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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute of Child Health and Human
Development Amended; Notice of
Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in
the meeting of the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
Special Emphasis Panel, October 18,
2022, 9 a.m. to October 19, 2022, 6 p.m.,
Marriott North Conference Center, 5701
Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD
20852 which was published in the
Federal Register on September 16, 2022,
FR Doc 2022–20094 87 FR 56967.
The meeting location has changed
from the Marriott North Conference
Center at 5701 Marinelli Road, North
Bethesda, MD 20852 to Tysons Corner
Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons
Corner, VA 22182. The meeting date
and time remains the same. The meeting
is closed to the public.
Dated: September 23, 2022.
David W. Freeman,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0018; OMB No.
1660–0024]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Federal
Assistance for Offsite Radiological
Emergency Preparedness and
Planning
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision 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 (PRA). In
accordance with the PRA, this notice
seeks comments concerning all
information collections related to
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FEMA’s Radiological Emergency
Preparedness Program requirements.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Renae
Connell, Emergency Management
Specialist, FEMA/NPD/THD, at (202)
212–7913 or Renae.Connell@
fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA’s
Radiological Emergency Preparedness
(REP) Program coordinates the National
effort to provide State, Tribal and local
governments with relevant and
executable planning, training, technical
assistance, exercise guidance, and
policies necessary to ensure that
adequate capabilities exist to prepare
for, respond to, and recover from
incidents involving commercial nuclear
power plants (NPPs). The REP Program
assists State, Tribal and local
governments in the development and
conduct of off-site emergency planning
and preparedness activities within the
emergency planning zones (EPZs) of
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)licensed commercial nuclear power
facilities.
Sec. 109 of the NRC Authorization
Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–295) directed
the NRC to establish emergency
preparedness as a criterion for licensing
commercial NPPs. Specifically, Public
Law 96–295 § 109 directed the NRC to
establish through rulemaking, (a)
standards, developed with FEMA, for
the evaluation of State and local
government radiological emergency
planning and preparedness; and (b) a
requirement that the NRC will issue
operating licenses. Before issuing a
license, the NRC must determine that
there is (i) a State or local emergency
response plan compliant with the
standards developed with FEMA or (ii)
in the absence of such a plan, a State,
local, or utility emergency response
plan that provides reasonable assurance
that public health and safety is not
endangered by the NPP’s operation. See
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Public Law 96–295, 109 (b)(1)(A)–(B)).
The NRC revised its regulations in Part
50 of Title 10 of the CFR to incorporate
additional emergency preparedness
requirements, including 16 planning
standards for onsite and offsite
emergency plans as required by Public
Law 96–295. FEMA mirrors these 16
planning standards in part 350,
specifically at 44 CFR 350.5.
In the communities surrounding
commercial NPP, 44 CFR 350.5(b)
directs FEMA’s REP Program to review
offsite radiological emergency plans and
preparedness. In addition, 44 CFR 350.9
describes the exercise process and
requirements that States, together with
all appropriate local governments, must
conduct a joint exercise of that State
plan, involving full participation of
appropriate local government entities,
the State and the appropriate licensee of
the NRC. Approved plans and
preparedness ‘‘must be determined to
adequately protect the public health and
safety by providing reasonable
assurance that appropriate protective
measures can be taken offsite in the
event of a radiological emergency.’’
FEMA defines reasonable assurance
as a determination that State, Tribal,
local, and utility offsite plans and
preparedness are adequate to protect
public health and safety in the EPZ of
commercial NPP. FEMA will consider
plans, procedures, personnel, training,
facilities, equipment, drills, and
exercises, which in its professional
judgment are critical for effective
implementation of protective measures
offsite in the event of any incident at a
commercial NPP. FEMA will make its
adequacy determination, supported by
other Federal agencies, as necessary, by
conducting inspections, providing Staff
Assistance Visits (SAVs), organizing,
conducting and reviewing training,
participating in, observing and
evaluating drills and exercises, and by
being an engaged partner with Federal,
State, Tribal, and local government
officials and industry stakeholders.
