates on the cost to make
the home habitable.
For each household determined to have
unmet housing needs (as described above),
their estimated average unmet housing need
less assumed assistance from FEMA, SBA,
and insurance was calculated at $27,455 for
major damage (low); $45,688 for major
damage (high); and $59,493 for severe
damage.
Methods for Estimating Unmet
Infrastructure Needs
To best proxy unmet infrastructure needs,
HUD uses data from FEMA’s Public
Assistance program on the expected State
match requirement (usually 25 percent of the
estimated public assistance needs, it is 10
percent for DR–4277 in Louisiana). This
allocation uses only a subset of the Public
Assistance damage estimates reflecting the
categories of activities most likely to require
CDBG funding above the Public Assistance
and State match requirement. Those
activities are categories: C, Roads and
Bridges; D, Water Control Facilities; E, Public
Buildings; F, Public Utilities; and G,
Recreational—Other. Categories A (Debris
Removal) and B (Protective Measures) are
largely expended immediately after a disaster
and reflect interim recovery measures rather
than the long-term recovery measures for
which CDBG funds are generally used.
Methods for Estimating Unmet Economic
Revitalization Needs
Based on SBA disaster loans to businesses,
HUD calculates the median real estate and
content loss by the following damage
categories for each state:
• Category 1: Real estate + content loss =
below 12,000
• Category 2: Real estate + content loss =
12,000–30,000
• Category 3: Real estate + content loss =
30,000–65,000
• Category 4: Real estate + content loss =
65,000–150,000
• Category 5: Real estate + content loss =
above 150,000
For properties with real estate and content
loss of $30,000 or more, HUD calculates the
estimated amount of unmet needs for small
businesses by multiplying the median
damage estimates for the categories above by
the number of small businesses denied an
SBA loan, including those denied a loan
prior to inspection due to inadequate credit
or income (or a decision had not been made),
under the assumption that damage among
those denied at pre-inspection have the same
distribution of damage as those denied after
inspection.
Allocation Calculation
Once eligible entities are identified using
the above criteria, the allocation to
individual grantees represents their
proportional share of the estimated unmet
needs. For the formula allocation, HUD
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calculates total serious unmet recovery needs
as the aggregate of:
• Serious unmet housing needs in most
impacted counties.
• Serious unmet business needs.
• The estimated local match requirement
for the repair of infrastructure estimated for
FEMA’s Public Assistance program.
Natural break for most impacted disasters.
HUD limits funded disasters to those with
that have substantially higher unmet needs
than other jurisdictions. Florida, Louisiana,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and
West Virginia each have aggregate unmet
needs in excess of $50,000,000, an amount
that is higher than other jurisdictions affected
by major disasters declared between January
1 and December 10, 2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[FWS–R8–FHC–2016–N196;
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Renewal of the Trinity River Adaptive
Management Working Group
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary), after consultation with the
General Services Administration, has
renewed the Trinity River Adaptive
Management Working Group (Working
Group) for 2 years. The Working Group
provides recommendations on all
aspects of the implementation of the
Trinity River Restoration Program and
affords stakeholders the opportunity to
give policy, management, and technical
input concerning Trinity River
restoration efforts.
ADDRESSES: For more information on the
Trinity River Adaptive Management
Working Group and the Trinity River
Restoration Program, see https://
www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries/
tamwg.html and https://www.trrp.net/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Polos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1655 Heindon Road; Arcata, CA
95521; 707–822–7201.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Working Group conducts its operations
in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Appendix). It reports to the
Trinity River Management Council
(TMC) and functions solely as an
advisory body. The TMC reports to the
Secretary through the Mid-Pacific
Regional Director of the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Pacific Southwest
Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. The Working Group
SUMMARY:
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provides recommendations and advice
to the TMC on: (1) The effectiveness of
management actions in achieving
restoration goals and alternative
hypotheses (methods and strategies) for
study, (2) the priority for restoration
projects, (3) funding priorities, and (4)
other components of the Trinity River
Restoration Program.
We have filed a copy of the Working
Group’s charter with the Committee
Management Secretariat, General
Services Administration; the Committee
on Environment and Public Works,
United States Senate; the Committee on
Natural Resources, United States House
of Representatives; and the Library of
Congress.
Certification
I hereby certify that the Trinity River
Adaptive Management Working Group
is necessary and in the public interest
in connection with the performance of
duties imposed on the Department of
the Interior by Public Laws 84–386 and
96–335 (Trinity River Stream
Rectification Act), 98–541 and 104–143
(Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife
Management Act of 1984), and 102–575
(Central Valley Project Improvement
Act). The Working Group will assist the
Department of the Interior by providing
advice and recommendations on all
aspects of implementation of the Trinity
River Restoration Program.
