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The estimated annual burden is as
follows:
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Section of final rule
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
42 CFR 121.3(c)(4) Appeal for OPTN membership ............
42 CFR 121.9(d) Appeal for designation .............................
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
6
6
12
Total ..............................................................................
4
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4
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18
Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: March 5, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review
and Development.
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opportunity to comment on a proposed
revised information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Community Rating System (CRS)
Coordinator’s Manual, accompanying
worksheets and application form. The
CRS Coordinator’s Manual is the
primary document used by CRS
participating communities that
describes the CRS program and the
community-based floodplain
management activities performed by
participating communities.
The NFIP
CRS was established by Congress in
section 541, Community Rating System
and Incentives for Community
Floodplain Management, of the National
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.
The CRS was established to (1) Reduce
flood losses; (2) facilitate accurate
insurance rating, and; (3) promote the
awareness of flood insurance. The CRS
encourages these goals by providing
flood insurance premium discounts to
policy holders in those communities
that implement activities and programs
that directly support the goals stated
above. Communities are only eligible to
participate in the CRS if they have been
found to be compliant with the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
floodplain management requirements of
the NFIP, as determined by the
applicable FEMA Regional Office. The
data collected from CRS communities,
as described in the CRS Coordinator’s
Manual and by using the worksheets, is
used and is necessary to evaluate if the
community is implementing the
activities to which it has agreed.
Collection of Information
Title: Community Rating System
(CRS) Program—Application
Worksheets and Commentary.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0022.
Form Numbers: FEMA FORM 81–73,
Community Rating System Application.
Abstract: CRS Application Cover
Page, Recertification Worksheet and
Modification/Cycle Cover Page are used
by a community to apply or renew CRS
program participation and specify what
activities will be performed by the
community. CRS Activity Worksheets
are used by the community to provide
details in the selected activities based
on the CRS Coordinator’s Manual.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
8,450 hours.
ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
responses
Hour burden
per response
(hours)
Annual
responses
Total annual
hour burden
(hours)
(A)
Project/activity
(B)
(C)
(D) = (A × B)
(E) = (C × D)
150
950
1
1
31
4
150
950
4,650
3,800
Total ....................................................................
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Application Form/Worksheet ......................................
Maintenance Form/Worksheet ...................................
1,100
..........................
..........................
1,100
8,450
Estimated Cost: There is no expected
cost to the respondents. The estimated
annual cost to the Federal Government
is $2,288,792.
Comments: Written comments are
solicited to (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed data collection is necessary for
the proper performance of the agency,
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including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
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collected; and (d) 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
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responses. Comments must be
submitted on or before May 11, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should
submit written comments to Chief,
Records Management and Privacy,
Information Resources Management
Branch, Information Technology
Services Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 609, Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact William H. Lesser, Program
Specialist, Mitigation Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, at
(202) 646–2807 for additional
information. You may contact the
Records Management Branch for copies
of the proposed collection of
information at facsimile number (202)
646–3347 or e-mail address: FEMAInformation-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: March 6, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy
Information Resources Management Branch,
Information Technology Services Division,
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
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Dale, Dallas, Henry, Montgomery, and
Wilcox Counties for Individual Assistance.
Coffee County for Public Assistance (already
designated for Individual Assistance).
Henry and Wilcox Counties for Public
Assistance.
All counties within the State of Alabama
are eligible to apply for assistance under the
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
(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, Individuals and
Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and
Households Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050, Individuals and Households
Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program.)
R. David Paulison,
Under Secretary for Federal Emergency
Management and Director of FEMA.
[FR Doc. E7–4431 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am]
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SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1687–DR]
Alabama; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
[FEMA–1687–DR]
Alabama; Amendment No. 1 to Notice
of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Alabama (FEMA–1687–DR),
dated March 3, 2007, and related
determinations.
DATES:
Effective Date: March 6, 2007.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Alabama is hereby amended to
include the Public Assistance program
and the Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program for the following areas among
those areas determined to have been
adversely affected by the catastrophe
declared a major disaster by the
President in his declaration of March 3,
2007:
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Alabama
(FEMA–1687–DR), dated March 3, 2007,
and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: March 3, 2007.