State, Tribal, or local government
participation in offsite radiological
emergency planning and preparedness
is voluntary. However, participation in
the REP planning and preparedness
process necessitates adherence to the
program requirements as set forth in 44
CFR part 350, the joint NRC/FEMA
document NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1,
Rev. 2, ‘‘Criteria for Preparation and
Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in
Support of Nuclear Power Plants’’ and
supplements, (See 84 FR 70399,
December 23, 2019), and the REP
Program Manual (RPM). The RPM
consolidates many of the REP Program’s
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operative guidance and policy
documents into one location and
provides guidance that interprets the
planning standards and evaluation
criteria contained in NUREG–0654 and
44 CFR part 350. See FEMA P–1028,
December 2019.
As part of our collection to fulfill one
of FEMA’s missions, each instrument is
required for the performance of duties
related to the mission. Therefore, due to
the maturity of the program and the
opportunity to reduce burden cost, there
is an opportunity to consolidate,
improve, or remove collection
instruments. Consequently, the
collection instrument in 44 CFR 350.9(c)
was added to collect information and
relieve requests from the exercise
schedule outlined in 44 CFR 350.9.
Additionally, to further reduce burden
cost, the collection in 44 CFR 352.4 has
been removed as it currently does not
require approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, with FEMA only
receiving one or no responses in a given
year.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on June 7, 2022, at 87 FR 34699
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.
Collection of Information
Title: Federal Assistance for Offsite
Radiological Emergency Preparedness
and Planning.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0024.
FEMA Forms: There are no forms for
this collection; rather the regulatory text
details the content in which information
is transmitted to FEMA.
Abstract: The intent of this request is
the collection of comments on an
extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection an
OMB control number representing all
information collections related to FEMA
REP Program requirements described in
44 CFR parts 350 and 352.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
104.
Estimated Number of Responses: 104.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,400.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $223,176.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
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Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $652,598.
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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, 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–2022–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–2276]
Proposed Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Comments are requested on
proposed flood hazard determinations,
which may include additions or
modifications of any Base Flood
Elevation (BFE), base flood depth,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
boundary or zone designation, or
regulatory floodway on the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for
the communities listed in the table
below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment
regarding the preliminary FIRM, and
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where applicable, the FIS report that the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) has provided to the affected
communities. The FIRM and FIS report
are the basis of the floodplain
management measures that the
community is required either to adopt
or to show evidence of having in effect
in order to qualify or remain qualified
for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted
on or before December 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and
where applicable, the FIS report for
each community are available for
inspection at both the online location
https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/
prelimdownload and the respective
Community Map Repository address
listed in the tables below. Additionally,
the current effective FIRM and FIS
report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at https://
msc.fema.gov for comparison.
You may submit comments, identified
by Docket No. FEMA–B–2276, to Rick
Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services
Branch, Federal Insurance and
Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–7659, or (email)
patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services
Branch, Federal Insurance and
Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–7659, or (email)
patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov; or visit
the FEMA Mapping and Insurance
eXchange (FMIX) online at https://
www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_
main.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA
proposes to make flood hazard
determinations for each community
listed below, in accordance with section
110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR
67.4(a).
These proposed flood hazard
determinations, together with the
floodplain management criteria required
by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that
are required. They should not be
construed to mean that the community
must change any existing ordinances
that are more stringent in their
floodplain management requirements.
The community may at any time enact
stricter requirements of its own or
pursuant to policies established by other
Federal, State, or regional entities.
These flood hazard determinations are
used to meet the floodplain
management requirements of the NFIP.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0018; OMB No. 1660-0024]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Federal Assistance for Offsite Radiological
Emergency Preparedness and Planning
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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 (PRA). In accordance with the PRA,
this notice seeks comments concerning all information collections
related to FEMA's Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program
requirements.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address [email protected] or
Renae Connell, Emergency Management Specialist, FEMA/NPD/THD, at (202)
212-7913 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Radiological Emergency Preparedness
(REP) Program coordinates the National effort to provide State, Tribal
and local governments with relevant and executable planning, training,
technical assistance, exercise guidance, and policies necessary to
ensure that adequate capabilities exist to prepare for, respond to, and
recover from incidents involving commercial nuclear power plants
(NPPs). The REP Program assists State, Tribal and local governments in
the development and conduct of off-site emergency planning and
preparedness activities within the emergency planning zones (EPZs) of
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-licensed commercial nuclear power
facilities.
