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Preparedness and Response Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (FEMA–1532–DR), dated July
29, 2004, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: February 23,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that special conditions are
warranted regarding the cost sharing
arrangements concerning Federal funds
provided under the authority of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5206 (Stafford Act). Therefore,
consistent with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d),
pertaining to insular areas, and the
President’s declaration letter dated July
29, 2004, Federal funds for the Public
Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant
Programs are authorized at 90 percent of
total eligible costs for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands. These cost shares are effective
as of the date of the President’s major
disaster declaration.
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
(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 ProgramOther 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. 05–4181 Filed 3–3–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1541–DR]
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (FEMA–1541–DR), dated August
26, 2004, and related determinations.
DATES:
Effective Date: February 23,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
Notice is
hereby given that special conditions are
warranted regarding the cost sharing
arrangements concerning Federal funds
provided under the authority of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5206 (Stafford Act). Therefore,
consistent with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d),
pertaining to insular areas, and the
President’s declaration letter dated
August 26, 2004, Federal funds for the
Public Assistance and Hazard
Mitigation Grant Programs, and for
Other Needs Assistance under the
Individuals and Households Program
are authorized at 90 percent of total
eligible costs for the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands. These
cost shares are effective as of the date of
the President’s major disaster
declaration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(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 ProgramOther 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. 05–4182 Filed 3–3–05; 8:45 am]
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Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment
No. 4 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–3203–EM]
Rhode Island; Emergency and Related
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of Rhode Island
(FEMA–3203–EM), dated February 17,
2005, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 17, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
February 17, 2005, the President
declared an emergency declaration
under the authority of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206
(Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the impact in
certain areas of the State of Rhode Island,
resulting from the record snow on January
22–23, 2005, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant an emergency
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act).
Therefore, I declare that such an emergency
exists in the State of Rhode Island.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you
are hereby authorized to allocate from funds
available for these purposes, such amounts as
you find necessary for Federal disaster
assistance and administrative expenses.
You are authorized to provide emergency
protective measures under the Public
Assistance program to save lives, protect
public health and safety, and property. Other
forms of assistance under Title V of the
Stafford Act may be added at a later date, as
you deem appropriate. You are further
authorized to provide this emergency
assistance in the affected areas for a period
of 72 hours. You may extend the period of
assistance, as warranted. This assistance
excludes regular time costs for sub-grantees’
regular employees. Assistance under this
emergency is authorized at 75 percent
Federal funding for eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration to the extent
allowable under the Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Under Secretary for Emergency
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Preparedness and Response, Department
of Homeland Security, under Executive
Order 12148, as amended, James N.
Russo, of FEMA is appointed to act as
the Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared emergency.
I do hereby determine the following
areas of the State of Rhode Island to
have been affected adversely by this
declared emergency:
The counties of Bristol, Kent, Newport,
Providence, and Washington for emergency
protective measures (Category B) under the
Public Assistance program for a period of 72
hours.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.036, Disaster Assistance)
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness
and Response, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 05–4195 Filed 3–3–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2005–20485]
Biometrics Guidance
Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Recent legislation directs TSA
to issue guidance for the use of
biometric technology in connection
with access control systems in the
nation’s airports by March 31, 2005. The
legislation requires TSA to consult with
representatives of industry and the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) in developing the
guidance. TSA believes it is important
to give all stakeholders and other
interested parties an opportunity to
learn about the biometric guidance and
to comment on the initial draft.
Therefore, TSA is scheduling a public
meeting to discuss the guidance. The
public meeting will be held on March
11, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.
DATES: The public meeting will be on
March 11, 2005 in Arlington, VA. The
meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Persons
not able to attend a meeting are invited
to provide written comments, which
must be received by March 18, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the Transportation Security
Administration, 1st Floor Auditorium,
601 South 12th St., Arlington, Virginia
22202. Participants should check in at
the Visitor Center and you will be
escorted to the meeting.
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Persons unable to attend the meeting
may submit comments, identified by the
TSA docket number to this rulemaking,
using any one of the following methods:
Comments Filed Electronically: You
may submit comments through the
docket Web site at https://dms.dot.gov.
