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(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–21932 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1791–DR]

Texas; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster for the State of Texas
(FEMA–1791–DR), dated September 13,
2008, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: September 13,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, on September 13,
2008, the President amended the costsharing arrangements regarding Federal
funds provided under the authority of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121–5207 (the Stafford Act), in
a letter to R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of Texas, resulting from
Hurricane Ike beginning on September 7,
2008, and continuing, is of sufficient severity
and magnitude that special conditions are
warranted regarding the cost-sharing
arrangement concerning Federal funds
provided under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 (the Stafford Act).
Therefore, I amend my declaration of
September 13, 2008, to authorize Federal
funds for assistance for debris removal
(Category A) under the Public Assistance
program, including direct Federal assistance,
at 100 percent of the total eligible costs for
a period of up to 72 hours.
This adjustment to State and local cost
sharing applies only to Public Assistance
costs and direct Federal assistance eligible
for such adjustments under the law. The law
specifically prohibits a similar adjustment for
funds provided to States for Other Needs
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Mitigation Grant Program (Section 404).
These funds will continue to be reimbursed
at 75 percent of total eligible costs.

This cost share is effective as of the
date of the President’s major disaster
declaration.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households in Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–21955 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
TSA Airspace Waiver Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30 Day Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
OMB control number 1652–0033,
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval of an extension of
the currently approved collection under
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on June 30, 2008, 73 FR
36887. This collection of information
allows TSA to conduct security threat
assessments on individuals on board
aircraft operating in restricted airspace
pursuant to an airspace waiver. This
collection will enhance aviation
security and protect assets on the
ground that are within the restricted
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Send your comments by October
20, 2008. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson, Communications
Branch, Business Management Office,
Operational Process and Technology,
TSA–32, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202–4220; telephone
(571) 227–3651; facsimile (703) 603–
0822.
DATES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. The ICR documentation is
available at http://www.reginfo.gov.
Therefore, in preparation for OMB
review and approval of the following
information collection, TSA is soliciting
comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: TSA Airspace Waiver Program.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0033.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Aircraft operators.
Abstract: TSA is requesting approval
of this collection of information to
enable it to operate its airspace waiver
program. This program allows general

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aviation aircraft operators to request
permission to fly in restricted airspace.
The information collected enables TSA
to perform a background check on each
individual on board the aircraft seeking
to fly under the waiver. The affected
public consists of aircraft operators of
the general aviation community.
Number of Respondents: 6,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 4,400 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on
September 15, 2008.
John Manning,
Acting Director, Business Management Office,
Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8–21890 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION
Notice of Issuance of Final
Determination Concerning Ground
Fault Circuit Interrupter

Dated: September 15, 2008.
Myles B. Harmon,
Acting Executive Director, Office of
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade.

U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of final determination.
AGENCY:

HQ H030645

This document provides
notice that U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (‘‘CBP’’) has issued a final
determination concerning the country of
origin of a ground fault circuit
interrupter (‘‘GFCI’’). Based upon the
facts presented, CBP has concluded in
the final determination that China is the
country of origin of the GFCI for
purposes of U.S. Government
procurement.
SUMMARY:

The final determination was
issued on September 15, 2008. A copy
of the final determination is attached.
Any party-at-interest, as defined in 19
CFR 177.22(d), may seek judicial review
of this final determination within
October 20, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerry O’Brien, Valuation and Special
Programs Branch, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of International Trade
(202–572–8792).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that on September 15,
2008, pursuant to subpart B of part 177,
Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 177,
subpart B), CBP issued a final
determination concerning the country of
origin of GFCI’s which may be offered
to the United States Government under
an undesignated government
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determination, in HQ H030645, was
issued at the request of Pass & Seymour,
Inc. under procedures set forth at 19
CFR part 177, subpart B, which
implements Title III of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2511–18). In the final
determination, CBP has concluded that,
based upon the facts presented, certain
GFCI’s, assembled in Mexico from parts
made in China, are not substantially
transformed in Mexico, such that China
is the country of origin of the finished
article for purposes of U.S. Government
procurement.
Section 177.29, Customs Regulations
(19 CFR 177.29), provides that notice of
final determinations shall be published
in the Federal Register within 60 days
of the date the final determination is
issued. Section 177.30, CBP Regulations
(19 CFR 177.30), provides that any
party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR
177.22(d), may seek judicial review of a
final determination within 30 days of
publication of such determination in the
Federal Register.

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CATEGORY: Marking
Daniel B. Berman, Esq., Hancock &
Estabrook, LLP, 1500 AXA Tower I,
100 Madison Street, Syracuse, NY
13202
RE: U.S. Government Procurement;
Title III, Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511); Subpart B,
Part 177, CBP Regulations; Country
of Origin Marking; Ground Fault
Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)
Dear Mr. Berman: This is in response
to your correspondence of May 1, 2008,
requesting a final determination on
behalf of Pass & Seymour, Inc. (‘‘P&S’’),
pursuant to subpart B of Part 177,
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
Regulations (19 CFR 177.21 et seq.).
Your letter was forwarded to CBP’s
National Commodity Specialist Division
in New York and was returned to this
office by memorandum of June 3, 2008.
Under the pertinent regulations, which
implement Title III of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2511 et seq.), CBP issues
country of origin advisory rulings and
final determinations as to whether an
article is or would be a product of a
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certain ‘‘Buy American’’ restrictions in
U.S. law or practice for products offered
for sale to the U.S. Government.
This final determination concerns the
country of origin of a ground fault
circuit interrupter (‘‘GFCI’’). We note
that P&S is a party-at-interest within the
meaning of 19 CFR 177.22(d)(1) and is
entitled to request this final
determination.
You also request a country of origin
marking determination.
Facts
You describe the pertinent facts as
follows. The business of P&S includes
the design, manufacture, and
distribution of GFCI’s in the U.S. for
residential and commercial use in
electrical circuits of less than 1,000
volts. The GFCI’s are electrical
components, designed for installation in
electrical circuits, which are able to
detect small imbalances in the circuit’s
current caused by leakages of current to
ground. When leakage is detected, the
GFCI opens the electrical circuit,
stopping the flow of current. Legrand,
the parent company of P&S, produces
the subcomponents of the GFCI in China
through another subsidiary, Rocom
Electric Co. Ltd. (‘‘Rocom’’). The
subcomponents include the following:
cover, reset button, test button, spring,
light pipe, strap assembly, assembly
terminals, contact, separator, springs,
latch block top, spark gap blades,
assembly screw terminals, armature,
spring assembly, term assemblies, PCB
subassembly, assembly screw terminals,
back body, screws and labels. Rocom
plans to ship the subcomponents to a
facility in Mexico where they will be
assembled into the GFCI’s. The GFCI’s
will be tested and packaged at the same
facility. Upon completion of assembly,
testing, and packaging, the GFCI’s will
be imported into the U.S. by P&S for
sale and distribution.
You state that the process in Mexico
to assemble the GFCI is comprised of
forty-three discrete steps and takes
approximately ten minutes. You state
that each GFCI is comprised of thirty
component parts which, until inclusion
in the final GFCI, have little or no
functionality.
An exhibit to your correspondence,
which includes photographs, describes
the assembly process as follows:
1. Place back body into date code
fixture/stamping press and press button
to apply date code on side of back body.
2. Remove back body from date code
fixture. Place hot terminal screw
pressure plate assembly into back body
cradle on line end.

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