Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Department of Homeland Security-Vulnerability Identification Self-Assessment Tool-Transportation (DHS-VISAT-T), 55915-55916 [05-19089]
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ACTION:
42 U.S.C. 912; 42 U.S.C. 300u–2; 42
U.S.C. 300u–6; and 42 U.S.C. 247b.
SUMMARY: Each year FEMA is required
by the Write-Your-Own (‘‘WYO’’)
program Financial Assistance/Subsidy
Arrangement (‘‘Arrangement’’) to notify
the private insurance companies
(‘‘Companies’’) and make available to
the Companies the terms for
subscription or re-subscription to the
Arrangement. In keeping with that
requirement, this notice provides the
terms to the Companies to subscribe or
re-subscribe to the Arrangement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edward L. Connor, FEMA, 500 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202–646–
3429 (Phone), 202–646–3445 (facsimile),
or Edward.Connor@dhs.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Arrangement, approximately 95 private
sector property insurers issue flood
insurance policies and adjust flood
insurance claims under their own
names based on the Arrangement with
the Federal Insurance Administration
(FIA) (44 CFR part 62, appendix A). The
WYO insurers receive an expense
allowance and remit the remaining
premium to the Federal Government.
The Federal Government pays WYO
insurers for flood losses and pays loss
adjustment expenses based on a fee
schedule. Litigation costs, including
court costs, attorney fees, judgments,
and settlements, are paid by FIA based
on submitted documentation. The
Arrangement provides that under
certain circumstances reimbursement
for litigation costs will not be made. The
complete Arrangement is published in
44 CFR part 62, appendix A.
Each year FEMA is required to
publish in the Federal Register and
make available to the Companies the
terms for subscription or re-subscription
to the Financial Assistance/Subsidy
Arrangement. During the 2004–2005
Arrangement year FEMA published (69
FR 45608, Jul. 30, 2004) an interim final
rule which made changes to the
Arrangement. No changes have been
made to the Arrangement since the
publication of the interim final rule.
During September 2005, FEMA will
send a copy of the offer for the 2005–
2006 Arrangement year, together with
related materials and submission
instructions, to all private insurance
companies participating under the
current 2004–2005 Arrangement. Any
private insurance company not
currently participating in the WYO
Program but wishing to consider
FEMA’s offer for 2005–2006 may
request a copy by writing: Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Mitigation Division, Attn: WYO
Program, 500 C Street, SW.,
Project Period
The project period of the award will
begin on September 1, 2005 and will
last through August 31, 2006.
Justification for the Exception to
Competition
On March 31, 2005, ORHP announced
a Border Health Best Practices
Cooperative Agreement (Announcement
#HRSA 05–130). ORHP received only
one application that was from an entity,
as ORHP understood, would have had
significant administrative issues to
overcome in order to fulfill the
requirements of the announcement.
Given the response from the initial
competition, there are not many
applicants along the border who are
capable of performing the breadth of
these activities. ORHP has identified
USMBHA as the only entity with the
capacity to fill the void and to work in
partnership with HRSA to organize
events in the short time frame before the
Border Binational Health Week (BBHW)
celebration with Mexico is scheduled to
take place. USMBHA is eminently
qualified to receive a single source
award. USMBHA was formally created
in 1943 and is composed of health
professionals from both Mexico and the
United States. Annual meetings have
occurred without interruption since this
time with involvement from senior
Federal, State, and local officials from
both countries. Furthermore, USMBHA
has worked with the U.S.-Mexico
Border Health Commission, HRSA and
other Federal Agencies in the past and
were involved in last year’s BBHW
celebration.
Dated: September 16, 2005.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–19018 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP); Assistance to Private Sector
Property Insurers
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security.
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Washington, DC 20472, or contact
Edward Connor 202–646–3445
(facsimile), or Edward.Connor@dhs.gov
(e-mail).
