Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Threshold for Recommending a Cost Share Adjustment, 5201 [05-1779]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per
Capita Threshold for Recommending a
Cost Share Adjustment
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that we
are increasing the statewide per capita
threshold for recommending cost share
adjustments for disasters declared on or
after January 1, 2005, through December
31, 2005.
DATES: Effective Date: February 1, 2005.
Applicability Date: This notice applies
to major disasters declared on or after
January 1, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 44 CFR 206.47, FEMA annually
adjusts the statewide per capita
threshold that is used to recommend an
increase of the Federal cost share from
seventy-five percent (75%) to not more
than ninety percent (90%) of the eligible
cost of permanent work under section
406 and emergency work under section
403 and section 407 of the Stafford Act.
The adjustment to the threshold is based
on the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers published annually
by the U.S. Department of Labor. For
disasters declared on January 1, 2005,
through December 31, 2005, the
qualifying threshold is $110 of State
population.
We base the adjustment on an
increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 3.3 percent
for the 12-month period ended in
December 2004. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on
January 19, 2005.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individual and
Household Housing; 97.049, Individual and
Household Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050, Individual and Household Program—
Other Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance
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Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program.)
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness
and Response, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 05–1779 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection;
Comment Request
60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review; Request for
the Return of Original Document(s),
Form G–884.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services has submitted the
following information collection request
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
sixty days until April 4, 2005.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of this information
collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
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(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Request for the Return of Original
Document(s).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form G–884.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. The information provided
will be used by the USCIS to determine
whether a person is eligible to obtain
original document(s) contained in an
alien file.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 2,500 responses at 15 minutes
(0.25) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 625 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument,
please contact Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529; 202–272–8377.
Dated: January 27, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05–1811 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection;
Comment Request
60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Medical
Certification for Disability Exceptions,
Form N–648.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted the following information
collection request for review and
clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. Comments are
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 1, 2005)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Threshold for
Recommending a Cost Share Adjustment
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that we are increasing the statewide per
capita threshold for recommending cost share adjustments for disasters
declared on or after January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005.
DATES: Effective Date: February 1, 2005. Applicability Date: This
notice applies to major disasters declared on or after January 1, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 44 CFR 206.47, FEMA annually
adjusts the statewide per capita threshold that is used to recommend an
increase of the Federal cost share from seventy-five percent (75%) to
not more than ninety percent (90%) of the eligible cost of permanent
work under section 406 and emergency work under section 403 and section
407 of the Stafford Act. The adjustment to the threshold is based on
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published annually by
the U.S. Department of Labor. For disasters declared on January 1,
2005, through December 31, 2005, the qualifying threshold is $110 of
State population.
We base the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 3.3 percent for the 12-month period ended in
December 2004. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on January 19, 2005.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA)
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individual and Household Housing; 97.049,
Individual and Household Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050,
Individual and Household Program--Other Needs, 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 05-1779 Filed 1-31-05; 8:45 am]
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