Department of Homeland Security October 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of New York (FEMA-3341-EM), dated September 8, 2011, and related determinations.

Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this proposed rule is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part 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). In addition, these elevations, once finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents in those buildings.

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Service Ombudsman, will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). DHS previously published this information collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on July 18, 2011 at 76 FR 42129, for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received by DHS. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30-days for public comments.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4018-DR), dated August 30, 2011, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4019-DR), dated August 31, 2011, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of New Jersey (FEMA-3332-EM), dated August 27, 2011, and related determinations.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requesting public comments on the NIMS Public Works Resources: Typed Resource Definitions (FEMA 508-7).

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Jersey (FEMA-4021-DR), dated August 31, 2011, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-3333-EM), dated August 27, 2011, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-3339-EM), dated August 29, 2011, and related determinations.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the specified navigable waters near Seacliff State Beach Pier in Aptos, California in support of the Monte Foundation Fireworks Extravaganza. This safety zone is established to ensure the safety of participants and spectators from the dangers associated with the pyrotechnics. Unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port or their designated representative.

The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (GLPAC) will meet on October 18, 2011, in Washington, District of Columbia. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Coast Guard is amending our regulations to correct the coordinates for four firework displays. This action is necessary to prevent injury and to protect life and property of the maritime public from the hazards associated with the firework displays. During the enforcement periods, entry into, transit through, mooring, or anchoring within these zones is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound or Designated Representative.

On May 1, 1998, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the categories of projects eligible for funding under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The NPRM proposed to define eligible mitigation activities under the HMGP to include minor flood control projects that do not duplicate the efforts and authorities of other Federal agencies. It proposed to include vegetation management programs for wildfire hazard mitigation and erosion hazard mitigation in the list of eligible activities; it proposed to remove development or improvement of warning systems from the list of eligible project types; and modified language relating to general, allowable open space, recreational, and wetlands management uses. FEMA is withdrawing the NPRM so that relevant issues involved in the NPRM may be further considered and because portions of it are redundant or outdated.