R. David Paulison,
Acting Under Secretary, Emergency
Preparedness and Response, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 05–19072 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Department of Homeland
Security—Vulnerability Identification
Self-Assessment Tool—Transportation
(DHS–VISAT–T)
Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: TSA invites public comment
on one currently approved information
collection requirement abstracted below
that we will submit to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Send your comments by
November 22, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Katrina Wawer, Information
Collection Specialist, Office of
Transportation Security Policy, TSA–9,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
22202–4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katrina Wawer at the above address or
by telephone (571) 227–1995 or
facsimile (571) 227–2594.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information,
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. Therefore, in preparation for
OMB review and approval of the
following information collection, TSA is
soliciting comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement 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;
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(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 using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Department of Homeland
Security—Vulnerability Identification
Self-Assessment Tool—Transportation
(DHS–VISAT–T).
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0037.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Various modal
transportation sector owners and
operators.
Abstract: After its inception, TSA
faced the challenge of securing all of the
different modes within the
transportation sector. A methodology
was required in order to support interand intra-modal analysis and decisionmaking. Millions of assets exist within
the transportation sector, ranging from
over 500,000 highway-bridges to over
19,000 general aviation airports. Given
this population of assets, it became
apparent that a mechanism was needed
to solicit data from the asset owners/
operators. TSA needs this data, such as
the assets’ security measures currently
deployed, along with a high-level
assessment of system security
effectiveness, in order to prioritize
resources.
In response to this need, TSA’s Office
of Threat Assessment and Risk
Management (OTRM) developed the
Department of Homeland Security—
Vulnerability Identification SelfAssessment Tool—Transportation
(DHS–VISAT–T), formerly called the
TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module
(TSARM), as a means to gather securityrelated data and provide a cost-free
service to the transportation sector. TSA
designed this tool to be flexible to
support the unique characteristics of
each transportation mode, while still
providing a common framework from
which analysis and trends can be
identified. DHS–VISAT–T represents
the U.S. Government’s first selfassessment tool that provides the
following features:
• The tool is provided to users at no
cost;
• The tool is voluntary (potential
users contact TSA to access the tool);
• The tool is web-based, easily
accessible; and
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• All ratings are determined by the
user.
Upon completion of the tool
assessment, users receive a report that
summarizes their inputs. They may then
use this report to develop a security
plan or to identify areas of potential
vulnerability. Users have the option to
submit the completed assessment to
DHS. If submitted, DHS reviews the
assessment for consistency and provides
feedback to the users.
Owners and operators within the
transportation sector can access
information about the tool by visiting
TSA’s Web site: www.tsa.gov, selecting
‘‘Industry Partners,’’ then ‘‘Risk
Management,’’ then finally selecting the
‘‘DHS–VISAT’’ link. Thus far, TSA has
developed modules of the tool for
maritime, mass transit, highway bridges,
and rail passenger stations, with more in
development.
TSA is seeking OMB approval to
renew this control number for the
maximum three-year period to continue
to provide this tool to transportation
owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: Of the
possible 3,002,450 respondents from the
various transportation sectors, TSA
expects that approximately 10 percent,
or 300,245, will use the tool.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 2,401,960 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on
September 19, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–19089 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4984–C–03]
Public Housing Graduation Incentive
Bonus Program; Correction
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability;
correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On June 2, 2005, HUD
published its notice of funding
availability (NOFA) for the Public
Housing Graduation Incentive Bonus
program. The NOFA includes a
provision that disqualifies applicants
that request funding in excess of the
applicable maximum award. The
Department has determined that this
provision was erroneously included in
this NOFA. This notice corrects this
error by removing the provision from
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the NOFA. Except for the changes
discussed here, and the other technical
change published on July 29, 2005, the
original NOFA published on June 2,
2005, is unchanged.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions and technical assistance,
applicants may call the Public and
Indian Housing Information and
Resource Center at 800–955–2232.
Hearing- or speech-impaired persons
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339. (These are toll-free
numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2,
2005 (70 FR 32470), HUD published a
NOFA for the Public Housing
Graduation Incentive Bonus program.
The purpose of the program is to invite
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to
apply for a graduation incentive bonus.
The graduation incentive bonus is
awarded to PHAs that can show their
public housing residents are moving
away from long-term dependence on
housing assistance. This showing is
evidenced by the proportion of
households that leaves public housing
and end their participation in assisted
housing programs during calendar year
2004 plus the average length of stay
among public housing residents.
