Federal Emergency Management Agency May 1, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes 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 includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. Title: Flood Mitigation AssistanceFlood Mitigation Plan. OMB Number: 1660-0075. Form Numbers: None. Abstract: States and communities must have a FEMA approved flood mitigation plan before FEMA will award project grant assistance to a State or community applicant. FEMA and the States will use local community flood mitigation plans to identify the need to provide technical assistance to local governments lacking sufficient resources to complete FEMA grant applications. Secondly, and more importantly, the local or State government that develops the plan will use it to make land use decisions, implement zoning changes, encourage smarter development, and implement projects to reduce the impact of flooding on insurable structures. Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 240. Estimated Time per Respondent: 2080 hours to develop a new Mitigation Plan and 8 hours to review submitted plans. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250,560. Frequency of Response: Once. Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments must be submitted on or before May 31, 2006.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Illinois (FEMA-1633-DR), dated March 28, 2006, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1624-DR), dated January 11, 2006, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-1634-DR), dated April 5, 2006, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1638-DR), dated April 13, 2006, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Missouri (FEMA-1635-DR), dated April 5, 2006, and related determinations.