Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration, 48855-48856 [2018-21016]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 188 / Thursday, September 27, 2018 / Notices an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (‘‘the Stafford Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such an emergency exists in the State of South Carolina. You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. 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 emergency assistance and administrative expenses. Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, Department of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Elizabeth Turner, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared emergency. The following areas of the State of South Carolina have been designated as adversely affected by this declared emergency: Emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program for all 46 South Carolina counties and the Catawba Indian Nation. 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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant. Brock Long, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2018–21026 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–11–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Sep 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA–2018–0030; OMB No. 1660–0002] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: 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 an extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Disaster Assistance Registration collection. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 26, 2018. ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use only one of the following means to submit comments: (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA–2018–0030. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW, Room 8NE, Washington, DC 20472– 3100. All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of www.regulations.gov. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate, at (540) 686–3602 for further information. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile number (202) PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48855 646–3347 or email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@ dhs.gov. The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93– 288) (the Stafford Act), as amended, is the legal basis for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide financial assistance and services to individuals who apply for disaster assistance benefits in the event of a federally-declared disaster. Regulations in title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart D, ‘‘Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households,’’ implement the policy and procedures set forth in section 408 of the Stafford Act. This program provides financial assistance and, if necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs that are unable to be met through other means. Individuals and households may apply for assistance (Registration Intake) under the Individuals and Households program in person, via telephone, or internet. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Collection of Information Title: Disaster Assistance Registration. Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change. OMB Number: 1660–0002. FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 009–0–1T (English) Tele-Registration, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009–0–1Int (English) internet, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009–0–2Int (Spanish) internet, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009–0–1 (English) Paper Application/Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009–0–2 (Spanish), Solicitud en Papel/Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009–0–1S (English) Smartphone, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009–0–2S (Spanish) Smartphone, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009–0–3 (English), Declaration and Release; FEMA Form 009–0–4 (Spanish), Declaracio´n Autorizacio´n; FEMA Form 009–0–5 (English), Manufactured Housing Unit Revocable License and Receipt for Government Property; FEMA Form 009– 0–6 (Spanish), Las Casas Manufacturadas Unidad Licencia Revocable y Recibo de la Propiedad del Gobierno. Abstract: The various forms in this collection are used to collect pertinent information to provide financial assistance, and if necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and E:\FR\FM\27SEN1.SGM 27SEN1 48856 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 188 / Thursday, September 27, 2018 / Notices households who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs that are unable to be met through other means. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,221,579. Estimated Number of Responses: 2,221,579. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 649,816 hours. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $23,094,460 Estimated Respondents’ Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0. Estimated Respondents’ Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0. Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $28,705,098. 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. William H. Holzerland, Sr. Director of Information Management, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2018–21016 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–11–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Emergency Management Agency [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3401– EM; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001] North Carolina; Emergency and Related Determinations Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Sep 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of North Carolina (FEMA–3401–EM), dated September 10, 2018, and related determinations. DATES: The declaration was issued September 10, 2018. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter dated September 10, 2018, the President issued an emergency declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 (the Stafford Act), as follows: I have determined that the emergency conditions in certain areas of the State of North Carolina resulting from Hurricane Florence beginning on September 7, 2018, and continuing, are 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 et seq. (‘‘the Stafford Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such an emergency exists in the State of North Carolina. You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. 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 emergency assistance and administrative expenses. Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration for the approved assistance 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 Administrator, Department of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Albert Lewis, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared emergency. The following areas of the State of North Carolina have been designated as adversely affected by this declared emergency: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance under the Public Assistance program for all 100 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. 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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant. Brock Long, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2018–21018 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–11–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA–2018–0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1850] Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Federal Regulations. The LOMR will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27SEN1.SGM 27SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48855-48856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21016]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2018-0030; OMB No. 1660-0002]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration

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 an extension, without change, of a currently approved 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Disaster Assistance 
Registration collection.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2018-0030. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW, Room 8NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Brian Thompson, Supervisory 
Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate, at (540) 686-3602 for 
further information. You may contact the Records Management Division 
for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile 
number (202) 646-3347 or email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288) (the Stafford Act), as 
amended, is the legal basis for the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) to provide financial assistance and services to individuals who 
apply for disaster assistance benefits in the event of a federally-
declared disaster. Regulations in title 44 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, Subpart D, ``Federal Assistance to Individuals and 
Households,'' implement the policy and procedures set forth in section 
408 of the Stafford Act. This program provides financial assistance 
and, if necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and 
households who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary 
expenses and serious needs that are unable to be met through other 
means. Individuals and households may apply for assistance 
(Registration Intake) under the Individuals and Households program in 
person, via telephone, or internet.

Collection of Information

    Title: Disaster Assistance Registration.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change.
    OMB Number: 1660-0002.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 009-0-1T (English) Tele-Registration, 
Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009-0-1Int (English) 
internet, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009-0-2Int 
(Spanish) internet, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 
009-0-1 (English) Paper Application/Disaster Assistance Registration; 
FEMA Form 009-0-2 (Spanish), Solicitud en Papel/Registro Para 
Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009-0-1S (English) Smartphone, 
Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009-0-2S (Spanish) 
Smartphone, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009-0-3 
(English), Declaration and Release; FEMA Form 009-0-4 (Spanish), 
Declaraci[oacute]n Autorizaci[oacute]n; FEMA Form 009-0-5 (English), 
Manufactured Housing Unit Revocable License and Receipt for Government 
Property; FEMA Form 009-0-6 (Spanish), Las Casas Manufacturadas Unidad 
Licencia Revocable y Recibo de la Propiedad del Gobierno.
    Abstract: The various forms in this collection are used to collect 
pertinent information to provide financial assistance, and if 
necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and

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households who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary 
expenses and serious needs that are unable to be met through other 
means.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,221,579.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,221,579.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 649,816 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $23,094,460
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $28,705,098.

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.

William H. Holzerland,
Sr. Director of Information Management, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-21016 Filed 9-26-18; 8:45 am]
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