Please be aware that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the applicable Privacy
Act Statement published in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477), or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
You also may submit comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
at https://www.regulations.gov.
Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or
In Person: Address or deliver your
written, signed comments to the Docket
Management System, U.S. Department
of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001; Fax: 202–493–2251.
Comments that include trade secrets,
confidential commercial or financial
information, or sensitive security
information (SSI) should not be
submitted to the public regulatory
docket.1 Please submit such comments
separately from other comments on the
guidance. Comments containing trade
secrets, confidential commercial or
financial information, or SSI should be
appropriately marked as containing
such information and submitted by mail
to Patrick Kearney, Office of
Transportation Security Policy, TSA–9,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th St., Arlington, VA
22202.
Reviewing Comments in the Docket:
You may review the public docket
containing comments in person in the
Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The Dockets Office is
located on the plaza level of the NASSIF
Building at the Department of
Transportation address above. Also, you
may review public dockets on the
Internet at https://dms.dot.gov.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
format and other information about
comment submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Larrick, Office of Transportation
Security Policy, TSA–9, Transportation
Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202;
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telephone: (571) 227–3635; email:
Chris.Larrick@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
TSA invites interested persons to
participate in the public meeting by
submitting written comments, data, or
views. We invite comments relating to
any aspect of the biometric guidance.
The areas in which TSA seeks
information and comment from the
industry at the public meeting are listed
below in the ‘‘Specific Issues for
Discussion’’ section. See ADDRESSES
above for information on where to
submit comments.
Comments that include trade secrets,
confidential commercial or financial
information, or SSI should not be
submitted to the public regulatory
docket. Please submit such comments
separately from other comments on the
document. Comments containing this
type of information should be
appropriately marked and submitted to
the address specified in the ADDRESSES
section. Upon receipt of such
comments, TSA will not place the
comments in the public docket and will
handle them in accordance with
applicable safeguards and restrictions
on access. TSA will hold them in a
separate file to which the public does
not have access, and place a note in the
public docket that TSA has received
such materials from the commenter. If
TSA receives a request to examine or
copy this information, TSA would treat
it as any other request under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5
U.S.C. 552) and the Department of
Homeland Security’s FOIA regulation
found in 6 CFR part 5.
With each comment, please include
your name and address, identify the
docket number at the beginning of your
comments, and give the reason for each
comment. The most helpful comments
reference a specific portion of the
document, explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data. You may submit
comments and material electronically,
in person, or by mail as provided under
ADDRESSES, but please submit your
comments and material by only one
means. If you submit comments by mail
or delivery, submit them in two copies,
in an unbound format, no larger than 8.5
by 11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing.
If you want TSA to acknowledge
receipt of your comments, include with
your comments a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the docket
number appears. We will stamp the date
on the postcard and mail it to you.
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 05-4195]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[FEMA-3203-EM]
Rhode Island; Emergency and Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of Rhode Island (FEMA-3203-EM), dated February
17, 2005, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 17, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated February 17, 2005, the President declared an emergency
declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (Stafford
Act), as follows:
I have determined that the impact in certain areas of the State
of Rhode Island, resulting from the record snow on January 22-23,
2005, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an
emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford
Act). Therefore, I declare that such an emergency exists in the
State of Rhode Island.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes, such
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
You are authorized to provide emergency protective measures
under the Public Assistance program to save lives, protect public
health and safety, and property. Other forms of assistance under
Title V of the Stafford Act may be added at a later date, as you
deem appropriate. You are further authorized to provide this
emergency assistance in the affected areas for a period of 72 hours.
You may extend the period of assistance, as warranted. This
assistance excludes regular time costs for sub-grantees' regular
employees. Assistance under this emergency is authorized at 75
percent Federal funding for eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Under Secretary for
Emergency
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Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, James N. Russo, of FEMA is appointed
to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared emergency.
I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Rhode
Island to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
The counties of Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and
Washington for emergency protective measures (Category B) under the
Public Assistance program for a period of 72 hours.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Disaster
Assistance)
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 05-4195 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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