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
March 3, 2007, the President declared a
major disaster under the authority of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the State of Alabama
resulting from severe storms and tornadoes
on March 1, 2007, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant a major disaster
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act).
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Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster
exists in the State of Alabama.
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 Individual
Assistance in the designated areas and any
other forms of assistance under the Stafford
Act that you deem appropriate subject to
completion of Preliminary Damage
Assessments (PDAs), unless you determine
that the incident is of such unusual severity
and magnitude that PDAs are not required to
determine the need for supplemental Federal
assistance pursuant to 44 CFR 206.33(d).
Consistent with the requirement that
Federal assistance be supplemental, any
Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Other Needs Assistance will be
limited to 75 percent of the total eligible
costs. If Public Assistance and Hazard
Mitigation are later warranted, Federal
funding under these programs will also be
limited to 75 percent of the total eligible
costs. Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration to the extent
allowable under the Stafford Act.
The time period prescribed for the
implementation of section 310(a),
Priority to Certain Applications for
Public Facility and Public Housing
Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for
a period not to exceed six months after
the date of this declaration.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Director, Department of Homeland Security,
under Executive Order 12148, as amended,
Gracia B. Szczech, of FEMA is appointed to
act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
this declared disaster.
I do hereby determine the following area of
the State of Alabama to have been affected
adversely by this declared major disaster:
Coffee County for Individual Assistance.
(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.)
R. David Paulison,
Under Secretary for Federal Emergency
Management and Director of FEMA.
[FR Doc. E7–4432 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on a proposed revised information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating
System (CRS) Coordinator's Manual, accompanying worksheets and
application form. The CRS Coordinator's Manual is the primary document
used by CRS participating communities that describes the CRS program
and the community-based floodplain management activities performed by
participating communities.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP CRS was established by Congress in
section 541, Community Rating System and Incentives for Community
Floodplain Management, of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of
1994. The CRS was established to (1) Reduce flood losses; (2)
facilitate accurate insurance rating, and; (3) promote the awareness of
flood insurance. The CRS encourages these goals by providing flood
insurance premium discounts to policy holders in those communities that
implement activities and programs that directly support the goals
stated above. Communities are only eligible to participate in the CRS
if they have been found to be compliant with the floodplain management
requirements of the NFIP, as determined by the applicable FEMA Regional
Office. The data collected from CRS communities, as described in the
CRS Coordinator's Manual and by using the worksheets, is used and is
necessary to evaluate if the community is implementing the activities
to which it has agreed.
Collection of Information
Title: Community Rating System (CRS) Program--Application
Worksheets and Commentary.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0022.
Form Numbers: FEMA FORM 81-73, Community Rating System Application.
Abstract: CRS Application Cover Page, Recertification Worksheet and
Modification/Cycle Cover Page are used by a community to apply or renew
CRS program participation and specify what activities will be performed
by the community. CRS Activity Worksheets are used by the community to
provide details in the selected activities based on the CRS
Coordinator's Manual.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,450 hours.
Annual Hour Burden
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Hour burden per Total annual
Project/activity Number of Frequency of response Annual hour burden
respondents responses (hours) responses (hours)
(A) (B) (C) (D) = (A x B) (E) = (C x D)
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Application Form/Worksheet......................................... 150 1 31 150 4,650
Maintenance Form/Worksheet......................................... 950 1 4 950 3,800
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Total.......................................................... 1,100 ............... ............... 1,100 8,450
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Estimated Cost: There is no expected cost to the respondents. The
estimated annual cost to the Federal Government is $2,288,792.
Comments: Written comments are solicited to (a) Evaluate whether
the proposed data collection is necessary for the proper performance of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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
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responses. Comments must be submitted on or before May 11, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief,
Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 609, Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact William H. Lesser, Program
Specialist, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
at (202) 646-2807 for additional information. You may contact the
Records Management Branch for copies of the proposed collection of
information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: FEMA-
Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: March 6, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy Information Resources Management
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-4430 Filed 3-9-07; 8:45 am]
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