Dated: December 13, 2016.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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FXIA16710900000–167–FF09A30000]
Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Import of SportHunted African Elephant Trophies
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service) have sent an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
OMB for review and approval. We
summarize the ICR below and describe
the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This
information collection is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2017. We may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
SUMMARY:
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Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Madonna L. Baucum, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or madonna_baucum@
fws.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1018–
0164’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
ADDRESSES:
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
at madonna_baucum@fws.gov (email),
or (703) 358–2503 (telephone). You may
review the ICR online at https://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Abstract
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or before February 17, 2017.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
However, under OMB regulations, we
may continue to conduct or sponsor this
information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
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Applications for permits for import of
African elephant sport-hunted trophies
from Appendix-I populations under the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES) are approved under OMB
Control Number 1018–0093, which
expires May 31, 2017. Under newly
revised regulations at 50 CFR 17.40(e),
import permits must now also be
obtained for import of African elephant
sport-hunted trophies from CITES
Appendix-II populations. Based on this
change, we expect to receive an
additional 300 applications for permits
per year. The burden associated with
these additional applications is the basis
of this information collection. If OMB
grants regular approval, we will include
the burden associated with the expected
300 additional applications in OMB
Control Number 1018–0093 when we
renew the approval in May 2017.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0164.
Title: Import of Sport-Hunted African
Elephant Trophies, 50 CFR 17.
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Service Form Number: 3–200–19,
Importing African elephant trophies
from Appendix-II populations.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 300.
Number of Annual Responses: 300.
Completion Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 100
hours.
Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden
Cost: $30,000, primarily associated with
application fees. The application fee is
$100 per application.
III. Comments
On June 9, 2016, we published in the
Federal Register (81 FR 37207) a notice
of our intent to request that OMB renew
approval for this information collection.
In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on August 8, 2016.
We received the following substantive
comments in response to this request.
Comment 1: The International Fund
for Animal Welfare and the Natural
Resources Defense Council submitted a
joint response to the notice. They
expressed their strong support for the
permit requirement for import of sporthunted trophies from all African
elephant populations (both Appendix-I
and Appendix-II populations) and the
associated collection of information.
They said that prospective trophy
importers should be required to provide
information on the specific elephant
and population, which should be added
to section E2 and/or E3 of FWS Form 3–
200–19. Such information should
include but not be limited to (1) sex and
approximate age of the elephant and (2)
approximate status of the individual
within the herd’s hierarchy. In addition,
they stated that section E5 of FWS Form
3–200–19 should be rephrased to
require trophy hunters to provide
information regarding ‘‘how the funds
from license/trophy fees will be spent
[and] what portion of the hunting fee
will support conservation,’’ because
they believe that the current language
on the FWS form suggests that hunters
may provide this information at their
own discretion. They also assert that in
section E5, the Service should include
specific subquestions and ‘‘require
supporting documentation that places
an increased burden on hunters to prove
that their trophy meets the enhancement
standard.’’
Response to Comment 1: We believe
that Form 3–200–19 requests the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[FWS-R8-FHC-2016-N196; FXFR1334088TWG0W4-123-FF08EACT00]
Renewal of the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), after consultation
with the General Services Administration, has renewed the Trinity River
Adaptive Management Working Group (Working Group) for 2 years. The
Working Group provides recommendations on all aspects of the
implementation of the Trinity River Restoration Program and affords
stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, management, and technical
input concerning Trinity River restoration efforts.
ADDRESSES: For more information on the Trinity River Adaptive
Management Working Group and the Trinity River Restoration Program, see
https://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries/tamwg.html and https://www.trrp.net/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Polos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1655 Heindon Road; Arcata, CA 95521; 707-822-7201.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Working Group conducts its operations in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Appendix). It reports to the Trinity River Management Council
(TMC) and functions solely as an advisory body. The TMC reports to the
Secretary through the Mid-Pacific Regional Director of the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Pacific Southwest Regional Director for the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. The Working Group
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provides recommendations and advice to the TMC on: (1) The
effectiveness of management actions in achieving restoration goals and
alternative hypotheses (methods and strategies) for study, (2) the
priority for restoration projects, (3) funding priorities, and (4)
other components of the Trinity River Restoration Program.
We have filed a copy of the Working Group's charter with the
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration; the
Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate; the
Committee on Natural Resources, United States House of Representatives;
and the Library of Congress.
Certification
I hereby certify that the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working
Group is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the Department of the Interior by
Public Laws 84-386 and 96-335 (Trinity River Stream Rectification Act),
98-541 and 104-143 (Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management
Act of 1984), and 102-575 (Central Valley Project Improvement Act). The
Working Group will assist the Department of the Interior by providing
advice and recommendations on all aspects of implementation of the
Trinity River Restoration Program.
Dated: December 13, 2016.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
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