[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52016-52018]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17889]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2022-0023]
RIN 1660-ZA26

Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting
comments on its 2022 update to the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA)
Program and Policy Guide (formerly 2015 HMA Guidance and Addendum). The
HMA Program and Policy Guide was last published in 2015. The primary
purpose of this update is to incorporate existing policies and guidance
materials issued since 2015, simplify guidance materials, and revise
the document to increase overall accessibility and organization.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID FEMA-2022-
0023, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennie Orenstein, Branch Chief, Hazard
Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 400 C Street
SW, Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Participation

    Interested persons are invited to participate in this update to the
Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Program and Policy Guide (formerly
2015 HMA Guidance and 2015 HMA Guidance Addendum) by submitting
comments and related materials. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period.

    If you submit a comment, include the Docket ID FEMA-2022-0023,
indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment
applies, and give the reason for each comment. All submissions may be
posted, without change, to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. For
more about privacy and the docket, visit https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DHS-2018-0029-0001.
    Viewing comments and documents: For access to the docket to read
background documents or comments received, go to the Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.

II. Background

    FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs provide
funding for eligible mitigation activities that reduce disaster losses
and protect life and property from future disaster damages.
    The proposed 2022 HMA Program and Policy Guide consolidates the
2015 HMA Guidance and the 2015 HMA Guidance Addendum into one HMA
guidance document, and renames the document as ``Hazard Mitigation
Assistance Program and Policy Guide.'' The HMA Program and Policy Guide
covers the following hazard mitigation assistance programs: (1) the
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program; (2) the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP); (3) the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Post Fire
(HMGP Post Fire); and (4) the Building Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC) program. FEMA implemented the BRIC program following
the passage of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018, which amended
Section 203 of the Stafford Act.\1\
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    \1\ The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program is no longer
covered in the HMA Program and Policy Guide. Congress may
appropriate additional funds under Section 203 outside of the
established HMA programs, and such funds may be administered through
the PDM program. FEMA intends to announce these funding
opportunities through Notices of Funding Opportunity, which will
specify the applicable program requirements.
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    The updated HMA Program and Policy Guide includes the following
content updates:
     Highlights FEMA priorities such as resilience and climate
adaptation, community lifelines, whole community, equity, capability
and capacity building, comprehensive planning, and building codes.
     Incorporates changes resulting from the Disaster Recovery
Reform Act.\2\ For instance, the proposed 2022 HMA Program and Policy
Guide incorporates the BRIC Policy,\3\ the HMGP--Post Fire Policy,\4\
the HMGP Management Costs Interim Policy,\5\ the earthquake early
warning systems factsheet,\6\ and expanded wildfire mitigation
activities.\7\
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    \2\ Div. D of Public Law 115-254, 132 Stat. 3438.
    \3\ FEMA Policy 104-008-05, Mitigation Assistance: Building
Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, available at https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/building-resilient-infrastructure-communities (last accessed July 17, 2022).
    \4\ FEMA Policy 207-088-2, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program--Post
Fire, available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_DRRA-1204-policy.pdf (last accessed Apr. 1, 2021).
    \5\ FEMA Policy 104-11-1, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
Management Costs (Interim), available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_DRRA-1215-hazard-mitigation-grant-program-management-costs-interim-policy.pdf (last accessed Apr. 1,
2021).
    \6\ FEMA Fact Sheet, Disaster Recovery Reform Act and Earthquake
Early Warning Systems, available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/fema_drra-earthquake-early-warning-systems_fact-sheet_September-2020.pdf (last accessed Apr. 1, 2021).
