Federal Emergency Management Agency June 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-1842-DR), dated June 3, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1819-DR), dated February 6, 2009, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-3301-EM), dated January 28, 2009, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-1840-DR), dated May 27, 2009, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Alaska (FEMA-1843-DR), dated June 11, 2009, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of South Dakota (FEMA-1844-DR), dated June 16, 2009, and related determinations.

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 proposed revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Notice seeks comments concerning the revision of the Preparedness Comprehensive Assessment Support Tool (PrepCAST) (formerly known as the National Incident Management System Compliance Assistance Support Tool (NIMSCAST)). PrepCAST is a self-assessment tool for State, territorial, Tribal, and local governments to evaluate and report on their jurisdiction's achievement with regard to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) implementation activities relating to the preparedness of the respondent to react to emergency incidents. PrepCAST will also collect preparedness data using the Targeted Capabilities List (TCL) framework.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-1840-DR), dated May 27, 2009, and related determinations.

This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for new buildings and their contents.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Alabama (FEMA-1842-DR), dated June 3, 2009, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-1837-DR), dated May 12, 2009, and related determinations.

Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-1840-DR), dated May 27, 2009, and related determinations.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is extending the comment period for two documents: The proposed Supplement 4 (Supplement 4) to ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants,'' NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1/Rev. 1 (NUREG-0654), and the proposed Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual (the REPP Manual). The original comment period was scheduled to conclude on August 3, 2009. FEMA is extending the period until October 19, 2009.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-3304-EM), dated March 26, 2009, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1830-DR), dated April 9, 2009, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-1836-DR), dated May 8, 2009, 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 notice 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 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.

This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for new buildings and their contents.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 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 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.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is announcing the dates, times, and locations of a series of public meetings that will be held, in conjunction with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to discuss several proposed policies and a NRC proposed rulemaking regarding onsite and offsite nuclear power plant preparedness.