The NOFA announced the availability
of up to $10 million under the
Graduation Incentive Bonus program in
fiscal year 2005. Eligible applicants are
PHAs that operated a public housing
program during calendar year 2004,
have reported Public and Indian
Housing Information Center (PIC)
Family Household form HUD–50058
data for residents who ended their
residency in public housing during
calendar year 2004, have a minimum of
100 dwelling units in management
status as reported in PIC as approved by
the field office as of January 15, 2005,
have a minimum of twenty-five Family
Household form HUD–50058 records
reported in PIC and have met the
minimum threshold criteria based upon
its size category.
Following publication of the June 2,
2005, NOFA, HUD determined that
paragraph III.C.2. (Excess Funding
Requests) was erroneously included in
the June 2, 2005, NOFA. That paragraph
provides that ‘‘Applicants that request
funding in excess of the maximum
award that they are eligible to receive
will not receive funding consideration.’’
This provision, adopted in error in the
June 2, 2005, NOFA, is inappropriate as
a basis for awarding the funds reserved
in the NOFA. As discussed in the June
2, 2005, NOFA, the funding is
predetermined and will be awarded
based on PHA size and certain
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[FR Doc No: 05-19089]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Department of Homeland Security--
Vulnerability Identification Self-Assessment Tool--Transportation (DHS-
VISAT-T)
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: TSA invites public comment on one currently approved
information collection requirement abstracted below that we will submit
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal in compliance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Send your comments by November 22, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Katrina Wawer, Information Collection Specialist, Office of
Transportation Security Policy, TSA-9, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina Wawer at the above address or
by telephone (571) 227-1995 or facsimile (571) 227-2594.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is
not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it
displays a valid OMB control number. Therefore, in preparation for OMB
review and approval of the following information collection, TSA is
soliciting comments to--
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement 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;
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(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 using appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Department of Homeland Security--Vulnerability
Identification Self-Assessment Tool--Transportation (DHS-VISAT-T).
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0037.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Various modal transportation sector owners and
operators.
Abstract: After its inception, TSA faced the challenge of securing
all of the different modes within the transportation sector. A
methodology was required in order to support inter- and intra-modal
analysis and decision-making. Millions of assets exist within the
transportation sector, ranging from over 500,000 highway-bridges to
over 19,000 general aviation airports. Given this population of assets,
it became apparent that a mechanism was needed to solicit data from the
asset owners/operators. TSA needs this data, such as the assets'
security measures currently deployed, along with a high-level
assessment of system security effectiveness, in order to prioritize
resources.
In response to this need, TSA's Office of Threat Assessment and
Risk Management (OTRM) developed the Department of Homeland Security--
Vulnerability Identification Self-Assessment Tool--Transportation (DHS-
VISAT-T), formerly called the TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module (TSARM),
as a means to gather security-related data and provide a cost-free
service to the transportation sector. TSA designed this tool to be
flexible to support the unique characteristics of each transportation
mode, while still providing a common framework from which analysis and
trends can be identified. DHS-VISAT-T represents the U.S. Government's
first self-assessment tool that provides the following features:
The tool is provided to users at no cost;
The tool is voluntary (potential users contact TSA to
access the tool);
The tool is web-based, easily accessible; and
All ratings are determined by the user.
Upon completion of the tool assessment, users receive a report that
summarizes their inputs. They may then use this report to develop a
security plan or to identify areas of potential vulnerability. Users
have the option to submit the completed assessment to DHS. If
submitted, DHS reviews the assessment for consistency and provides
feedback to the users.
Owners and operators within the transportation sector can access
information about the tool by visiting TSA's Web site: www.tsa.gov,
selecting ``Industry Partners,'' then ``Risk Management,'' then finally
selecting the ``DHS-VISAT'' link. Thus far, TSA has developed modules
of the tool for maritime, mass transit, highway bridges, and rail
passenger stations, with more in development.
TSA is seeking OMB approval to renew this control number for the
maximum three-year period to continue to provide this tool to
transportation owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: Of the possible 3,002,450 respondents from
the various transportation sectors, TSA expects that approximately 10
percent, or 300,245, will use the tool.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 2,401,960 hours
annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on September 19, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19089 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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