    \7\ FEMA Job Aid, Job Aid for Disaster Recovery Reform Act,
Section 1205, Additional Activities for Wildfire & Wind
Implementation under Hazard Mitigation Assistance Programs, Dec. 3,
2019, available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_DRRA-1205-implementation-job-aid.pdf (last accessed May 19,
2021).
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     Incorporates additional policy changes that were published
after 2015, such as the Ecosystem Service Benefits in Benefit-Cost
Analysis for FEMA's Mitigation Program Policy.\8\
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    \8\ FEMA Policy 108-024-02, Ecosystem Service Benefits in
Benefit-Cost Analysis for FEMA's Mitigation Program Policy,
available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/fema_ecosystem-service-benefits_policy_september-2020.pdf (last
accessed Apr. 1, 2021).
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     Expands information on project types in Part 12 based on
existing job aids and factsheets, such as aquifer storage and
recovery,\9\ floodplain and stream restoration,\10\ flood diversion and
storage,\11\ wind retrofit,\12\ acquisition projects,\13\ and
generators.\14\
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    \9\ FEMA, Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities Aquifer
Storage and Recovery Fact Sheet (undated); FEMA, Job Aid: Aquifer
Storage and Recovery (Aug. 2016); FEMA, Acquifer Storage and
Recovery Supplemental (Dec. 2016).
    \10\ FEMA, Floodplain and Stream Restoration Fact Sheet
(undated); FEMA, Job Aid: Floodplain and Stream Restoration (Aug.
2016); FEMA, Floodplain and Stream Restoration Supplemental (Dec.
2016).
    \11\ FEMA, Flood Diversion and Storage Fact Sheet (undated);
FEMA Job Aid: Flood Diversion and Storage (Aug. 2016); FEMA, Flood
Diversion and Storage Supplemental (Dec. 2016).
    \12\ FEMA, Memorandum, Cost Effectiveness Determination for Non-
Residential Hurricane Wind Retrofit Measures Funded by FEMA (Mar. 1,
2018), available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/fema_bca_pre-calculated_non-residential-wind-retrofit.pdf (last
accessed May 19, 2021).
    \13\ FEMA, Acquisition and Relocation Job Aid (Aug. 2017),
available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/fema_acquisition_relocation_job_aid_08-21-17.pdf (last accessed May
19, 2021).
    \14\ FEMA, Job Aid, Eligibility of Generators as a Fundable
Project by the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre-Disaster
Mitigation Program, available at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/fema_eligibility_generators_fundable_project_under_hmgp_pdm_02-19-15.pdf (last accessed May 19, 2021).
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     Incorporates 2021 updates to Hazard Mitigation Assistance
and Mitigation Planning regulations.\15\
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    \15\ FEMA, FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance and Planning
Regulations, 86 FR 50653 (Sept. 10, 2021).
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     Clarifies issues specific to HMGP, including application
period, the HMGP 12-month lock-in and de-obligation, extensions, and
the total award amount for the purpose of management costs.
     Extends the period of performance for HMGP from 36 to 48
months.
     Expands the eligibility of codes and standards assistance
in Part 11.
     Incorporates the 2020 regulatory changes made to 2 CFR
part 200 \16\ and expands information on grants management requirements
and procedures.
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    \16\ See 85 FR 49506 (Aug. 13, 2020).
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     Expands guidance content and resources on mitigation
planning, recognizing its importance to effective hazard mitigation.
     Includes new guiding principles, such as nature-based
solutions and the National Mitigation Investment Strategy.\17\
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    \17\ https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/fema_national-mitigation-investment-strategy.pdf (last accessed Apr.
1, 2021).
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     Makes nonsubstantive revisions to increase overall
accessibility and organization of the document.
    FEMA seeks comment on the proposed 2022 HMA Program and Policy
Guide, which is available online at http://www.regulations.gov in
docket ID FEMA-2022-0023. Based on the comments received, FEMA may make
appropriate revisions to the proposed 2022 HMA Program and Policy
Guide. When or if FEMA issues a final policy, FEMA will publish it on
its website at https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/hazard-mitigation-assistance.

    Most helpful to the agency will be comments that provide concrete
suggestions and the reasoning for a proposed approach or change.
    Authority: 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; 42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.

Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3754-3755]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01443]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0954]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0085

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the
U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR),
abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval for
reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of
information: 1625-0085, Streamlined Inspection Program. Our ICR
describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review
and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens
commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before
February 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number [USCG-2017-0954] to the Coast Guard using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, you
may submit comments to OIRA using one of the following means:
    (1) Email: [email protected].
    (2) Mail: OIRA, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, attention
Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the internet
at http://

www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from:
Commandant (CG-612), Attn: Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast
Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7710, Washington, DC
20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of
Information Management, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, or fax<PHONE_NUMBER>,
for questions on these documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to
OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard
collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information
describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on
the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection,
and other important information describing the Collection. There is one
ICR for each Collection. The Coast Guard invites comments on whether
this ICR should be granted based on the Collection being necessary for
the proper performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the
Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical
utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of
the Collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of information subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the Collection on respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. These
comments will help OIRA determine whether to approve the ICR referred
to in this Notice.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments
and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the
OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number
of this request, [USCG-2017-0954], and must be received by February 26,
2018.

Submitting Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and
can be viewed by following that website's instructions. Additionally,
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will
be notified when comments are posted.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal
Register (70 FR 15086).
    OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice
of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB
Control Number: 1625-0085.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The
Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (82 FR 52315, November 13,
2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no
comments. Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collections.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Streamlined Inspection Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0085.
    Summary: The Coast Guard established an optional Streamlined
Inspection Program (SIP) to provide owners and operators of U.S.
vessels an alternative method of complying with inspection requirements
of the Coast Guard.
    Need: The SIP regulations under 46 CFR part 8, subpart E, offer
owners and operators of inspected vessels an alternative to traditional
Coast Guard inspection procedures. Title 46 U.S.C. 3306 of authorizes
the Coast Guard to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the
inspections of vessels required to be inspected under 46 U.S.C. 3301,
and 46 U.S.C. 3103 allows the Coast Guard to rely on reports,
documents, and records of other persons who have been determined to be
reliable, and other methods that have been determined to be reliable to
ensure compliance with vessels and seamen requirements under 46 U.S.C.
subtitle II.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 2,334
hours to 8,254 hours a year due to an increase in the number of SIP
participants (i.e., companies and vessels).

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 18, 2018.
James D. Roppel,
U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Information Management.
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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54813]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52

[EPA-R01-OAR-2012-0895; FRL- 9900-85-Region1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Maine; Oxides of Nitrogen Exemption and Ozone Transport Region
Restructuring

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment
period on our proposed Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality
Implementation Plans; Maine; Oxides of Nitrogen Exemption and Ozone
Transport Region Restructuring (August 5, 2013). The EPA is extending
the comment period that originally was scheduled to end on September 4,
2013. The extended comment period will close on October 3, 2013. The
EPA is extending the comment period because of a request we received.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 3, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R01-OAR-2012-0895 by one of the following methods:
    1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    2. Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    3. Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    4. Mail: ``Docket Identification Number EPA-R01-OAR-2012-0895,''
Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (mail code: OEP05-2),
Boston, MA 02109-3912.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of
operation. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday
through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R01-OAR-
2012-0895. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit through www.regulations.gov or
email, information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected.
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' systems,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email
comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy at Air Quality Planning Unit, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-
3912. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your
inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday
through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays.
    In addition to the publicly available docket materials available
for inspection electronically in the Federal Docket Management System
at www.regulations.gov, and the hard copy available at the Regional
Office, which are identified in the ADDRESSES section of this Federal
Register, copies of the state submittal are also available for public
inspection during normal business hours, by appointment at the Bureau
of Air Quality Control, Department of Environmental Protection, First
Floor of the Tyson Building, Augusta Mental Health Institute Complex,
Augusta, ME 04333-0017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Burkhart, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-
3912, telephone number<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax number<PHONE_NUMBER>, email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: August 29, 2013.
Stephen S. Perkins,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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