Sec. 109 of the NRC Authorization Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-295)
directed the NRC to establish emergency preparedness as a criterion for
licensing commercial NPPs. Specifically, Public Law 96-295 Sec. 109
directed the NRC to establish through rulemaking, (a) standards,
developed with FEMA, for the evaluation of State and local government
radiological emergency planning and preparedness; and (b) a requirement
that the NRC will issue operating licenses. Before issuing a license,
the NRC must determine that there is (i) a State or local emergency
response plan compliant with the standards developed with FEMA or (ii)
in the absence of such a plan, a State, local, or utility emergency
response plan that provides reasonable assurance that public health and
safety is not endangered by the NPP's operation. See Public Law 96-295,
109 (b)(1)(A)-(B)). The NRC revised its regulations in Part 50 of Title
10 of the CFR to incorporate additional emergency preparedness
requirements, including 16 planning standards for onsite and offsite
emergency plans as required by Public Law 96-295. FEMA mirrors these 16
planning standards in part 350, specifically at 44 CFR 350.5.
In the communities surrounding commercial NPP, 44 CFR 350.5(b)
directs FEMA's REP Program to review offsite radiological emergency
plans and preparedness. In addition, 44 CFR 350.9 describes the
exercise process and requirements that States, together with all
appropriate local governments, must conduct a joint exercise of that
State plan, involving full participation of appropriate local
government entities, the State and the appropriate licensee of the NRC.
Approved plans and preparedness ``must be determined to adequately
protect the public health and safety by providing reasonable assurance
that appropriate protective measures can be taken offsite in the event
of a radiological emergency.''
FEMA defines reasonable assurance as a determination that State,
Tribal, local, and utility offsite plans and preparedness are adequate
to protect public health and safety in the EPZ of commercial NPP. FEMA
will consider plans, procedures, personnel, training, facilities,
equipment, drills, and exercises, which in its professional judgment
are critical for effective implementation of protective measures
offsite in the event of any incident at a commercial NPP. FEMA will
make its adequacy determination, supported by other Federal agencies,
as necessary, by conducting inspections, providing Staff Assistance
Visits (SAVs), organizing, conducting and reviewing training,
participating in, observing and evaluating drills and exercises, and by
being an engaged partner with Federal, State, Tribal, and local
government officials and industry stakeholders.
State, Tribal, or local government participation in offsite
radiological emergency planning and preparedness is voluntary. However,
participation in the REP planning and preparedness process necessitates
adherence to the program requirements as set forth in 44 CFR part 350,
the joint NRC/FEMA document NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2, ``Criteria
for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans
and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants'' and supplements,
(See 84 FR 70399, December 23, 2019), and the REP Program Manual (RPM).
The RPM consolidates many of the REP Program's
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operative guidance and policy documents into one location and provides
guidance that interprets the planning standards and evaluation criteria
contained in NUREG-0654 and 44 CFR part 350. See FEMA P-1028, December
2019.
As part of our collection to fulfill one of FEMA's missions, each
instrument is required for the performance of duties related to the
mission. Therefore, due to the maturity of the program and the
opportunity to reduce burden cost, there is an opportunity to
consolidate, improve, or remove collection instruments. Consequently,
the collection instrument in 44 CFR 350.9(c) was added to collect
information and relieve requests from the exercise schedule outlined in
44 CFR 350.9. Additionally, to further reduce burden cost, the
collection in 44 CFR 352.4 has been removed as it currently does not
require approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act, with FEMA only
receiving one or no responses in a given year.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on June 7, 2022, at 87 FR 34699 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.
Collection of Information
Title: Federal Assistance for Offsite Radiological Emergency
Preparedness and Planning.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0024.
FEMA Forms: There are no forms for this collection; rather the
regulatory text details the content in which information is transmitted
to FEMA.
Abstract: The intent of this request is the collection of comments
on an extension, with change, of a currently approved information
collection an OMB control number representing all information
collections related to FEMA REP Program requirements described in 44
CFR parts 350 and 352.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 104.
Estimated Number of Responses: 104.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,400.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $223,176.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $652,598.
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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
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