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vessels and associated equipment and
on other major safety matters.
Agenda
Day 1
The agenda for the National Boating
Safety Advisory Council meeting is as
follows:
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
(1) Opening remarks.
(2) Receipt and discussion of the
following reports:
(a) Chief, Office of Auxiliary and
Boating Safety, Update on the U.S. Coast
Guard’s implementation of National
Boating Safety Advisory Council
Resolutions and Recreational Boating
Safety Program report.
(b) Alternate Designated Federal
Officer’s report concerning Council
administrative and logistical matters.
(3) Presentation on the U.S. Coast
Guard Rulemaking Process
(4) Subcommittee Session(s):
Boats and Associated Equipment
Subcommittee
Issues to be discussed include
alternatives to pyrotechnic visual
distress signals; grant projects related to
boats and associated equipment; and
updates to 33 CFR 181 ‘‘Manufacturer
Requirements’’ and 33 CFR 183 ‘‘Boats
and Associated Equipment.’’
Prevention Through People
Subcommittee
Issues to be discussed include
paddlesports participation, overview of
State boating Safety programs, and
licensing requirements for on-water
boating safety instruction providers.
(5) Public comment period.
(6) Meeting Recess.
Boating Safety Strategic Planning, and
Regulatory Reform Review
Subcommittee reports.
(2) Discussion of any
recommendations to be made to the U.S.
Coast Guard.
(3) Public comment period.
(4) Voting on any recommendations to
be made to the U.S. Coast Guard.
(5) Adjournment of meeting.
There will be a comment period for
the National Boating Safety Advisory
Council members and a comment period
for the public after each report
presentation, but before each is voted on
by the Council. The Council members
will review the information presented
on each issue, deliberate on any
recommendations presented in the
Subcommittees’ reports, and formulate
recommendations for the Department’s
consideration.
The meeting agenda and all meeting
documentation can be found at: https://
homeport.uscg.mil/NBSAC.
Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Jeff
Ludwig as noted in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Public comments or questions will be
taken throughout the meeting as the
Council discusses the issues and prior
to deliberations and voting. There will
also be a public comment period at the
end of the meeting. Speakers are
requested to limit their comments to 3
minutes. Please note that the public
comment period may end before the
period allotted, following the call for
comments. Contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section above to register as a
speaker.
Jennifer F. Williams,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Inspections and Compliance.
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Day 2
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The day will be dedicated to
Subcommittee sessions:
(1) Recreational Boating Safety
Strategic Planning Subcommittee.
Issues to be discussed include
progress on implementation of the
2017–2021 Strategic Plan.
(2) Regulatory Reform Review
Subcommittee.
Issues to be discussed include the
subcommittee’s progress on reviewing
recreational boating safety regulations
found in 33 CFR Subchapter S.
Day 3
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0013; OMB No.
1660–0072]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Mitigation Grant
Programs/e-Grants
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
Thursday, October 12, 2017
The full Council will resume meeting:
(1) Receipt and Discussion of the
Boats and Associated Equipment,
Prevention through People, Recreational
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continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved
information collection for which
approval has expired. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the collection of information
necessary to implement grants for the
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
program and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation
(PDM) program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to oira.submission@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Jennie
Orenstein, Branch Chief, HMA
Division—Grants Policy, (202) 212–
4071.
The FMA
program is authorized by Section 1366
of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4104c. The
FMA program, under 44 CFR part 79,
provides funding for measures taken to
reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of
flood damage to buildings,
manufactured homes, and other
structures insured under the National
Flood Insurance Program. The BiggertWaters Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2012 (Pub. L. 112–141) eliminated the
Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) and
Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) programs,
and made significant changes to the
FMA program by consolidating the
former RFC and SRL programs into
FMA. Cost-share requirements were
changed to allow more Federal funds for
properties with repetitive flood claims.
The PDM program is authorized by
Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5133, as
amended by Section 102 of the Disaster
Mitigation Act of 2000, Public Law 106–
390, 114 Stat. 1553. It provides grants
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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for cost-effective mitigation actions
prior to a disaster event to reduce
overall risks to the population and
structures, while also reducing reliance
on funding from actual disaster
declarations.
In accordance with OMB Circular A–
102, FEMA requires that all parties
interested in receiving FEMA mitigation
grants submit an application package for
grant assistance. Applications and subapplications for the PDM and FMA
programs are submitted via the e-Grants
system. The e-Grants system was
developed and updated to meet the
intent of the e-Government initiative,
authorized by Public Law 106–107. This
initiative required that all government
agencies both streamline grant
application processes and provide for
the means to electronically create,
review, and submit a grant application
via the Internet. Title 2 CFR 200.335,
promulgated in 2013, encourages
Federal awarding agencies and nonFederal entities to, whenever
practicable, collect, transmit, and store
Federal award-related information in
open and machine readable formats
rather than in closed formats or on
paper.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on May 9, 2017 at 82 FR 21548
with a 60-day public comment period.
No public comments were received.
This information collection expired on
June 30, 2017. FEMA is requesting a
reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection for which approval has
expired. Although FEMA initially
proposed to revise this information
collection by adding a new Quarterly
Progress Report form, a new form is not
necessary. The e-Grants system already
collects information on the status of
funded FMA/PDM mitigation activities
on a quarterly basis after award. The
information that is collected is limited
to project status, work completed,
number of properties acquired or
relocated, and addresses of properties
acquired or relocated during a given
quarter. Therefore, FEMA is requesting
a reinstatement of the collection without
change. The purpose of this notice is to
notify the public that FEMA will submit
the information collection abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget for review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: Mitigation Grant Programs/eGrants.
Type of Information Collection:
Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
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collection for which approval has
expired.
OMB Number: 1660–0072.
FEMA Forms: None.
Abstract: FEMA’s Flood Mitigation
Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation
programs utilize an automated grant
application and management system
called e-Grants. These grant programs
provide funding for the purpose of
reducing or eliminating the risks to life
and property from hazards. The e-Grants
system includes all of the application
information needed to apply for funding
under these grant programs.
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56.
Estimated Number of Responses:
4,312.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 18,788.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $927,939.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: None.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: None.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $6,598,456.16.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. 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
responses.
Dated: September 11, 2017.
Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0024; OMB No.
1660–0137]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Emergency Notification System (ENS)
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472–3100, or email
address FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov. Or, Melton
Roland, ENS Program Manager, FEMA/
ORR, Melton.Roland@fema.dhs.gov, or
telephone at 540–665–6152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on June 20, 2017 at 82 FR
28083 with a 60 day public comment
period. No comments were received.
The purpose of this notice is to notify
the public that FEMA will submit the
information collection abstracted below
to the Office of Management and Budget
for review and clearance.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0013; OMB No. 1660-0072]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Mitigation Grant Programs/e-Grants
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved
information collection for which approval has expired. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the collection of information necessary to implement grants
for the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program and the Pre-Disaster
Mitigation (PDM) program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,
email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or
Jennie Orenstein, Branch Chief, HMA Division--Grants Policy, (202) 212-
4071.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FMA program is authorized by Section
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
4104c. The FMA program, under 44 CFR part 79, provides funding for
measures taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood
damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other structures insured
under the National Flood Insurance Program. The Biggert-Waters Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-141) eliminated the
Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) and Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL)
programs, and made significant changes to the FMA program by
consolidating the former RFC and SRL programs into FMA. Cost-share
requirements were changed to allow more Federal funds for properties
with repetitive flood claims.
The PDM program is authorized by Section 203 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5133,
as amended by Section 102 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000,
Public Law 106-390, 114 Stat. 1553. It provides grants
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for cost-effective mitigation actions prior to a disaster event to
reduce overall risks to the population and structures, while also
reducing reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations.
In accordance with OMB Circular A-102, FEMA requires that all
parties interested in receiving FEMA mitigation grants submit an
application package for grant assistance. Applications and sub-
applications for the PDM and FMA programs are submitted via the e-
Grants system. The e-Grants system was developed and updated to meet
the intent of the e-Government initiative, authorized by Public Law
106-107. This initiative required that all government agencies both
streamline grant application processes and provide for the means to
electronically create, review, and submit a grant application via the
Internet. Title 2 CFR 200.335, promulgated in 2013, encourages Federal
awarding agencies and non-Federal entities to, whenever practicable,
collect, transmit, and store Federal award-related information in open
and machine readable formats rather than in closed formats or on paper.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on May 9, 2017 at 82 FR 21548 with a 60-day public
comment period. No public comments were received. This information
collection expired on June 30, 2017. FEMA is requesting a
reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information
collection for which approval has expired. Although FEMA initially
proposed to revise this information collection by adding a new
Quarterly Progress Report form, a new form is not necessary. The e-
Grants system already collects information on the status of funded FMA/
PDM mitigation activities on a quarterly basis after award. The
information that is collected is limited to project status, work
completed, number of properties acquired or relocated, and addresses of
properties acquired or relocated during a given quarter. Therefore,
FEMA is requesting a reinstatement of the collection without change.
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will
submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: Mitigation Grant Programs/e-Grants.
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information collection for which approval has
expired.
OMB Number: 1660-0072.
FEMA Forms: None.
Abstract: FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance and Pre-Disaster
Mitigation programs utilize an automated grant application and
management system called e-Grants. These grant programs provide funding
for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the risks to life and
property from hazards. The e-Grants system includes all of the
application information needed to apply for funding under these grant
programs.
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
Estimated Number of Responses: 4,312.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,788.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $927,939.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: None.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: None.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government:
$6,598,456.16.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. 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 responses.
Dated: September 11, 2017.
Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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